Sencha Meetup

Wind of Change

Things Change

New Since the Meetup Began

2010

New Since the Meetup Began

2011

New Since the Meetup Began

2012

Throne of JS 2012

Overview: http://tinyurl.com/ToJS2012

Things Change Quickly

New Since January

2013 (so far)

Trends

GUI Design

Flat

Simple

Responsive apps

Mobile-first

Architecture

Library composition

UI Templating

Reactive UIs

Web components

Lifecycle Tools

Dependency Management (RequireJS)

Package Management (NPM, Bower)

Testing (Jasmine, Siesta)

Automation (Grunt, PhantomJS)

Meetups Kind of Suck

Meetup Gripes

Too narrow

Unidirectional

Too slow

OK, So What's the Point?

The Meetup I Want

Broad view of RIA and JS trends

Focus on front-end tools and technologies

Round up of the latest industry news

Short but deep dives into new tools and frameworks

More interaction and contribution

Hands-on, real world practice

Attract experts and external presenters

Includes, but not limited to, Sencha stuff

But What About...

Austin JavaScript

JavaScript Austin

Austin Web Architecture

Refresh Austin

etc.

It's Your Meetup

References

Thanks

Brian Moeskau — @bmoeskau

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