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Todd Parker, of the jQuery UI team, will walk through how to use the jQuery mobile framework to progressively enhance the mobile experience, and bring us up to date with recent developments in the jQuery mobile framework.

Ben Alman will be speaking about the importance of JavaScript unit testing, and how your jQuery and JavaScript code can benefit from unit tests. In addition to outlining how both test- and behavior-driven development approaches work, Ben will also talk about functional JavaScript unit testing, and walk through the development of a QUnit testing suite.

Come down to Bocoup and learn how to contribute to the jQuery project. You don't have to be a JavaScript Samurai or even an ace programmer to help the jQuery commiters prepare for releases. You can get involved by helping them test the code. If you are a JavaScript Samurai, then you should also come down, to get a peak at committing to jQuery.

Ben Alman, author of over two dozen jQuery plugins, will step through the creation of a jQuery plugin, discussing development best practices including code maintainability, organization and generalization, as well as performance and size optimization.

10 Things I Learned from the jQuery SourcePaul Irish will open the jQuery source on the big screen, and run through how the jQuery object works.This talk will cover self executing anonymous functions as a global abatement technique, several interesting methods, internal jQuery paradigms, hiddenhancements, plugin architecture, and the evented model of application design.So both javascript topics you can apply to your own code, along with the basics of how jQuery itself works.Feel free to come…See More

John Resig will be talking on Advanced jQuery techniques and plugin development.There will be a book giveaway courtesy of Packt Publishing: jQuery 1.4 Reference GuideFeel free to come early to hack ahead of time.Thank you to our sponsor: The Atom GroupThe Bocoup Loft is in Fort Point, a 5 minute walk from South Station, with plenty of parking…See More