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054 JSJ JavaScript Parsing, ASTs, and Language Grammar w/ David Herman and Ariya Hidayat

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Use this link and code JAVAJAB to get 20% off your registration for FluentConf 2013!PanelDavid Herman (twitter blog Effective JavaScript) Ariya Hidayat (twitter github blog) Tim Caswell (twitter github howtonode.org) Jamison Dance (twitter github blog) Joe Eames (twitter github blog) Merrick Christensen (twitter github) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) Discussion 00:48 - David Herman and Ariya Hidayat Introduction044 JSJ Book Club: Effective JavaScript with David Herman 023 JSJ Phantom.js with Ariya Hidayat 01:54 - Parsing JavaScript and ASTs and Language Grammars 04:44 - Semantics 06:08 - Abstract Syntax Tree (AST)Esprima: Parser SpiderMonkey 10:37 - Lexer 12:16 - Writing your own languagecreationix / jack The C Programming Language 17:41 - Parser GeneratorsJavaScriptCore 21:04 - Evolving a Syntax Automatic Semicolon InsertionPost correspondence problem Halting problem 28:05 - Language DesignThe Rust Programming Language 30:35 - GrammarRegular Expressions (Regex) Backus–Naur Form (BNF) Recursion How to Design Programs (HTDP) 38:00 - Recursive Descent Parsers 42:48 - Benefits of knowing language internals and syntaxApache Lucene - Apache Lucene Core LPeg - Parsing Expression Grammars For Lua 48:48 - Abstract Syntax Tree (AST)PicksMass Effect 3 (Joe) A Beginner's Guide to Irrational Behavior | Coursera (Joe) Go write a programming language to learn one (Tim) Thumbs and Ammo (Jamison) ISM by Savant (Jamison) Vimcasts (Jamison) The iPhreaks Show (Chuck) Mozy (Chuck) Tech & Go Bright Pink Micro USB Cable (David) asm.js (David) Beyond Office Politics: The Hidden Story of Power, Affiliation & Achievement in the Workplace by Linda Sommer (Ariya) gotwarlost / istanbul (Ariya) Next Week Web Developer Skills Transcript JAMISON:  I am Linus Torvalds and I pronounce Linux, Linix.[Hosting and bandwidth provided by the Blue Box Group. Check them out at Bluebox.net.][This episode is sponsored by Component One, makers of Wijmo. If you need stunning UI elements or awesome graphs and charts, then go to Wijmo.com and check them out.]CHUCK:  Hey everybody and welcome to Episode 54 of the JavaScript Jabber Show. This week on our panel, we have Tim Caswell.TIM:  Hello.CHUCK:  Jamison Dance.JAMISON:  Hi guys.CHUCK:  Joe Eames.JOE:  Hey there.CHUCK:  Merrick Christensen.MERRICK:  Hey guys, what’s up?CHUCK:  I’m Charles Max Wood from DevChat.tv. And we have two special guests this week. We have Dave Herman.DAVID:  Hey there.CHUCK:  Ariya Hidayat.ARIYA:  Hello everyone.CHUCK:  And these guys are so smart that we brought them back. So, if you’re interested, we’ll put links to the episodes that they were on. David was on when we talked about his book ‘Essential JavaScript’ and Ariya was on when we talked about PhantomJS.JAMISON:  Effective JavaScript.CHUCK:  Effective? What did I say?MERRICK:  Essential.CHUCK:  Essential? Well, it’s an essential book on Effective JavaScript. How’s that?[Laughter]MERRICK:  Good save.DAVID:  At least, you didn’t say Defective JavaScript.[Laughter]CHUCK:  No, that’s what I write. I’m really good at writing defective JavaScript.ARIYA:  Actually, there’s a book about Essential on Defective JavaScript.CHUCK:  I also want to announce really quickly that Fluent Conf has given us a discount code. So, if you want to get 20% off on your registration for Fluent Conf, just enter JAVAJAB and you’ll get 20% off when you register for Fluent Conf.Alright. Well, let’s get started. This is going to be a really, really interesting topic and it’s something that I’ve wanted to know more about for a long time. And I just haven’t delved as deeply into it as I would like to. And that is,Special Guests: Ariya Hidayat and David Herman. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/javascript-jabber/donationsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/javascript-jabber--6102064/support.

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