Re: JAVA coding environment

[Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen <ravn@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Walden H. Leverich skrev:
> I don't think it's a waste of time to learn javascript at all. In fact,
> I'd put it rather high on your list of things to learn. It's the key to
> modern web interfaces, so unless you're planning in retiring soon,
> you'll need to know it.
>   

The other day I missed a talk by Erik Meijer about using JavaScript as a 
compiler backend (which is a fascinating idea) but saw Dan Ingalls talk 
about the lively kernel, which is a complete environment in Javascript 
in a web browser.  I concur with your statement that Javascript is a 
good thing to learn - I might even do it myself :)

Found this Google Techtalk on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGw09RZjQf8

Fascinating that the browser is going after all to be the future desktop :)
/Thorbjørn