Refresh the Triangle

Monday, April 28, 2008

006 Meeting Recap

Refresh 006 was a major success. Nathan Huening from OnWired gave a great talk called “Dr. jQuery (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the DOM),” and his passion for the material was evident. In a series of increasingly complex examples, Nathan showed off the power and simplicity of the jQuery JavaScript library. He demonstrated that most of jQuery can be reduced to “grab things, do stuff,” starting with simple CSS modifications and moving to AJAX, animation, and custom functionality.

To get a good taste of the presentation, you can use FireBug to run Nathan’s sample code against the demo page he set up. You’ll want to be running FireFox 2, as FF3 Beta 5 gave me a lot of grief while I tried to follow Nathan’s examples.

Big thanks to Nathan and to Duke’s Blackwell Interactive for hosting the event, as well as to everyone who came out; maybe we’ve got you pictured on our Flickr page.

Hope to see you next month.

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

WANTED: Best Web Designer in the RTP

We’re Looking for the Best Web Designer in Town
Are you passionate about pushing pixels? Are you a typographic genius? Do you always design on a grid? Can you produce gallery-worthy designs in a variety of styles?

Are you one of the best and brightest in the web world? Do you thrive on delivering top-quality work time after time? Have you thought about joining one of the premier web design and development firms around?

Learn more on our site and we look forward to chatting with you.

Tuesday, April 01, 2008

Refresh 006 — Dr jQuery (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the DOM)

Durham, NC — Thurs, Apr 24, 2008, 6:30-8:00PM

The web isn’t what it used to be: with advanced browsers and powerful Javascript frameworks like jQuery, websites deliver user experiences that rival those of traditional desktop software. Nathan Huening, Director of Web Development at OnWired, will share the nuts and bolts of jQuery and how you can use it to build rich, professional interfaces. It’s easy! No programming experience required ... and feel free to bring your laptop since you can expect live, hands-on examples. To participate, you’ll need a copy of Firefox with the Firebug extension installed.

Location:

Blackwell Interactive
Duke Office of Information Technology
334 Blackwell Street
(American Tobacco Campus)
Durham, NC 27701