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YUI Theater — Gonzalo Cordero: “Yahoo! Local Mobile Case Study” (33 min.)

Ryan Grove — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:22:13 +0000

In this talk from YUIConf 2011, Yahoo! frontend engineer Gonzalo Cordero (@goonieiam) reveals how Yahoo! Local used YUI 3 to develop their iOS app using a native Objective-C wrapper with HTML5 and YUI running in a UIWebView. He argues that there’s no such thing as a desktop web and a mobile web — there’s just “the web”, and YUI is the perfect framework for people who want to write web apps that run everywhere.

YUI Theater — Derek Gathright: “Why YUI?” (27 min.)

Ryan Grove — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:00:44 +0000

In this talk from YUIConf 2011, YUI engineer and former jQuery user Derek Gathright (@derek) explains why you should consider using YUI to build your web apps. In particular, he stresses how YUI is designed to serve as an extensible set of building blocks (like Legos) and not just a collection of ready-to-use components (like pre-molded plastic toy cars).

YUI Theater — Ryan Cannon: “There is no off-season: NFL.com’s move to YUI” (42 min.)

Ryan Grove — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:57:15 +0000

NFL.com’s Ryan Cannon (@rcanine) joined us at YUIConf 2011 to share the story of why NFL.com chose YUI over jQuery, how they migrated a large codebase from Prototype to YUI 3 on a tight schedule, and how they use YUI to create websites and mobile apps for one of the world’s most popular sports leagues.

YUI Theater — Paul Donnelly: “Using Yahoo! Pipes and the YQL Module” (39 min.)

Ryan Grove — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 02:02:12 +0000

In this talk from YUIConf 2011, YQL engineer Paul Donnelly demonstrates the features of the Yahoo! Pipes editor and explains how you can use Pipes and YQL to power your web apps, create mashups, and more.

YUI Theater — Jeff Burtoft: “Scaling Mobile with YUI” (49 min.)

Ryan Grove — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:40:27 +0000

In this talk from YUIConf 2011, Jeff Burtoft (@boyofgreen), Lead Frontend Engineer at USAA, shares what he’s learned about building performant and scalable cross-platform mobile web apps using YUI. In the course of the talk, Jeff reveals some of the pitfalls of dealing with device limitations — particularly when building native-wrapped web apps that run in web views — and explains how he and his team worked around them using YUI.

YUI Theater — Jeff Craig: “Demystifying Loader: Advanced Module Configuration” (31 min.)

Ryan Grove — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:10:43 +0000

In this talk from YUIConf 2011, Meebo engineer and YUI contributor Jeff Craig (@foxxtrot) reveals everything you’ve always wanted to know about the YUI Loader but were afraid to ask. This is a must-see for anyone doing performance-critical work with YUI 3.

YUI Theater — Allen Rabinovich: “YUI Calendar – A Case Study of Building Modules with Style” (47 min.)

Ryan Grove — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:02:06 +0000

In this talk from YUIConf 2011, YUI engineer Allen Rabinovich (@allenr) shares the process he used to architect and build the new Calendar widget in YUI 3, and explains how you can use a similar process to build your own widgets. He also shows off the new component and reveals a clever performance trick used to speed up the rendering of multiple calendars.

YUI Theater — Pat Cavit: “Automating Website Optimizations” (32 min.)

Ryan Grove — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:58:39 +0000

Pat Cavit (@tivac), a frontend engineer at ArenaNet and an active YUI contributor and community member, joined us at YUIConf 2011 to give this talk on automating build-time website optimizations such as file concatenation, minification, renaming, and more using the Ant build tool.

YUI Theater — Steve Peha: “Agile Schools – How Technology Saves Education” (44 min.)

Allen Rabinovich — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:10:08 +0000

In this talk given at Yahoo!, Steve Peha, the president of Teaching That Makes Sense, makes a case for applying the processes and culture of the technology world to the world of education.

YUI Theater — Satyen Desai: “Livestand Learnings” (63 min.)

Ryan Grove — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:49:59 +0000

In this talk from YUIConf 2011, YUI engineer Satyen Desai discusses what he learned about mobile performance — and how those learnings will feed back into YUI — when he spent a few months working with the Yahoo! Livestand team on their gorgeous (and blazing fast!) new iPad app.

Yahoo! User Interface Blog (YUIBlog) » YUI Theater

YUI Theater — Gonzalo Cordero: “Yahoo! Local Mobile Case Study” (33 min.)

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YUI Theater — Derek Gathright: “Why YUI?” (27 min.)

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YUI Theater — Ryan Cannon: “There is no off-season: NFL.com’s move to YUI” (42 min.)

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YUI Theater — Paul Donnelly: “Using Yahoo! Pipes and the YQL Module” (39 min.)

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YUI Theater — Jeff Burtoft: “Scaling Mobile with YUI” (49 min.)

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YUI Theater — Jeff Craig: “Demystifying Loader: Advanced Module Configuration” (31 min.)

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YUI Theater — Allen Rabinovich: “YUI Calendar – A Case Study of Building Modules with Style” (47 min.)

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YUI Theater — Pat Cavit: “Automating Website Optimizations” (32 min.)

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YUI Theater — Steve Peha: “Agile Schools – How Technology Saves Education” (44 min.)

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YUI Theater — Satyen Desai: “Livestand Learnings” (63 min.)

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