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!
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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!
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