May Meetup: CouchDB, DevTools for Gain and Glory, and Winning the Web!

April showers bring May Meetups!

Shout out to our awesome host, The Seattle Times; we can't wait to dive into these talks in your space.

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Topic 1: DevTools for Gain and Glory
by: Alex Lakatos
Github (github.com/alexlakatos/) | Twitter (twitter.com/lakatos88) | website (http://alexlakatos.com/)

abstract:: No, Firefox DevTools are not Firebug. The web came a long way since Firebug, and so have the DevTools baked into Firefox. So let's go exploring! As the complexity of the web apps you build keeps moving, so do the Firefox DevTools. In this session, Alex will give you the latest tips and tricks on Firefox DevTools. We'll explore new and less commonly known features in performance.

bio:: Alex Lakatos is a JavaScript Developer Advocate for Nexmo. In his spare time he is a Mozilla Tech Speaker and has been a contributor to the Mozilla project for the past six years, based in London. JavaScript developer building on the open web, he has been pushing its boundaries every day. You can check out his github profile or get in touch on twitter. When he’s not programming, he likes to travel the world, so it’s likely you’ll bump into him in an airport lounge.

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Topic 2: Stop Bickering - The Web is Winning!
by: Kyle McNutt
Github (github.com/KyleMcNutt) | Twitter (twitter.com/NuttGuy)

abstract:: I can't go one day without reading a new "React Has Won!" or "Angular Has Won!" or "Vue Has Won!" article. In my opinion, we as developers need to stop bickering about who "won" and instead focus on the fact that the web is winning. These technologies are Web based, and that means they can take advantage of each other. Once I finally decided to start practicing this ideal I worked on how to easily integrate React Components with Angular, and got amazing results. Not only is it super easy to take advantage of the awesome React Components out there today in Angular apps, you can build re-usable libraries out of them for the rest of the Angular community to take advantage of, and I’m going to show you how. Stop the in-fighting, and let's integrate so that the web will win!

bio:: Hi my name is Kyle, I'm a Software Engineer working at Microsoft to develop the next generation of UX for our Cloud and Enterprise customers. I'm an avid student, who thinks that the web is the ever expanding classroom. I'm also a teacher at North Seattle College where I do my best to pass on what I've learned to the next generation of Software Engineers.

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Topic 3: CouchDB: A Serious Backing Store on Serious Earth
by: Stuart P. Bentley
Github (github.com/stuartpb) | Twitter (twitter.com/stuartpb) | website (stuartpb.com)

Abstract:: tba

bio:: I'm Stuart P. Bentley, and I've been developing using HTML5 for three or four years (depends on how seriously you're counting). I have a mostly-green GitHub contribution graph, and a whole bunch of repos on GitHub (somewhere above 100 - it's a bunch under my personal account, and a bunch more projects under their own organizations).

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