HTML5 Code Sprint in NYC & Galway

Posted by jensimmons on January 11, 2011 at 3:28am

Start:

2011-01-22 12:00 - 19:00 America/New_York

Organizers:

jensimmons

Event type:

Sprint

Let's have a code sprint to work on HTML5 implementation for Drupal 7 and Drupal 8. It will be in Brooklyn (signup to find out where) with very limited space!

We'll work on the HTML5 Base theme, HTML5 form element implementation (in HTML5 Tools + Elements), overall planning & scheming (in preparation for March's DrupalCon), and whatever else you want.

I'll provide yummy squash & sweet potato soup (vegan/wheat-free) and snacks for eating whenever people want.

You bring a laptop, knowledge about HTML5, and ideas about what we need to do next to get HTML5 support into core.

And we'll have more of these in the future!

Comments

tipping point

Posted by forestmars on January 11, 2011 at 3:36am

HTML5 support apparently just hit 50% of web users: http://j.mp/HTML5_50

Comment here to signup!

Posted by jensimmons on January 11, 2011 at 4:38am

We are maxed out on space, so if you are interested, add your comment below and I'll try to get you in!

Jen Simmons
http://jensimmons.com

Count me in! Although I

Posted by tim.plunkett on January 11, 2011 at 4:42am

Count me in!
Although I already clicked sign-up.

no more room... booo... =(

Posted by patoshi on January 11, 2011 at 7:24am

no more room... booo... =(

Join us virtually

Posted by jensimmons on January 11, 2011 at 3:29pm

People can join us virtually! Show up in IRC #drupal-html5 :)

Jen Simmons
http://jensimmons.com

I'll try to join virtually

Posted by markdorison on January 11, 2011 at 4:36pm

I'll try to join virtually since there is no more space.

I've love to chime in on IRC,

Posted by Jeff Burnz on January 11, 2011 at 6:45pm

I've love to chime in on IRC, I could be traveling this day but I'll try to make it!

I am interested but can work virtually too.

Posted by alienresident on January 13, 2011 at 5:29pm

If space becomes available that would be best if not I'll work virtually.
Thanks

UPDATE: Skype: alienresident

Join us on Skype

Posted by jensimmons on January 12, 2011 at 8:42pm

Hey — if anyone wants to join us, let's open up skype and have a all-day open multi-person audio/video room where people can hear what's going on / join in.

If you want to join us in Skype, say so here, and list your skype name!

Jen Simmons
http://jensimmons.com

We should add planning for

Posted by ericduran on January 12, 2011 at 11:15pm

We should add planning for the drupal core conversation on the agenda. We'll not really planning as the conversation must be submitted already but working out the details.

I would like to attend by Skype

Posted by mcaudy on January 13, 2011 at 1:28am

Please invite me to the Skype session.

My Skype name is: michaelcaudy

Michael Caudy

I might be available Please

Posted by alanburke on January 13, 2011 at 1:29pm

I might be available
Please invite me to the Skype session.
username alanburke

Cool! I will be available for

Posted by linclark.research on January 13, 2011 at 5:21pm

Cool! I will be available for the early part, Skype: lin-clark

I'll be (virtually) there

Posted by EddieN120 on January 14, 2011 at 9:46pm

My Skype handle is the same as my gdo handle.

Skype...

Posted by Jeff Burnz on January 14, 2011 at 11:13pm

Skype: jmburnz

I would like to attend by Skpye

Posted by voyelle on January 17, 2011 at 3:23pm

Please invite me to the Skype Session, my skype:dialloai

I would like to attend virtually

Posted by Anthony Alvarez on January 17, 2011 at 4:08pm

I can attend by IRC but will skype users be able to hear and see the event?

http://www.anthonyalvarez.us

HTML5 Drupal Sprint - Galway

Posted by alanburke on January 18, 2011 at 9:28am

Hi all,
Myself and Lin Clark are going to meetup in Galway, at 091 Labs to be exact, to work on this in person together.
If anybody else is interested, you're happy to join us.
We'll be there from 4:30pm Irish time.
Venue details - http://091labs.com/contact/

Regards
Alan

I'd like to be there in

Posted by mason@thecoding... on January 18, 2011 at 4:59pm

I'd like to be there in person if any room opens up. Otherwise I'll try to be on Skype. user: canarymason

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d.o: canarymason
twitter @canarymason

Did you see our new

Posted by jensimmons on January 18, 2011 at 5:14pm

Did you see our new logo?
http://jensimmons.com/news/html5-logo-drupal

And I'm so very excited about having a co-sprint with folks in Ireland!!!!!! Anywhere else want to join us?

Jen Simmons
http://jensimmons.com

New HTML5 logo

Posted by forestmars on January 18, 2011 at 5:25pm

New HTML5 logo unveiled: http://www.w3.org/html/logo/

Forest Mars

I see Jen

Posted by forestmars on January 18, 2011 at 6:01pm

Oh, I see Jen already worked up a Drupal take on the HTML5 logo.

Jen, is there an HTML5/CSS3 version? The one on that page is still using img/.jpg.

Forest Mars

Eric Meyer put up an

Posted by tim.plunkett on January 18, 2011 at 10:24pm

Eric Meyer put up an HTML5/CSS3 version here: http://meyerweb.com/eric/html-xhtml/html5logo

That's another version of the

Posted by forestmars on January 18, 2011 at 10:30pm

That's another version of the HTML5 logo, however I was asking about an HTML5 version of the one Jen posted with the Drupal drop.

We should draw one with

Posted by ericduran on January 18, 2011 at 10:39pm

We should draw one with canvas.

I personally find drawing

Posted by jponch on January 18, 2011 at 10:47pm

I personally find drawing logos and icons with canvas to be a bit gimmicky and not really something that's that useful. It's sort of a fun thing to try, but when you look at the markup, for example, in Eric Meyer's version of the HTML5 logo it's hilarious - not exactly the semantic web. But I've been wrong before :-)

Yea, it was just for the

Posted by ericduran on January 18, 2011 at 11:05pm

Yea, it was just for the "cool" factor lol

No I didn't make an

Posted by jensimmons on January 19, 2011 at 5:24pm

No I didn't make an HTML/CSS/SVG version of the logo. To me, graphics should be images on the web. Not code. In my mind, people are doing CSS3 logos just to prove CSS is more powerful than before. Not to show that we should be using CSS3 to create icons. That's just stupid, imo. CSS is for styling, not for replacing actual images. Replace the sliced up round corner images, yes! But not logos or photographs or illustrations.

Jen Simmons
http://jensimmons.com

byte size

Posted by adrinux on January 19, 2011 at 11:44am

@jponch I'm pretty sure the binary of an image file is verbose, lacking in semantics and hard to read too :) I suppose it comes down to size - I'm guessing the size of the code is still much smaller than a binary image file for the same image. Though the css version might increase browser rendering time...

:-) Good point. Though I

Posted by jponch on January 19, 2011 at 2:13pm

:-) Good point. Though I think what @jensimmons noted is really what I was getting at. Also, using an image file doesn't require lots of craziness within the markup which is what I was referring to more than the CSS. For example, Eric Meyer's HTML5 logo in CSS uses the following 51 lines of markup JUST to show the logo image:

<div id="logo">

<div id="letters">
<div id="H">
<span class="v">|</span><span class="h">-</span><span class="v">|</span>
</div>
<div id="T">
<span class="h">+</span><br>
<span class="v">|</span>
</div>
<div id="M">
<span class="v">|</span>
<span class="h">\</span>
<span class="h">/</span>
<span class="v">|</span>
</div>
<div id="L">
<span class="v">|</span><span class="h">_</span>
</div>
</div>

<div id="shield">
<div class="left">
<span class="wing">This</span>
<span class="base">ain't</span>
</div>
<div class="right">
<span class="wing">no</span>
<span class="base">disco.</span>
</div>
<div class="highlight">
<span class="spine">This!</span>
<span class="wing">Is!</span>
<span class="base">HTMLLLLLLLLL!!!!!</span>
</div>
</div>

<div id="five">
<div id="head">But</div>
<div id="topright">it's</div>
<div id="topleft">presented</div>
<div id="topdrop">using</div>
<div id="midbar">an</div>
<div id="midbarhi">entirely</div>
<div id="middrop">different</div>
<div id="botright">language:</div>
<div id="botleft">CSS.</div>
<div id="tail">…Awkward.</div>
</div>

To do that same thing with an image file your markup could simply be:

<img src="html5logo.jpg" alt="HTML5" />

Never-the-less, I can't discount the cool factor of being able to render an image like that with just CSS :-)

Devil may care

Posted by adrinux on January 19, 2011 at 3:54pm

Yeah, I wouldn't suggest making icons with html/css is a good thing per se either :) Presentational markup on overload.
But the pragmatist in me says normal people don't read markup any more than they read binary in a bitmap image, so whichever gets it in front of their eyes fastest is best...

Far more interesting for this sort of thing are vector formats, well at this point a vector format: svg.

Normal people don't read

Posted by jensimmons on January 19, 2011 at 5:26pm

Normal people don't read markup but the machines we use do. The code in Jared's example is an accessibility NIGHTMARE. Again, a totally fun experiment, but a dangerous one. If people think it's a good idea to do that for real, they aren't paying attention to the point of web standards.

Jen Simmons
http://jensimmons.com