/ The international Javascript Conference Wed, 11 May 2016 15:18:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.2 /talk/16-milliseconds-or-bust/ Mon, 09 May 2016 12:56:55 +0000 /?post_type=talk&p=520 It’s never been more important for your web page to maintain a silky-smooth 60 frames per second. That means there’s only 16 milliseconds for Javascript to execute between each frame. We’ll learn several techniques for improving UI performance by stopping Javascript from blocking UI updates.

]]> /talk/building-graphical-command-line-apps/ Mon, 09 May 2016 12:54:58 +0000 /?post_type=talk&p=519 It is not uncommon for people to think of the command line as an ancient, impenetrable and impossible interface to get any real work done. Even if you are a veteran vim user, the thought of actually creating anything other than a single line, argument based interface will probably seem like something out of reach for almost anyone. Not so! Using nothing but JavaScript, you can create rich, compelling, command line interfaces that leverage keyboard and mouse input, and more!

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