Thurs, 9th February 2012: An introduction to asynchronous flow control in JavaScript, with Premasagar Rose. We’ll look at handling multiple callbacks from Ajax requests, setTimeouts, loading images and other asynchronous routines. In particular, we’ll focus on jQuery.Deferred, which implements the Promises design pattern. Read more…
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#39: jQuery Best Practices
Thurs, 12th January 2012: The first in a series of jQuery best practice sessions, with our new ‘Plugin Roundabout’ slot. Read more…
#37: Using Underscore.js with jQuery
Thurs, 24th November 2011: Underscore.js is a ‘utility-belt library’ and it makes it a breeze to solve many of the common problems you’ll see when working with jQuery.. Read more…
#34: My Favourite jQuery Plugin
Thurs, 13th October: Everyone is invited to come and tell us about their favourite jQuery plugin. We’ll bring each plugin’s website up on screen and discuss what it does and why it’s useful. Read more…
Async meets twice a month in Brighton & Hove, UK, to learn, discuss and play with JavaScript and related technologies.
We host talks, hack nights, show n' tells and community events. Sessions are free. Please sign up to each event that you want to attend.
Doors usually open at 7.15pm, the presentation begins at 7.45pm, we end around 9.30pm and continue nearby for an evening social. (Read more)


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