HackerJS Meetup @ Hacker Dojo

HackerJS is a NodeJS & JavaScript community meetup. We meet on the 2nd Wednesday of the month. Every meetup, we try to have a mix of beginner and advanced talks. Our speakers this time include folks from NodeSource and IBM.

SCHEDULE

6:30pm - Doors Open

7:00pm - "New and Exciting Features to Land In Node.js 12 " - In the last few weeks, Node.js had big changes: Node.js 6 “Boron” moved to End-of-Life on April 30th and Node.js 12, scheduled to begin Long-Term Stable (LTS) phase in October, was released. The current latest LTS release line, Node.js 10 “Dubnium,” will remain in LTS maintenance mode until April, 2020. In this meetup, we will cover the new features included in the latest release, as well as reviewing the reasons why you should plan to upgrade and best practices for updating to a newer version of Node.js.

Liz Parody, Developer Relations Manager at NodeSource.

Liz is a self-taught Software Engineer focused on JavaScript, and Developer Relations Manager at NodeSource. She organizes different community events such as JSConf Colombia, Pioneras Developers, Startup Weekend and has been a speaker at EmpireJS, MedellinJS, PionerasDev, and GDG. She loves sharing knowledge, promoting JavaScript and Node.js ecosystem and participating in key tech events and conferences to enhance her knowledge and network.

7:30pm - “Building APIs at Warp Speed with LoopBack” - It’s easy to start developing in Node.js, but you will face challenges as your API grows with more modules, components, developers, teams, and releases. Raymond will share experiences in building LoopBack 4 with TypeScript and illustrate techniques, tools, and patterns proven to facilitate developing Node.js projects. He will demonstrate how LoopBack 4 builds an extensible and composable foundation to help you create open APIs or applications that are positioned to scale in various perspectives - all at warp speed!

Raymond Feng, Architect for LoopBack and API Connect at IBM.

Raymond is a co-founder from StrongLoop and Chief Architect on LoopBack, the open source mobile API platform. He’s developedg Enterprise Java integration platforms, including IBM WebSphere Process Server, Apache Tuscany, and a Mobile Backend for Shutterfly. He also co-authored Tuscany SCA in Action. He quickly fell in love with Node.js technology and the great community around it. He appreciates Node.js for its flexibility and productivity to mash up various backend systems and expose APIs in a much simpler way.

8:00pm - Open Mic and Social Time

Open mic time gives attendees 2-3 minutes of time to talk to the entire group. This is the time to debut a new project, announce upcoming events or let people know they're hiring.

9:00pm - Doors close