LogRocket React Meetup: React Vs. Next.Js
React vs. Next.js developer experience talk
On Dec 14th, 2021 I presented at one of LogRocket's tech meetups on React vs Next.js. I walked through the developer experience of building React and Next.js apps. I also referenced my LogRocket blog post of the same title. I personally love both React and Next.js and this was a super fun talk to talk about the great parts of both. The image used was copied from the LogRocket blog post at https://blog.logrocket.com/next-js-vs-react-developer-experience/
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LogRocket tech Meetup: Building a PWA with Svelte
Building a PWA with Svelte Talk
On November 4th, 2021 I presented at one of LogRocket's tech meetups on Svelte. I walked through how to build a PWA with Svelte, and also discussed my LogRocket blog post on the same topic. I showed how to build a PWA with Svelte, Sapper, and Sveltekit. Image was copied from the LogRocket blog post at https://blog.logrocket.com/building-a-pwa-with-svelte/
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Building a Weather Station with JavaScript
Weather Station with JavaScript Talk
On October 19th, 2021 I presented how I built a Weather Station with JavaScript. The project included using Firebase as a backend, and repackaging a React App with Electron as the Frontend. I also used a temperature and humidity sensor with a Rapsberry Pi. In the talk, I walked through how all of this worked together to build a Weather Station.
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Building a JavaScript Virtual Assistant
Virtual Assistant with JavaScript Talk
I presented how I built a Virtual Assistant with JavaScript. The project included using AWS Lambdas as the backend and integrations with Twilio. In the talk I walked through a live example of building a smaller version of the virtual assistant. The image for this was copied from my project's GitHub repo.
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Building APIs with Firebase
firebase talk
Presented an intro to building APIs with Firebase for the RVA Software Development User Group. In my talk I covered an intro to Firebase, and walked through a sample project. I covered building, testing, deploying, and maintaining Firebase APIs. I really enjoyed getting to share about Firebase and recieved a lot of positive feedback.
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My JavaScript Story Podcast
My JavaScript Story podcast
Discussed my development story and how I got into software engineering on the My JavaScript story Podcast
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Adventures in Angular Podcast
Adventures in Angular podcast
Discussed my inDepth.dev post on deploying Firebase applications with CircleCI. Really enjoyed the discussion and covered many topics to include cloud deployments and CICD best practices.
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Configuration Driven Development
CDD Rva.js
I presented Configuration Driven Development (CDD) with Ram Ramkumar at our local RVA.js meetup group. In this talk we walked through CDD and our sample project Sandbar. The presentation was virtual, but we shared links to our repos and interacted with the audience. We also went on to do a blog post on this same topic on CapTech's Medium site.
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