JavaScript: Beyond Just Web Apps @ThingsExpo #IoT #M2M #API #ArtificialIntelligence

The age of computers is over. You are now living in the age of intelligent processing by just about everything else. Like vacuum tubes and tape drives, desktops and laptops are on their way to becoming odd relics of a distant age, if people remember them at all. That may sound a bit extreme, but the fact is that applications are not married to any technological substrate, not even the most advanced mobile devices. That is why smart developers have already turned their attention to using JavaScript for building out next-generation technology like drone controllers, big data management tools, and connectors for the Internet of Things (IoT). The World After Web Apps In Fabio Nelli's "Beginning JavaScript Charts: With jqPlot, d3, and Highcharts," he starts off by saying "JavaScript is experiencing a rebirth as a result of the new libraries developed precisely to take advantage of the innovation introduced by HTML5."