August 2022 SFNode Meetup

SCHEDULE UPDATE: We move the meetup date from 08/11/2022 to 08/25/2022.

SFNode is a community meetup. Every meetup, we try to have a mix of beginner and advanced talks.

We're still finalizing the venue, but we heard you loud and clear that you all want to get together in person. If you want to host or want to speak, please create an issue on the SFNode Github: https://github.com/sfnode/sfnode.

Schedule
6:30pm - Doors Open
7:00pm - Talk 1: Writing Smart Contracts in Javascript on NEAR
7:30pm - Talk 2: Node.js Package Management
8:00pm - Open Mic and Social Time
9:00pm - Doors close

Writing Smart Contracts in Javascript on NEAR

Blockchains all have their own take on writing smart contracts, Ethereum uses their own language, Solidity, others including NEAR use languages like Rust or their own custom language. NEAR has taken the initiative to try and make smart contract writing more accessible by allowing users to write smart contracts using Javascript.
In this workshop I will teach you the basics of writing a smart contract in Javascript and using it to interact with the NEAR blockchain.

Dorian Crutcher
Dorian Kinoo Crutcher. I work in Developer Relations for the NEAR

Social Media
Twitter: @neardorian
Website: https://near.org/
GitHub: https://github.com/near/near-sdk-js

Node.js Package Management

This talk covers package management as it is commonly performed in Node.js, from install time to run time. This includes the dependency tree hierarchy and how package managers write packages to disk, how SemVer works and its implications during the install process, and how the module resolution algorithm works when your application calls `require()`.

Thomas Hunter II
Thomas has contributed to dozens of enterprise Node.js services and has worked for a company dedicated to securing Node.js. He has spoken at several conferences on Node.js and JavaScript, is an O'Reilly published author, and is an organizer of NodeSchool SF.

Social Media
Twitter: @tlhunter
Slides: https://thomashunter.name/presentations/node-package-management

Open mic
Open mic time give attendees 2-3 minutes of time to talk to the entire group. This is the time to debut a new project, announce upcoming events or let people know they're hiring.

Upcoming Events

• NodeSchool SF (http://nodeschool.io/sanfrancisco) - Last Saturday of the month