Intel multi-core capable JavaScript engine available for download

[Jan]

Multi-core JavaScript project from Intel now downloadable

Intel’s RiverTrail, a parallel computing extension for JavaScript, can now be downloaded from Github.

 

[stricken]

javascript FTW! thank f@k i've spent most of my life playing / coding / pushing it. seems like i'll still have a job next year....

ps. im sure chrome integration is not far behind and when IE gets it in 8 years its gonna have 200 holes in it and consume 30 cycles where the others use a half because all the micro$oft dev's where too busy playing with their free usb coffee mug warmers.

 

[Apache]

javascript FTW! thank f@k i've spent most of my life playing / coding / pushing it. seems like i'll still have a job next year....

ps. im sure chrome integration is not far behind and when IE gets it in 8 years its gonna have 200 holes in it and consume 30 cycles where the others use a half because all the micro$oft dev's where too busy playing with their free usb coffee mug warmers.

What are your thoughts on the future of javascript? Is it a good language to focus on? Thanks.
I'm asking because even in SAP we use it for Adobe forms.

 

[TheTourist]

When asked: "how do I to start coding"
I say: "Javascript"

For the newcommer it has several benefits. It costs nothing to get started, you've got a webbrowser and a text editor (of course a syntax aware text editor is a good start).
You can get an immediate "response", bash some code, reload your browser, you got an alert saying "hello world!". When I was starting it was a huge thrill to see that I was making progress. To see things on my screen that I called for.

Looking at future developments js features. You would be doing yourself a disservice not getting familiar with js.
But with any technology or design pattern there isn't "one fit for every scenario", the best you can do is pick the one that will help you reach your important goals.
As for the rest, that's for version 2.0

[EDIT]
I wasn't implying that are a beginner. Sorry upon a re-read the tone of my message was a bit mixed

TL;DR - js is worth your time and effort

 

[stricken]

What are your thoughts on the future of javascript? Is it a good language to focus on? Thanks.
I'm asking because even in SAP we use it for Adobe forms.

Considering that everything is moving to the web... and irrespective of back end language used (PHP, JAVA, Ruby, Erlang, C, etc)
the only language the front end (browser) understands natively is javascript. So its a no brainer. The old paradigm is do everything on the server and pump static views to the browser. But this becomes a problem when you have massive web apps with 10000+ requests per second.

If you study google.com's source code carefully, you realize they pretty much "boot" your browser with google, doing as
much on the browser (thus using your computers resources instead of their server's)....


JAVASCRIPT is the future... and i think finally (after preaching this for almost 10 years) people are catching on.

 

[Apache]

When asked: "how do I to start coding"
I say: "Javascript"

For the newcommer it has several benefits. It costs nothing to get started, you've got a webbrowser and a text editor (of course a syntax aware text editor is a good start).
You can get an immediate "response", bash some code, reload your browser, you got an alert saying "hello world!". When I was starting it was a huge thrill to see that I was making progress. To see things on my screen that I called for.

Looking at future developments js features. You would be doing yourself a disservice not getting familiar with js.
But with any technology or design pattern there isn't "one fit for every scenario", the best you can do is pick the one that will help you reach your important goals.
As for the rest, that's for version 2.0

[EDIT]
I wasn't implying that are a beginner. Sorry upon a re-read the tone of my message was a bit mixed

TL;DR - js is worth your time and effort

No problem, thanks for the advice.

 

[Apache]

Considering that everything is moving to the web... and irrespective of back end language used (PHP, JAVA, Ruby, Erlang, C, etc)
the only language the front end (browser) understands natively is javascript. So its a no brainer. The old paradigm is do everything on the server and pump static views to the browser. But this becomes a problem when you have massive web apps with 10000+ requests per second.

If you study google.com's source code carefully, you realize they pretty much "boot" your browser with google, doing as
much on the browser (thus using your computers resources instead of their server's)....


JAVASCRIPT is the future... and i think finally (after preaching this for almost 10 years) people are catching on.

I've been feeling this for a while, the Google guys seem to be using it for alot.

 

[TheTourist]

Since I touched on it a nifty online IDE for javascript development:
http://jsfiddle.net

 

[_kabal_]

JS is a terrible language to start learning programming. It is not typesafe, difficult to read, and breeds bad habits. Closures are confusing to beginners and prototyping is unnatural.

jquery is awesome though if used correctly

 

[TheTourist]

JS is a terrible language to start learning programming. It is not typesafe, difficult to read, and breeds bad habits. Closures are confusing to beginners and prototyping is unnatural.

jquery is awesome though if used correctly

Not to derail the thread
Your objections are valid. But only based on aquired knowledge, a newbie doesn't know about types. To them 1 is the same as "1" as is 1.00
They've yet to learn or apreciate what a variable is.
var myDogsAge = 8
Declaration and assignment of variable in one line and can explained within a minute.


Difficult to read compared to ..? That is subjective, to me the wordy of syntax of VB drives me up the wall and C, C++ seems impractical for everyday use. Whereas C# has a balance of readability without the vebosity. But that is how *I* see it.

It has a wealth of support material and it is relevant.

Back To Topic

Parallel computing is becomming more and accesiable and I only hope that CS cirriculum is modified towards the trend.

 

[shogun]

JS is a terrible language to start learning programming. It is not typesafe, difficult to read, and breeds bad habits. Closures are confusing to beginners and prototyping is unnatural.

jquery is awesome though if used correctly

I have to echo this sentiment. Needed for web dev. Not good for learning how to program if you have no prior experience... except if you are a web designer that will never touch a back end.