Refresh Austin

February Meeting – A little something for both sides of your brain

Feb 4, 20091
By Leesa

7:00 p.m. February 10th
Buffalo Billiards, 6th and Brazos

Let’s change everything! Personalize your Design Process
Presented by Sara Summers

Use your life and experiences to draw in creativity and devise your own design process for making something great and making an impact.

Everything You’ve Wanted to Know About jQuery but Were Afraid to Ask
Presented by Jon Loyens

jQuery is a lightweight, cross-browser, JavaScript library released by John Resig in 2006 at a BarCamp in NYC. Since it’s introduction, jQuery’s small footprint and elegant API has quickly made it a favorite among developers and designers alike. In this presentation we’ll cover:
- Why JavaScript libraries?
- Why jQuery?
- jQuery basics
- Selection
- Manipulation
- Effects
- Writing progressive JavaScript w/jQuery
- AJAX with jQuery

Presentation and Code: jQuery Presentation [PDF] & jQuery Code [ZIP]

Bonus! Books!
Plus, O’Reilly has provided us a few books that we’ll raffle off throughout the meeting.

View the event on upcoming.org or FaceBook

Tags: design, design process, javascript, jon loyens, jquery, sara summers

One Comment, Comment or Ping

Austin Web Design

This presentation sounds like it was very informative. What did you guys think of it? Is there something like this coming up soon? I’ve heard interesting things about JQuery but would definitely like to learn more.

Apr 8th, 2009

Reply to “February Meeting – A little something for both sides of your brain”

What is Refresh Austin?

Refresh Austin is an organization of Web professionals working together to foster new ideas and refresh the creative, technical and professional aspects of their trade.

When Do We Meet?

The second Tuesday of each month, from 7pm - 9pm.

Our (new) regular meeting location is Buffalo Billiards, but check this site, our calendar or the mailing list for full details or changes.

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