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Reg Braithwaite (@raganwald)

Twitter Bio:: At either end of the educational spectrum, there lies a hacker class.
Location:: Toronto
Website:: http://braythwayt.com

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An IDE is not enough

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The internets are buzzing with new IDE ideas. I credit Bret Victor’s masterful demo for much of this. Chris Granger is having amazing success kickstarting his IDE concept. Josh Marinacci discussed some possibilities. I have been working in this area for over a decade and have very mixed feelings about these events. On the one hand, it is great to wake people out of their stupor and and show them what might be possible. But on the other hand I am bothered with the unspoken

JavaScript Masterclass Virtual Edition with Amy Hoy & Thomas Fuchs

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JavaScript is hot and getting hotter. If you're at the intermediate or advanced level in your JavaScript practice, now's the best time to level up to expert with our JavaScript Master Class.

What: JavaScript Expertise, Served Up Hot
Where: Online! Learn JavaScript in your Pyjamas
When: April 16/17, 2012 (two half-days), 9am-1pm PT*
Who: Amy Hoy, Thomas Fuchs... and you

This course is 100% framework agnostic! You will learn boatloads, whether you use Prototype, jQuery,

Javascript: Function Inovcation Patterns

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Javascript has been described as a Functional Oriented Language (this as opposed to Object Oriented Language). The reason is because functions in Javascript do more than just separate logic into execution units, functions are first class citizens that also provide scope and the ability to create objects. Having such a heavy reliance upon functions is both a blessing and a curse: It's a blessing because it makes the language light weight and fast (the main goal of its original development), but it is a curse because you can very easily shoot yourself in the foot if you don't know what you are doing.One concern with Javascript functions is how