Open Tech Calendar

NodeSchool workshop

We're going back to NodeSchool! Pair up, select a workshop from the list at http://nodeschool.io/#workshoppers and progress through the interactive tutorial. There will be Node experts on hand to answer any questions, and a pub trip afterwards to discuss further. NodeSchool provide topics for a range of experience levels, so everyone should be able to complete something!

Thu 25th Jun 2015 6:30pm (Europe/London)

Thu 25th Jun 2015 8:30pm (Europe/London)

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Chrome DevTools / adaptive and evolvable applications / forklift driver to developer

Talk Night: Chrome DevTools / adaptive and evolvable applications / forklift driver to developer

Talk Night: "Chrome DevTools, Front to Back", "Adaptive and evolvable applications" and "How I went from forklift driver to developer in 9 months"

This month we're getting a sneak-preview of some talks Team Sheffield will be taking to Scotland JS, so be sure to give our speakers some friendly and constructive feedback :)


"Chrome DevTools, Front to Back" - Katie Fenn (@katie_fenn)

I have a confession: I used to debug my scripts using alert(). I didn't know about the console, about breakpoints or profiling. I didn't know there was a better way.

We shall see how to debug code line-by-line, how to optimise HTTP requests and how to profile the performance of your code. Finally we shall introduce DevTools to the server, inspecting Node.JS scripts with node-inspector. You'll never need alert() again.


"Adaptive and evolvable applications" Ben Longden (@blongden)

RESTful web design is the current best practice model for building an API. This talk will focus on how we should be approach building clients for those services. Hypermedia is a powerful tool in the box for buildings clients that do not also happen to be web browsers and I'd like to take the opportunity to present a way that focusses on building a client that can exploit this power. Approval times for an App Store need not be a blocker for introducing new functionality and you don't have to force everyone to upgrade to the latest client all the time if you follow a few rules. Keep as much logic out of the client as possible, and focus on link relations and their meaning. This session is recommended primarily for anyone who builds clients for HTTP web services but also those on the server side - looking to see how the other half live.


"How I went from forklift driver to developer in 9 months" - Lewis Cowper (@LewisCowper)

Moving up the ladder from forklift driver and general labourer, to front end developer, with a stint in manual testing, was a big challenge. However it's exactly what I did, and I couldn't have done it without following a few core principles.

Getting up the nerve to go to local usergroups, and conferences, and discovering a new found love of public speaking, was a huge leap from labouring. Similarly, I discovered contributing to open source wasn't that big a deal, and some things certain projects did made it really easy! Also, learning about things like source control was super integral to being where I am today.

The most important part was trying to learn something from everyone I met. It didn't matter where I met you, if I saw an opportunity to learn more, or try a new thing, I was there.

I'd love to tell you how I went from forklift driver to developer in less than 9 months, and show you how you can help anyone wanting to make a start.


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And, as usual, we'll be heading to the Pub afterwards for more JavaScript banter!

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Talk Night: let js = new ES2015("ES6", "harmony")

This year JavaScript got a new version: formerly known as "harmony", and then "ES6", the final name will now be "ES2015".

We'll discuss how and why that happened, and how the mysterious TC39 was involved.

I'll show off the new features, including syntax and APIs. I'll look at how you can use it today, via browser support and the amazing antipodean Babel compiler.

I'll also talk about what's next for JavaScript, as it attempts to move to a "release train" model, and what that means for those of us who just want to write JavaScript.

Thu 28th May 2015 6:30pm (Europe/London)

Thu 28th May 2015 8:30pm (Europe/London)

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Talk Night: "Chrome DevTools, Front to Back" and "Adaptive and evolvable applications"

This month we're getting a sneak-preview of some talks Team Sheffield will be taking to Scotland JS, so be sure to give our speakers some friendly and constructive feedback :)

"Chrome DevTools, Front to Back" - Katie Fenn (@katie_fenn)

I have a confession: I used to debug my scripts using alert(). I didn't know about the console, about breakpoints or profiling. I didn't know there was a better way.

We shall see how to debug code line-by-line, how to optimise HTTP requests and how to profile the performance of your code. Finally we shall introduce DevTools to the server, inspecting Node.JS scripts with node-inspector. You'll never need alert() again.

"Adaptive and evolvable applications" Ben Longden (@blongden)

RESTful web design is the current best practice model for building an API. This talk will focus on how we should be approach building clients for those services. Hypermedia is a powerful tool in the box for buildings clients that do not also happen to be web browsers and I'd like to take the opportunity to present a way that focusses on building a client that can exploit this power. Approval times for an App Store need not be a blocker for introducing new functionality and you don't have to force everyone to upgrade to the latest client all the time if you follow a few rules. Keep as much logic out of the client as possible, and focus on link relations and their meaning. This session is recommended primarily for anyone who builds clients for HTTP web services but also those on the server side - looking to see how the other half live.

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And, as usual, we'll be heading to the Pub afterwards for more JavaScript banter!

Thu 30th Apr 2015 6:30pm (Europe/London)

Thu 30th Apr 2015 8:30pm (Europe/London)

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Talk Night: 'Meet the ServiceWorker' and 'Imitating jQuery'

"Meet the ServiceWorker: A developer's guide to the Offline Web" - Lewis Cowper

In this talk we'll go through some of the problems that ServiceWorker intends to solve, and look at how you might integrate it into your application, with live demos and code.

"Imitating jQuery" - Caolan McMahon

Three ways to (ab)use JavaScript so your API's can look just like jQuery, the unfashionable framework everyone secretly loves.

Thu 26th Mar 2015 6:30pm (Europe/London)

Thu 26th Mar 2015 8:30pm (Europe/London)

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Node.js and the Internet of Fish

This month Gareth and Naomi will be giving us an overview of their aquaponics system, which uses JavaScript in several different places. We'll talk about Node-RED, which is 'A visual tool for wiring the Internet of Things'. We'll also see how easy it is to deploy a dashboard using freeboard and hook it up to a variety of data sources, including their own open data API.

Afterwards, we'll be heading to the pub for more JavaScript discussion!

Thu 26th Feb 2015 6:30pm (Europe/London)

Thu 26th Feb 2015 8:30pm (Europe/London)

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