Feb 26th: NodeWatch Demo and Top 10 Rest API mistakes & how to avoid them

Hey everyone! We're back for our first meetup of 2020. Delighted to welcome 2 speakers this month, Nigel Hanlon and Conor O'Neill. We hope to see plenty of you on Wednesday the 26th in Intercom St.Stephens Green.

Pizza will be arriving at 7 pm before the talks, get in early! :)

First Talk: Top 10 REST API Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
Nigel Hanlon

This talk will focus on ten of the most common and impactful mistakes made when developing modern REST APIs. From dreadful documentation to version-breaking mayhem, we will discuss what it truly takes to build an API you can be proud of and the pitfalls to avoid.

Second Talk: Bangle.js/ Nodewatch demo ⌚︎
Conor O'Neill

The world’s first hackable open source JavaScript-powered and TensorFlow-powered smartwatch. Read more: https://www.nearform.com/blog/banglejs-oss-open-health-wearables-js-tensorflow/ and https://nodewatch.dev/

Bangle.js is an all-new programmable smartwatch platform based on EspruinoJS embedded JavaScript and TensorFlow Lite for Microcontrollers.

NodeWatch is the specific implementation of Bangle.js for NodeConf EU 2019, co-developed by Espruino and NearForm Research. During this demo Conor will show you some of the capabilities and features of the Nodewatch.

Note: Intercom has a new policy of requiring all attendees of meetups to sign an NDA on arrival.

Agenda:

18:30 – Doors Open / Networking / Grab a Drink

19:00 – Grab some pizza, have a chat before our talks begin.

Intro to Speaker & Sponsors with Sean Walsh, NearForm

19:15 - GUEST SPEAKER Nigel Hanlon

19:45 - Q&A available to the speaker

20:00 - GUEST SPEAKER Conor O'Neill

20:30 - Q&A

20:45 - Finish

Hope to see you all there and as always, we'll have free pizza & beer! :)

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Any member who would like to submit a talk for an upcoming meetup, please chat to any of the organisers on the night or email sean.walsh@nearform.com or leanne.vaughey@nearform.com.