Los Angeles Hack Night at SPIRE.IO + Intro to Serverless Apps

Presentation:

Introduction to Serverless Applications:
Building a serverless application using the SPIRE.IO Backend-As-A-Service (BAAS)

Presented by Nick LaCasse, Lead Architect, SPIRE.IO ( @nlacasse on GitHub and @argumentd on Twitter)

Nick will present an overview of "serverless applications", demonstrate building a super simple serverless app using SPIRE.IO, and assist others in the group on any more ambitious serverless apps.

Prerequisites:

Required:
A laptop. Please bring your laptop.
This won't be an introduction to programming so you'll need to know some programming.
Text editor, Web Browser, etc.

Optional:
You're welcome to read the SPIRE.IO blog post on serverless apps:
http://www.spire.io/posts/creating-serverless-apps.html

You're welcome to browse the SPIRE.IO documentation beforehand:
http://www.spire.io/docs/index.html

Schedule:
We'll begin the presentation around 7:00 PM

Folks uninterested in this presentation are, of course, free to hack on whatever they'd like...

Hack Night at SPIRE.IO:

A bi-weekly hack night for anyone wanting to learn a programming language, hack on a software or hardware project, socialize with other developers, play ping pong, etc.

Our members include beginners working through the Learn Code the Hard Way (http://learncodethehardway.org/) exercises as well as experienced developers working on side projects.

Bring your own laptop, project, food, beer...

Every other Wednesday night from 6 PM until 9 PM

Located near Beverly and LaBrea

Enter using the main door on Beverly

At the keypad scroll up and select SPIRE.IO

Want to hack every single Wednesday night? You can!
We alternate with the excellent Carbon Five Hack Nights in Santa Monica (https://www.meetup.com/Hack-Night-at-Carbon-Five-LA/):