NGINX Meetup: Coming Back to NGINX: A Developer’s Path to Understanding NGINX
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It's time–in person events are back! Join the NGINX community for one of our first in person Meetups in years. We'll dive into some tech topics, share food and drink, give out some swag, and make new connections.
5:30 - Food, drinks, networking
6:00 - Coming back to NGINX: A Developer’s Path to Understanding NGINX
6:40 - NGINX open source and Alliances
7:00 - Food, drinks, networking
Coming back to NGINX: A Developer’s Path to Understanding NGINX by Javier Evans
This talk is for beginners or folks needing a refresher
Have you ever been asked to make a change to an NGINX configuration file or set up and NGINX reverse proxy and felt a little nervousness?Javier will share his first steps as an application developer getting up to speed on NGINX as well as the small pieces of knowledge that he wished he knew back when he was stressing over NGINX-related tasks.
He’ll finish up with a small exercise with the NGINX JavaScript Module (njs) that should open your eyes to some of the possibilities with NGINX even if you’re not a configuration expert.This talk is suited for those new to NGINX from a general development background or those hoping to enter the industry.
Takeaways:
- Insights into NGINX config files and lifecycle
- Understanding of njs and how/when to use it
- Ideas to create nginx workflows, especially for those with an application focus