SPUG: July 2011 Seattle Perl Users Group (SPUG) *EXTRA* Meeting

[Colin Meyer]

Reminder,

This meeting is tomorrow! You may think of it as an awesome consolation
prize for not being able to attend OSCON. :)

-Colin.

On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 4:07 PM, Colin Meyer <cmeyer at helvella.org> wrote:

> SPUGgers,
>
> For those of us not going to OSCON, there will be a second July meeting! We
> are fortunate to have the renowned Perl hacker, Jonathan Swartz, visiting
> us, and he will talk about one of his latest Perl projects.
>
>     July 2011 Seattle Perl Users Group (SPUG) Meeting
>     ====================================================
>
>     Topic: Mason 2: True OO templating for the web and beyond
>     Speaker: Jonathan Swartz
>     Meeting Date: Tuesday, 26 July 2011
>     Meeting Time: 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
>     Location: Marchex - 520 Pike Street
>
>     Cost: Admission is free and open to the public
>     Info: http://seattleperl.org/
>
>     ====================================================
>
> Tuesday, July 26, is the next meeting of the THE SEATTLE PERL USERS GROUP.
>
> This Month's Talk
> -----------------
>
> Mason 2: True OO templating for the web and beyond
>
> Mason is a Perl-based templating framework for generating web pages and
> other dynamic content. Over the past decade it has been used to generate
> thousands of web sites large and small, including Amazon.com, Target.com,
> Salon.com and del.icio.us.
>
> Version 2.0 of Mason was released in February, twelve years after its
> initial incarnation.  It has been rearchitected and reimplemented from the
> ground up, to take advantage of modern Perl techniques (Moose, Plack/PSGI)
> and to add long-desired features and syntax.
>
> The original author of Mason will present Mason 2's new architecture and
> improvements and show how it fits into the modern Perl web development
> universe.
>
> For a summary of what's new, see
>
>    http://www.openswartz.com/2011/02/21/announcing-mason-2/
>
> and for documentation and download, see
>
>    http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?Mason
>
>
> About Jonathan Swartz
> ---------------------
>
> Jonathan Swartz is a 10+ year unabashed Perl devotee living in the SF Bay
> Area, doing web consulting for Hearst and other companies. He is the author
> of several CPAN projects including Mason and CHI.
>
>
> Pre-Meeting
> ===========
>
> If you are so inclined, please come to the pre-meeting at the nearby
> Elephant
> & Castle pub on 5th & Union (see map link below). Come enjoy some friendly
> conversation and perhaps a favorite beverage (they have a full restaurant
> too). We can usually be found at the back under the TV near the rear
> entrance
> that goes up into the hotel (if you enter through the front doors, just go
> straight back past the bar). We'll be there from 5:00 pm to 6:19 pm.
>
> Meeting Location
> ================
>
> Marchex
> 520 Pike Street, Suite 1800
> Seattle, WA  98101
>
> The building is just East of Westlake Center. Enter from Pike Street.
>
>    http://bit.ly/jGI364
>
> Due to all of the shopping around us there is plenty of parking available
> in
> garages, but it can be hard to find street parking in the evening. There is
> also a parking garage in the building, but check the rates and closing time
> (subject to change due to downtown events)!
>
> Attendees will need to wait near the elevators in the lobby and a Marchex
> employee will provide access to the 18th floor where the meeting room is
> located. If no one shows up to let you in, call (425) 533-2964 to let them
> know you're in the lobby.
>
> See you there!
>
>
>
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