Heya JSLAers,
It's that time again: this month's JSLA will be at The Hub LA in Downtown Los Angeles, Thursday February 28th @ 7pm. We got a good mix of Node.js, robotics, and some seriously high quality front-end stuff. We are also starting the JavaScript Made Simple series this month.
Make sure to RSVP if you plan on attending: http://js.la
The folks behind the O'Reilly Fluent Conference are giving us a special discount. Make sure to use the discount code JSLA20 when you register for 20% off. The conf is May 28th - 30th, visit the Fluent Conf site for more details.
Eric Gradman is an inventor and entertainer who makes others see technology as magic. He has a colorful history as a circus performer, professional whistler, roboticist, and inventor.
In this talk, Eric will discuss the challenges and rewards of interfacing with interesting hardware using Node. If you've never wondered why you'd debounce an unreliable button using Underscore, come check this talk out
Presented by: Michael Anthony and Andy Thelander
Michael Anthony and Andy Thelander of Active Theory will look back on their first 6 months as a digital agency and share select projects like Clouds Over Cuba and My Life in 20 Years whilst discussing development techniques of client and server-side JavaScript.
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.