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JavaScript Congress • Nov 25, 2021

JavaScript the Grumpy Parts

Rob Richardson

JavaScript's frustrating quirks stem from a fail-safe philosophy built to prevent application crashes. Master its internal mechanics and two-pass compiler to finally write predictable code.

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