bachelor-presentation/presentation.md

%title: Beyond .*Script %author: hellerve %date: 2017-01-15

-> # Beyond .*Script

-> ## Implementing A Language For The Web

-> Veit Heller -> Bachelor examination

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-> # Introduction

• JavaScript is the language of the Web
• It is not always the right tool for the job
• Many approaches have been taken to change it to fit the users needs

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-> # Introduction

• Mitigations fall into two categories
  • Preprocessors
  • Transpilers
• Caveat: thin wrapper around JavaScript

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-> # Introduction

• zepto-js attempts to build a runtime that is foreign to JavaScript while still being compatible
• Features: Functional, Lisp, Macros, Continuations