Honey, I Shrunk The Scripts - The Secret Life of JavaScript in the World of IoT

Explore the evolution of JavaScript in hardware and IoT devices in this JSConf.Asia 2018 talk by István Szmozsánszky. Dive into the world of tiny JavaScript dialects powering miniature computers, from industry automations to smartwatches. Learn about JerryScript, duktape, and V7 as Szmozsánszky traces the journey from Node robotics with Johnny Five to embedded JavaScript engines like Espruino. Discover the challenges of running JavaScript on resource-constrained devices and the innovative solutions developed to overcome them. Gain insights into projects like the BBC Micro:bit and its MakeCode editor, as well as the CloudUBoy platform. Understand how JavaScript is being adapted for use in IoT and embedded systems, paving the way for its continued dominance in the world of programming.

Syllabus

Intro
JAVASCRIPT ON HARDWARE
ONCE UPON A TIME IN 2009..
NODE ROBOTICS WITH JOHNNY FIVE
NODE-SERIALPORT
THE FIRMATA PROTOCOL
THE TESSEL
FLAKI MEETS THE HARDWARE WORLD
ESPRUINO EXECUTES JAVASCRIPT ON THE DEVICE, STRAIGHT FROM SOURCE
LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE STORY ABOUT 600 LITTLE ASCII BYTES.
THE V8 FUNCTION-INLINING LIMIT IS REAL
V7 IS AN EMBEDDED JAVASCRIPT ENGINE
MUS IS A JAVASCRIPT SUBSET ENGINE
EMBEDDED EXPLORATIONS
JERRYSCRIPT
PREPARING YOUT FOR A DIGITAL AGE WITH THE BBC MICRO:BIT
THE MAKECODE EDITOR ON THE MICROBIT
INTRODUCING: CLOUDUBOY
HOW ABOUT THIS?