http://2011.full-frontal.org/schedule
Although limited by what’s possible to express in simple JavaScript, CoffeeScript tries to provide pieces of clear syntax that fit together in harmony. We’ll dive into the rationale behind some of CoffeeScript’s language choices to look at the trade offs involved, and both the why’s and why not’s.
http://2011.full-frontal.org/schedule
We all love to see exciting and innovative "interface shizzle" driven by JavaScript and the ever increasing rendering capabilities of modern browsers, but are we getting these at the expense of the Web? This talk will explore the good, the bad, and the fugly of rich interfaces, while examining how and why we should take care not to damage the Web.
http://2011.full-frontal.org/schedule
The latest browser APIs now make it possible to redesign how your web pages interact with other applications. Web pages are too often little islands that fail to play well with the wider user interfaces of our devices. This talk will explore the possibilities from Drag and Drop to Web Intents, demonstrating how to make web pages more equal in the world of applications.
http://2011.full-frontal.org/schedule
HTML is incredible and powerful. HTML is a mess. Marcin, a user experience designer at Google, will talk about the experience working on interactive doodles like Pac-Man, Jules Verne and Les Paul. How do we put together things that will be seen by hundreds millions of people? What did we get right? What did we learn the hard way? What rules were broken and what contraptions put together? (Oh, and make sure to bring your phones!)