Sat 05, 2011 I had my first opportunity to be a one of 4 presenters at meet.js Warsaw presenting "Java Puzzlers in JavaScript" inspired by Josh Bloch Java Puzzlers @Google I/O. I decided to test how JavaScript would behave in situations in which Java didn't do what was intuitively expected.
It is fun to watch that sometimes static typing isn't the cure for obvious type errors that could be intercepted during compile time and how in reality it can cause even more trouble. And BTW I was looking for an example of catastrophic backtracking in JavaScript regular expressions but I couldn't find any good example (it is easy in Java ;)). If you can track one down I want to see.
As for the meeting, it is really heart warming that polish frontend community is so well organized. It is easy to point Damian Wielgosik as a person responsible and I have a lot of respect for the man and what he's doing. I also recommend checking out end4r's presentation about CSS4 and of course all upcoming meet.js events.
1 | Mateusz Kopij
08 december 2011, 10:23:44
Cool presentation, but I hoped for more different puzzles then in Bloch book (JS specific problems). Thumps up:)