Sessions at OSCON 2011 on Tuesday 26th July

We've all heard about HTML5 & CSS3, but do we know how to effectively apply all of the new properties and features to our websites? In this tutorial, practical application is the name of the game. We'll cut through the theory and show you how to design and build functional websites using the newest HTML5 tags and CSS3 properties.

Pyramid is the web framework at the core of the Pylons Project. It's a "pay only for what you eat" framework. You can get started easily and learn new concepts as you go, and only if you need them. It's simple, well tested, well documented, and fast. This course will present Pyramid and lead you through the creation of a an application as the concepts from the framework are introduced.

We are more than a decade into the widespread use of open source in business, but there is too much focus on the compliance only, and the "risks" of using open source code. This talk is about moving beyond compliance and making the positive case for using open source in business based on reduced cost, improved time-to-market, and yes, freedom.

Cloud9 is entirely built on Node.JS and can be used to debug and develop other Node.JS applications. This fun recursive fact we used to very quickly use the tool we built to refine and develop the tool we are building.

Security and open source have a history that goes back to an era long before computers. The story begins with 19th century linguist Auguste Kerckhoffs and his principle that security isn't found in obscurity. We will cover the intertwined and lesser-known history of security and open source from then to now, with his big idea as a guiding principle, making a compelling argument for open source.

This talk covers a library that I've been working on called jsdom, which allows users of node.js to use jQuery for all sorts of interesting things. I will also be reasoning about why having a DOM on a platform such as node.js is so valuable. I'll show examples on how jsdom is in use today and examples for what it can be used for in the near future.

Studying our most popular open source projects we find that 9 are significantly larger, roughly 10x, than any of the other projects. These "XtraLarge" projects have some notable characteristics that are interesting to anyone wanting to grow his/her open source project to similar magnitude and importance. Ex: All are collaborative non-profit community projects, with modular software architectures.

This 20-minute segment will be broken down into four 5-minute demos. Come early to sign up to claim your spot!

Grab a drink and kick off the 13th edition of OSCON by meeting and mingling with exhibitors and fellow attendees.

Join us for drinks, food, and lots of fun. We're still working on the details, but we promise this is going to be one party you aren't going to want to miss!

Join Puppet Labs and SwellPath Interactive at their headquarters in the Pearl District. The party is free, as in free beer, food and fun. Two floors, two open bars, and more. Take the Green or Yellow line (free transit) west to Union Station and walk 2 blocks west to 411 NW Park Ave.