Description:

From canvas to web workers and file transfer to blob management, join us for a hands-on webcast to see HTML5 demos and code samples that will have you rethinking the possibilities of browser based apps. Watch the competitiveness mount, as these two innovative Hackers try to one-up each other through demonstrations of each of their most inspired hacks.

About Jeff Burtoft

Hackers Jeff Burtoft and Jesse Cravens, co-authors of O'Reilly 'HTML5 Hacks', approach HTML5 and JavaScript technologies from vastly different vantage points.

Jeff works as an HTML5 Evangelist for a global technology company (Microsoft), lives in the Pacific NW and focuses on IE10 implementations of the new HTML5 specifications and JavaScript powered native applications. Jeff writes code in Visual Studio on Windows 8, runs Node.js on Windows Azure and thinks web standards should be ratified by Congress. Jeff's job consists of continuous outreach to the HTML5 community, and building wicket cool HTML5 games that push the boundaries of modern browsers.

About Jesse Cravens

Jesse works in a small studio in Austin, TX for the innovative agency, Frog, focusing on using Free and Open Source Software. He spends his time hacking on JavaScript frameworks and evangelizing Node.js as the ideal rapid prototyping environment. Jesse prefers Ruby to .NET or Java, loads up his Mac Book Pro with the latest free tools, codes in Vim and Sublime Text, and has outfitted his Fleetwood Pegasus Ultralite to collect data, and actuate tasks from his embedded JavaScript, microcontroller toolkit: trailr.io.