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Gemfile

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+source :rubygems
+
+gem "slidedown"

Gemfile.lock

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+GEM
+  remote: http://rubygems.org/
+  specs:
+    bluecloth (2.1.0)
+    makers-mark (0.1.1)
+      bluecloth (>= 2.0.0)
+      nokogiri
+    nokogiri (1.5.0)
+    slidedown (0.2.0)
+      makers-mark
+      nokogiri
+
+PLATFORMS
+  ruby
+
+DEPENDENCIES
+  slidedown

slides.md

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+!SLIDE
+
+# The Future of Front End
+
+Christopher Meiklejohn 
+(cmeiklejohn@swipely.com)
+
+!SLIDE
+
+## Technologies
+
+* coffeescript
+* backbone.js
+* ejs
+* sass
+* execjs
+* rails 3.1 asset pipeline
+* jasmine
+
+!SLIDE 
+
+## Consider this a survey talk.
+
+!SLIDE
+
+## Do not use them because I said so.
+
+!SLIDE
+
+## Awareness.
+## Make informed decisions.
+
+!SLIDE
+
+## Dive right in!
+
+!SLIDE
+
+## Application
+
+* Rails 3.1 with asset pipeline
+* Developed with BDD using cucumber/rspec
+* No assets
+
+!SLIDE
+
+## So, what are the specific goals?
+
+* Use jasmine to BDD the front end
+* Write code in *both* coffeescript and javascript
+* Convert app to backbone.js application
+* Have a way to run the tests effectively during development
+
+!SLIDE 
+
+## Brief overview of the technologies.
+## Then look at the code for real world examples.
+
+!SLIDE
+
+## Pipeline, Sprockets, EJS
+
+* Brief overview
+* Replaces jammit
+* Setup manifest files
+
+!SLIDE
+
+## Asset Pipeline
+
+* Reference only as /assets
+* Precompile for prod
+* Recompile per hit in dev
+* Reside in /public/assets, one per manifest compiled
+* Compresses and stores unique asset version by SHA
+
+!SLIDE
+
+## Asset Pipeline
+
+@@@ ruby
+
+    (app|lib|vendor)/
+      assets/
+        javascripts
+        stylesheets
+        images
+        templates
+
+@@@
+
+!SLIDE
+
+## Figure 1: Asset Pipeline Example
+
+!SLIDE
+
+## Sprockets
+
+@@@ js
+
+    // application.js
+
+    //= require jquery
+    //= require jquery_ujs
+    //= require_tree .
+
+@@@
+
+!SLIDE
+
+## Figure 2: Sprockets Manifest
+
+!SLIDE
+
+## EJS
+
+* Embedded javascript templates.
+* app/assets/templates/index.jst.ejs
+* Compiled and available as window.JST
+
+!SLIDE
+
+## Figure 3: EJS File
+
+!SLIDE
+
+## Backbone
+
+* MVC javascript framework
+* Rich front-end single page applications
+
+!SLIDE
+
+## No Example; Future Talk!
+
+!SLIDE
+
+## Coffeescript
+
+* Language that compiles to javascript
+* Syntatic sugar inspired by Haskell, Python and Ruby
+* More specifically Ruby 1.9
+
+!SLIDE
+
+## Figure 4: Coffeescript Example
+
+!SLIDE
+
+## Jasmine
+
+* Javascript BDD framework
+* Developed by Pivotal Labs to replace JsUnit
+* Inspired by Rspec
+* Results display in browser
+  * Continuous integration mode
+
+!SLIDE
+
+## Figure 5: Jasmine Example
+
+!SLIDE
+
+## How do we make this all work? (Specs)
+
+* Write specs in javascript/coffeescript for jasmine
+* Use guard to compile coffeescript specs down to javascript
+
+!SLIDE
+
+## How do we make this all work? (Application)
+
+* Write my application in javascript/coffeescript 
+* Use guard to recompile assets when there is a change to an asset in the pipeline
+* Dev: concatenation/Prod: uglified
+
+!SLIDE
+
+## How do we make this all work? (Testing)
+
+* Use the jasmine headless webkit driver to run the specs and parse the output
+* Run specs against newest compiled assets in the pipeline
+  * Required due to external/vendored deps, such as backbone (inefficient)
+
+!SLIDE
+
+## MOAR EXAMPLES!