Gatsby [Spark]

Gatsby and JAMstack take front and center at the first Gatsby [Spark]. Join us for a 4 speaker lightning talk style event.

Speakers

Ian Jones: What is a Gatsby theme?
Egghead.io
@_jonesian

Marian Lumba: Introduction to GraphQL
Demosphere
@mmlumba

Marquet Reid: C.R.A.I.G. (Create React Apps In Gatsby)
element84.com,
@QuetCodesFire

Colby Fayock: Mapping Gatsby from Space
element84.com
@colbyfayock

What’s the format?

We’ll be doing a lightning-talk style. Each speaker will have a 15m window including a 10m talk and 5m QA. During QA, the next speaker will set up their presentation.

• 6:30 - 7:00pm: Food & Socializing
• 7:00 - 7:05pm: Intro
• 7:05 - 7:20pm: Speaker 1
• 7:20 - 7:35pm: Speaker 2
• 7:35 - 7:50pm: Speaker 3
• 7:50 - 8:05pm: Speaker 4
• 8:05 - 8:30pm: Closing & Socializing

Will there be food?

Yes! We'll have pizza and salad from Lost Dog Cafe.

Who's hosting?

Element 84: a software development firm that designs and builds ambitious software products engineered for high scalability.

210 N Lee St Suite 203
Alexandria, VA 22314

Map with E84 HQ & Parking Garages: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1zkIBe0ng2OdbGDPZBm25mWVm2npdxxNt&usp=sharing

Where can I park?

You may be able to find parking on the street, but there are also garages scattered near our location.

Map with E84 HQ & Parking Garages: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1zkIBe0ng2OdbGDPZBm25mWVm2npdxxNt&usp=sharing

Will this be streamed?

That would be cool right? We’ll have to look into streaming, but at a minimum, we want to record it and put it up on YouTube and such.

What’s [Spark]?

[Spark] is a new meetup series that will talk about various topics which could include things from Design to React to AWS.

What’s Gatsby / JAMstack?

Gatsby: Gatsby is a modern website framework that builds performance into every website by leveraging the latest web technologies. Create blazing fast, compelling apps and websites without needing to become a performance expert.

JAMstack: Modern web development architecture based on client-side JavaScript, reusable APIs, and prebuilt Markup.