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Presentation: "Editor Assistance in a Chaotically typed Language"

Track: Programming Languages / Time: Friday 11:30 - 12:20 / Location: Hall 1

Doing type- and context-aware autocompletion in a language like JavaScript is hard. The Tern project has solved some of the challenges involved, producing practical JavaScript editor assistance for a number of popular editors. This talks will describe the strategies this tool uses to make sense out of dynamic programs.

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Marijn Haverbeke, Author of Eloquent JavaScript, main CodeMirror hacker, prolific coder

Marijn Haverbeke

Biography: Marijn Haverbeke

Marijn is an independent developer and author, working on programming-language related open-source projects from Rust to CodeMirror to Tern. He lives in Barcelona, and is currently writing the second edition of the book Eloquent JavaScript.

Twitter: @marijnjh