Sessions at YUIConf 2010 with video

Monday 8th November 2010

• Node.js Roadmap

  by ryah

  Node is meant to be a minimalistic system for doing non-blocking I/O with javascript. The initial implementation is usable and generally fast, but there are many cases where needed features are missing and performance is not good. In this talk I will explain what I see was Node's deficiencies and how they are being addressed.

  • JavaScript
  • Node.js

  At 3:00pm to 4:00pm, Monday 8th November

  Coverage video

• YUI 3 & NodeJS for JavaScript View Rendering on Client or Server

  by Matthew Taylor

  The premise of this idea is to enable data to be translated into HTML either on the browser or the server. The only way to do this on the browser is with JavaScript, so we must have JavaScript on the server as well. Good thing we have NodeJS. Most web application frameworks have some type of templating engine that accepts two things: (1) data, (2) template, and returns HTML to be assembled into an HTTPResponse. But what if we could take the browser-side JavaScript function that handles the XHR response data and run it on the server? With the nodejs-yui3 module, we can!

  Recommended prerequisite: Node.js + YUI 3 / Dav Glass.

  • JavaScript
  • Node.js
  • YUI
  • YUI3

  At 4:30pm to 5:30pm, Monday 8th November

  Coverage slide deck video

• Panel Discussion: "The Future of Frontend Engineering"

  by Tantek Çelik, Douglas Crockford, ryah, Elaine Wherry, Joe Hewitt and Thomas Sha

  YUIConf has brought together this distinguished panel to explore the near future of the discipline at a time of great change. Scheduled panelists include Elaine Wherry, founder and frontend architect at Meebo; Douglas Crockford, JavaScript architect at Yahoo!; Tantek Çelik, technologist and author; Ryan Dahl, creator of Node.js; Joe Hewitt of Facebook, creator of Firebug and one of the most downloaded mobile applications of all time (Facebook for iOS); Thomas Sha, YUI founder at Yahoo!.

  At 6:30pm to 8:00pm, Monday 8th November

  Coverage video

Tuesday 9th November 2010

• Introducing YUI 3 AutoComplete

  by Ryan Grove

  An all-new AutoComplete widget is landing in YUI 3.3.0. In this talk, AutoComplete author Ryan Grove will take you on a whirlwind tour of some of the many autocomplete patterns it makes possible, as well as a deep dive into its powerful new YQL integration, filtering, and highlighting capabilities.

  • Autocomplete
  • JavaScript
  • YQL
  • YUI
  • YUI3

  At 11:45am to 12:45pm, Tuesday 9th November

  Coverage video video video slide deck video

• Finger Tips: Lessons Learned From Building a Touch-Based Experience

  by Mark Kawakami

  Creating a touch-based interface for devices like the iPad and iPhone is easy with YUI 3. But giving your users a truly great experience means paying attention to details such as finger size (they're big) or the speed of the devices (they're slow). Mark will share some of the lessons his team learned while adding touch support to Yahoo! Fantasy Sports, including tips like replacing "fancy" with "fancier" and the value of procrastination.

  • Mobile Web
  • Touchscreen UI
  • Yahoo! Fantasy Sports
  • YUI

  At 3:00pm to 4:00pm, Tuesday 9th November

  Coverage handout video transcript slide deck

Wednesday 10th November 2010

• YUI 3: Below the Surface

  by Luke Smith

  A look inside some of the core patterns and infrastructure pieces that lie at the heart of YUI 3. This talk is not about sugar; there will be JavaScript. You've been warned.

  • JavaScript
  • YUI
  • YUI3

  At 9:00am to 10:00am, Wednesday 10th November

  Coverage slide deck video transcript