January 2018
Intro to TypeScript
Hello JS'ers! To kick off 2018, we'll have Jeremy Likness to give us an introduction to TypeScript. Intro to TypeScript for JavaScript Developers A desktop engineer that works at Slack recently described his experience with TypeScript as "how he learned to stop worrying and trust the compiler." Companies that switch to TypeScript discover previously hidden bugs, see accelerated delivery, experience reduction of defect rates and increase their trust in code. Learn how to apply these powerful benefits to JavaScript development.…
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Async Patterns and Multicore
Hello JS'ers! This month Jonathan Martin will teaches as asynchronous JavaScript patterns as well as how they can be applied to multicore (multiple processors) programming. <--- If this sentence makes you go hmmm...., then you should come! To open for Jonathan will be Sunit Kulkarni --- who will give a lightning talk on personal best practices for cybersecurity as well as a brief intro to OpenPGP.js. Talk Abstract “JavaScript is a toy language because it doesn’t support multithreading.” Heard that…
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NativeScript / Switching Careers
Hello JS'ers! This time we will have James Breedlove show us NativeScript. But before that, Joshua Martin and Chris Malloy will give their perspective on Making a career switch to web development. James Breedlove is a software engineer at Home Depot as well as the co-founder and chief technology officer of Noix LLC, a mobile software startup. In his free time, James enjoys longboarding, ultimate frisbee, playing his ukulele, and spending time with his three sisters. He is driven to…
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History of JavaScript
Hello JS'ers! This month we will have Rob Bunch talk about the history of JavaScript. JavaScript is a programming language with a long and unusual history. Rob will take us back in time and journey through its ups and downs as well as motivate us to take it to the next level and dig into the new features of the language: ES2015 and beyond. Rob is a veteran in Atlanta. He has worked at Turner as software engineer. More recently,…
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Intro to Vue.js Workshop
Welcome JS'ers!! This is a Hands-on Vue.js workshop as part of a collaboration with the Atlanta Vue.js Meetup ATL (https://www.meetup.com/Atlanta-Vue-js-Meetup/). The workshop is designed for developers who are proficient with JavaScript but are new or newish to Vue.js. We have arranged to have an instructor as well as a number of TAs to come and teach. Cost is free. Space is limited, so please reserve a spot in advance if you want to come. BYOL (Bring Your Own Laptop). In…
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