Justin Gehtland

The Ajax Experience

Boston · October 23 - 25, 2006

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Founder of Relevance, co-author of Better, Faster, Lighter Java

Justin is the co-founder of Relevance, a consulting/training/research organization located in the Research Triangle of North Carolina. Justin has been developing applications with static and dynamic languages since 1992. He has written code with Java, .NET, C#, Visual Basic, Perl, Python and Ruby. He loves to talk, especially in front of people, but all by himself in the corner if he must. Justin is currently focused on: Rails (because its the law), Spring (because Java isn't going anywhere) and security (because paranoia is your friend).

Presentations

Prototype: Ajax and JavaScript++

Learn to simplify Ajax development with Prototype through a series of real-world examples. Along the way, learn to code in Prototype's modern JavaScript style, taking advantage of Prototype's extensions to JavaScript's object model

Advanced Prototype: Ajax and JavaScript++

Building on the in-depth examination of the Prototype library from Prototype: Ajax and JavaScript ++, this session delves into the corners of Prototype that modify the DOM API and JavaScript's built-in types. We'll examine the way JavaScript extends the DOM Element class, and provides wrappers around forms for easy manipulation.

Scriptaculous

Script.aculo.us is the engine that drives many of the visual effects in Ajax applications. This talk will delve into the inner workings of Script.aculo.us effects, including the core components and common options you can specify.