Process PDFs and MP3s in JavaScript

17 June 2011
1 minute read

These projects again show how far the universal runtime can be pushed:

  • pdf.js: render PDFs in JavaScript on the browser
  • JSMAD: MP3 decoder in JavaScript

Soon browser plugins will be just a bad memory.

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Dart, Google's JavaScript killer

10 October 2011. 1 minute read.
Dart, Google's JavaScript killerSo, Google finally announced Dart, their JavaScript killer. Initial reactions from the hacker community seem quite unimpressed.