JavaScript implementations based on the specification of ECMAScript 7 will provide means to deal with asynchronous activities as if they were blocking activities, thus without using callback functions to handle the responses.
That was one of the main topics discussed by Manuel Lemos and Arturs Sosins in the episode 50 of the Lately in JavaScript podcast.
They also talked about planing front-end based JavaScript applications, creating your own Prezi like sites with BigPicture.js, discovering what JavaScript libraries are used in each site with LibScore, and find out what JavaScript developers have been looking for in 2014 with the JavaScript Zeitgeist initiative.
Listen now to the podcast, or watch the hangout video, or read the text transcript to learn more about these and other interesting topics related with JavaScript development discussed in this episode.
The JavaScript Zeitgeist 2013 ranking has been released now too after the PHP Zeitgeist release. This article presents an analysis of the results.
It also announces the JavaScript World Championship of the Nations of the Innovation Award. The article gives suggestions on how you can use the JavaScript Zeitgeist top searched keywords to participating in the championship and help your country to win.
Read this article to learn what were the top most important topics JavaScript developers have been searching for lately that you probably should also learn about.