Bonus lunch Dec 28th: Javascript tools roundtable
posted: December 20th, 2011
Just can’t get enough web geeks? This month we’re having a bonus lunch! That’s right, two in the month of December! Jeremy Geerdes really wants to lead a round-table discussion about Javascript development tools such as Firebug, Chrome Developer Tools and IE 9’s F12 Developer Tools as well as some of the popular add-ons that make these tools even more powerful. Who are we to say no to such a request?
So come to Smokey Row 1910 Cottage Grove, Des Moines IA (near downtown) on Wednesday, Dec 28th at 12:00 for a round-table discussion. Jeremy has a few interesting tricks he’d like to share and wants to hear some of your favorite tools and techniques. This is a conversational format, not a presentation. If it is anything like our last round-table, it will be power packed and you very likely will want to take a few notes.
If you could please RSVP by either leaving a comment here or on our Facebook event page, that would be awesome. See you there!
MongoDB recap
posted: December 13th, 2011
We had a great turnout, thanks to everyone who attended, and extra special thanks to Tony Bibbs of Gforge for presenting. We received a surprise gift from 10Gen who shipped us some books and stickers to hand out, thanks a bunch, they were a hit! There is obviously a lot of interest in Mongo DB because, as you can see in the picture below, the room was full.
Tony’s slides are available on slideshare, but if you want the quick take-away message: Just try it! MongoDB’s barrier to entry is very low and works with many different programming languages and tools.
Lunch Dec 13th: Is MongoDB right for your project?
posted: December 7th, 2011
Tuesday Dec 13th at 12:00 we’ll be joining Tony Bibbs as he presents on MongoDB, sharing insights as to how it can help you with your project and understanding the strengths and weaknesses of this “NoSQL” database engine. There will be a presentation as well as showing off a little of the code involved in a Mongo project.
Meet us at Felix and Oscars in West Des Moines at 12:00. There will be time to eat, listen to the presentation and be out in under an hour. The address is 4801 Westown Parkway West Des Moines.
Please RSVP by leaving a comment here or on the Facebook event page.
November 14th Hack Day
posted: November 9th, 2011
Monday November 14th we will meet up at Foundry’s new space at 418 6th Avenue, Suite 210 (on the skywalk) by 7:00 pm.
Plan your projects over the DSMWebgeeks group mailing list with other coders. Then meet us later that night at Foundry. Write some code, get help from other Web Geeks members on your projects, or just socialize.
See you there.
Lunch meetup: Ajax and accessibility, sitting in a tree…
posted: October 4th, 2011
Building handicap accessible Ajax & DHTML with Wai-Aria
This Thursday, 6th at 12:00 we’ll be meeting at Felix and Oscars in West Des Moines where we’ll be hearing from Ryan Bergman about how he was able to achieve 508 compliance without having to give up the Ajax goodness we all love.
Ryan is currently a web developer for John Deere but this project was created when he worked for Geo Learning and was designed to satisfy the accessibility requirements of their corporate and government clients. Come for an introduction to the Wai-Aria standard and see how you make your favorite dynamic technique work for everyone.
Felix and Oscar’s is at 4801 Westown Parkway West Des Moines, Iowa.
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