April 2015 - Node.js Meetup

Come join us for a great evening of Node.js lightning talks plus a slightly longer deep-dive.

For those coming straight from work, pizza and drinks will be provided. Video recordings of the talks will posted shortly after the event for those who cannot join us.

The evening should have something interesting for both beginners and advanced Node developers alike.

As always, If you have a Node.js related talk you'd like to share at a future Meetup, please submit it to the organizers for consideration!

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Announcements: 10 mins

Administrative stuff plus job-related and community announcements.

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Lightning Talk: 20 mins

Serverside React Rendering: Isomorphic JavaScript with ReactJS and Node

Technical Level: Beginner/Intermediate

In this talk, David Wells, founder of inboundnow.com (http://www.inboundnow.com/) will give a general overview of what React is, how to integrate it with your Node app and how it can make building UIs super easy.

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Lightning Talk: 20 mins

What's New in io.js

Technical Level: Intermediate

In this talk, longtime Node core, libuv and now io.js core contributor Bert Belder (https://github.com/piscisaureus), will give an update on what's new in the latest releases of io.js including v8, ES6 and performance optimizations.

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Deep-Dive: 45 mins

Getting Started with Hapi & Joi

Technical Level: Intermediate/Advanced

In this talk, Peter Nagel (https://github.com/pon) from Lob (https://lob.com/) will highlight some of the best features of the Hapi framework that enable fast, organized development of websites and APIs. Peter will highlight the following features:

• Using the Joi module to validate requests, replies, and everything in between

• Using the plugin architecture to organize and modularize code

• Extending the request life cycle to customize how requests are parsed, routed, and validated

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Thanks again to our sponsors!

• O'Reilly Media (http://www.oreilly.com/)

• Stormpath (https://stormpath.com/start/)

• StrongLoop (http://strongloop.com/)

• CA (http://www.ca.com/)

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About the space at DLA Piper

DLA Piper has a fantastic space they are allowing us to use. Please allow a little extra time to check in with building security to get a temporary badge. Remember to bring an ID that matches the name on the RSVP. Thanks for helping with this bit of admin to make sure we can start on time.