TypeScript Berlin Meetup #7 - an onsite event + quiz 😎

We are very happy to announce the 7th edition of TypeScript Berlin Meetup - this time we are back onsite! 🎉😎🤗

Come join us for a summer evening of quality talks, networking and yummy BBQ treats and drinks - veggie and vegan options provided. 🍹🌭

During this meetup we will run an interactive quiz. Listen to the talks closely and answer the questions for a chance to win a ticket to TS Conf 21 and other prizes! 🎁

Please follow the 3G rule (“geimpft, getestet, genesen – vaccinated, tested, recovered”) and wear a mask when you are not eating.

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Schedule for this event:

◭ 6:30 - Doors open, time for snacks 🌮
◭ 7:00 - Welcome and announcements 🤝
◭ 7:05 - Talk 1: Anil Kumar (@anilbms75) - "TypeScript pitfalls you should avoid for great Developer Experience" 🎙
◭ 7:20 - Talk 2: Simon Knott (@skn0tt) - "RTW: designing a library for real-time queries" 🎙
◭ 7:40 - Break - snacks 🌭
◭ 8:00 - Talk 3: Mughees Ilyas - "Understanding Alias types and tuples 101" 🎙
◭ 8:20 - Announcements and quiz results 🎁
◭ 8:30 - Hang out and chat about types 🤗
◭ 9:00 - Doors close 👋

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🎙 Talk 1: Anil Kumar - "TypeScript pitfalls you should avoid for great Developer Experience"

In this talk, Anil will demonstrate frustrations and excitement with Typescript during the apps development onboarding for headless CMS and commerce solutions. In addition, he will share three mistakes to avoid creating an excellent developer onboarding experience with Typescript.

Anil Kumar is a Product Manager at Contentful. He is a community builder & prototyper with 10+ years of Frontend product development experience from companies including SAP & Sapient. He has been speaking, writing about rapid prototyping tools, running and facilitating the prototyping community in Berlin.

🎙 Talk 2: Simon Knott (@skn0tt) - "RTW: designing a library for real-time queries"

In this talk, Simon will introduce RTW, a proof-of-concept library/framework for real-time queries. He'll walk you through typical considerations & design decisions in library design.

Simon is a Developer Tooling Engineer. He's a L2 Maintainer at Blitz.js and the Creator of Quirrel, a job queueing solution for Serverless. He takes pride in building tools, libraries & frameworks that help you building applications better.

🎙 Talk 3: Mughees Ilyas - "Understanding Alias types and tuples 101"

In this talk we will go over the Alias types and how are they different from interfaces, what are tuples and what we can do with them. We will also cover how alias in tuples can be used.

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We will be giving out coloured stickers to help you indicate how comfortable you are with in-person contact:

🟢 choose the green sticker if you are happy to connect and chat with the other attendees,
🟡 choose the yellow sticker if you're open to joining the conversation, but cautious,
🔴 choose the red sticker if you'd rather enjoy the meetup alone.

The talks will be recorded and there will be a photographer onsite. Please let us know in advance if you do not want to appear in the photos.