manifest BrazilJS
We are the largest javascript conference in the universe! And we want to be even bigger.
The idea behind the BrazilJS conference was born in mid 2008. Many technology events of diverse languages were happening at the time. Jayson and Felipe always were JavaScript enthusiasts, and missed a conference focused in the language, who they tought, had a promising future.
A little while later, the first JavaScript conference was born, the JSconf. During the year of 2010 the ideia evolved, Christiano Milfont was thinking about the same, so they unite power, and in 2011 the first JavaScript conference in Brazil was born.
In his debut, at may 2011, BrazilJS became one of the biggest JavaScript conferences in the world, with 600 attendees and more than 20 talks.
In 2012, BrazilJS had more than 900 people and brought for the first time in Brazil, the legendary creator of JavaScript, Brendan Eich.
In 2013, the conference repeated success. With big names such as Douglas Crockford, the number of participants reached almost 1000, filling the theater where the conference is held.
2014 is a special year, will be the fourth consecutive year that the conference happens, and the organization is committed to maintaining the success of previous years.
The Brazilian JavaScript community can expect an amazing conference!