From wsmith at etc.com Wed Dec 5 19:27:26 2007 From: wsmith at etc.com (wsmith at etc.com) Date: 6 Dec 2007 03:27:26 -0000 Subject: [Chicago-announce] UniForum: Pizza Party Message-ID: <20071206032726.16802.qmail@hurricane.etc.com> There's no tech talk for December's suburban Chicago Perl Mongers meeting, but there pizza and beer. Note the location! xoxo, Andy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UniForum Chicago Pizza Party Tuesday, December 11th at 7pm Come Network with your fellow UniForum Chicago members ------------------------------------------------------ Join us at a year-end Pizza Party to celebrate another year of UniForum Chicago. Pizza and soda will be *on the house* (paid for by UniForum Chicago). Paying for beer or other alcoholic beverages will be the responsibility of those who order it. Non-members will be encouraged to either join UniForum Chicago at the Pizza Party (at the standard cost of $25 per year), or to pay $10 for attending if they will be joining in the eating & drinking. Anyone can show up for free if they just want to join the conversation. Please help us out in determining how much pizza to pre-order by contacting us if you plan to attend. We don't require an RSVP, but if you know you're going to be coming we'd appreciate a call or a note. This will help us get our pizza and drink in a timely manner once we arrive at Connie's - we'll overestimate slightly to account for those who aren't able to RSVP. Just reply to this e-mail to send your RSVP. Meeting Location ---------------- The next general meeting of UniForum Chicago will be from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm on Tuesday, December 11th, 2007, at Connie's Pizza in Naperville. Connie's Pizza 1170 Iroquois Ave Naperville IL 60640 Take I-88 (East-West Tollway) west. Take the Naperville Rd exit. Turn right (south) at the exit's traffic light. Continue south on Naperville Rd until the Ogden Ave intersection. Turn right (west) at the Ogden Ave. traffic light. Continue west till the Iroquois Ave traffic light. Turn right (north) onto Iroquois. Connie's is on the left. For additional information contact Scott Nemec at (630) 990-6265 or president at uniforum.chi.il.us, or visit the UniForum Chicago web site at: http://www.uniforum.chi.il.us/ From dave at obtiva.com Mon Dec 17 14:02:47 2007 From: dave at obtiva.com (Dave Hoover) Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:02:47 -0600 Subject: [Chicago-announce] The JavaScript Renaissance Part I: The Core Language Message-ID: <11c8704e0712171402l36e95bb8j9ac5750074080f32@mail.gmail.com> We're going to shift gears a bit for our January meeting in Wheaton and focus on JavaScript. Fred Polgardy has stepped forward and volunteered to give a series of talks in 2008 on JavaScript and the Renaissance it has enjoyed over the last couple years. When: Tuesday, Jan 8, 2008, 7-9 PM Where: Wheaton, IIT - Rice Campus Who: Frederick Polgardy What: The JavaScript Renaissance Part I: The Core Language What comes to mind when think of JavaScript? Broken web sites, browser incompatibilities, and brittle spaghetti code? It doesn't have to be this way anymore! In this presentation, we'll take a focused look at some of the most powerful and under-appreciated features of the core JavaScript language -- prototype-based inheritance, lexical closures, and metaprogramming. We'll look briefly at what these features actually provide from a language standpoint, and then spend most of our time rolling up our sleeves and digging into real world code. In the process, we'll get acquainted with the Prototype library, and see how it extends the core JavaScript language in fascinating and clever ways. We'll finish up with a brief look at what's coming in JavaScript 2.0. More information and directions can be found at http://chicago.pm.org/meetings/ Let me know if you have ideas for other talks in 2008. Best, Dave Hoover Principal, Practice Leader Obtiva Corp: Agility Applied. Software Delivered. http://obtiva.com