Axon hosts Seattle React.js
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=== About the Host ===
We are Axon, a team committed to pushing the boundaries of technology to help the men and women in public safety. Our technologies give law enforcement the confidence, focus, and time they need to keep their communities safe. From Smart Weapons, like our TASER devices, to body-worn cameras and digital evidence management systems, every product we create is seamlessly integrated to work together on a single network.
Our mission to protect life is what drives us.
=== About the Speakers ===
Will Engler:
Topic: Interactive Maps in Your React Applications: A rapid-fire introduction to everything you need to know to integrate maps in your React app, from GIS fundamentals to a survey of React map libraries.
Will Engler is a Software Engineer at Axon by day and a banjoist by night.
Ken Deland:
Topic: Integrating your CI with DangerJS.
Ken is a Senior Front-End Engineer at Axon working on our Redaction Studio project. Prior to that, Ken worked as a senior engineer at Amazon working on both the Virtual Dash Buttons product, and on Amazon Smile.
Andrew Smith:
Topic: Advanced TDD React (+ Redux): How to make TDD a possible, and even enjoyable, experience in React with tests that are resilient and increase the confidence in your codebase.
Andrew is a sustainability engineer that flipped over to software engineering to accommodate globetrotting while teaching social dancing. Prior to that, Andrew was the lead web developer to launch a new AWS product, Kinesis Analytics. Now he works for Transparent Classroom, a startup that improves the lives of Montessori teachers in over 600 schools worldwide.
=== Agenda ===
6:00 pm: Check In & Networking
6:30- 6:35 pm: Introduction
6:40- 7:05 pm: Will Engler
7:10-7:30 pm: Ken Deland
7:35- 8:00 pm: Andrew Smith
8:00-8:15 pm: Q & A
8:15- 8:20 pm: Wrap up