A Starters Guide to Building APIs with Javascript

For May, we'd like to focus on a topic widely applicable to developers and those building applications - Building APIs with Javascript.

The talk itself will answer basic questions and serve as a starters guide, which we appreciate and feel many will find beneficial. In addition, we love the open source Javascript framework examples provided and discussed.

Also, this is a talk recently featured at Open Source 101, and it was extremely popular. So, we asked Tom Wilson to build on it a bit for a live meetup audience. He graciously agreed.

Talk Title: A Starters Guide to Building APIs with Javascript

Abstract:
APIs (Application Program Interfaces) is how programs can talk with other programs and is a design consideration for many products. Let’s discuss: Why you should build an application with an API? What are the top 5 requirements of designing an API with examples? Some open-source javascript frameworks that can help you design and build your API.

In order to get the most out of this talk, you should have a good understanding of http REST protocol and general application development. Familiarity with javascript and technologies like NodeJS and Express would be a plus.

In this talk, you should come away with a good understanding of why you should consider building an API in your application, key good practices every API should include, and how you could implement an API using Javascript.

Speaker: Tom Wilson, CEO at hyper63

Bio:
Tom Wilson is the CEO and Founder of hyper63, LLC a company focused on developer happiness. Tom has been in technology for 25+ years and has led teams over the years to build multiple enterprise applications, including GuardianRx at Carepoint, Xeris at ExcelleRx, and EireneRx and MedWise at Tabula Rasa Healthcare (ticker symbol TRHC), a publicly traded company where he served as Chief Technology Innovation Officer (CTIO). Tom has also been involved in the technology and open-source community since 2007. He started the Charleston (South Carolina) Ruby meetup and Charleston JS meetup and loves talking with other technologists about software development. Tom these days focuses on Javascript, Functional Javascript, SvelteJS, APIs and hyper63. Tom has spoken and given workshops at several events including All Things Open and OpenSource 101. Tom is married with two children - a boy 12 years old and a girl 6 years old. He lives in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina and enjoys boating and attempting to play golf.

Contact
Twitter: https://twitter.com/twilson63
GitHub: https://github.com/twilson63
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/twilson63/

This is a 100% virtual event and is FREE, but a quick registration is required. You can register here - https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dyuLAohvSkGpE9C8T-18rg

We'll start the webinar at 11:30 am ET, to allow for the speaker to join and prepare (test audio, video, etc.), and live programming will officially start at 12 noon ET. We plan to wrap up by 1:00 pm ET.

Prizes will be given away, as always, and the presentation should be excellent. We hope everyone can join us.

Questions can be directed to the ATO team at info@allthingsopen.org.