Refresh Toledo Events
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Toledo Ruby Meetup #4
August 22, 2009
Time: August 22 at 1pm
Location: SFC Graphics
The fourth Toledo Ruby meetup has been scheduled, with a new location. This is the place to meet Toledo-area Ruby developers.
User Experience Day with the Mud Hens
July 11, 2009
What: User Experience Day with the Mud Hens
When: Saturday, July 11 5:00 pm to 11:00 pm (first game of the double header starts at 5:30pm)
Where: Fifth Third Field, downtown Toledo, Ohio
Would you like to enjoy the company of fellow interaction designers, information architects, usability engineers, developers and others interested in enabling quality user experiences for their customers? And enjoy the world-famous Toledo Mud Hens in a double-header, with fireworks after the games? Bring your family, too, if they are willing to put up with us talking about user experience in between pitches.
40 tickets have been reserved for this group outing. Tickets will cost $9. The ticket order will be placed in mid June, so if you are interested, please contact Keith Instone (instone at uxnet.org) for more information soon.
This event is being supported/sponsored by NWOACM and Refresh Toledo.
Northwest Ohio .NET Users Group
May 19, 2009
Upcoming Meeting Information
Date: Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Time: 5:45-8:00 pm (social/networking time until 6)
Location: 333 N Summit St. Toledo, OH (directions)
Cost: Nothing. Pizza and Pop will be provided free of charge.
Web site: http://www.nwnug.com
Upcoming Presentation Information
Jamie Wright: Introduction to jQuery
jQuery is a javascript framework that is designed to make cross-browser DOM programming easier and make developing with javascript suck less.
In this presentation, we will go over the basics of jQuery which will allow you to go home and get started right away. We will cover concepts such as DOM manipulation, CSS manipulation, ajax requests, and user interface effects. jQuery makes performing these tasks trivial and allows you to add ajax calls and Flash-like effects to your web site easily.
About the presenter
Jamie Wright is president of Brilliant Fantastic , a software development consulting service provider and ISV for software management applications. He has over ten years software development experience in Microsoft technologies and has developing in .NET since the first beta release. He specializes in application architecture, design patterns, object-oriented design, and business objects using the .NET framework. He loves spending time with his family, blogging at http://wrightin.gs, and he is currently getting therapy for his gadget addiction.
Doug Hyatt: Introduction to XML
XML has existed since the late 1990’s and yet many developers don’t know how it can be used. Short for extensible markup language, XML allows for data to be stored in a simple text file with a descriptive object model. It is used for simple transmission of data between applications regardless of the languages, OSes, or systems involved. While most people don’t ever see the actual XML, they use it every day in technologies such as RSS feeds and office productivity applictions.
This introduction will show how an XML document is constructed and used within a .NET application. We will also see how it is useful for data interchange.
About the presenter
Doug Hyatt is a web applications developer for Lucas County using Microsoft technologies. He hs more than 14 years of professional development experience. A computer enthusiast, he doesn’t stop after work and is often asked to put down the “toys” for dinner. When Doug is not working on a computer or writing code, he loves spending time with his family, fishing with his brothers, and woodworking.
Toledo Ruby Meetup #2
May 30, 2009
Time: May 30th at 1pm
Location: 355 Tomahawk Drive, Maumee OH
The second Toledo Ruby meetup has been scheduled. If you’re interested in meeting some Toledo-area Ruby developers, this is the place to be. We’ll be discussing the Randori session on Koans.
Toledo Ruby on Rails Meetup
May 02, 2009
Time: May 2nd at 1pm
Location: BIGGBY Coffee – 26567 N. Dixie Highway, Ste 133 Perrysburg, OH 43551
The first Toledo Ruby meetup has been scheduled. This is the place to be if you’re interested in meeting some Toledo-area Ruby developers.
jQuery Talk at FANUG
March 31, 2009
I’ll be giving an intro to jQuery presentation at the Findlay Area .NET User Group Tuesday, March 31, 2009. This is a basic presentation that will give a brief explanation of why user experience is important, and how jQuery can help enhance the experience of your site or web application.
Visit http://fanug.org/Meetings/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=10 for more information on FANUG.
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