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<i class="icon-bullhorn"></i>ClojureScript and Confident UI Programming
<span class="badge badge-info">01 Feb 19:00</span>
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This month we have Sam Marshall (@sjmarshy) introducing us to ClojureScript and Glen Mailer (@glenathan) talking us through a method of confidently building user interfaces.
</p>
<p>
Big thank you to <a href="https://www.hays.co.uk/">Hays IT</a> who will be kindly providing pizza for us at this event!
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<p>
See the event page on <a href="https://www.meetup.com/MancJS/events/237214776/" target="_blank">MeetUp</a>. We will be meeting at the usual time and place of MadLab from 7pm.
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<div class="date">01 Feb 2016</div>
<a href="/#clojurescript-confident-ui">permalink</a>
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<i class="icon-bullhorn"></i> Xmas Geek Quiz
<span class="badge badge-info">07 Dec 19:00</span>
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<div class="content">
<p>
It's almost time for the final MancJS of 2016, and as is now tradition, we're running our Xmas quiz again.
Come along and demonstrate how much you know about esoteric random tech/geek things :)
</p>
<p>
Questions will range from JS and general coding things to culture and geek general knowledge.
</p>
<p>
Since the questions will broadly cover the entire subject of software development, we
welcome folks from other groups to put a team together and join in!
</p>
<p>
We will be at MadLab from 7pm. See you there!
</p>
<div class="footer">
<div class="date">05 Dec 2016</div>
<a href="/#xmas-quiz-2">permalink</a>
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<i class="icon-bullhorn"></i> Social Event
<span class="badge badge-info">02 Nov 19:00</span>
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<p>
This month we are skipping the regular format for a more casual social event.
</p>
<p>
We'll be across the road from MadLab at Common Bar.
Come and join us for casual JS/programming talk.
We'll be there from our usual time of 7pm. See you Wednesday!
</p>
<div class="footer">
<div class="date">30 Nov 2016</div>
<a href="/#social-event">permalink</a>
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<div class="box" id="round-table-discussion-hash">
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<i class="icon-bullhorn"></i> Round Table Discussion
<span class="badge badge-info">05 Oct 19:00</span>
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<p>
This month we are going to try something new. We're going to have a 'round table' discussion, prompted by a series of open questions concerning JavaScript (the language) as well as the ecosystem.
</p>
<p>
The idea is that everyone has something to share, from their experience with a certain library/framework right through to their ideals and beliefs about building systems in JavaScript. Let's share our opinions/positions and get a good, friendly debate going.
</p>
<p>
No ticket required – you'll need only yourself and your opinions for this one :)
</p>
<p>
<i>Note</i>: if you're new to JavaScript, please feel welcome to come along. The perspective of beginners will be especially useful for this format.
</p>
<div class="footer">
<div class="date">29 Sept 2016</div>
<a href="/#round-table-discussion">permalink</a>
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<div class="box" id="es6-code-golf-3-hash">
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<i class="icon-bullhorn"></i> Code Golf
<span class="badge badge-info">07 Sept 19:00</span>
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<div class="content">
<p>
This month we'll be playing a few more rounds of everyone's favourite programming
game Code Golf.
</p>
<p>
Code Golf is a group programming game where we compete against each other to come up
with the shortest possible solution to a series of trivial problems. In this session,
we'll be able to use <a href="http://node.green">some ES6 features</a>
(those available in the v6.0.0 release of node).
</p>
<p>
All you need is <b>your laptop</b>, a text editor and a willingness to write code you feel
truly ashamed of.
</p>
<p>
<i>Note</i>: if you're new to JavaScript, please feel welcome to come along.
Code Golf is an especially fun way to learn and get involved.
</p>
<div class="footer">
<div class="date">01 Sept 2016</div>
<a href="/#es6-code-golf-3">permalink</a>
</div>
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<div class="box" id="redux-and-typing-hash">
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<i class="icon-bullhorn"></i> Redux & Typing Deep Dive
<span class="badge badge-info">03 Aug 19:00</span>
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<div class="content">
<p>
This month we have two talk sessions lined up.
</p>
<p>
We'll be hearing about <a href="http://redux.js.org/index.html">Redux</a> and
taking a dive into all things type systems and typing.
</p>
<p>
<b>Session 1</b><br />
Redux is a predictable state container for JavaScript apps. It helps you write applications that behave consistently, run in different environments (client, server, and native), and are easy to test. Redux evolves the ideas of Flux, but avoids its complexity by taking cues from Elm.
<br /> – <a href="https://twitter.com/sjmarshy">Sam Marshall</a>
</p>
<p>
<b>Session 2</b><br />
JavaScript is a dynamically typed language, and that can be a real pain (Sorry, it's <span style="font-family:courier; background: #eee; border: solid 1px #ddd;">"" == 0</span>).
In recent years, functional programming patterns have become increasingly popular in JavaScript, despite it not having the same static typing that most functional languages have. This talk takes a look through the underbelly of JavaScript's Type System, the common features of Types in Functional languages, and looks at strategies and tools for finding type errors in your JavaScript code.
<br /> – <a href="https://twitter.com/jackweirdy">Jack Wearden</a>
</p>
<p>
As always, everyone is welcome, regardless of your level of JavaScript.
</p>
<div class="footer">
<div class="date">31 Jul 2016</div>
<a href="/#redux-and-typing">permalink</a>
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<div class="box" id="code-and-conquer-3-hash">
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<i class="icon-bullhorn"></i> Code & Conquer 3
<span class="badge badge-info">06 Jul 19:00</span>
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<p>
This month we're running another game of Code & Conquer!
</p>
<p>
<b>Important</b><br />
This is a bring your laptop session – please have your code editor of choice, and
<a href="https://nodejs.org/en/">Node.js</a> (version 6 or above) installed. <strong>We start at 7pm.</strong>
</p>
<p>
There's limited space for this one, so please <a href="http://mancjs-code-and-conquer.eventbrite.co.uk">get a ticket</a>
</p>
<p>
<b>Pizza & Drinks by <a href="https://www.duecourse.com/">DueCourse</a></b><br />
The lovely people at DueCourse will be supplying drinks and pizza for this one.
If you love JavaScript, <a href="https://www.duecourse.com/jobs.html">check them out</a>, they're hiring.
</p>
<p>
<b>Overview</b><br />
Code & Conquer is a group coding game in which teams compete to capture squares
on a shared grid. The winning team is the team who, by the end of the game,
has captured the most squares. Once a team owns squares, they must protect them from
other teams attempting to steal them.
</p>
<p>
The game client has been improved so you don't need to waste any time with plumbing
code, and can instead focus on writing a winning strategy.
</p>
<p>
See here for <a href="https://github.com/mancjs/code-and-conquer/blob/master/README.md">full game info and rules</a>.
Watch how <a href="http://mancjs.com/code-and-conquer/october-2015/replay.html">past games played out</a>.
</p>
<p>
As always, everyone is welcome, regardless of your level of JavaScript. Game sessions
are a fun way to play around with code in a fun environment, or join a team and help
with strategy :)
</p>
<div class="footer">
<div class="date">22 Jun 2016</div>
<a href="/#code-and-conquer-3">permalink</a>
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<i class="icon-bullhorn"></i> Lightning Talks
<span class="badge badge-info">01 Jun 19:00</span>
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<p>
This month we're doing another round of lightning talks.
</p>
<p>
1. <b>JavaScript as a static build pipeline</b><br />
<a href="https://twitter.com/jjaybrown98">Jason</a> will demo how TheLADbible use JavaScript for their static builds.
</p>
<p>
2. <b>A quick tour/discussion of web componentisation</b><br />
<a href="https://twitter.com/bobbigmac">Bob</a> is going to give us a lightning overview of the state of components on the web.
</p>
<p>
3. <b>Realtime in the browser - web-midi and webRTC datachannel</b><br />
<a href="https://twitter.com/steely_glint">Tim</a> will demo his WebRTC web-midi project.
</p>
<p>
No ticket required for this one, just turn up – <strong>we start at 7pm.</strong>
</p>
<div class="footer">
<div class="date">27 May 2016</div>
<a href="/#lightning-talks-3">permalink</a>
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<div class="header">
<i class="icon-bullhorn"></i> Code Golf
<span class="badge badge-info">04 May 19:00</span>
</div>
<div class="content">
<p>
We haven't had a good Code Golf session since before Xmas, so this month Code Golf is back.
Since it's 2016, we'll be playing with our ES6 clubs.
</p>
<p>
Code Golf is a group programming game where we compete against each other to come up
with the shortest possible solution to a series of trivial problems. In this session,
we'll be able to use <a href="http://node.green">some ES6 features</a>
(those available in the v6.0.0 release of node).
</p>
<p>
All you need is <b>your laptop</b>, a text editor and a willingness to write code you feel
truly ashamed of.
</p>
<p>
<i>Note</i>: if you're new to JavaScript, please feel welcome to come along.
Code Golf is an especially fun way to learn and get involved.
</p>
<p>See you at <a href="https://madlab.org.uk/">MadLab</a> at 7pm.</p>
<div class="footer">
<div class="date">30 Apr 2016</div>
<a href="/#es6-code-golf-2">permalink</a>
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<i class="icon-bullhorn"></i> Slackathon
<span class="badge badge-info">06 April 19:00</span>
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<div class="content">
<p>
This month, <a href="https://twitter.com/dribbblemcr">Mark</a> will run MancJS's first 'Slackathon'.
</p>
<p>
The idea is simple: we're going to create our very own Slack bots and put them together in the same channel. Your bot can do anything your imagination allows.
</p>
<p>
To start with, Mark will guide us through the simple process of creating a Slack bot and give us a few pointers.
</p>
<p>
<b>Important</b>: please bring your laptop for this session.
</p>
<p>
<b>A ticket is required for this one</b>. We have a limited number of spaces for this event, so <a href="http://mancjs-slackathon.eventbrite.co.uk">please get a ticket</a>.
</p>
<div class="footer">
<div class="date">23 March 2016</div>
<a href="/#slackathon">permalink</a>
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<div class="box" id="the-reasoned-scripter-hash">
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<i class="icon-bullhorn"></i> The Reasoned Scripter
<span class="badge badge-info">02 March 19:00</span>
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<div class="content">
<p>
This month, <a href="https://twitter.com/ryanwgough">Ryan</a> will be giving us an introduction to logic programming and showing us how to build a logic programming DSL in JavaScript.
</p>
<p>
In the first half of the session, Ryan will give us an overview of what logic programming is and why we should care.
</p>
<p>
In the second half, we'll get into groups and work through some exercises to implement our own DSL for logic programming in JS.
</p>
<p>
<b>Important</b>: please bring your laptop (with a recent Node version installed) for the second half of the session.
</p>
<p>
As usual, we'll head over to Common afterwards for drinks.
</p>
<div class="footer">
<div class="date">22 February 2016</div>
<a href="/#the-reasoned-scripter">permalink</a>
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<i class="icon-bullhorn"></i> Immutable.js + ES6 Generators + TypeScript
<span class="badge badge-info">03 February 19:00</span>
</div>
<div class="content">
<p>
This month we have three talks lined up:
</p>
<p>
<b>An introduction to Immutable.js</b><br />
<a href="https://twitter.com/joecritchley">Joe</a> will introduce us to Facebook's <a href="https://facebook.github.io/immutable-js/">Immutable.js</a> library, which makes working with persistent immutable data structures in JavaScript easy.
</p>
<p>
<b>Generator functions</b><br />
<a href="https://twitter.com/Pezza192">Alex</a> will take us through what ES6 <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Statements/function*">generator functions</a> are and how to use them.
</p>
<p>
<b>An introduction to TypeScript</b><br />
<a href="https://twitter.com/cjdell">Chris</a> will give us a tour of Microsoft's compile-to-JS langauge <a href="http://www.typescriptlang.org">TypeScript</a>, a superset of JavaScript that adds type information to the language.
</p>
<p>
<b>Reminder</b>: we're now over at MadLab, with the usual start time of 19:00.
</p>
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<i class="icon-bullhorn"></i> Code & Conquer 2
<span class="badge badge-info">06 January 18:45</span>
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<div class="content">
<p>
This month we're running another evening of <b>Code & Conquer</b>
</p>
<p>
<b>Important</b><br />
This is a bring your laptop session – please have your code editor of choice, and
<a href="https://nodejs.org/en/">Node.js</a> installed.
</p>
<p>
<b>Overview</b><br />
Code & Conquer is a group coding game in which teams compete to capture squares on a shared grid. The winning team is the team who, by the end of the game,
has captured the most squares. Once a team owns squares, they must protect them from other teams
attempting to steal them.
</p>
<p>
See here for <a href="https://github.com/mancjs/code-and-conquer/blob/master/readme.md">full game info and rules</a>.
</p>
<p>
<b>Playing</b><br />
You'll be given a default game client (a small Node app), allowing you to play the game at human-scale
immediately. However, with 30 requests per minute, unless you're working efficiently at one
command every 2 seconds, you're going to need to reprogram the client to play better :)
</p>
<p>
As always, everyone is welcome, regardless of your level of JavaScript. Game sessions are a fun way to play around with code in a fun environment, or join a team and help with strategy :)
</p>
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<i class="icon-bullhorn"></i> Xmas Pub Quiz
<span class="badge badge-info">02 Dec 19:30</span>
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<div class="content">
<p>
Our next event is Wednesday December 2nd, and since that's just too close to Xmas
for anything serious, we'll be doing something a bit different.
</p>
<p>
This month we'll be hosting an old-school programming/tech pub quiz.
Questions could be anything vaguely considered to be a technology/programming question.
</p>
<p>
Since the questions will broadly cover the entire subject of software development, we
welcome folks from other groups to put a team together and join us!
</p>
<p>
<b>Important: Venue Change</b><br />
The awesome folks at <a href="https://twitter.com/McrThinkRise">Rise</a> will be
hosting us for the evening, and supplying us with some drinks. See <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/233+Deansgate,+Manchester+M3+4EN/@53.4774239,-2.252265,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x487bb1e81dd756fd:0x3fff751fd56ed1ea">map</a> if you need some help finding the venue.
</p>
<p>
Note: we're starting at 19:30, a little later than normal.
</p>
<p>
UPDATE: Questions from the session are <a href="/pub-quiz/quiz.key">here</a>.
</p>
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</div>
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<i class="icon-bullhorn"></i> ES6-ish Code Golf
<span class="badge badge-info">04 Nov 19:00</span>
</div>
<div class="content">
<p>
This month Code Golf is back. To keep it fresh we'll be playing with brand new ES6-looking
golf clubs.
</p>
<p>
Code Golf is a group programming game where you compete against everyone else to come up
with the shortest possible solution to a series of trivial problems. The difference this time
is that we'll be able to use <a href="https://nodejs.org/en/docs/es6/">some ES6 features</a>
(those available in the latest node release).
</p>
<p>
All you need is <b>your laptop</b>, a text editor and a willingness to write code you feel
truly ashamed of.
</p>
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</div>
</div>
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<i class="icon-bullhorn"></i> Code & Conquer
<span class="badge badge-info">07 October 18:45</span>
</div>
<div class="content">
<p>
This month we have a brand new game session: <b>Code & Conquer</b>
</p>
<p>
<b>Important</b><br />
This is a bring your laptop session – please have your code editor of choice, and
<a href="https://nodejs.org/en/">Node.js</a> installed.
</p>
<p>
<b>Overview</b><br />
The game starts with a square grid. The winning team is the team who, by the end of the game,
has captured the most squares. Once you own a square, you must protect it from other teams
attempting to steal it.
</p>
<p>
<b>Gameplay</b><br />
Using the default game client (a simple Node app), you send commands to the game server in real time to
play your particular strategy. You can send <i>attack</i>, <i>defend</i> and <i>query</i> commands.
</p>
<p>
<b>attack</b>: takes 1 health point off the specified cell. If you cause the cell's health to drop
to 0, you become the new owner and the cell's health is set to 120.<br /><br />
<b>defend</b>: adds 1 health point to the specified cell. A cell's health is capped at 120.
You can defend any cell on the grid, including cells you don't own.<br /><br />
<b>query</b>: retrieves the current state of the grid. Each cell has a state which shows:<br />
<ul>
<li>The cell owner</li>
<li>The cell health</li>
<li>The cell bonus – some cells count for double or triple</li>
<li>Who has attacked and defended the cell since it was last owned</li>
</ul>
</p>
<p>
All cells are initially owned by the game, with a health of 60. You start with 30 requests,
which are replenished every 1 minute. <i>attack</i> and <i>defend</i> commands use 1 of your
30 requests, but <i>query</i> commands are free.
</p>
<p>
You'll be supplied with a default game client, allowing you to play the game at human-scale
immediately. However, with 30 requests per minute, unless you're working efficiently at one
command every 2 seconds, you're going to need to reprogram the client to play better :)
</p>
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<i class="icon-bullhorn"></i> Panel Debate
<span class="badge badge-info">02 Sept 19:00</span>
</div>
<div class="content">
<p>
This month we're having a panel debate about major themes in the JavaScript/web development
community. The panel will kick off the debate by sharing their thoughts, while members of
the audience can choose to join the panel if they have something to contribute.
</p>
<p>
We'll cover three main themes and then open it up to any additional random questions. The themes are:
</p>
<p>
<b>Is tooling hurting us?</b><br />
At this point we have a plethora of frameworks, libraries, compile-to-JS languages, etc. Do we need it all? Is it good or bad?
</p>
<p>
<b>Flexibility vs. safety – do we need more control over typing?</b><br />
Should we be encouraging tools and language features that bring in typing/type hints?
</p>
<p>
<b>Is full stack JS a benefit?</b><br />
Is there a reason why full stack JS is better than using a mix of other technologies?
</p>
<p>
We need some additional lightining debate topics. If you have a question, please tweet it <a href="https://twitter.com/manc_js">@manc_js</a> with the hashtag #askmancjs.
</p>
<p>
No ticket required for this one, just turn up.
</p>
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</div>
</div>
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<i class="icon-bullhorn"></i> Code Golf 3
<span class="badge badge-info">05 Aug 19:00</span>
</div>
<div class="content">
<p>
This month we're playing a few more rounds of JavaScript Code Golf. Code Golf is really
easy to play – we start with a simple problem and the winner is the one who can solve it in
the fewest [key]strokes.
</p>
<p>
All you need is <b>your laptop</b>, a text editor and a willingness to write code that you could never tell your mother about.
</p>
<p>
<b>Temporary Venue Change</b><br />
This month's event will be at Hyper Island. It's the same building as usual, but on the ground floor rather than the first. There'll be signs on the evening.
</p>
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<div class="header">
<i class="icon-bullhorn"></i> Chrome DevTools + ES6
<span class="badge badge-info">01 July 19:00</span>
</div>
<div class="content">
<p>
This month we have two talks:
</p>
<p>
<b>Chrome DevTools, Front to Back</b><br />
<a href="https://twitter.com/katie_fenn">Katie</a> will show us how to move away from <code>alert</code> / <code>console.log</code> debugging and begin using the power of the Chrome DevTools. Taking us through how to properly debug our code, optimise HTTP requests and profile performance, Katie will show off the power hiding under the hood of DevToos.
</p>
<p>
<b>An Introduction to ES6</b><br />
ECMAScript 6 was finalised recently and JavaScript is now officially getting a bunch of new features. <a href="https://twitter.com/martinrue">Martin</a> will take us through a series of the biggest changes coming and show us how to start using ES6 today.
</p>
<p>
No ticket required for this one, just turn up.
</p>
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<div class="date">22 June 2015</div>
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</div>
</div>
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<i class="icon-bullhorn"></i> Lightning Talks
<span class="badge badge-info">03 Jun 19:00</span>
</div>
<div class="content">
<p>
This month we're doing another round of lightning talks.
</p>
<p>
1. <b>Introduction to NativeScript</b><br />
<a href="https://twitter.com/bob_scott">Bob Scott</a> will introduce us to <a href="https://www.nativescript.org">NativeScript</a>: a way to build native iOS and Android apps using JavaScript.
</p>
<p>
2. <b>A look at Famous</b><br />
<a href="https://twitter.com/bobbigmac">Bob Davies</a> is going to talk about the high-performance JavaScript library for animations & interfaces, <a href="http://famous.org">Famous</a>.
</p>
<p>
3. <b>WebGL Taster</b><br />
<a href="https://twitter.com/cjdell">Chris Dell</a> will give us a taste of how awesome WebGL is.
</p>
<p>
4. <b>The JavaScript Event Loop</b><br />
<a href="https://twitter.com/bsuresh2">Suresh Balasubramanian</a> is talking about single-threaded concurrency, web workers and the JavaScript event loop.
</p>
<p>
No ticket required for this one, just turn up – <strong>we start at 7pm sharp.</strong>
</p>
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</div>
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<div class="header">
<i class="icon-bullhorn"></i> The Compile-to-JS Languages Show
<span class="badge badge-info">06 May 18:45</span>
</div>
<div class="content">
<p>
This month we're jumping into the wonderful world of <a href="https://github.com/jashkenas/coffeescript/wiki/List-of-languages-that-compile-to-JS">compile-to-JS languages</a>.
</p>
<p>
<b>Here's the plan:</b>
</p>
<p>
First hour: choose a random compile-to-JS language from a hat and learn enough to do the <a href="http://invalidcast.tumblr.com/post/52980617776/the-ordered-jobs-kata">Ordered Jobs Kata</a>.
</p>
<p>
Second hour: present a case for why the language doesn't suck (or does suck, if you prefer), demonstrating how it helped or hindered in solving the kata.
</p>
<p>
Overall it should be a fun way to get a sense of what other languages are out there and get an idea of how some of them take very different approaches to JavaScript.
</p>
<p>
<b>Important: don't forget to bring your laptop.</b> We'll be doing everything online, so you won't need anything else.
</p>
<p>
There are limited spaces for this session, <a href="http://mancjs-compile-to-js-languages.eventbrite.co.uk" target="_blank">so please get a ticket</a>.
</p>
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<div class="date">20 April 2015</div>
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</div>
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<i class="icon-bullhorn"></i> Code Golf + Perf Golf
<span class="badge badge-info">01 April 18:45</span>
</div>
<div class="content">
<p>
This month we're back to some hands-on fun with alternating games of <a href="http://mancjs.com/#code-golf-2">Code Golf</a> and <a href="http://mancjs.com/#performance-golf">Perf Golf</a>.
</p>
<p>
<b>Code Golf</b><br />
We start with a simple problem and the winner is the one who can solve it in the fewest [key]strokes.
</p>
<p>
<b>Perf Golf</b><br />
Just like Code Golf but the goal isn't to create the smallest solution, it's to create the most time efficient solution.
</p>
<p>
<b>Important: don't forget to bring your laptop.</b>
</p>
<p>
There are limited spaces for this session, <a href="http://mancjs-code-perf-golf.eventbrite.co.uk" target="_blank">so please get a ticket</a>.
</p>
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<div class="date">29 March 2015</div>
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</div>
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<i class="icon-bullhorn"></i> Scaling Bristlr + ShouldIt?
<span class="badge badge-info">04 March 19:00</span>
</div>
<div class="content">
<p>
This month we have two talks:
</p>
<p>
<a href="https://twitter.com/wardrox">John Kershaw</a> will share his story of building <a href="http://bristlr.com">Bristlr</a> – the platform <i>connecting those with beards to those who want to stroke beards</i>. Bristlr is JS all the way down, and we'll hear about the various problems and tradeoffs involved in scaling it from a small probject to 1000s of daily users.
</p>
<p>
<a href="https://twitter.com/mackstar">Richard McIntyre</a> will tell us about a new BDD tool that he created whilst at BBC Sport called <a href="http://bbc-sport.github.io/ShouldIT/">ShouldIT?</a>. ShouldIT? improved the way their team wrote feature files and tested their project.
</p>
<p>
No ticket required for this one, just turn up.
</p>
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</div>
</div>
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<div class="header">
<i class="icon-bullhorn"></i> React Intro + Demo
<span class="badge badge-info">04 Feb 19:00</span>
</div>
<div class="content">
<p>
For February's session, <a href="https://twitter.com/glenathan">Glen Mailer</a> is joining us from <a href="https://twitter.com/sheffield_js">SheffieldJS</a> to talk about <a href="http://facebook.github.io/react/">React</a>.
</p>
<p>
The session will be an introduction to the thinking behind the new React JavaScript library, open sourced by Facebook Engineering. It presents a fresh take on how to effectively build rich user interfaces, questioning and abandoning some of what is currently considered "best practice".
</p>
<p>
We'll take a look at how the library works, how it fits into a frontend web stack, and what makes it worth using. After brushing up on the theory, we'll see how it works in practice by building up a sample application.
</p>
<p>
No ticket required for this one, just turn up.
</p>
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<div class="date">23 January 2015</div>
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</div>
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<div class="header">
<i class="icon-bullhorn"></i> Lightning Talks
<span class="badge badge-info">07 Jan 19:00</span>
</div>
<div class="content">
<p>
To kick off the New Year, we've got 5 lightning talks (10-15 minutes each) packed into our Jan 7th session. Here are the details:
</p>
<p>
1. <b>Tessel</b><br />
<a href="https://twitter.com/steely_glint">Tim Panton</a> is going to give us a quick demo of <a href="https://tessel.io">Tessel</a>, the microcontroller that runs JavaScript.
</p>
<p>
2. <b>Meteor 101</b><br />
<a href="https://twitter.com/bobbigmac">Bob Davies</a> will give us the run down on <a href="https://www.meteor.com">Meteor</a>, an open source web application platform and environment written in node.
</p>
<p>
3. <b>Promises vs. Callbacks</b><br />
<a href="https://twitter.com/cjdell">Chris Dell</a> will make the case for using promises over traditional style callbacks.
</p>
<p>
4. <b>Gulp + Browserify</b><br />
<a href="https://twitter.com/DribbbleMCR">Mark Wheeler</a> will give us a quick introduction to both <a href="http://gulpjs.com">gulp</a> and <a href="http://browserify.org">browserify</a>.
</p>
<p>
5. <b>functional.js</b><br />
<a href="https://twitter.com/lee_crossley">Lee Crossley</a> will introduce us to his <a href="http://functionaljs.com">functional.js</a> project, a JavaScript library that facilitates currying and point-free / tacit programming.
</p>
<p>
No ticket required for this one, just turn up – <strong>we start at 7pm sharp.</strong>
</p>
<p>
MancJS is aimed at all levels, so even if you're new to JS, please come along.
</p>
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</div>
</div>
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<div class="header">
<i class="icon-bullhorn"></i> Performance Golf
<span class="badge badge-info">03 Dec 19:00</span>
</div>
<div class="content">
<p>
2015 is almost upon us, but fear not, you have one final chance in 2014 to get
your JavaScript fix. This month we're playing Performance Golf.
</p>
<p>
If you're a MancJS regular, you've probably been to a Code Golf session once or
twice before – the game where we compete to create the smallest possible solutions
to simple problems (demonstrating beautifully who is able to abuse JS the most).
</p>
<p>
While Code Golf is fun, it's also not very useful. So, for this month's session