JavaScript and the Netflix User Interface.

The article discusses the redevelopment of desktop application in JavaScript, the official programming language of the Web. Topics discussed include the support for the language by consumer hardware devices through the integration of a Web browser application, devices' support of Web views as part o...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Communications of the ACM Vol. 57; no. 11; pp. 53 - 60
Main Author:	LIU, ALEX
Format:	Article
Published:	Association for Computing Machinery Nov2014
Subjects:	JavaScript programming language Domain-specific programming languages Scripting languages (Computer science) Object-oriented programming languages Netflix Inc. User interfaces Programming languages
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost

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Summary:	The article discusses the redevelopment of desktop application in JavaScript, the official programming language of the Web. Topics discussed include the support for the language by consumer hardware devices through the integration of a Web browser application, devices' support of Web views as part of the operating system user interface (UI), Netflix's development of highly complex UIs, testing on the Netflix website which adds features to enhance the control experience and asynchronous module definition (AMD) libraries.