Codetown ::: a software developer's community
Time: April 28, 2015 from 5:30pm to 8pm
Location: UF Hilton
Street: 1714 SW 34th St
City/Town: Gainesville, FL 32607
Website or Map: http://www3.hilton.com/en/hot…
Phone: 352-354-2487
Event Type: education, and, technology, presentation
Organized By: Michael Lucas
Latest Activity: Apr 6, 2015
The Association of Information Technology Professionals is a national organization dedicated to ethics and professionalism in the field of IT. Your local North-Central Florida chapter of AITP has been in continuous operation for almost 40 years.
Our April 28 dinner presentation will feature John Tucker on "Leveraging JavaScript Libraries For Rapid Web Development". Learn how you can easily take advantage of powerful new libraries in JavaScript to create and enhance your Web site applications!
Full details are in the meeting flyer at aitp-ncfl.org/pdf/201504.pdf
RSVP today by sending an email to reserve@aitp-ncfl.org!
Codetown is a social network. It's got blogs, forums, groups, personal pages and more! You might think of Codetown as a funky camper van with lots of compartments for your stuff and a great multimedia system, too! Best of all, Codetown has room for all of your friends.
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