BrisJXMAS: RxJS Debug+Vis, Fronteers, Why Ember, The Joy of Joyless Code

December BrisJS means it's BrisJXMAS, and we celebrate everything JS!

...Come see me wear my annual santa hat, and be enthralled by:

RxJS Debugging and Visualisation - Nicholas Jamieson (https://twitter.com/ncjamieson) - 20m
Frustrated by the poor tooling available for RxJS apps, Nicholas made rxjs-spy. It's been very useful with NgRx, and Slack's engineering team have adopted it with redux-observable apps. Nicholas will cover the problems this tool solves, how it works, use cases, and DevTools integrations.

Adventure & Discovery @ Fronteers Conf, Amsterdam - Ash Kyd (https://twitter.com/AshKyd) - 10m
The venerable Ash was a speaker at Fronteers (https://fronteers.nl/congres/2017/speakers#ash-kyd) this year - and also had a great time being immersed in tech and the Amsterdam nexus of the web interested minds. He'll be along to tell us briefly about the cool things he learned/saw while there and tell you what's hip and new in european JS. ;-)

Networking time w/ pizza & eggnog (...erm... i mean drinks!) - ~25m
Rounding out the year, our sponsors PCCW Global (formerly ConsoleConnect) will be supplying the pizza, and Just Digital People will shout the drinks... all while you chat in the comfortable meeting spaces of Auto & General!

Why Ember? - Kartik Gupta (https://twitter.com/_kartikgupta) - 20m
Contributing to the Ember presence in the Brisbane user group scene, Kartik has kindly offered to answer the very question - Why Ember? He'll endeavour to tell you how the Emberjs framework stacks up to a multitude of other JavaScript frameworks out there and why you would choose it over another.

The Joy of Joyless Code - Brandon Bakker (https://github.com/bakkerme) - 20m

Syntax colouring is considered unquestionable for programmers. What happens if your turn it off? After hearing about a number of high profile programmers who choose not to use syntax colouring, Brandon decided to banish it from his life, recorded the results, and will be discussing what he learned during the process. It's through these insights he can help to teach us how syntax colouring changes the way programmers work.

Don't miss out on these unmissable talks - RSVP and join us for the final BrisJs speakers night of 2017. Don't forget to join BrisJS (and an insane amount of other groups) at the Brisbane Tech Christmas Drinks (https://www.meetup.com/BrisJS/events/245169837/).

If you've been swamped like i have this time of year, but are keen on a last minute YOW! Brisbane Conference ticket - you can use the discount UG-BRIS for 15% off.

Please get in touch for presenting interesting or insightful discoveries in the rapidly developing frontend or backend javascript world.

Also check our github issues page for upcoming topics or make requests. https://github.com/BrisJS/meetups/issues

You're also welcome to get in touch with me at kevinv@brisjs.org for any information.

Info about BrisJS

Pizza & drinks are provided by our sponsors at intermission. Pizzas include vegetarian options and drinks include beer, soda or water. If you have specific dietary requirements, please get in touch before the event.

The upper and lower car parks in Toowong Tower are open until 10:30 at night, leaving you plenty of time for you to leave after the event. Parking is free if you enter from 6pm onwards. 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.

BrisJS is dedicated to a harassment-free conference experience for everyone. Our anti-harassment policy can be found at: https://brisjs.org/#conduct