GreeceJS Virtual #43

Hola good people 🖖,

** MOVED to Tue, Mar 1st **

We hope 2022 has been great for you so far.

It's been certainly busy for us but... better late than never as they say.
GreeceJS kicks off 2022 on the 1st of March with an event we like to think as kind of special. Hopefully, more such events will follow.

Too many things stir lately in the JS ecosystem, things beyond just new React libraries: new frameworks that challenge the way we currently do web apps, new native build tools that set new standards for how good DX looks like and so many more. So we thought... it's about time we talked about this evolving landscape.

In this special event we will go with THREE talks on some very promising projects that have already become new favorites. And the Oscar goes to ... (drumroll)

• RedwoodJS 🔥
• Astro 🌟
• Remix 🏃‍♂️

And of course you we'll keep spoiling you with a prize draw extravaganza! An Apple Watch Series 7 or Garmin Fenix 6 and several Athens CityJS tickets may be yours if you stick around the whole event. In short, you can do much better than miss this event.

👉 https://greece.cityjsconf.org

Last but not least, we are more than happy to welcome back the amazing BestPrice team as GreeceJS sponsors once again. Don't miss out on their openings (see below). Thanks so much for your continued support BestPrice!

👉 https://www.bestprice.gr/careers

Here it is the event agenda:

19:00 - 19:10
Welcome and lounge talk

19:10 - 19:40
"Introduction to RedwoodJS" by Dimitris Michalakos, Causaly (GR)

Imagine a React frontend, statically delivered by CDN, that talks via GraphQL to your backend running on AWS Lambdas (or containers) around the world, all deployable with just a git push—that's Redwood.
In this talk we'll see how RedwoodJS brings Fullstack to Jamstack.

About the speaker:
Dimitris is a software engineer, with 10+ years experience in web technologies, from back-end to front-end. He's currently working as a Lead Developer at Causaly and serving as vice-president of the GreeceJS Association for 2018-2020. He has 2 kids and no pets. He gets furious when people touch his laptop screen - he perceives it as the direct equivalent of sticking their dirty thumb in his eye.

19:40 - 19:50
A word from our sponsor - BestPrice (GR)

19:50 - 20:20
"Introduction to Astro" by Angelos Chaidas, Adzuna (GR)

Astro is a new kind of static site builder for the modern web. Powerful developer experience meets lightweight output. Astro is a big promoter of the "faster web means less JS" idea and offers a very compelling and sophisticated alternative to SPAs. In this talk, we'll introduce Astro and deep dive into its most groundbreaking feature: Partial Hydration.

About the speaker:
Angelos has been finding excuses for the last 2 years to use TailwindCSS in various small projects. He is a seasoned front-end developer and one of the founding members of GreeceJS.

20:20 - 20:50
"Introduction to Remix" by Stratos Pavlakis, Blueground (GR)

Focused on web fundamentals and modern UX, Remix promises to be the better web platform. Another major "faster web means less JS" contender, Remix attacks the problem from the Fullstack corner wearing beefy features and lots of opinion. In this talk we will try to position Remix on the web tooling landscape and check out some of its killer features like Data Loaders, Built-In Forms and Nested Routes.

About the speaker:
Stratos is a software engineer, with 10+ years experience in software development from web development to data engineering and micro-services. He currently leads the engineering team at Blueground and tries to make himself useful at GreeceJS. Has 1 kid and 1 very annoying cat.

21:00
Prize Draw

Please note: we plan to use Zoom, so please make sure you have the latest zoom client installed on your machine. The zoom link is going to
be available on this meetup.com page one day before the event.