When I saw this I breathed a huge sigh of relief. It looks like an upcoming version of Firefox will have run-time byte-code compilation of script, giving near-native code performance to some JavaScript. What does this mean? basically 5 to 6x improvements in performance for many JavaScript-intensive applications.
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8+ Hours of Video Instruction
1.        Introduction to AJAX Learning Objectives         7:06
2.        JavaScript Basics Learning Objectives   82:15
3.        Ajax Debugging Learning Objectives     25:20
4.        The XMLHttpRequest Object and Data Learning Objectives 29:15
5.        Introduction to Ajax Frameworks Learning Objectives    127:45
6.        Test-Driven Ajax Development Learning Objectives       49:40
7.        Offline Ajax Learning Objectives          47:45
8.        Ajax Security Learning Objectives         41:39
9.        Ajax Usability Learning Objectives        36:44
10.       Ajax User Interface Patterns Learning Objectives          38:51
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