The Browser Backstage: Juggling JavaScript
Channel: Devopedia
Date: 2023-09-02

The Browser Backstage is a series of topics that will provide a glimpse into the fascinating world of Browsers. The topic "Juggling JavaScript" covers the interesting engineering that goes into executing JavaScript in the Browser. This talk gives an overview of various stages of JS handling - parsing, AST, interpreter, Just-in-Time compilation, etc. Finally, we will go through a quick demo showing the impact of choosing certain hook points from the browser for effective execution of your JavaScript.

Speaker:
Vivek Galatage, Engineering @ The Browser Company, Chromium Reviewer, WebKit Committer
https://www.linkedin.com/in/vivekgalatage/