- DenverScript May 2024 MeetupCode Talent, Denver, CO
This month we'll hear about the latest JS News, Releases and Upcoming Conferences. Also, Brenden Ehlers will be giving the talk: "Why you shouldn't use else, most of the time" and Marlena Baker will be giving the talk "Dev Scrimmage: When it’s time to practice the whole job"
This meetup will be live streamed on our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@DenverScriptMeetup
Food and drinks will be provided.
Please RSVP if you will be attending in person so we can make an accurate food purchase estimate.
You do not need to RSVP to watch the Live Stream.
Agenda
6:00 PM - Networking
6:15 PM - JavaScript News
6:30 PM - Why you shouldn't use else, most of the time by Brenden Ehlers
7:00 PM - Dev Scrimmage: When it’s time to practice the whole job by Marlena BakerTalk Descriptions
Why you shouldn't use else, most of the time by Brenden Ehlers
When learning how to program, we're taught early on that the if/else if/else control flow mechanism is essential to writing software. But, in my professional experience, you rarely need to write else, instead relying on other methods of controlling the flow of the program. In this talk, I'll elaborate on what I think is the better way to handle control flow, being guard clauses, and some of the exceptions to the rule (when you can use else).
Dev Scrimmage: When it’s time to practice the whole job by Marlena Baker
There’s thousands of tutorials, exercises, and projects available to practice writing good code. However, there’s so much more to being a great developer than just writing code. From project management to testing and deployment, it’s good to run through it start to end on occasion. I’ll be using an example to demonstrate how to build your next coding practice into a scrimmage for working as a developer.
Speaker Bios
Brenden Ehlers is a back-end developer out of Denver that has experience working with React and TypeScript. He spends much of his time reading and learning about new back-end technologies and how they are used to transform the back-end environment. He loves being active and drinking coffee.
Marlena Baker is a Full Stack Developer and Co-organizer of the DenverScript meetup. Currently, she is writing assessment materials at Curricular to help developers measure their skills and find opportunities to grow them.
