The September Israeli Web Developers Community meeting will be held on September 7, 2011, as usuall, at Microsoft Israel offices in Ra'anana. Please see the note at the bottom about the parking at Microsoft. Contact us on: wdcil@live.com and don't forget to Like us: http://facebook.com/wdcil   The Future of Client Technologies Future of Silverlight, Future of HTML5 Where are... [read more]

The September Israeli Web Developers Community meeting will be held on September 7, 2011, as usuall, at Microsoft Israel offices in Ra'anana. Please see the note at the bottom about the parking at Microsoft. Contact us on: wdcil@live.com and don't forget to Like us: http://facebook.com/wdcil   The Future of Client Technologies Future of Silverlight, Future of HTML5 Where are Silverlight & WPF heading? Is HTML5 really going to replace .net as client technology!? And how come Office is still written in C++ ? How does Win8 changes the picture? And why all of this is amazing news to developers? In this faced paced session we'll deep dive into the true meaning of HTML5 and the UI model that Microsoft are leading toward, and have a glimpse of the advances Win8 and Jupiter brings to the table.   Advanced Patterns in JavaScript HTML5 true power still comes from its infamous scripting language, which many developers learned to hate. However, JS is clearly here to stay. How can we build true web-applications using JavaScript? Advances in libraries, tools and design patterns slowly but surely turns JavaScript to the true power behind the applications of the future. In this session we'll cover jQuery, unobtrusive script, KnockoutJS and MVVM, Script#, CoffeeScript and many more, and see how apps like Google+ are written.   Agenda: 17:30-18:00 - Gathering and Networking 18:00-19:00 - Future of Silverlight and HTML5 19:00-19:15 - Break 19:15-20:30 - Advanced patterns in JavaScript About the speaker: Elad Katz is a senior .NET architect at the Sela Group. He specializes in ASP.NET MVC, HTML5 and WPF/SL, with more than 10 years of experience in the industry in various .NET technologies. Important note regarding the parking arrangements. Please read carefully: The parking is free at Microsoft's guests' parking area for registered participants only. Moreover, we have to pass invitees list to the parking staff 2 days prior the event. Therefore, you have to register till Apr, 8th, to appear on invitees list and to be allowed entering the parking. Unless your name appear on the list, you will be redirected to one of the paid parking, so please, register and secure the parking lot. Please make sure you enter you full name (in Hebrew) correctly during the registration process.