If you happen to live in the Bay area (or are looking for an excuse to go there) and are interested in node.js Javascript development, then Palm is hoping to get you involved with webOS. You see, with webOS 2.0 Palm is switching to node.js-powered JavaScript background services instead of the Java services currently in use. This means faster, better, and more webbier development for webOS, and it means that developers will now be able to roll their own services to make more advanced things happen.

To that end, Palm is inviting developers to their corporate campus in Sunnyvale, California on September 14th for a collection of node.js talks, drinks, and food. There’s sure to be plenty of developer elbow rubbing for the few hours of the meet-up, plus it’s always good to get free sustenance combined with free knowledge.

Interested? Of course you are. Head over to the Facebook event page and get yourself so more info and maybe even check off that “Attending” box.

Source: Facebook; Via: Ben Combee on Twitter

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Okay, so maybe it’s more like Palm Developer Weekend, but they’re calling it Palm Developer Day, so we’ll just go with that. Friday April 23rd and Saturday the 24th will see current and potential webOS developers descending on the Palm corporate campus in sunny Sunnyvale, California, to partake in a number of sessions and rub elbows with the Palm Developer Relations Team.

A $25 pre-registration fee will net an attendee access to all sessions, meals (they had some pretty kick-ass pizza last time they did something like this), and even a gift of the commemorative type.

Topical matter for the sessions will include:

• Intro to webOS
• Porting Apps to webOS
• Advanced webOS
• Marketing Your Apps: The Business of webOS Development
• Creating 3D Games for webOS
• Effective Debugging Techniques
• What’s Coming Next in webOS

Yes, it’s not just a Mojo SDK code-a-thon. There’ll be talk of app porting, 3D gaming with the PDK, and of high importance for any developer looking to make a buck or two: marketing. And is that a peak at the future we see there? We think it is.

Pre-registration is open now.

UPDATE: As Lisa from Palm has informed us in these here comments, the Palm Developer Day could almost be considered two separate events. Friday will be "more of a webOS bootcamp" for new developers, while Saturday will be the Developer Day with the keynote, programming sessions, and – this is cool – "office hours" where a developer can get one-on-one time with the Developer Relations Team.

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