jQuery 1.5 jump-start

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Are you a web developer who’s avoided JavaScript? Want to become a HTML/CSS/JavaScript ninja? In this session, we’ll cover the basics of the most popular framework for client-side web development: jQuery. With jQuery, building apps for the browser is easy and fun. We’ll go over the basics of jQuery - you’ll learn everything you need to get started in less than 60 minutes. We’ll also see how jQuery can be used for mobile development with jQuery mobile!

Pratik Patel

Pratik Patel is the CTO of Atlanta based TripLingo (http://www.triplingo.com/). He wrote the first book on ‘enterprise Java’ in 1996, “Java Database Programming with JDBC.” He has also spoken at various conferences and participates in several local tech groups and startup groups. He’s in the startup world now and hacks iOS, Android, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Rails, and ….. well everything except Perl.
Pratik’s specialty is in large-scale applications for mission-critical and mobile applications use. He has designed and built applications in the retail, health care, financial services, and telecoms sectors. Pratik holds a master’s in Biomedical Engineering from UNC, has worked in places such as New York, London, and Hong Kong, and currently lives in Atlanta, GA.