GreeceJS #18

Greetings JavaScript devs,

Our next meetup features a talk about Cycle.js, the acclaimed framework by Andre Staltz, and Web Accessibility, an important topic most of us tend to ignore until it's too late. Have a look at the event agenda below...

18:00 - 18:30
Networking, food & beverages

18:30 - 18:45
Opening talk(s)

18:45 - 19:30
Modern web development and accessibility
Christina Papadimitriou (https://twitter.com/christinapap), Software Engineer @Unify

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Nadia Markadoni (https://twitter.com/nanmark), Web Developer @Unify

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Nowadays we focus mostly on building cool web sites and web applications following UX design principles, but have you ever considered if these web sites and apps can be used by people with disabilities? Could a visually impaired person use them? In this session we will talk about accessibility and how to make your site or app accessible, what are the challenges and how you can overcome them.

19:30 - 19:40
A message from our sponsor: Unify (https://www.unify.com)

20:00 - 20:45
Cycle.js - Functional reactive UI framework
Nikos Kalogridis (https://twitter.com/nikoskalogridis), senior software engineer @Tripsta

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Managing application state, asynchronous events and manually updating the DOM is hard. Cycle.js is a minimal framework that combines a pure functional programming style, immutability, and state management using Observables and Virtual DOM rendering. In this presentation we take a mild introduction to why that's interesting.

21:00
BeerJS @The Lazy Bulldog Pub
Orfeos 2, Athens (right next to the venue)

Last but not least we are giving away 2 tickets to Voxxed Days Athens (https://voxxeddays.com/athens/) during the event, priced at 110 eu each.

Looking forward to seeing you all there. And don't forget our BeerJS event. It's a perfect opportunity to meet fellow colleagues and engage with the community.

Cheers,

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