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ReactFoo Pune: React and React Native Developers Conference—19-20 Jan

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ReactFoo Pune is a two-day event for React and React Native Developers, focusing on the following topics:

  1. Success and failure stories of implementing React and React Native for your use-case.
  2. Lessons learned in shifting codebase from older frameworks to React.
  3. Comparative advantages of React and other JS frameworks.
  4. Comparative advantages of React Native in working on mobile applications.
  5. Security concerns.

This is an event by HasGeek, which is known for good quality events.

Who should attend?

  • Engineers looking to learn from case studies of other practitioners.
  • Decision-makers considering the pros and cons of switching to React.
  • Cross-platform mobile developers and React Native enthusiasts.

Why you should attend?

  • To learn from and network with peers from the industry.
  • To gain insights from case studies of practical implementation, and evaluate ReactJS and React Native for your work.
  • To program better with React and React Native.

Agenda

  • Single track of talks and Birds of a Feather (BOF) sessions on 19 January.
  • Hands-on workshops on 20 January.

See the conference website for detailed schedule, and specifics of talks and speakers

Fees, Registration and Logistics

This is a paid conference. Please register and buy tickets here.

Location: 505, A-Wing, MCCIA Trade Tower, ICC Complex, 403, Senapati Bapat Road, Pune.

Tech Events this Week: DB2, SEO/SEM, Flight.js, RxJava, BigData, Social Entrepreneurship

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TiE Pune Social Entrepreneur Talk: Abhishek Sen of Biosense

  • Date: Fri, 25 Jul 6:30pm – 8:30pm
  • Location: Sumant Moolgaokar Auditorium, Ground Floor, Wing A, ICC Trade Center, SB Road

The story of how Dr. Abhishek Sen and his team are disrupting a market long dominated by the biggies. This session is being facilitated by none other than Ganapthy “Guns” of Villgro Innovations.

Abhishek is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Biosense Technologies.Biosense is a medical device company based out of Mumbai focused on delivering affordable, accurate and connected medical devices. Biosense’s portfolio consists of three products – ToucHb : a non-invasive anemia screening tool, uChek : a smartphone based mobile laboratory and Suchek : an affordable and accurate glucometer.Abhishek has a background in biomedical engineering from IIT Bombay and a MBBS in internal medicine from T.N.Hospital. He is a fellow at the University of Washinton and focuses on research and entrepreneurship on med tech targeted at the developing world. He is an Echoing Green Fellow, 2010.

About TiE Pune

Pune chapter of TiE – A non-profit global network of entrepreneurs and professionals, established to foster entrepreneurship and nurture entrepreneurs.

Fees and Registration

This event is free and open for anyone to attend. Register here: https://tiepune25july.eventbrite.com/

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Pune DB2 Meetup: Inaugural Meet

  • Date: Sat, 26 Jul 10:00am – 1:00pm
  • Location: IBM, Panchsheel Tech Park One, Yerwada

The Pune DB2 Users Group is accepting presentations for our DB2 user group meeting in July 2014.

Please send your presentation title and abstract to punedb2ug@gmail.com for consideration

Please send abstracts that explore into details of implementation, migrating to a new release, or maximizing performance from any member of the DB2 product family. All presentations must be strongly technical in nature, cannot contain marketing content, and must support and strengthen the information services community by providing the highest quality education and services designed to promote the effective utilization of DB2 and it’s family of products.

Suggested Topics:

The Conference Planning Committee strives to achieve a balanced conference program of solutions relevant to today’s IT environment and usage of DB2 on one or more platforms (e.g., Windows, Linux, UNIX, z/OS).

  • Creative methods for:
    • Managing database resource
    • Using ancillary DB2 tools and utilities
      -System management experience with:
    • Performance or availability
    • Migration to a new release of DB2
  • Database administration experiences with:
    • Data warehousing and Business intelligence applications
    • New releases and features of DB2
    • Federation and Replication
  • Data Architecture experiences with:
    • New releases and features of DB2
    • Data warehousing and Business intelligence
  • Emerging Technology:
    • Big Data
    • Cloud Computing

As always we love DB2 Performance topics! this could range from DBA performance tuning from an system or application perspective (or) Application SQL performance tuning, coding techniques etc. (We encourage application developers to share your experience in this forum)

All presentation abstracts must be received by July 6th, 2014 to be considered.

Speaker Biography: In 500 characters or less, recap your professional and outside experiences as they pertain to your presentation(s).

About Pune DB2 Users Group

Pune DB2 User Group tries to bring all IBM DB2 Admins under one roof. It is a channel to host the technical discussions, or feedback or improvisations about DB2. Of course, networking is an optional asset of this group.

Fees and Registration

This event is free and open for anybody to attend. Please register here: http://www.meetup.com/Pune-DB2-User-Group/events/192567532/

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Pune SEO and Social Media Marketing Meetup: First meetup

  • Date: Sat, 26 Jul 10:00am – 12:30pm
  • Location: Cafe Coffee Day, FC Road

This is the first meeting planned by Pune SEO and Social Meedia Marketing Meetup Group. If you have interest in Digital Marketing, you are welcome to join us.

Agenda:

  • Welcome and introduce new members to the group.
  • Tell us about you and your business, website or interest in Digital Marketing
  • Any networking goal your trying to achieve out of this meeting?
  • Discussion – Overview of top SEO/ SMM techniques to drive targeted traffic
  • Networking

About Pune SEO and SEM Meetup Group

This meetup is for all digital marketing enthusiasts in and around Pune city, who wish to make new connections, learn and share knowledge – while having fun. Let’s share our knowledge about better ways to get targeted traffic from search engines and social media platforms such as YouTube, Linkedin, Twitter and Facebook

If you have an interest in Digital Marketing including SEO, Social Media Marketing, Digital Marketing, Content Marketing, Email Marketing, Affiliate Marketing and/or making money on Internet, feel free to join us for our next meetup! Veterans and Newbies – all are welcome !!

Fees and Registration

This event is free and open for anybody to attend. Please register here: http://www.meetup.com/Pune-SEO-and-Social-Media-Meetup-Training/events/190963402/

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PuneJS Meetup: Taking off with Flight.js

  • Date: Sat, 26 Jul 11:00am – 2:00pm
  • Location: Mediaocean, Suite 304, Bldg A, GO-Square IT Park Wakad Rd, Wakad

Flight is (yet another) JavaScript web framework developed by the smart guys at Twitter and used on their own production code. It’s component-based and event-driven. It’s very lightweight and integrates seamlessly with your existing code — jQuery is a hard dependency, but you’re probably already using it in your project anyway.

This meetup is an extension of the organizer’s upcoming July 19 talk at the Deccan RubyConf – happening in Pune. In this talk he will write a ToDo app to get a feel of the framework and maybe exchange notes on how the other popular frameworks do similar things differently.

About PuneJS Meetup Group

This meetup was started to get the Javascript buzz going in Pune. Let’s meet up and join hacking!

Fees and Registration

This event is free and open for anybody to attend. Please register here: http://www.meetup.com/PuneJS/events/191927602/

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TechNext Event: RxJava

  • Date: Sat, 26 Jul 4:00pm – 6:00pm
  • Location: Synerzip Softech Recreational Area, 3rd Floor, Revolution Mall, next to City Pride, Kothrud

Learn about RxJava – Reactive Extensions for the JVM – a library for composing asynchronous and event-based programs using observable sequences for the Java VM that has been released by NetFlix.

Agenda:

  1. Introduction to Functional Reactive Programming
  2. Reactive Programming with RxJava
  3. Considerations & Use Cases
  4. Demo
  5. Q & A

About the Speaker:

Mohana Rao Pusarla is a solutions architect with more than 7+ years of experience in Java related technologies. He has developed multiple enterprise products from scratch and has scaled applications for larger user base. He has worked with Global Logic and GE Health Care and he is currently working with Synerzip. He enjoys playing badminton when he is not coding or learning some new technology.

About Tech Next

Tech Next is a group which meets twice in a month in Pune, once for expert speakers and once for unconference at Synerzip’s recreation area. This group discuss topics pertaining to IT world from Developer centric technologies, QA centric practices and technology and Agile practitioners experiences.

Fees and Registration

This event is free and open for anybody to attend. Please register here: http://www.meetup.com/TechNext/events/188011362/

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(Nominal Fees) IIT-Bombay Alumni Association Pune: Networking Event

  • Date: Sat, 26 Jul 6:00pm – 10:00pm
  • Location: GS Lab Terrace, 9th Floor, Amar Arma Genesis, Above Food Bazaar, Baner Road

Are you looking for a change of job, or do you want career guidance. Are you toying with a brilliant idea for a start-up and looking for an investor or mentor. Are you keen on photography, trekking, music etc & would like to find others who are likewise interested.

Then IITBAA Pune has just the right function planned for you. Network with other IITans. Do you know that there are about 1,500 members in the IITB alumni fraternity in Pune alone. We do not have figures for alumni from other IIT’s. Could be about 200 from each. Be it helping with your career, business or leisure, alumni can help each other much more than anyone else because of the common roots we share.

The function is planned for 26th July at 6.00pm at GS Lab terrace. We expect a lot of participation from younger alumni. The format will ensure that participants have good benefits from the event. The function is open for alumni from all IIT’s. Every alumnus can also bring one other person who is interested in networking but not an IIT alumnus. The damages are Rs 200 per head including a light dinner. Beer will be available for purchase at the venue. A referral discount of Rs 50 per person will be given to those alumni (post 2005) that manage to have other IIT alumni (also post 2005) register & attend. This discount will be paid at the time of the function.

A list of alumni who have registered and their interests shall be published 1 week before the event so please register early.

About the IIT-Bombay Alumni Association, Pune

The Pune Chapter of the IITBAA started in 2002, when IITBAA came into existence as a Section 25 Company. Today it comprises of 1500+ alumni who are residents of the Pune Metropolitan area. Thanks to some very active alumni, a thriving Pune with a booming economy, and proximity to Mumbai, the Pune Chapter started with a lot of activity and has remained very active.

The primary mission of the Chapter is to promote networking among alumni and also between alumni and the Institute. We organize several events throughout the year, the flagship event being Innovations Pune, which showcases novel ideas in practice. Over the years, Innovations has evolved into a powerful brand built on integrity and excellence.

Fees and Registration

This event costs Rs. 200 (includes dinner), and is open only for alumni of any IIT. Please register here: http://iitbaapune.in/2014/06/23/iitb-alumni-networking-event-on-26-july-2014/

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Big Data Meetup: Big Data Analytics; Splunk

  • Date: Sun, 27 Jul 10:30am – 1:30pm
  • Location: ThoughtWorks, Binarius, Deepak Nitrate Road, Shastrinagar, Yerwada

We will be having two Sessions

  • “Big Data Beyond Analytics” by Vivek Kant (10:30 am to 11:30 am)
  • “Splunk” by Jayant Mukherjee (11:30 am to 1:30 pm)

Big Data Beyond Analytics – Vivek Kant

Big Data” is currently on a hype curve, and all the focus is on that game changing analytical capability that it bring. However Big Data technologies have implications far beyond “Analytics” and will change the way how applications of the future will be build and integrated. This article describes those set of technologies, the concepts behind those technologies and how they will transform the way we build applications.

More About Vivek: Vivek Kant is the technical lead for Pitney Bowes’s Big Data program. For over 15 years Vivek has worked with world’s largest Banks, Financial Institutions and Telecommunication Companies in building massively scalable enterprise applications. For last two years Vivek is working for Pitney Bowes on Internet scale Applications like Digital Mailboxes, Big Data Analytics and Internet of Things.

Splunk as a BIG Data Platform for Business/Operational Intelligence – Jayant Mukherjee

More About the Topic

  • Splunk Introduction.
  • Splunk Architecture – Deployment, License, etc.
  • Uses of Splunk.
  • Live Demo of how we can use splunk for various operational & business intelligence.
  • Splunk Alternatives.

More About Jayant: Principal Engineer at Autodesk, working in cloud services team responsible for maintaining RESTful API services.

About Big Data Meetup Group

This meetup will help you gain knowledge about everything revolving around Big Data Technologies. We aim to become the “Homebrew Computer Club” of Pune, instigating big ideas in Big Data and providing platform for the individuals/startups/giants in and around Pune to showcase their knowledge.

Fees and Registration

This event is free and open for anybody to attend. Please register here: http://www.meetup.com/Big-Data-Meetup-Pune-Chapter/events/195626962/

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Tech Events this Week: Cleantech, Amazon Cloud, Ruby, SEO/SEM, Mobile Dev, Robotics

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Opportunities in Cleantech (IT/analytics/internet-of-things) – with Infuse Ventures (Cleantech VC)

  • Date: Fri, 18 Jul 5:30pm – 7:30pm
  • Location: 5th Floor, A-Wing, MCCIA, ICC Towers, SB Road

Infuse Ventures, India’s largest early-stage cleantech VC fund, in partnership with MCCIA, TiE-Pune and POCC, would like to invite you for a unique event on Friday, 18 July 2014 at the MCCIA Trade Tower, Pune. The event will focus on the ‘breadth of entrepreneurial opportunities in cleantech’. While we will outline the ever-expanding boundaries of cleantech, we will also specifically focus on ‘the role of IT, data analytics and internet of things (IoT) in cleantech’.

Traditionally, the cleantech sector has been equated with extensive R&D, technology-heavy and project businesses that require huge capital investment. However, things have been changing. In the west, many different businesses have come up in the clean technology space that rely heavily on data capture, data sharing and analytics to enable energy and resource efficiency and promote sustainability in homes and across commercial and industrial set-ups. The importance of data and the ability to learn and act based on it is changing the paradigm of looking at the clean technology space.

We hope this session will throw open a new area of potential growth for entrepreneurs who are already in either the cleantech space or IT, data analytics and IoT space. Additionally, we hope this session will help you take a fresh look at your (or your company’s) current capabilities from a fast-evolving cleantech perspective. We believe that the cleantech opportunity is as immense as the web itself, since it increasingly touches every aspect of how we live, work and play.

At the event, you will also get an opportunity to listen to a few exemplary entrepreneurs who re-purposed or applied their non-cleantech capabilities to the cleantech field.

The event is free and open to everyone. No registration is necessary. The seating is on a first-come-first-seated basis. The Infuse team will be on hand on the following day, 19 July, for 1-on-1 meetings with any current or aspiring cleantech entrepreneurs.

Fees and Registration

This event is free and open for anybody to attend. Please register here: http://punestartups.org/events/event/show?id=1988582%3AEvent%3A339671

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(Paid) 2-Day Workshop – Working with the Amazon Cloud Program – Developer Edition

  • Date: 19-20 Jul
  • Location: Pune – Contact Organizer for details

This 2-day program from Cralina takes one through all the fundamentals of cloud computing as well as Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud and the infrastructure services which comprise AWS through a delightful mix of lectures, demos and hands-on exercises. By the end of the program one will have enough hands-on experience with AWS to be able to deploy, configure and secure one’s own scalable web application(s) on the Amazon cloud. This program also covers the Amazon API’s useful for developers. The revised edition of the program covers 70% of IBM Cloud Computing Infrastructure Architect Certification and the program material covers 100%.

Target Audience:

  • Engineers/Leads/Managers who would like to get a jump start on programming using Amazon Web Services.
  • Engineers/Leads/Managers who intend to deploy applications or services on the cloud sometime in future
  • Software developers who wish to integrate Amazon cloud services into their own software
  • Industry professionals who would like to get an in-depth understanding of cloud computing using Amazon Web Services

About Cralina

Cralina provides consulting services and technology trainings in niche areas to leading software companies and professionals with an objective to highly improve productivity and skill levels. Cralina’s consultants have a strong background working in a fast paced product development environment in Fortune 500 companies as well as successful startups.

Fees and Registration

This is a paid event. Check the event website: http://www.cralina.com/upcoming-programs#Amazon for details.

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(Paid) Deccan Ruby Conference: “Hou De”

  • Date: Sat, 19 Jul 9:00am – 6:00pm
  • Location: Hyatt Regency, Pune

Welcome to the first edition of the Deccan Ruby Conference to be held in Pune on 19th July, 2014 at the Hyatt Regency.

Write to us at team@deccanrubyconf.org

Ruby is fun and this is our idea of having fun while organising a conference. A one-day, single-track conference that starts early and ends late! The conference boasts of workshops and talks for both beginners and experts, a lavish party at a local brewery and a potential Futsal tournament among conference attendees! (After all the World Cup finals would have been just a week earlier). For people staying on till Sunday, we plan to organise a trip to Sinhagad (a fort near Pune that has some pristine scenery and a rich history that will leave you speechless). A good easy 1 hour trek for those who want more than just some football.

“Hou De Karcha” (Let there be expense)

  • Early bird tickets will go at Rs. 1,150
  • Standard tickets will be at Rs. 1,850.

“Hou De Shikshan” (Let there be education)

Pune being a student city (yes – there are about 150 colleges just inside the City!), in a very unique way, we are allowing Companies to sponsor students while getting access to hiring budding Rubyists. Read more about this in the Sponsorship Prospectus!

“Hou De Tota” (Let there be loss)

Welcome sponsors! More details in the Sponsorship Prospectus but here are the sponsor slabs:

  • Lai Bhari: Rs. 1,00,001
  • Bhari: Rs. 40,001
  • Abhari: Rs. 12,501

Note: Do not miss the 1 Re. “shagun” (good luck).

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Pune SEO and Social Media Marketing Meetup

  • Date: Sat, 19 Jul 10:00am – 12:30pm
  • Location: CCD, FC Road

This is the first meeting planned by Pune SEO and Social Meedia Marketing Meetup Group. If you have interest in Digital Marketing, you are welcome to join.

Agenda:

  • Welcome and introduce new members to the group.
  • Tell us about you and your business, website or interest in Digital Marketing
  • Any networking goal your trying to achieve out of this meeting?
  • Optional: Share a SEO/ Digital marketing tip to the group
  • Networking

Fees and Registration

This event is free and open for anybody to attend (but you’ll be expected to buy at least a cup of coffee). Please register here: http://www.meetup.com/Pune-SEO-and-Social-Media-Meetup-Training/events/190963402/

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Pune Mobile Developers Meetup: The birth & growth of alternative marketplaces

  • Date: Sat, 19 Jul 11:00am – 2:00pm
  • Location: Talentica Software, 5th Floor, Amar Megaplex, Baner Road

The Mobile landscape is ruled by the sales and availability of Mobile apps. As more and more people migrate to using smartphones, getting the relevant apps out to these folks is the key to ruling the landscape.

This MeetUp will focus on how device Jailbreaking/Rooting has spurned an alternative universe of Marketplaces and Apps, understanding the entire world of custom modded devices, what they aim to achieve and how app developers are cashing on this niche group of users.

Agenda for this event will be:

Talk on custom device modding accompanied with an emphasis on

  • How devices are Jailbroken or Rooted.
  • Alternative marketplaces
  • Apps specifically tailored for modded devices.
  • What functionality modding enables.
  • Pros & Cons of modding

Session will be taken by Reeve Luiz, Product Manager – Opera MediaWorks.

As usual, session will be followed by an open discussion where we can discuss any issues around Mobile development

Target Audience for this event are Mobile App Developers(all platforms), Business Development Folks, Entrepreneurs and Mobile Enthusiasts.

About Pune Mobile Developer Meetup Group

Pune mobile developers group is for enthusiasts in mobile technologies. We will meet to have discussions around emerging mobile technologies and latest trends in mobile development.

Fees and Registration

This event is free and open for anybody to attend. Please register here: http://www.meetup.com/Pune-Mobile-Developers/events/193127402/

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Pune Robotics Meetup: Robots/Raspberry Pi/Arduino Home Projects Demo

  • Date: Sat, 19 Jul 11:00am – 2:00pm
  • Location: Robofun, 205, Vision Galleria, Opp G-Mart, Pimple Saudagar

Bring your own Robot or any other project (on Raspberry Pi/ Arduino platforms) you might have developed and share your story with the group!!

This meet-up is for people who have built something interesting at home and are interested in displaying/ demo their product to a smaller audience first before going big for a quick and constructive feedback and share their experience/ knowledge with others who share similar interest.

I believe kids who are pursuing or want to pursue Robotics as their hobby can also benefit from such opportunities and so they are welcome to join too along with heir parents!!

About the Pune Robotics Meetup

This group is about giving a platform to all robotic enthusiasts and jointly find ways to promote this hobby across Pune. We often receive enquiries from parents about how to get their children started in robotics. ‘Does my child have to know a lot about programming in order to engage in robotics?’ ‘My child is only 6 years old. Is it too early for him to start doing robotics?’ The answer to these questions is ‘NO’. In fact, the appeal of robotics lies precisely in the fact that it is a sport for everyone, regardless of experience and age. One can find like-minded people across the world, ranging from young hobbyist in primary school extra-curriculum clubs to professional researchers in NASA robotics research lab. Perhaps, to many children, the world of robotics may seem to be complicated and mysterious. After all, the daily newspaper is filled with breaking discoveries in the world of robotics. Yet, robotics, at fundamental level, can be very simple. Do not hesitate to take your very first step into robotics—for it promises a journey of unending fun and discoveries!

Fees and Registration

This event is free and open for anybody to attend. Please register here: http://www.meetup.com/Pune-Robotics-Meetup/events/187126132/

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Call for Speakers: JSFoo JavaScript Conference Pune

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HasGeek, the folks who brought us high quality tech conferences like DocType Html5 and DroidCon, are organizing [JSFoo] a JavaScript conference in Pune on 21st January. Considering that JavaScript is one of the most important programming languages in the world today, anyone who is interested in technology should consider attending this conference, and if you have done some work in JavaScript, they you should definitely speak at the conference.

More details below.

About JSFoo

JSFoo is a one day conference on building full size apps in JavaScript. Come over for a full day with the smartest geeks from across India who have figured it out and will show you how. We have sessions covering the range from pure JavaScript apps in Node.js to real-time streaming of data to building entirely in the client side with Backbone.js.

This is an event for serious JavaScript programmers who want to learn from their peers.

The JSFoo conference series began with a Bangalore edition on October 1, 2011, followed by [Pune][http://jsfoo.in/pune2012/] and Chennai (upcoming).

Call for Speakers

Why be a speaker at a conference. First, you get a free ticket. Second, you instantly establish yourself as a expert in your area. Finally, this is a great way to meet the most interesting people working in this area. All you need to do is talk about some experience you’ve had with building JavaScript apps, or a tool, or a platform. The talk is expected to be 30 minutes, with additional 10 minutes for Q&A. At this point, all you need to do is submit the title of your talk at the JSFoo Speaker Submission Page

Schedule and Tickets

JSFoo is a paid conference. Regular tickets cost Rs. 800 and you can register here.

To get an idea of the talks and speakers lined up see this page. Note, this is still a partial list and more will get added based on further speaker submissions.

Other Details

The event is on 21st January, all day, at 7th floor, SICSR, (Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research, near Om Market, Model Colony). Register here

There is also a JavaScript Hacknight on 14th January (one week before the actual conference) which gives 30 of the attendees a chance to spend an entire night hacking on interesting JavaScript projects. See hacknight videos from JSFoo Bangalore to get an idea of what a hacknight is. Hacknight is open to all registered participants of JSFoo Pune, but requires separate registration because the venue (Office of http://amiworks.co.in) has limited space.

JSFoo: http://jsfoo.in/

JSFoo/HasGeek’s JavaScript HackNight Pune – Jan 14

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No matter what programming language and platform you work on today, it is almost certain that at least one of the user interfaces to your software product/service is written using JavaScript. JavaScript is easily the language that is available on far, far more computing devices in the world than any other language, considering it is present by default on all desktop browsers and most mobile phone browsers. Thus, if your in the software space, is no alternative but to accept JavaScript – it is the default.

A JavaScript hack night – i.e. a night of hacking on JavaScript with 30 others from Pune and elsewhere in India has been organized on Saturday, 14th January, at AmiWorks office (SB Road, Pune), in conjunction with the [JSFoo] JavaScript in conference which will also be held in Pune a week later. (To clarify, the JavaScript Hacknight is on 14th Jan, night, and the [JSFoo] conference is on 21st January, daytime.)

The hacknight is open for any registered participant of the [JSFoo] conference, but since space is limited at the venue, you will need to register separately for it. All you need to do is get your laptop, and get ready for lots of JavaScript programming, learning, and discussions. To get an idea of what a JSFoo hacknight is like, check out these videos from JSFoo Hacknight Bangalore.

Techweekend Pune – Rich Internet Apps (HTML5, Javascript, Flash, Silverlight) – 27 Nov

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The desktop is dead. The browser and the mobile have killed it.

For years now, there has been a shift away from traditional desktop apps and native OS GUIs towards browser based interfaces for all applications, whether they’re personal/consumer apps, or enterprise apps.

Now, with the rise of very smart phones like iPhone, tablet devices, 3G internet available everywhere, and the coming of age of rich interactions in HTML with HTML5 and javascript, “ubiquitous computing” has finally arrived. People expect to be able to work on their applications from anywhere – from their desktop PC at work, or their laptop from home, or their iPad or iPhone or Blackberry when on the road. And the easiest way of ensuring that your app is available on all these platforms is to go with a “RIA” platform.

That’s what we’ll discuss this weekend on Saturday, November 27, at MCCIA Hall in ICC Towers on S.B. Road. We will talk about HTML5, and why it will take over the world. We will talk about how Javascript is the one language you cannot afford to not know, whether you’re talking about apps on your laptop or on your mobile phone. We will talk about Phonegap and Titanium, cross-platform platforms that allow you to write once using Javascript/HTML/CSS and run the app on desktops or mobiles alike. We’ll talk about Adobe’s offerings – AIR and Flash, and how they are the “incumbent” rulers of this space, and will not easily lose to HTML5. And we’ll talk about Microsoft’s Silverlight, and how that plans to break into this club.

The talk is free for all, and you must come, if you want to know what the world will be like for the next 3 years. You need to register at http://techweekend4.eventbrite.com. That page also contains the current list of speakers (which is being updated as we get more confirmations).

Yes, you, the people working on desktop frontend GUIs using java or .NET or VB or Qt – you are the ones who definitely need to come. Some might argue that desktop apps are certainly not dead – definitely not in enterprises. That is true, but only in the same sense as mainframes are still not dead in the enterprise, and COBOL is still not dead in the enterprise. But, for the forward-thinking, RIAs are the way to go, even when you are confined to the insides of your enterprise – just the expansion of that term will change to Rich Intranet Apps. That’s all.

Many thanks to Microsoft for sponsoring the venue for Techweekend. Microsoft wants to get more closely involved with the tech community in Pune, and particularly the open source enthusiasts – with the intention of making everybody aware that their cloud technologies (like Azure) actually play well with open source, and that you can deploy your php applications, your drupal/joomla installs on Azure.