The State of Node.js in South Africa and the way forward

Qawelesizwe Mlilo is a passionate NodeJS dev that has been building tools for the community and wants to show off what he has offer to the community at large. In this session we take a step back from the usual tech only view. And have a look at the ecosystem of NodeJS in S.A, how it's growing and who's using it.

Some topics include:

• Active communities

• Companies using Node.js

• Projects/products built with Node in SA

• Node.js job market

• Node.js developers

After which we will focus on what Qawelesizwe believes is the path forward to keep the momentum growing.

• Building communities

• Co-ordination of communities

• Teaching & Learning (or learning through teaching)

• Node.js Market(jobs and developers)

Qawelesizwe has been building a social platform for NodeJS in South-Africa. He will be introducing and defining his goal with the platform. Getting some useful feedback and any help from interested community members.

IO being the champs that they are, are sponsoring the venue for us again. Check them out at www.io.co.za