You can't do that with JavaScript! - Espen Sande-Larsen - NDC Sydney 2024

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So I wanted to know how much the JavaScript engines have evolved over the years since Netscape was a thing. So I was thinking, what are the most ludicrous and stupid things to try and implement in JavaScript?
How about a 3d engine? How about three? A rasterizer, a ray-marcher, and the almighty ray-tracer!
We will go through how I built, three different 3d engines in JavaScript and the lessons learned.

[@jpvlsmv2023]

It’s a personal journey, not a tutorial. The anecdotes give context and interest.

[@peterlinddk]

Things I learned from this talk: 1. Espen does not have any formal education - but likes to code, and have done so since forever 2. Espen did not arrive at the conference in time to get suitably rested and rid of jetlag 3. Methods in JavaScript objects distinguish between local variables and object-properties, by using *this* for the latter 4. Coding ray tracing is a fun, albeit nerdy, activity! 5. JavaScript is very powerful - just as Google promised when they released Chrome with the V8 engine. If you are one of those who don't believe that JavaScript can be performant, you might like this talk, but don't expect to learn anything about the language.

[@guiorgy]

The main takeaway is "If you want to know about wheels, it's ok to reinvent them"

[@TheStickofWar]

Spends 15 minutes+ getting to anything useful and says the obvious about TypeScript, not the biggest fan of this one

[@mgame8082]

The guy talks 15 minutes about himself.

[@guiorgy]

The wole thing was about himself and his journey to be honest