JS Developer's Survival Guide

• Welcome to the Jungle - Guns N' Roses - jungle.asyncjs.com
• JavaScript Garden?
• Special Features
  • Hoisting (scope!)
  • Closures (and how to get most out of those)
  • Prototypes (vs. classes as in Java etc.)
  • ???
• Common Problems
  • var -> highlight globals!
  • function -> define shortcut, use another language? (CS and such)
  • pyramid of doom -> promises, futures, Rx?
  • equality -> it's a mess, use jshint or jslint to remind you
  • hard to find libraries -> use JSter and such
• Modules
  • AMD
  • CommonJS (Node!)
  • Harmony
  • Transpilers (AMD -> Node, vice versa + Harmony, not 1-1 always)
• Package Managers
  • Frontend - too many, maybe mention bower (component.json)
  • Backend - Node NPM, use it
• Build Systems
  • Benefits (minification, improved dev env (LiveReload, precompilers)
  • grunt, jake? others?
• Boilerplates
  • yeoman
  • ???
• Demo Time
  • Maybe show a full stack project here and discuss it
• I will survive - Gloria Gaynor

• ???