You can't be involved in building the World Wide Web in 2015 without consistently bumping into JavaScript in one way or another. You've probably written some non-trivial amount of it, too--struggled with it, possibly cursed it's name--there are plenty of reasons to be confused about its past, present, and very rapidly moving future. Join me as I help you come to terms with the "scripted Java" (it's not Java) and offer suggestions about how you can be as successful as possible with everyone's favorite prototyped pseudo-functional scripting language, no matter how often you have to interact with it. (PS jQuery > React)Cast: Refresh BmoreTags: baltimore, refreshbmore, refresh baltimore, bmoretech, JS and Java Script