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JavaScript Libraries: The Big Picture

16th May 2007

I just gave my first talk at XTech 2007 (I’m speaking again on Friday, on OpenID). Slides are on slideshare.net.

Update: Some important corrections have been posted in the comments.

Posted 16th May 2007 at 5:26 pm · Follow me on Mastodon, Bluesky, Twitter or subscribe to my newsletter

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