Building a Chrome Extension w/Casey Reed!

Hey all, welcome to our Feb meetup!

6:00pm - Doors open + food

6:30pm - Talk 1: Shaun Willis (https://github.com/ShaunWMusic) | New Grad Lightning Talk

A Safety Net is an application that connects those in need with available resources in the Nashville area. The site collects information from the City of Nashville’s open database and provides a way for local non-profits to pledge help to those in need.

Shaun Willis (https://twitter.com/ShaunWMusic) is a web developer in the Greater Nashville area, He entered the tech community by way of self-paced online code schools and eventually, a full-time immersive program at The Iron Yard. During the twelve weeks of project-based learning, He spent most of his waking hours creating Front End web applications. This has rekindled his desire to be a life-long learner, in addition to JavaScript, Ember, HTML, and CSS, he is currently spending his free time learning more Vanillis.js & PHP.

7:00pm - Talk 2: Casey Reed (https://github.com/caseywreed) | Building a Chrome Extension

Chrome Extensions are powerful, compact tools that can affect almost all aspects of Google's browser environment. In this talk, we'll discuss the different types of extensions, how to develop one of your own, and how to quickly publish them to the Chrome Webstore.

Extensions are perfect side projects for new developers to see all the way to completion or for seasoned vets to leverage the full scope of their abilities. If you know a little JavaScript, HTML, and CSS, you can have your own extension published in no time!

Casey Reed (https://twitter.com/CaseyReedDev) is a recent graduate from Nashville Software School's Cohort 15. He enjoys discussing UX/UI, accessibility, and which Duran Duran album is their true magnum opus.

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We're looking for speakers for our upcoming meetups, both experienced and new! If you'd like to present (or are thinking about it), please ping the organizers and we'll get you set up!