#1 Websockets, Swift, and You #2 Chris Eidhof

This month Blue Apron is welcoming us back. Food and drink will be provided.

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David Okun -> Websockets, Swift, and You

Literally (almost) everyone has connected with a RESTful API as a developer. Have you connected with a Websocket before? Well, it kinda rules, and David Okun will show you how you can both connect with one and make one for much asynchronous communication. It's gonna be so cool, honestly.

Bio: David Okun (https://twitter.com/dokun24) is a Developer Evangelist for IBM, specializing in Swift & Node.js. He has an extensive background in mobile development, previously leading the mobile division of IDscan Biometrics Ltd. in London. He now brings his experience in low level client-side processing and mobile application architecture to the Node.js and Server Side Swift realm, specifically focused on tools to generate easy-to-use and modifiable API layers.

Chris Eidhof -> Protocols and Classes

Bio: Chris (https://twitter.com/chriseidhof) is one of the objc.io (https://www.objc.io) co-founders, and host of Swift Talk (https://talk.objc.io). He wrote two books: Functional Swift (https://www.objc.io/books/functional-swift) and Advanced Swift (https://www.objc.io/books/advanced-swift). Before, he wrote apps such as Deckset (http://decksetapp.com) and Scenery (https://www.getscenery.com).