The Suburban Chicago PHP & Web Development Meetup

Here’s the presentation I put together for last month’s meetup. I hear nobody showed it in my absence, but I thought at least some of you might be interested.

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Yeah, we’re a PHP group. But most of the PHP code out there is on the web, and modern web sites rely heavily on Javascript for AJAX & DHTML effects.

This talk from last year’s OSCONconference talks about ways to improve Javascript performance. Some of these techniques are pretty sneaky, and aren’t immediately obvious. But I’ve tried some of them out, and they made a big difference in the how performance was perceived, even if they didn’t make big actual improvements.

If driving to West Chicago this Saturday isn’t your cup of tea, MacSpecialist in Villa Park is hosting a big electronics recycling event as well.  Drop off some old computers or monitors, pick up a coupon on some Mac gear, help the planet, get some food, and enjoy some music.

Now isn’t that better than staying home all day?

From their announcement:

The Place:

MacSpecialist, 234 West Roosevelt Road, Villa Park, IL (In the Villa Oaks Shopping Center behind Guitar Center)

The Time:

Saturday April 19th, 2008 from 10:00am – 3:00pm

The Event:

MacSpecialist, Chicagoland’s largest Authorized Apple Reseller, Service Provider and Training Center, will be hosting Reboot: A Consumer Electronics Recycling Event. During this free event you will be able to drop off any consumer electronics equipment to be recycled and/or disposed of properly. Any person who drops off equipment will receive a coupon toward an in-store purchase. Coupons will be valid for that day only.

During the event MacSpecialist will also be taking monetary donations, 100% of which will be given to the Conservation Foundation of DuPage County and the National Resources Defense Council. The minimum donation will be five dollars. Each person who donates will be entered into a raffle to win a green iPod Nano. You do not need to be present to win.

In addition to the raffle donations, a portion of the day’s profit will also be donated to the Conservation Foundation of DuPage County and the National Resources Defense Council.

Reboot will also feature free seminars on various topics with speakers from MacSpecialist, The Conservation Foundation of DuPage County, Apple and Canon. Concessions will be available courtesy of Sweet Baby Ray’s from 11:00am until 1:00pm and Q101 will be broadcasting live from 12:00pm until 2:00pm.