ajax experience recap July 31st, 2007 at 12:45 am by Dylan Schiemann
Last week was the latest installment of the Ajax Experience in San Francisco. More low-key than last year’s conference, I left the main corridor only to give two talks, one on Dojo and one on Comet. I met a lot of people I had been wanting to meet for a while, and caught up with most of the usual suspects. Interest in Dojo 0.9 was strong, and there were a lot of good questions about Comet, as well as a great discussion at the end of the Comet talk with Greg Wilkins and Joe Walker in the crowd and participating.
If there was one point to take away from the conference, it was that everyone there has now bought into Ajax. Last year’s most frequently asked question, “What about accessibility?”, has now been answered in great detail by Dojo and Dijit. I believe this year’s theme was all about performance. Everyone has had another year to work with web apps, expectations are higher, and everyone wants to do more for less. This isn’t a great shock or surprise, but the comments from people attending the Dojo 0.9 talk tell me that the improvements we have made can’t come fast enough.
Posted August 5th, 2007 at 9:44 pm
[…] My presentation was the first day, and I was quite surprised to see that I was scheduled for the Plaza Ballroom, the big venue at the show. At my first TAE, my performance presentation was on the last day in one of the smaller rooms, and I’m certain that the upgraded slot I received this year is indicative of the increasing focus on performance and optimization in the community. Hell, there was a full track about performance this year, and Dylan’s wrapup went so far as to say “I believe this year’s theme was all about performance.” That’s great to hear, and that’s how it felt to me. […]