Our Denver meeting will be held at the TAG Restaurant.

We have a special guest speaking - Mr. Mike Hostetler, President, CEO and founder of appendTo LLC and one of the core developers of the jQuery javascript framework.

Title: Introduction to jQuery & Advanced Service Mockups

Description: Learn about the exciting possibilities of jQuery and the power it can offer to Front End Developers. This session will cover the basics of how to use jQuery in a production environment. After laying a basic foundation, we'll jump into exploring the cutting edge of jQuery with appendTo's MockJax plugin, a new way to mock and test web services for any backend language.

Mike Hostetler is an inventor, entrepreneur, programmer and proud father. Having worked with web technologies since the mid 1990's, Mike has had extensive experience developing web applications with PHP and JavaScript. Currently, Mike works as the CEO of appendTo, LLC, the jQuery Company, based in Denver, Colorado. Heavily involved in Open Source, Mike is a member of the jQuery Core team, leads the QCubed PHP5 Framework project, and participates in the Drupal project. When not in front of a computer, Mike enjoys hiking, fly-fishing, snowboarding and spending time with his family.