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Wednesday, June 24 • 9:54am - 10:14am
Keynote: Exploring the History of JavaScript - Allen Wirfs-Brock, Exploring the Future of Software: Innovator, Architect, Standards, Consultant, Advisor & Alex Williams, Founder and Publisher, The New Stack

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Javascript is 25 years old this year and Allen Wirfs-Brock, the project editor of the ES5 and ES2015 (ES6), has recently written the definitive history of its development. The New Stack's Alex Williams will sit down with Allen to discuss how JavaScript was created and then evolved into the world’s most widely used programming language.


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Alex Williams

Founder and Publisher, The New Stack
Alex Williams is founder and publisher of The New Stack, a content platform for the people who build and manage software the world relies on. He was an editor at ReadWriteWeb and TechCrunch before leaving in 2014 to start The New Stack. Alex hosts The New Stack Makers pancake and... Read More →
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Allen Wirfs-Brock

Exploring the Future of Software: Innovator, Architect, Standards, Consultant, Advisor
I was the project editor of the ECMAScript 2015 Language Specification, the international standard that defines the latest version of the JavaScript programming language.My services are available as a consultant or adviser. My current passion is thinking, experimenting, and writing... Read More →

Wednesday June 24, 2020 9:54am - 10:14am CDT
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