Manchester Web Meetup #8 - Blogging as a Developer | React + RxJS

Hey there, Manc Webbers!

We're pleased to announce our May meetup, hosted by the amazing Dept (https://www.deptagency.com/en-gb/).

This month's speakers are:

1) Ana Rodrigues (@ohhelloana) - Front End Developer, Hactar

*Blog Like No One is Watching*

Having a blog seems like an idea that some of us would like to build but end up not doing it. Why do we hesitate to publish?
I've been for a long time wondering why my peers and I were so reluctant to create our personal spaces online and how to battle the self-doubt and fears that can get in the way of creating your own personal playground.
This is a talk about how you could just write about what you want and not be afraid about not being innovative or cool.

2) James Wright (@jamesseanwright) - Software Developer, YLD

*Managing State in React Apps with RxJS*

Redux is one of the most popular technologies for the management of shared state across entire React applications, which can be complemented by Redux Observable to describe asynchronous side effects with RxJS. This approach, however, adds cognitive load when balancing the varying concepts across these three libraries. What if we could use RxJS exclusively for managing state in our React apps? This talk will demonstrate this possibility and the benefits it provides.

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A huge thanks to YLD for organising, and to Dept for hosting and sponsoring refreshments.

YLD
https://yld.io

YLD is one of Europe's fastest growing software engineering consultancies. We build exciting products and platforms in React / Node.js for Trainline, Vogue, The Economist and many more.

The team is committed the open source community aiming to create a long-standing engineering culture and delivery capability in each piece of work.

Watch Tech Talks YLD youtube channel for more talks on React and Node:
https://www.youtube.com/TechTalksYLD

Join the conversation:
- Twitter @YLDio (https://twitter.com/YLDio)
- LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/yld)

Dept
https://www.deptagency.com

We are Dept. We are a digital agency of over 1000 experienced thinkers and makers. We’ve been at the forefront of digital for decades. Our agency merges creativity, technology, and data. Our teams comprise of experts in creative, digital, marketing and commerce.

Our history as an agency is still fresh. We were a group of specialist agencies that came together to form Dept. United in our love for digital and technology we became one. Excited by the opportunity to join forces and grow beyond our agency’s limits and our country’s borders.

One agency, one team. For groundbreaking ideas. To scale up and get things done. To collaborate, support and tackle problems fast, and to guide you to anticipate what others couldn’t. How can we help you?