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James Carr
Software Craftsman
In addition to a passion for technology, he also has a keen interest in improving teamwork and collaboration through interactive activities to get people thinking creatively and develop stronger, richer communication channels with their stakeholders.
Presentations
Behavior Driven Development with Client Side Javascript
Back in 2004 there wasn't much in the world of test driven development for javascript...more »Websockets Deep Dive
Websockets are promising us the future we've always wanted with real time web applications, providing a bidirectional communication channel between the client and browser with no need to poll from the client. Come see how to start leveraging websockets anmore »Intro to NodeJS
NodeJS is quickly picking up steam as a popular and high performance web platform and in this session I'll cover the details on what makes it so fun to work with..more »NodeJS Bootcamp
You might have heard a bit about nodejs, now it's time to get fully immersed in it and not just learn it in detail but gear up to start becoming an active member of the nodejs development community. more »Behavior Driven Development with Client Side Javascript
By James Carr
Back in 2004 there wasn't much in the world of test driven development for javascript... you just had jsunit. Since then there has been an explosion of frameworks for javascript and it is almost to the point where it is difficult to choose the right one.
Come find out about a handful of some of the most popular ones and a comparison of their pros, cons, support within other frameworks, and much more. Also covered will be some tips and tricks for handling difficult to describe code and hooking tests up to run through a CI server.
Websockets Deep Dive
By James Carr
Websockets are promising us the future we've always wanted with real time web applications, providing a bidirectional communication channel between the client and browser with no need to poll from the client. Come see how to start leveraging websockets and explore various implementations available.
This session will cover websockets in deep detail in accordance with the specifications and demonstrate them in currently supported browsers. An in depth coverage of client side libraries such as Socket.IO for older browsers as well as support on the server side for various languages and platforms will also be provided.
Intro to NodeJS
By James Carr
NodeJS is quickly picking up steam as a popular and high performance web platform and in this session I'll cover the details on what makes it so fun to work with..
Node.js has been gaining a lot of momentum over the past year, and for good reason! Written atop google's V8 engine with C++ bindings, it makes server-side development simple, easy, and fun. In addition to exploring the details of the platform this session will also give a feel for the the ecology around it.
NodeJS Bootcamp
By James Carr
You might have heard a bit about nodejs, now it's time to get fully immersed in it and not just learn it in detail but gear up to start becoming an active member of the nodejs development community.
We'll show you how to get started at creating your own node modules and how to package them up for distribution. This will be a hands on lab to get all the essential tools setup and at the end you will have a package that anyone can install via npm (thing of ruby gem for nodejs) and start using right away.
Since node.js currently doesn't work on plain windows, you will need a laptop with BSD, Linux, OSX or if you have windows you will need cygwin installed with common development tools (g++, python, make, etc).
