YUI Theater
Diego Ferreiro: NodeJS+Cocktails — Scaling Yahoo!
In this YUIConf 2012 talk, Yahoo! front-end engineer and security expert Diego Ferreiro talks about why and how Yahoo!'s web stack was migrated to Node.JS and the Cocktails platform. Diego discusses various advantages of using Node.JS and Mojito, including scalability, code reuse, support for multiple devices, low overhead, and a logical deployment process.
Dmitry Savintsev and Albert Yu: Security Testing of YUI-Powered Applications
In this YUIConf 2012 talk, Dmitry Savintsev and Albert Yu, Yahoo! security team engineers, discuss the need to embed security testing in the standard repertoire of every Javascript and YUI developer, alongside with functionality and performance tests. They explain the need for security testing as part of development workflow, discuss tools used for such testing, explain how to test for XSS and analyze code statically, and talk about the future prospects in the field.
Jeff Pihach: Use YUI to Lower Project Development Costs
In this presentation from YUIConf 2012, an independent web developer Jeff Pihach showcases the issues of modern web development that arise when using various libraries and explains how the features of YUI make it a clear leader for development teams of any size. The talk includes duscussions of standard development procedures, modular development and extensibility, API consistency, documentation, and testing.
Tilo Mitra: Building Native Windows 8 Apps with YUI
In this YUIConf 2012 talk, the YUI team member Tilo Mitra describes how a developer can leverage YUI for building Windows 8 applications. Tilo's talk provides a detailed look at how native applications on Windows 8 can be built using a combination of YUI and the native APIs. He provides an introduction to Windows 8, WinJS, and explains how YUI can help make applications faster with clean, modular code.
Reid Burke: Write Code That Works
In this YUIConf 2012 presentation, the YUI team member Reid Burke talks about testing software and writing code that works. His talk is richly illustrated with demos of the tools that Reid has built for testing JavaScript in the browser and includes a discussion of the software testing philosophy and the special place that testing holds in the development process.
Bishan Kochar : Secure Coding with YUI
In this demo-oriented talk from YUIConf 2012, the Yahoo! web security engineer Bishan presents both common and not so common security issues arising out of unsafe YUI coding. He analyzes real world vulnerable examples and follows with code demos that show the correct way of securing those with YUI. Bishan also talks about good security patterns that can eliminate a number of frontend vulnerabilities that are seen today.
