The NYC JavaScript & HTML5 Monthly Hackfest Featuring Ted Patrick from Sencha!

The group is about connecting people who care about the web, who want to learn or expand their knowledge with JavaScript and HTML5 and related web technologies. We are developers, designers and thinkers in a 'hackathon like' format under the same roof.

Read more at - http://blog.kaltura.org/the-new-york-javascript-html5-meetup

Agenda...

DrinkUp! - Get a drink, socialize and get hacking! -we'll also have a few surprises this time! Hello Sencha: HTML5 Applications - Ted Patrick (http://ted.onflash.org/) will walk you through Sencha's frameworks (http://www.sencha.com/) for building mobile and desktop applications using web technologies including HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS. We will cover the framework's foundation (OOP+MVC), standard libraries, containers, components, xtype rendering (http://www.sencha.com/learn/legacy/Tutorial:Xtype_defined), and most importantly cross-browser support. Bring an open mind and a laptop, we will be building applications from scratch; feel free to follow along. Sencha provides frameworks, tools, and services for building professional applications with HTML5. The Web Skills Arsenal -- Cross Browser/Device Mobile Development using Sencha Mobile! Hackfest - Get more drinks, hack HTML5 Mobile Apps into the night!

http://photos2.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/b/9/a/c/event_92147532.jpegTed Patrick (http://ted.onflash.org/)

Ted Patrick currently holds the position of Director of Developer Relations at Sencha. He works with developers to create applications using web technologies including HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS. Prior to Sencha, Ted worked at Barnes and Noble on NOOK Apps and on Flash & Flex at Adobe Systems. Along the way, he founded 4 companies as an entrepreneur, raised vc funding, and sold 1. Ted loves to write software. No, He really, really, loves to write software. So much he can hardly think of it as work. Ted especially loves to help solve the hard strategy problems in combining business and software. The past 2 years have been filled with learning the ins and outs of the Android Operating System and how best to write software for phone-tablet form factor devices (IOS/Android). Lately, Ted dove head first into building apps using HTML5. When he is not writing code, you will find him either spending time with his family or scuba diving.

The DrinkUp! time is a great kick-start for an evening of learning and hacking, it sparks interesting discussions, provide a stage for ideas and skills sharing.
Following, the Hackfest is the your chance to get hands-on with experts and great thinkers. Join a group or start a project of your own and collaborate a cool new web project.

The Great Tournament - Every 6 months, the strongest projects will be able to compete to win great prizes, mentoring and funding opportunities for a more serious product development.