JavaScript in the Cloud

A presentation at Women Who Code Melbourne, Lightning Talks in March 2021 in Melbourne VIC, Australia by Melissa Houghton

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JavaScript in the Cloud

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What is the cloud?

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Servers

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There is no cloud It’s just someone else’s computer

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What is JavaScript?

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History of JavaScript

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JavaScript is an operating system

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Node.js

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Cloud providers

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Tools for JavaScript Devs on the Cloud

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Demo

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Summary

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Power of JavaScript

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Atwood’s Law

Any application that can be written in JavaScript, will eventually be written in JavaScript. - Jeff Atwood