Sessions at Strange Loop 2011 in Salon B

Sunday 18th September 2011

• HTML 5

  by Nate Schutta

  This workshop is for web developers showing them how they can leverage HTML5 in the applications they are building today. We’ll start with a gentle overview describing just what HTML5 is all about and then we’ll delve into the details. We’ll look at the new elements HTML5 brings to the table, why canvas isn’t just something you find in the art department, how geolocation can find Waldo and much much more.

  • HTML5
  • Web Development

  At 11:30am to 2:30pm, Sunday 18th September

  In Salon B, Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark

• jQuery

  by Nate Schutta

  Sure, Ajax might not be the hardest thing you’ll have to do on your current project, but that doesn’t mean we can’t use a little help here and there. While there are a plethora of excellent choices in the Ajax library space, jQuery is fast becoming one of the most popular. In this talk, we’ll see why. In addition to it’s outstanding support for CSS selectors, dirt simple DOM manipulation, event handling and animations, jQuery also supports a rich ecosystem of plugins that provide an abundance of top notch widgets. Using various examples, this talk will help you understand what jQuery can do so you can see if it’s right for your next project. Once we’ve established a solid understanding of just what jQuery can do out of the box, we’ll delve deeper into the plugin space. jQuery is designed to be extended and while odds are there’s a plugin that meets your needs, sometimes only a homegrown solution fits. Starting with a couple of very simple examples, we’ll work our way up to more full fledged widgets.

  • Ajax
  • JavaScript
  • jQuery

  At 3:00pm to 6:00pm, Sunday 18th September

  In Salon B, Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark