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Oct
8
6:30 PM
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25 attended (est.) –
4.506
There seems to be some interest in getting this group going again and it has been suggested that we just arrange to get together in a pub and see where it goes... so let's do that.
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The Yorkshire Gray
London,
United Kingdom
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21 Yes
15 Maybe
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Dec 08
9
2008
6:30 PM
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I've been playing around with the Arrowlets library a bit and think it offers a very neat way of expressing sequences of asynchronous operations. Arrows are an idea taken from functional programming (Haskell in particular) which are originally taken from Category Theory. All very grand, but actually pretty simple. One thing the library seems to lack though, is a mechanism to tie separate sequences (Arrows) together neatly. I've developed a small construct that I've called a Bow (because it ties things together neatly, obviously). A Bow wraps an Arrow and allows two or more Arrows to access the data produced. The advantage is that the wrapped arrow is executed on the first call, but all subsequent calls get the data previously (or subsequently) produced. In this session I'll introduce the arrow concept and the library, give an example of using a bow, then set a programming task. We'll work in pairs to do the task, some using the Arrowlets library and others using more traditional approaches. We'll then compare the resulting code and consider the advantages and drawbacks of the Arrows approach.
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7 Yes
6 Maybe
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Nov 08
12
2008
6:30 PM
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8 attended (est.) –
5.003
We're doing a bit of a special event this month, Robert Rees is organising a hack fest. We are hosting it at Thoughtworks' offices as Skills Matter can't do this date... there was even some mention of pizza. Lots Of Pictures for Lots Of Words Lots of Words is a translation site that uses Wikipedia articles to translate text by comparing the title of the same article in the various different language Wikipedia. You access your translation via a humane url and what is returned is a JSON structure containing the suggested translation. So for example to find the French word for Pumpkin you would use: http://lotsofwords.c om/en/fr/pumpkin However Lots of Words does not have a nice front end to help you translate words let alone segments of text. Therefore we are proposing a HackFest to try and develop a front-end for the site. Not only that but if you are translating a word into a language where you are not sure about how to pronounce the translation, e.g. Cyrillic or CJK languages, we want to retrieve pictures from Flickr that match the word we are trying to translate. Lots of Pictures for Lots of Words. It would also be cool if there could be a small devices version of solution so that it could be used on an iPhone/Android phone to help communicate with pictures. Of course if people have other ideas on how to use the translation that would be cool too. The site is a bit alpha and it isn't a commercial product but is an interesting chance to create a truly international mashup.
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8 Yes
5 Maybe
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Oct 08
7
2008
6:30 PM
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This meetup has an Open Mic format - anyone who wants to can do a ten minute talk. All are encouraged to say something, even if it is 30 seconds about what they are working on, but this is not mandatory. Bring a laptop, bring some slides, bring some code, bring a question, bring a friend. It is a very informal and friendly group and we'll try to get the chairs in a more conducive arrangement this time. This was always supposed to be a group for peer discussion and sharing and the Open Mic format seems to facilitate that most effectively. If anyone wants to volunteer for a longer talk that is welcome too - drop me a mail and we can book it in.
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4 Yes
3 Maybe
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Sep 08
9
2008
6:30 PM
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11 attended (est.) –
4.001
Due to a double booking at Skills Matter, this meetup is on a Tuesday this month. Following the success of last month's Open Mic (in quality if not quantity), we are going to keep the format the same. Anyone who wants to can do a ten minute talk. Bring a laptop, bring some slides, bring some code, bring a question, bring a friend. This was always supposed to be a group for peer discussion and sharing and the Open Mic format seems to facilitate that most effectively. If anyone wants to volunteer for a longer talk that is welcome too - drop me a mail and we can book it in for a future event.
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12 Yes
3 Maybe
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Aug 08
13
2008
6:30 PM
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7 attended (est.) –
4.503
I thought we'd do something a little different for this meetup, we are having an "open mic" evening. Basically, anyone who wants to can stand up and do a ten minute talk. If you have a cool piece of code you've written, figured out something interesting about the language, found a great framework or even if you've got confused and need some advice, come along and share with the group. You'll need a laptop or need to borrow one. Feel free to show some code, or if you bring slides, keep it to three or four - I'll be pretty strict on time. Although you can sign up to speak on the night, it would be great to have an idea of who wants to talk before hand, so drop me a mail. Hope to see you on Wednesday.
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16 Yes
9 Maybe
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Jul 08
9
2008
6:30 PM
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22 attended (est.) –
4.005
Michael Mathews will talk about Unit Testing in JavaScript. Creating unit tests in JavaScript is easier than you probably think and will make the job of building and debugging your application faster, easier and more reliable. This talk will include a short introduction to the basic concepts and benefits of unit testing and a complete walkthrough of how to implement your own unit tests. Michael is currently a Client-Side Developer working for the BBC. He has been building high-usage commercial web sites since 1998 for companies such as MTV, HBO, Oxygen Television, the Gucci Group, and Chellomedia. He is the creator and current maintainer of the JsDoc tool, and an advocate for best practices in scripting for the web.
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25 Yes
3 Maybe
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Jun 08
11
2008
6:30 PM
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11 attended (est.) –
4.505
David Harvey will talk about his experience of building a small JavaScript/HTML app to run in the browser and as an AIR desktop application. We'll, talk trough some of the design and implementation decisions, he'll give a brief introduction to Adobe AIR and demonstrate how easy it is to turn the app into a desktop application.
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13 Yes
0 Maybe
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May 08
14
2008
6:30 PM
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4 attended (est.) –
3.502
Steve Heron will be talking about webcentric. This was postponed from last month due to the room being unavailable: The best way to describe webcentric is probably to say that its a lightweight, client-side portal framework. To give you a bit of background, it?s a framework that I've played with since the days of IE5, so its far from new. Until about 3 years ago, it was a little more than a testing ground for ideas in JavaScript programming - OO techniques, functional programming experiments, continuation passing style, that sort of thing. Since the whole Ajax thing started to take off, I've been gradually transforming webcentric from sprawling experiment to coherent application framework - how successful I've been I will leave for others to judge :-) I'll be launching webcentric version 2.0 in August - Webcentric 1.0 is already in production use in a number of Investment banks, primarily through the work of Caplin Systems (the 'real-time web company'). I've licensed webcentric to Caplin who use it as the basis for their CaplinTrader trading platform. It isn't my intention to do a half hour sales-pitch - I think there are a number of architectural features of the framework that will interest javascript ? focussed friends, so I'll focus on those.
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6 Yes
2 Maybe
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Apr 08
9
2008
7:00 PM
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7 attended (est.) –
4.001
Steve Heron will be talking about webcentric: The best way to describe webcentric is probably to say that its a lightweight, client-side portal framework. To give you a bit of background, it?s a framework that I've played with since the days of IE5, so its far from new. Until about 3 years ago, it was a little more than a testing ground for ideas in JavaScript programming - OO techniques, functional programming experiments, continuation passing style, that sort of thing. Since the whole Ajax thing started to take off, I've been gradually transforming webcentric from sprawling experiment to coherent application framework - how successful I've been I will leave for others to judge :-) I'll be launching webcentric version 2.0 in August - Webcentric 1.0 is already in production use in a number of Investment banks, primarily through the work of Caplin Systems (the 'real-time web company'). I've licensed webcentric to Caplin who use it as the basis for their CaplinTrader trading platform. It isn't my intention to do a half hour sales-pitch - I think there are a number of architectural features of the framework that will interest javascript ? focussed friends, so I'll focus on those.
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8 Yes
3 Maybe
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