Schedule: JavaScript sessions

JavaScript is assuming increasing importance in web and mobile applications, on both client and server sides. Together with HTML5, JavaScript will dominate the landscape for mobile application implementation. Learn about HTML5, mobile development and how to use JavaScript as a serious programming language.

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1:30pm Tuesday, 07/20/2010
Cooking with jQuery
Location: Portland 251
Tags: jquery, javascript, web_development
Please note: to attend, your registration must include Tutorials.
Mike Hostetler (appendTo, LLC), Jonathan Sharp (appendTo LLC.)
Average rating: ***..
(3.03, 30 ratings)
JavaScript is not a dirty word. The language itself is quite elegant. However, competing implementations by differing browsers has given it a bad rap. Yet, in this age of Ajax it is a must-have for any successful web application. Join this group of JavaScript gurus, who co-authored the O'Reilly jQuery Cookbook, for a tutorial session covering reliable techniques: intermediate to advanced. Read more.
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10:40am Thursday, 07/22/2010
Programming WebSockets
Location: Portland 255
Tags: ajax, html5, websockets
Sean Sullivan (-)
Average rating: ***..
(3.00, 35 ratings)
WebSockets is an exciting new technology that enables bidirectional communication between web applications and server-side processes. Google's Chrome browser already provides WebSockets and developers can expect to see the technology in other browsers in 2010. This presentation will cover the WebSocket protocol, JavaScript API, and server-side implementations. Read more.
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11:30am Thursday, 07/22/2010
jQuery UI: Rich Interactivity, Simplified
Location: Portland 255
Tags: jquery, framework, javascript, ui, widgets, ria, theming
Mike Hostetler (appendTo, LLC), Jonathan Sharp (appendTo LLC.)
Average rating: **...
(2.32, 37 ratings)
jQuery UI is the official jQuery suite of interactions and widgets for building Rich Internet Applications. It makes building web interfaces as refreshingly simple as jQuery has made Ajax and the DOM. As simple as $('<p>Hello, World</p>').dialog(); Read more.
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1:40pm Thursday, 07/22/2010
Reactive Extensions For JavaScript
Location: Portland 255
Tags: javascript, programming
Erik Meijer (Microsoft)
Average rating: ***..
(3.86, 14 ratings)
The "A" in "AJAX" stands for "Asynchronous" and indeed almost all Web and mobile applications have to be written in an asynchronous and event-driven style. Reactive Extensions for JavaScript is a library for coordinating and orchestrating asynchronous and concurrent computations in a high-level and declarative way. Read more.
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2:30pm Thursday, 07/22/2010
Test and Behavior Driven Development in JavaScript
Location: Portland 252
Tags: javascript, tdd, bdd, test_driven_development, behavior_driven_development
Steven Parkes (smparkes.net llc)
Average rating: **...
(2.42, 12 ratings)
Testing is JavaScript's Achilles' heel: the language is powerful with good library support, but testing practices are cumbersome to non-existent. This talk demonstrates a set of tools that make test/behavior driven development in JavaScript as quick and effective as Java, Ruby, or Python, including aspects unique to JavaScript such as the browser environment and asynchronous programming. Read more.
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2:30pm Thursday, 07/22/2010
Don't Fear the Closure
Location: Portland 255
Tags: web, javascript, languages, fp, oo
Lennon Day-Reynolds (Dark Horse Comics)
Average rating: ***..
(3.67, 12 ratings)
Javascript has become the universal language of the web. Usable on client or server, it can be fast, flexible, and reusable across many sites and applications. To really master JS you need more than a framework: you need to grok some heavy-duty functional and OO concepts it took from weird languages like Scheme and Self. Come see where these ideas came from, and how to use them in your JS code. Read more.
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4:30pm Thursday, 07/22/2010
Node.js and How JavaScript is Changing Server Programming
Location: Portland 255
Tom Hughes-Croucher (Jetpacks for Dinosaurs)
Average rating: ****.
(4.19, 16 ratings)
While JavaScript is ubiquitous on the web it isn't really well known outside of the browser. All of that is about to change. Node.js is a fast, non-blocking, event driven server that is opening the door for JavaScript on the server. For everyone who ever wanted to use JavaScript everywhere, or wondered just how fast a server can go, this talk if for you. Read more.
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