BrisJS - Brisbane JavaScript

Apr: Cut Dev Cycles, Taming SVGs, Generalist in Tech

Mon, Apr 13 · 6:30 PM AEST

Auto & General Insurance, 9 Sherwood Rd, Toowong, AU

April's BrisJS event is here; so dust off those RSVPs, and read on to check out three great talks to kick off your month!
(Hey prospective speaker volunteers! - You are incredible and I need to see you volunteering any kind of talk for our 2026 events - make it the year you take the stage!)

Enjoy our sponsored pizza and drinks by PCCW Global | Console Connect, while networking with your peers, as is standard at our famous events! Thanks to Auto & General for hosting us and providing all the AV gear and people power! We'd love for you to join us and bring along your questions! Let's dive into the details below...

⏱ Schedule: 6:15 PM - Arrive & mingle - To enter the Toowong corporate tower wait at Gallery Level (GL) elevators for A&G security or staff volunteers to let you up (GL elevators are the same level and closest to the entrance coming from the Toowong Railway Station in the centre) - Map uploaded to event photos and an older one is available on https://brisjs.org/#findus - Please note, once we start, I don't have a good way to check messages since my phone is used for recordings. 6:30 PM - Welcome & introductions by Kevin Vanderbeken 6:45 PM - Talks begin…

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⚡ Cut Dev Cycles from Hours to Seconds - Dan Baker (LinkedIn) - 20min Have you ever made a one line code change and then waited 30 minutes for a CI run to test it in a staging environment? Test changes instantly using mirrord, an open source project that allows you to run code locally, but in the context of a Kubernetes cluster.

⏱ Intermission - Networking / Food ~7:05pm - 25-30min
🎨 Tame Your SVGs with JavaScript: Part 1 - Murray Bourne (Bluesky) - 20min SVGs provide a responsive, lightweight alternative to raster images for icons, diagrams and charts, and provide a level of interactivity that's missing from most image solutions. This talk will go through some of the key concepts involved in wrangling SVGs using JavaScript — pixel concepts, transformations, responsive design and interactivity, using examples and case studies.

🌐 Generalist in Tech - William Lim (LinkedIn) - 20min What are the key advantages of being a generalist in tech? William explores why breadth of knowledge can be a superpower in the modern development landscape.

⏱ Closing - Safe trip home folks!

❓ Why not volunteer to speak next time? We're taking talks anytime! https://brisjs.org/#present for details... or... You can check our GitHub issues page for upcoming topics: https://github.com/BrisJS/meetups/issues Submit a new topic with a template: http://tiny.cc/new-brisjs-talk

Code of Conduct BrisJS is dedicated to a harassment-free experience for everyone. Our anti-harassment policy can be found at: https://brisjs.org/#conduct We expect everyone to abide by this straightforward policy to attend in person or interact online.

Accessibility The upper and lower car parks in Toowong Village are open until 10:30 at night, leaving plenty of time for you to leave after the event. BrisJS is wheelchair accessible from the taxi rank, car parks, and train station, but please note the train station is only wheelchair accessible via the street after the centre closes at 9pm.

Please get in touch to present your insightful discoveries in the rapidly developing frontend or backend javascript world. You're also welcome to get in touch with me at kevinv @ brisjs.org (tweet at @brisjs, or threads on @brisjsofficial) for any information or future events.