Stop Writing Amateur JavaScript


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Headliner: Evan Richards
6:30 - 7:00: Open mic: get help; strut your stuff
7:00 - 8:15: Featured presentation
8:15 - 8:30: Jobs Offered / wanted / door prizes
Presentation Abstract: As engineers, we need to make things go fast. We'll review and expand your knowledge of JavaScript and jQuery techniques focusing on increasing speed, decreasing memory usage and DRYing up your code. We will specifically cover DOM caching, better event handling (delegation vs. direct binding), and using loops to avoid repetition.
Bio: Like you, Evan is helping startups solve their problems. He has sped up a handful of startup's apps, teaching them how to jQuery, and write cromulent JavaScripts.
Pre-meetup nosh: Join fellow Rubyists for an informal pre-meetup nosh.
5-6 pm, Thursday 6/19
Bay Fung Tong Tea House Restaurant
1916 Franklin St; Oakland, CA
The location is about a block East of the 19th St. BART station (walk a block down 19th; turn left on Franklin and look to your right for the restaurant.
https://maps.google.com/maps?cid=12814851798584995335
The restaurant is very nice, quiet (at that time of day), and has economical, interesting, tasty fare.

Stop Writing Amateur JavaScript