Revised proposal, object-oriented patterns

proposals/object-oriented-patterns-in-javascript_jesse-hallett.md

@@ -3,41 +3,32 @@ Object-oriented patterns in JavaScript
 
 * Speaker   : Jesse Hallett
 * Available : All Day, both days
-* Length    : 90 minutes
+* Length    : 45 minutes
 
 Description
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 JavaScript is a language that is tremendously flexible, but that comes
-with few clear conventions.  Code organization is one are that has been
-reinvented perhaps more times than there are JavaScript programmers.
-I will examine a few tools that are intended to improve the experience
-of writing object-oriented code.
-
-Some of the specific tools that I plan to examine are [traits.js][],
-[CoffeeScript][], [Prototype][], and [JiverScripts][].  The goal is to
-get a look at different ideas to see what each approach has to offer.
-We will discuss inheritance versus composition, and question when it is
-or is not appropriate to use object-oriented code.
+with few clear conventions.  Code organization is one area that has been
+reinvented time and again, with perhaps more implementations than there
+are JavaScript programmers.
+
+A good code organization pattern should allow code to be easily reused
+in new contexts, should provide encapsulation and clean separation of
+behaviors, and should minimize risks of name collisions.  In this
+presentation I will examine some techniques that aim to address these
+concerns.  In particular I will focus on [traits.js][] and on type
+classes / protocols, comparing and contrasting the particular benefits
+that these techniques introduce.
 
 [traits.js]: http://traitsjs.org/
-[CoffeeScript]: http://coffeescript.org/
-[Prototype]: http://prototypejs.org/learn/class-inheritance
-[JiverScripts]: https://github.com/jivesoftware/jiverscripts
-
-Audience participation is encouraged: if you have a favorite OO
-implementation, or experiences with JavaScript code organization, feel
-free to come and to share.
-
 
 Speaker Bio
 -----------
 
 I am a Senior JavaScript Engineer at Jive Software.  I also organize the
 Portland JavaScript Admirers group; and I enjoy participatng in other
-local user groups.  And yes, I have written a couple of my own
-JavaScript OO libraries.
-
+local user groups.
 
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