Thurs, 10th May 2012: AngularJS is what HTML would have been had it been designed for building web-applications. It eliminates boilerplate code with declarative rather than imperative syntax and, critically, it makes applications a joy to test. Read more…
#47: 2nd Birthday Show n’ Tell
Thurs, 26th April 2012: It’s been two years since Async kicked off. To celebrate our birthday, we’d like to bring together some quickfire demos of your latest projects, experiments or newfound techniques. Read more…
#46: Architecture of a JavaScript Application
Thurs, 12th April 2012: A tour of a real-world JavaScript application. Learn the concepts behind libraries such as Backbone, RequireJS and Jasmine, as well as the lessons learned from maintaining a legacy application collapsing under the weight of its own design choices. Read more…
#45: EyebrowJS — A discussion on realtime, multi-device, rich-client applications
Thurs, 22nd March 2012: Single-page apps are the new black. But how do you build a website that can do server-side rendering while also being a single-page app on the client-side? Read more…
#44: AliceJS – CSS animations for apps & games
Thurs, 15th March 2012: AliceJS is an open source JavaScript library to create advanced animations with CSS. It’s self-contained and works directly against the DOM to support a variety of use cases for web applications. Read more…
#43: Introduction to jQuery Plugin Development
Thurs, 8th March 2012: This session sets out to introduce you to jQuery plugin development, why you might want to consider it, how to get started and what the benefits are. Read more…
#42: Introducing Kirin, a new mobile platform
Thurs, 23rd February 2012: In this Async session James Hugman will introduce Kirin, a new set of tools which helps making native mobile apps that are easier to port to other platforms.. Read more…
#41: Promises, Promises
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…
#40: Scaling Your JavaScript Application Architecture
Thurs, 26th January 2012: What happens when your project really starts to grow? In this talk, Addy Osmani presents an effective set of design patterns for medium to large-scale JavaScript application architecture. Read more…
#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…
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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