⚒Building Universal JavaScript Applications w/React - A Tech Talk by Rami Sayar⚒

Can I get a heck yes?
We're at Microsoft Canada on Tuesday, March 28th for an action-packed presentation by Rami Sayar, feminist and Senior Technical Evangelist @ Microsoft in Montreal, on building universal JavaScript applications with React.

Schedule
• 5:30pm Doors Open
• 6pm Directors' Update
• 6:15pm Presentation Begins
• 7:00pm ~Presentation Q&A
• 7:15pm Post-Talk Mingling

Food
Microsoft has kindly offered to supply pizza for this event. We 💖 (http://emojipedia.org/sparkling-heart/) our community partners!

Technical Abstract
Title: Building Universal JavaScript Applications with React
Description:

React is a powerful production-ready library for building advanced single page applications but React's magical power lies in its virtual DOM. React's ability to run on both Node.js and in the browser will finally make the dream of a single codebase on both the server and client-side possible! A dream that has been too long in the making. The singular promise of JavaScript on the backend and frontend will finally come true.

This talk will explain the concepts behind universal JavaScript applications and cover the history of this struggle to achieve the same code base on the server and client-side. The talk will show you how to write React for the backend using Node.js and how to structure your application to make this efficient for your developer team. Lastly, this talk will also share existing code scaffolding tools, code generators and cli tools to get your Universal JavaScript app started.

The dream is here!

About Rami

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Rami Sayar is a technologist passionate about the intersection of art, design and the web. For the past 5 years, he has been experimenting with the bleeding edge of emerging technologies, determined to find use for them in everyday life. In his current role as a Senior Technical Evangelist for Microsoft Canada in Montreal, Rami covers technical areas such as open source technologies, open data, and cloud computing. He is a frequent international speaker and has spoken at prestigious conferences such as //Build, FITC (http://fitc.ca/), ConFoo (http://confoo.ca/en/speaker/rami-sayar), DroidCon (http://www.droidcon.ca/speakers/28), CUSEC (http://2015.cusec.net/speakers.html), KWS (http://kws-forum.org/special-articles/rami-sayar-will-be-speaking-again-at-kws-14/) and TEDx (http://ramisayar.com/tedxhec/) at HEC Montreal. Rami is prevented from sleeping by his curiosity for experimentation, his insistence on shipping high quality code and helping startups survive the grind.

Join us in welcoming Rami on Tuesday, March 28th!

Yours forevermore,
Holly, Zoe, Elgin + Reetu
Women Who Code Leadership Team