SpiderMonkey Courses and Certifications

Mozilla Hacks

Fixing a Bug in the SpiderMonkey JavaScript Compiler - Part 1

Explore SpiderMonkey compiler development with Yulia Startsev as she demonstrates fixing a JavaScript specification conformance bug, offering insights into compiler engineering.

• YouTube
• 59 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Rust

Caging the SpiderMonkey - Ensuring Safe JS Bindings in Servo

Explore challenges and solutions in integrating SpiderMonkey with Servo, focusing on Rust's type system for enforcing safety rules and developing a custom compiler plugin for error verification.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Mozilla Hacks

Adjusting SpiderMonkey for ECMA-262 Normative Change - Property Order in Builtin Functions

Explore the implementation of a recent TC39 change specifying property order on builtin functions in SpiderMonkey, Mozilla's JavaScript engine.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 6 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Mozilla Hacks

Debugging SpiderMonkey: Pre-increment Bug and Related Issues - Part 3

Debugging SpiderMonkey: Fixing pre-increment bug and exploring related issues in Firefox's JavaScript engine. Continuation of previous livestream on compiler development.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 8 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

JSConf

A Trip to the Zoo - SpiderMonkey, SquirrelFish, Nashorn, V8

Explore JavaScript engine fundamentals, optimization techniques, and inner workings to write faster code. Learn about abstract syntax trees, JIT compilation, and performance-boosting strategies for efficient programming.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Mozilla Hacks

Compiler Compiler - From Baseline to Ion Optimization - Part 6

Explore SpiderMonkey's optimization journey from Baseline to Ion compiler, covering Inline Caches, optimizing compilers, and concluding a bug fix implementation task from Episode 1.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 27 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Mozilla Hacks

Implementing JavaScript in Two Places: Baseline Interpreter and Compiler - Part 5

Explore SpiderMonkey's JS implementation, focusing on the transition from interpreter to baseline interpreter and the distinctions between interpreters and compilers.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 15 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Mozilla Hacks

Compiler Compiler - What is Bytecode? - Part 4

Explore bytecode implementation in Firefox's JavaScript engine, delving into consistency issues and visual aids for understanding ECMAScript spec intricacies.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 1 minute
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Mozilla Hacks

Compiler Compiler - TC39 and How JavaScript Gets Made

Explore the JavaScript standardization process, recent TC39 updates, and SpiderMonkey implementation with insights from Yulia Startsev's livestream on evolving JS specifications.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 12 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

ACM SIGPLAN

CacheIR: The Benefits of a Structured Representation for Inline Caches

Explore CacheIR, a structured approach to inline caching that enhances performance and security in dynamically typed languages through improved abstraction and code reuse.

• YouTube
• 20 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Black Hat

Super Hat Trick: Exploiting Chrome and Firefox Four Times

Explore four RCE vulnerabilities discovered in Chrome's V8 and Firefox's SpiderMonkey JavaScript engines, examining attack surfaces, root causes, and exploitation techniques for better browser security.

• YouTube
• 34 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video