Where: The Ann Arbor Public Library, in downtown Ann Arbor. We will be
meeting in the library's free space, located on the third floor.

343 S 5th Ave
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
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When: Wednesday, February 27th 2008, 6:30 - 8:00

Speaker: Brian Reindel, Software Engineer at Niche Retail.
Abstract

The advent and popularity of JavaScript libraries has caused front-end
programming paradigms to change drastically. Design patterns are
emerging, object-oriented concepts are common place, and the line
between client-side scripting and server-side scripting is beginning
to blur.

Brian will be reviewing some of the techniques inherent to these
libraries so that you can better understand how to build custom
functionality of your own, while taking into account best practices.
Some of the sub-topics to be included will be namespacing, anonymous
function execution, the dollar sign selector, variable arguments,
callback functions and shorthand.
Brian Reindel's Biography

Brian Reindel is a software engineer, currently employed with Niche
Retail, LLC, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He graduated from Oakland
University in 1999 with a BA, Journalism, and has been toying
professionally with Web development technologies for almost a decade.

Brian's language of choice is Java, but he gets dirty on occasion with
Ruby on Rails and LAMP as a solution stack. The majority of his
career, however, has been spent on the front-end, developing Web pages
with XHTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

Although he still dreams of writing full-time in the future, Brian is
immersed in the world of software development, and enjoys the
challenge of learning new technologies.

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