"ES Modules" and "Docker for Developers"

6:30 pm : "Docker for Developers" by Brooks Patton

7:30 pm : Dinner and Networking

8:00 pm : "ES Modules" by Geoff Filippi

"Docker for Developers" by Brooks Patton

One of the biggest problems of on-boarding new developers at a company is getting their environments set up. Even with a brand new computer, I've seen developers take multiple days to get up and running with the codebase. Have you ever seen a new developer on your team with the wrong version of Node.js? These are the types of problems that Docker can fix by creating a kinda sorta virtual machine on each developer's computer. Then everybody will be developing with the same environment.

"ES Modules" by Geoff Filippi

Full-stack module support is coming to JavaScript. The community has been working around the lack of standardized module support for several years. In the void, an ecosystem of alternative JavaScript module implementations sprung up. Node settled on a CommonJS-influenced module format. Client-side JavaScript module implementations are divided between CommonJS and AMD. Standardization has finally arrived to pave over these cowpaths.

This talk will start with a brief overview and history of modules in JavaScript. We will discuss the ES module standards. Finally, we will look at current and upcoming ES module implementations. Expect to walk away with an understanding of how to use ES modules now.