I’m happy to announce new speakers for indieconf: Zoe Mickley Gillenwater, Brandon Eley, Neil Tortorella, Michael Eaton and Mike Girourard have all been confirmed over the past several days, and I’m really excited to have them on board!
You can read more about each speaker or take a look at their session topics, which include CSS3, getting started in freelancing, networking techniques and more.
If you’ve not got your tickets yet, register today!
The November JavaScript Mag (JSMag) is now available. Here’s a quick run down of what’s inside:
* Shea Frederick completes his overview of the IDE landscape for JavaScript developers
* Jay Garcia dives in to the ExtJS Component Lifecycle
* Christian Tiberg explains how to use StorageEngine (YUI) in your apps
* Tom Hughes-Croucher demonstrates making Yahoo Query Language even more useful with server-side JavaSscript
* Kyle Simpson walks you through JSON-P error handling
* Matt Henry covers the latest Community News
JSMag is now 10% off when purchased as a 12 month subscription!
The August issues of GroovyMag and JSMag are both out. They’ve been out since earlier this month, but I didn’t publicize them here yet. 
GroovyMag‘s content this month includes Part I of building a Grails Portal, Part II of Logging in Grails, a deeper look at Groovy Typing, the Clojure Plugin, Grails with RMI, and more.
JSMag this month includes pieces on using Cross-Domain AJAX, Events with JavaScript, Yahoo Query Language, ExtJS Plugin Development, Mobile App Development with Dojo, and more.
I mentioned it on the JSMag blog, but not here, so I’ll repeat myself. One of the pieces of feedback I got on JSMag a few months ago was that the topics looked a bit advanced. While that was intentional, I’ve added a monthly column aimed at people new to JavaScript. The column is written by Shea Frederick, so whenever you see anything from him in JSMag, it’s for JS beginners. I’m still looking for a name to give the column (“Beginner’s Corner” sounds a bit too cliched, no?) so if you have any suggestions, let me know.
The May 2009 JSMag is now available. This month:
More info can be found at http://jsmag.com/latest
Reposting here from the JavaScript Magazine blog:
JSMag is holding a contest to find a cover photo for its next issue. The selected winner will receive a gift certificate to BN.com or Amazon.com (winner’s choice) and a free subscription to JSMag.
Submitted photos need to be black and white, and at a resolution for printing, but other than those requirements, the subject matter is open. Submitters will have to provide WebDev Publishing with a non-exclusive, royalty free right to reuse the image in future WebDev Publishing, and need to verify that they are the original rights-holder to the image(s) being submitted for consideration.
To submit an entry, email editor@jsmag.com, or simply tag a picture on Flickr with “jsmag” and we’ll find it.
Winner will be selected by JSMag appointees, and winner will be contacted by email and announced here.
Contest ends at the end of April 22, GMT.
So, get out your cameras and starting sending in your pics (or posting on flickr).
One question was asked the other day – “how many entries can I submit?”. You can enter as many pictures as you wish.
Here we go!
We’re committed to getting Javascript Magazine out the door on March 2.
A few short notes:
Sign up at http://jsmag.com to be alerted for email notices when the magazine launches. A blog will be coming soon on that domain, but until then, you can subscribe to this blog for more info.
Articles for the first issue include:
The above articles are already in production. Other articles which might make it in issue 1 include an ExtJS tutorial, UI testing, and Debugging Javascript without the alert() function.
What sorts of topics would you like to read about in JSMag?
Testing out the demand for a community site focusing on Javascript developers. When I was investigating the Javascript Magazine idea (still in the works – got some great contributors potentially lined up!) I realized that Javascript is everywhere, yet nowhere. There are few, if any, Javascript user groups or similar resources out there. There’s *loads* of books, and occasionally a few sessions at conferences, but no social ongoing stuff. So, I’m looking to start one.
Head over to http://jsusers.com and join up. The system is pretty open right now as to how it might be used. I’m anticipating people will use it to form topical or regional ‘groups’ to manage communication between themselves. That would be the best use, at least as far as I can tell right now. I’m using it to get some interest in a Raleigh area Javascript user group, and hopefully we’ll meet next month.
Groups for YUI, dojo, mootools and others would be great, as would groups for dealing with Javascript and particular technologies (Javascript integration with specific .Net or PHP apps, for example). Really, it’s open to what ever people want to make of it, but I’d like to see adhoc group creation.
Question? Comments? Leave them here or ping me at @jusers
I’m in the planning stages of a Javascript magazine, similar to the GroovyMag publication I’ve already got out. Before jumping in too deep, I’m looking to gauge interest in the idea. Are you interested in a monthly Javascript magazine? If so, click the link above and sign up. Or, just leave a comment below. :) Thanks!
Nathan from onWired (a local web company) gave a presentation on jQuery, which has repiqued my interest in it. The docs were always a shortcoming, but Aptana has had scriptdoc support for jQuery for awhile now. I think if I need to do more AJAXy stuff, I’ll try jQuery for my next project. If it’s too hard, I’ll go back to YUI.
Here’s a screenshot of Aptana’s code assist feature for jQuery…
I’ve put up a small survey which I’m hoping will help me get an idea of whether there’s any connection between computer language choice and religious identification. Do Catholics gravitate towards Java? Are Python users more likely to be Baptist? It’s basically a ‘fun’ thing – I don’t claim it’ll be scientific, but I’m still interested in the results. Please take a few moments and participate!
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