Intro to Flutter; Modern JAMstack with Next.js, Contentful, and Algolia; AI talk

Hello everyone! We're baaaaaack. It's been a while but about time to get the tech meetups back. Meetup will be hosted at Trailhead in downtown Boise.

Meetup Schedule:

6:00 - 6:30: Pizza and drinks hosted by Zerrtech and SpraySync.

Join us for some Pie Hole pizza and drinks.

6:30 - 7:00: Intro to Flutter - Andrew Chumich @ Zerrtech

Flutter promises to make cross-platform development easier than ever. Utilizing a custom rendering framework apps can guarantee the same look and feel across deployment targets. With a ton of first-party packages, say goodbye to npm hell. Is the hype real? Is it worth learning a new language (Dart) and switching from React Native? Let's explore some Flutter basics and find out!

7:00 - 7:30: Modern JAMstack with Next.js, Contentful, and Algolia - Daniel Ryan @ Zerrtech

Striking a balance balance between developer experience and user experience, Next.js, Contentful, and Algolia work together as a powerful JAMstack trio. Learn how to build fast, scalable, and dynamic web experiences using this modern architecture.

7:30 - 8:00: Lightning Talks & Wrap Up

Zerrtech team - Discussion and demo of some AI projects we've been working on creating custom GPT apps.

8:00 - ?: Post-meetup at Taphouse - drinks and food sponsored by Zerrtech and SpraySync

Lightning Talks:

We will have Lightning talks where anybody can come up and share what kind of Front-end programming frameworks, work projects, side projects, things you have learned or have been working with over the last month. These presentations do not need slides, or code examples, but they never hurt.

Presentations should be less than five minutes. Think of it like an open mic night. This will allow us to see what kind of cool stuff people are working on, know who might have expertise in a particular area, and will allow us to determine what kind of topics might be interesting for others in the future. We've also found that it helps to encourage those who don't normally present to make their way to the front of the room.

Wrap Up:

This is where you, yes you, get to propose topics for presenters to choose for the next meetup.