XTech 2006 news
Brendan Eich
Mozilla Corporation
Brendan Eich is Chief Architect of the Mozilla project and CTO of the Mozilla Corporation, and is widely recognized for his key role in the growth of the Web. Among his numerous contributions to web innovations, Brendan invented JavaScript in 1995, drove the ECMA standardization process, and helped it become the most widely used programming language on the Internet. In 1998, Brendan co-founded the Mozilla project, which, with Brendan's leadership, developed the industry-changing Firefox web browser. Brendan works at the Mozilla Corporation and serves on the Mozilla Foundation's Board of Directors.
Sessions
Keynote
Grand Ballroom
Brendan Eich (Mozilla Corporation)
JavaScript 2 will be finalised in 2007. To help migration an open source JS2-to-JS compiler is being developed, making JS2 a reality in 2006. Work on this compiler and the new features of JS2 will be presented by the inventor of JavaScript.




