apps.berlin.js - 5th meeting

apps.berlin.js is a Berlin.js spin-off with a special focus onJavaScript-driven applications (“HTML5 apps”) running in the browser. This includes desktop browser apps as well as mobile apps and games written in JavaScript.

Talks on May 30:

Advanced AngularJS As an intermediate talk, Jan Varwig (http://jan.varwig.org/) will give a practical example of component-based web development and the strength of this approach, illustrated using the AngularJS framework.

SEO server with PhantomJS Ben Kubota (https://twitter.com/omdb) will talk about an PhantomjS-based SEO server that serves pages of JavaScript apps to search engine robots like the Googlebot.

Why gestural interfaces are the future, and how to use them in your JS app. Adam Butler (http://www.adam-butler.com/) talks about gestural interfaces in mobile apps, and shows some implementation techniques from Heft (https://github.com/adamvert/heft), a Backbone/Zepto app-in-progress.

PeerGaming - Share the Fun Stefan Dühring (https://twitter.com/Autarc) will introduce PeerGaming (http://peergaming.net/), a client-side multiplayer gaming framework using WebRTC. It connects multiple systems via PeerConnections, establishes DataChannels for communication and eases the process of creating your own game.