jQuery Presentation by John Resig

Recently, we had the pleasure of having John Resig, the creator and lead developer for the jQuery library speak at the Boston .NET User Group meeting.

For those of you not familiar w/ jQuery, it is a JavaScript UI library that packs an incredible punch for it's very small size.

John's presentation showed the tremendous power and flexiblity of jQuery for enhancing the UI of a web page/site. I've been using it for about 8 months and never looked back. The jQuery library is one of those tools that comes along and changes the paradigm of a playing field. Combined w/ the jQueryUI collection of UI components this is a must have for web developers. Check it out!

John Resig: jQuery Creator at Boston .NET User Group this Wednesday 2/11

John Resig, the creator and lead developer of jQuery will be the featured speaker at this Wednesday's 2/11 meeting of the Boston .NET User Group. Check out the details a www.bostondotnet.org.

New England Code Camp 11

The next edition of the always popular New England Code Camp will be held on Saturday March 28th. We're holding a one-day mega event which should be packed with lots of great material. Submission of speaker abstracts and registration is now open at www.thedevcommunity.org. Chris Bowen has a detailed description of the event post on his blog.

Miguel de Icaza, Founder of the Mono Project to Speak at April 8th Boston .NET User Group Meeting

Miguel de Icaza, founder of the Mono Project will be the featured speaker at the 4/8/2009 meeting of the Boston .NET User Group meeting in Waltham, MA at the Microsoft office from 6-8 pm. Miguel will be giving a tour of Mono 2.2. Previous visits to the group have been very informative and entertaining. If you are in the area, this is a meeting not to be missed!

Microsoft Virtual 24-hr TechDay 4/1/2009: Call for Speakers

Microsoft is holding a virtual 24-hr TechDay on April 1st where any and all individuals are welcome to submit a proposal. For more information visit http://www.msfttechdays.com/modules/cft/default.aspx.

jQuery Creator John Resig to Speak at Februrary 11th Boston .NET User Group Meeting

jQuery creator and lead developer John Resig will be the featured speaker at the Wed 2/11/2009 meeting of the Boston .NET User Group. This will be a great opportunity to hear from the source about this fantastic Ajax Javascript library.

TechEd 2009 Birds-of-a-Feather Topic Submission Now Open

Birds-of-a-Feather (BOF) sessions are open discussion topics of mutual interest to Tech·Ed attendees. They give developers and IT professionals the opportunity to meet with people who have similar interests and challenges in an open-forum environment that promotes discussion and interaction.

If you are going to TechEd 2009 in Los Angeles, 5/11-15/2009 you can propose a topic at https://www.msteched.com/modules/bof/submit.aspx.