##Bio
Ryan Anklam is a Technical Solutions Architect at IDL Solutions which is a large enterprise and government focused technology company based in Milwaukee, WI. He has been doing web development using numerous platforms since 1996. Ryan is currently focused on developing large scale, single page applications using JavaScript and ColdFusion. He is passionate about code quality, unit testing, continous learning, and sharing code on GitHub. When he's not writing code he's either coaching basketball, riding his mountain bike, or spending time with his family.
##The Art Of JavaScript: Level Up Your Skills In 50 Minutes
JavaScript is one of the most popular and fastest growing programming languages in the world. Many developers are introduced to JavaScript programming through one of the many frameworks such as jQuery, Dojo, or Sencha. While these frameworks allow developers to quickly be productive, they also create an environment where developers tend to overlook the fundamentals of the underlying JavaScript programming language.
This session will go beyond the basic JavaScript constructs and dig deeper into the underlying language. This talk will start by looking deeper into some of the language's basic constructs such as numbers, arrays, and operators. In addition attendees will learn about some of JavaScript's more powerful features such as objects, functions, scope, inheritance, and some common design patterns.
The goal of this session is to provide developers with the tools to create high-quality, maintainable JavaScript applications.