Gatsby [Spark]

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

Speakers

Jonathan Prozzi: How Gatsby Powers Up Non-Profit Work
Digital Harbor Foundation
@jonathanprozzi

Tommy Marshall: Playing with Svelte
Medallia
@tommyjmarshall

Tracy Laux: Testing with Cypress
Element 84

Kevin Shaw: Deploying Static Sites to AWS
Element 84
@tssm0n

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! Final details TBD, but last time it was a heap of Lost Dog pizza and salad. 😋

Who's hosting?

Element 84: a software engineering and design firm that helps companies and government agencies solve problems using remote sensing, life sciences, and transportation data in the cloud.

210 N Lee St Suite 203, Alexandria, VA 22314

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?

Final details TBD. Last time we were able to set up a GoToMeeting to stream with recordings uploaded afterwards. We anticipate being able to do at least the same.

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