Podcast Notes with David Herman, the founder of Mozilla Research and author of "Effective JavaScript."
In this episode of the tc39er.us podcast, TC39 delegate Hemanth HM talks to David Herman. Herman is the founder of Mozilla Research and the author of the well-known book, "Effective JavaScript." He serves on Ecma's TC39, the committee responsible for the standardization of JavaScript, and now works at LinkedIn as a Principal Staff Engineer building developer tools.
Herman on the Mozilla layoffs, where Mozilla is now heading, and his time at Mozilla Research:
Herman, commenting on the layoffs:
- Herman acknowledges it's a scary time and he feels tremendous sympathy for his colleagues who are now out of jobs. "I still want to hold onto hope that Mozilla will find a way to keep things going." Herman says, however...
Future of JavaScript, and Will WebAssembly In The Web Kill JavaScript?
- Herman says that is a very simplistic perspective.
- WebAssembly is powerful, but JavaScript is "so much more than an engine that can run code in the browser."
- Herman notes it, for one thing, can go...
Herman on all the different JavaScript frameworks, and the problem of constantly needing to catch up:
- Herman says the argument on Twitter is always: "should you learn frameworks or vanilla JS?" He says this argument is...
Herman on his time with the TC39 Committee, and what went wrong with the unsuccessful 4th edition of ES4:
- Herman says he was really was involved in ES4 and that it was canceled for a good reason as there wasn't a clear adoption plan, nor was there...
What made you write "Effective JavaScript"
- Herman's publisher actually asked him to write it. Herman then asked jQuery creator John Resig who was working with him at Mozilla for advice. Resig said one of the reasons he wrote books was...
Herman's favorite proposal:
What Drew Herman To Tech:
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