December 2011
An Introduction to HTML5 and CSS3 - by Robert Boedigheimer, MVP
The meeting date is Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm. Location: Sarasota Community Foundation, at 2635 Fruitville Rd., Sarasota, FL 34237 (just west of Tuttle on the north side of Fruitville).
The Future of the Web: HTML5
The latest version of HTML may not be completed for some time, but there are parts that are available in the latest version of browsers, and shims to make older browsers support them as well. There are many new elements, including those that provide more semantic meaning to common <div> elements (like header, footer, etc). A new <canvas> can be used for drawing, while the <audio> and <video> provide new multimedia capabilities. Learn about support for HTML 5 in major browsers, and see what can be done with the new standard.
Styling web pages with CSS 3
What will CSS 3 provide for advanced styling of web pages? The latest specification breaks features into modules to allow faster changes and can allow devices to use just a portion of the modules as needed. Review what current browser support is for CSS 3, and what portions have already been included in areas such as jQuery.
Robert is an ASP.NET MVP, Pluralsight author, and has been doing major national and international conference speaking for about 8 years.
Upcoming SarasotaDev Events:
Jan 2012 - TBD
Please reply to this email if you have feedback, speaker suggestions, or would like to sponsor the group.
Nearby Developer/User Group Events:
- Gulf Coast Venture Forum - Why Invest in SWFL? - Wed, Dec 14 from 6:30-8:30pm at the Hyatt Regency in Sarasota. The topic this month is Due Diligence. More info here.
- BarCamp Sarasota Lunch & Learn: Vision 2012 - Fri, Dec 16 from 11:30am - 1:30 pm at Square 1 Burgers in the new Kohl's Plaza on University at Honore, 5239 University Pkwy Sarasota. More Info here.
- Suncoast Technology Forum Holiday Event - Tue, Dec 20 at 5:30-8:00pm. More info here.
- BarCamp Sarasota After Hours Social - Thu, Jan 5 from 5:30-9pm at Shakespeare's Pub in Sarasota. This is a casual event and there's no telling where the conversation will go. Join us! More info here.
More Florida events can be found on Joe (devFish) Healy's events page.
Florida CodeCamps (CC) and SQL Saturdays (SS) in 2011:
The 2010 Florida CodeCamp season is about to start! If you haven't attended in the past, a CodeCamp is a free, all-day Saturday developer event put on by regional developers, for developers. If you've been to CodeCamp in the past, then you know you don't want to miss the 2010 season.
- Tampa SS - happened Sat, Jan 15.
- South FL CC - happened Sat, Feb 12.
- Orlando CC - happened Sat, Mar 26.
- Pensacola SS - happened Sat, June 4.
- SFL IT Camp - happened, Sat Jul 23.
- SFL SS - happened Sat, Aug 13.
- Jacksonville CC - happened Sat, Aug 27.
- BarCamp Tampa - happened Sat, Sep 24.
- Orlando SS - happened Sat, Sep 24.
- Tallahassee CC - happened Sat, Oct 1.
- BarCamp Sarasota - happened Sat/Sun, Oct 15-16.
- BarCamp SWFL - will be held Sat, Jan 28, 2012
- ITCamp Sarasota - new event! tentatively planned for Feb 11, 2012
- South FL CC - will be held Sat, Feb 18, 2012. Call for speakers is open.
- BarCamp Palm Beach - to be held Sat, Feb 25, 2012
- Orlando CC - tenattively planned Sat, Mar 31, 2012
Other Developer Events of Interest:
- DevConnections - this event was held March 27-30, 2011 in Orlando.
- Microsoft Mix11 - this event was held April 12-14, 2011 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
- Microsoft TechEd 2011 - this event was held May 16-19, 2011 in Atlanta.
- Microsoft BUILD - this event was held September 13-16, 2011 in Anaheim, CA.
- VSLive 2011 - this event was held December 5-9, 2011 in Orlando.