Kind of last moment but I just got word that PPK (the creator of the excellent Quirksmode.org) is in Boston and looking to meet up with local developers. If you're interested we'll be at The Pour House at about 7pm (today, June 25th) and you're welcome! If you're coming please reply to this email or give me a call so that I can spot you.
Tags: boston, javascript, meetup
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Tonight was the second meetup of the Boston JavaScript group and it was a huge success. 18 people attended, in all, and there was a lot of discussion about all forms of JavaScript.
There were, at least, 3 people who actively use JavaScript on the server-side including Jason Wadsworth the creator of Crosscheck. We got to discuss the many issues surrounding testing client-side JavaScript in a server-side environment. I think we all agreed that it's an incredibly difficult subject, fraught with peril.
A good showing of ECMAScript 4 was in place with Dave Herman attending. We got to catch up on the state of ES4 and discuss the reference implementation. I'm trying to pull together some real-world code bases for us to examine and, thankfully, the reference implementation is now to a point where I can start to do that.
In general, a lot of talk was done concerning JavaScript testing solutions and JavaScript frameworks. In general there was a good coverage of users: Prototype, ExtJS, and jQuery were all represented. There was also some talk concerning Comet and Erlyweb.
In all, it was an impressive night. Even though it was highly social I felt like it was still an extremely technical, and quite relevant, experience. I suspect that we'll be seeing some presentations at future meetups but that depends a lot on how formalized the group will become. 18 members isn't too bad for something that's still quite new. I'm looking forward to the next one!
Tags: ecmscript, boston, javascript, meetup
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So it's finally happened: There's going to be a Boston JavaScript Meetup tonight (7pm, January 9th, 2008 - Central Square). I plan on going - and I hope everyone will be able to make it (even if it is on super-short notice).
I was getting caught up on my email late last night and noticed the notification concerning the new group. I panicked as I thought I had missed the meetup - thankfully it was still to come (which is what I get for looking at the date after midnight). I plan on bringing a couple copies of my book to hand out, if anyone is interested.
Interestingly, it's founder Robert Schultz, is the creator of the incredibly-cool World of Solitaire site. It's, definitely, one of the better pure-JavaScript games on the web and deserves much of the praise that it has received.
I'm hoping that there will be more JavaScript meetups in the upcoming months. Hope to see everyone there!
Tags: boston, javascript, programming, meetup
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I just got back from giving a presentation at the Boston Ruby Group on jQuery. You can find the contents of the slides below. There's going to be a video of the talk, so I'll post that too, when it's ready.
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So I'm really excited about this upcoming event, here in Boston. I've been helping to plan it, along with Patrick, Shimon, and Brian.
It's a day-long code-a-thon for any interested hackers called Dev House Boston. Free food and drinks will be provided along with plenty of Internet and places to work - much of it graciously donated by Permabit and leftover BarCamp Boston money. It's taking place this Saturday (December 9th) and will be taking place from 11am until 9-10pm.
We decided to model this event after SuperHappyDevHouse, with some twists. The event is one day only and takes place during the day (making it much easier to attend - even if you already have holiday-related obligations). There's no specific goal for the event - you just need to come and have fun. We'll have a brief presentation period at the end so that you can show off your hacks (we'll be recording it for release on YouTube). You're more than welcome to form a team to make something even bigger and cooler. There may be prizes for 'best hack' - but no promises.
To give you a quick preview, I'm going to be partnering with Julia to build a cool hybrid desktop/web application. I'm not going to talk about it much until we actually have something coded, but here's a quick development photo preview to keep you interested (awesome idea to clip the notecard to the screen by Julia):
Tags: shdh, boston, devhouse, programming
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