Events involving the two of mankind's greatest inventions; Beer and JavaScript.

Hang out and discuss JavaScript tips, tricks, hacks, and frameworks with some of the best scripters around. Show off cool stuff you've done and learn about what else is going on in the JS community. No pressure, no mandatory presentations. Come, hang out, and hear great people talk about cutting edge scripting.

Are you annoyed that you have to separate the people that "know jQuery" from the people that actually know JavaScript? Know which direction the browser reads CSS and why that matters for performance? Know how opacity alters compositing in the GPU? Have SpeedTracer, DynaTrace, and others installed on your machine? This group is for you. Moderated by a past core developer of Firebug.

Come discuss Javascript with some of the most talented programmers in the East Bay. Show off some of the cool projects you've been working on and talk about everything happening in the JS community. Let's share tips, tricks, hacks and frameworks! We don't have a JavaScript group in the East Bay so I thought I'd start one. Our first topic is an intro to Node. Come check it out!   Logo provided by Oakland's Where It's AT-AT. http://www.oaklandiswhereitsatat.com/

Bay Area Mobile (BAM) is a group of mobile designers and developers interested in mobile technologies that can target multiple devices (iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Backberry, etc).  This will include jQuery Mobile, Titanium, Sencha Touch, Adobe AIR and others. The meeting format will be a mix of presentations from leading experts, hands on coding labs and code review nights. My goal is to grow a collaborative group where members arrive prepared to share what they know and ask questions to incre …