Whether it’s a website or web app, building with today’s JavaScript ecosystem can appear daunting. Customers, users, and Google demand great performance over finicky mobile networks and smooth experiences across a broadening array of devices, all while the underlying language—JavaScript—continuously evolves. In this workshop, you’ll receive hands-on experience architecting modern JavaScript systems alongside insight into JavaScript’s evolving role on the web.

The Modern Javascript Promise

We’ll discuss the role of JavaScript in today’s web as well as the tools powering modern JavaScript development.

Throughout the workshop, we’ll examine some of the features making their way into developers’ hands, enabling a more concise, literate, and safe codebase. Together, we’ll practice:

Classes
Modules, Babel, and Webpack
Destructuring
Architecting Modern JavaScript Apps and Sites
Patterns for Frontend JavaScript
Isomorphic and Progressive Enhancement
Build Tooling
Repository Organization