Hello Everyone,
We survived the holidays and have a pretty special event lined up for this month. This month's JSLA will be at Cross Campus in Santa Monica Thursday January 31st. We have two great local presenters, John Bender and Ron Evans as well as an out of town node.js expert Mike Brevoort.
Please RSVP if you plan on attending: http://js.la
Presented by: Ron Evans
If you have never seen Ron present before you are in for a treat.
This is the first in a series of very short talks (5-7 mins) which will help introduce some of the basics of JS, as well as point out some interesting aspects that perhaps even "experts" might not know.
Presented by: Mike Brevoort
Mike has been leading the Node.js efforts at Pearson, a global education and publishing company. He has been responsible for advocating the needs of large organizations in the node community and has unique experience integrating a diverse tech stack into a modern one that developers want to work with.
Mike will share his experiences with node.js, where it's a good fit and where it is not. He will discuss some specific examples of how he's used node and dive into some code.
Presented by: John Bender
John Bender is the co-creator of Vagrant, a jQuery Mobile contributor, and a recovering polygot. During the day he works full-time on jQuery Mobile at Adobe and otherwise spends his time hacking on open source.
CoffeeScript is an extremely popular JavaScript replacement, but its flexible syntax has been the source of some confusion. This talk covers one troublesome interaction between CoffeeScript terms and how mathematics could prevent similar issues in the future. You don't need a background in math to enjoy the talk, just an interest in language design and how math can help solve tough problems.