Simplifying JavaScript

Acknowledgments

First, thanks to anyone who’s ever sent out a tweet, written a blog post, submitted a pull request, spoken at a conference, answered a Stack Overflow question, or done anything to contribute to the greater JavaScript ecosystem. A language is only as good as its community. We have one of the best.

Thank you to my wife, Dyan, and my children, Theo and Bea, for putting up with my crazy schedule. Thanks to my parents, Nathan and Lorraine, for giving me plenty of sticks, string, and duct tape, which led me to my lifelong love of building and exploring. And a big thanks to Martha Vogel for all the extra help so I could carve out a few precious hours to write.

Thank you to the staff of the University of Wisconsin Center for Limnology, ...