Feature Support with HTML5 and JavaScript

Hi Everyone,

Our next Meetup session is happening on Thursday January 26, 2011 at 6:30PM.

Location: University of Toronto, Medical Sciences Building*, Room 3163

1 King's College Circle, Toronto, ON

*Note: For those taking the subway, get off at Queen’s Park Subway Station and use the exit that comes out at the northwest corner of Queen’s Park and College. Here there is a sidewalk that does not follow the road but rather goes northwest. This sidewalk goes directly to the Medical Sciences Building.

Agenda:

6:30 – 6:45: A First-Hand Look at the CBC Federal/Provincial Elections Map Built in HTML5

Check out how Digiflare developed the CBC Federal and Provincial Elections Map, an experience which involved converting a Flash experience into HTML5 to allow rendering on the iPad.

6:45 – 7:15: An Introduction to WebWorker

Long running JavaScript freezing the web browser? Offload the work to a WebWorker! WebWorker is a new feature supported in modern browsers to run Javascript code in the background while the web page remains responsive to the user. Come learn about WebWorker to see how you can apply it to your projects.

7:15– 7:30: Break. Food will be served.

7:30 - 8:15: Responsive Web Design: The View of the World Depends on the Glasses I Wear

There is no mobile Web, there is no desktop Web, and there is no tablet Web. We view the same Web just in different ways. So how do we do it? By getting rid of our fixed-width, device-specific approaches and use Responsive Web Design techniques. This session will focus on what is Responsive Web Design and how you can use its 3-pronged approach on your current apps today which will also adapt for new devices in the future.

8:15 - 9:00: Q&A

Attendees MUST register!

Speakers Bio

AnneMarie Selvaggio

AnneMarie is the Marketing Associate at Digiflare. She is responsible for Digflare's online web and social media strategies, branding activities, promotional activities and the planning and organization of industry events.

Leo Tse

Leo is a Senior Interactive Developer at Digiflare with 7 years’ experience in .NET technologies including SharePoint, WPF/Silverlight and ASP.net. He is responsible for the architecture, development and delivery of projects. He is the lead developer on Xbox Kinect applications and product development at Digiflare.

Paul Laberge

Paul is a Developer Advisor with Microsoft Canada, based in Mississauga, Ontario. Paul brings over 12 years of technical experience working with some of the largest North American Fortune 500 companies to the role and has been with Microsoft for almost 5 years. His experience includes being a lead developer, development manager, lead application architect and IT management for a wide variety of technical solutions. Currently, Paul leads Microsoft’s developer engagement around Windows Phone 7 and is also passionate about Microsoft’s cloud computing strategy and HTML5 as a way to drive great cross-platform experiences.