And here's the link to the videos from the Leeds Tech Hub event for those that missed it https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLBPk3Jpn9cgOTM0n1Cd1hD2zU1fLzT1x
On 24 July 2015 at 15:25, Marcus Baw <[email protected]> wrote: > I went to this event last night and I can report it was really excellent > and well worth a look for future events. > > The Meetup page (through which you can register to get info about future > events) is here: http://www.meetup.com/Leeds-TechHub/ > > Marcus > > On 6 July 2015 at 22:39, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> [email protected] >> <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/nwrug-members/topics> >> Google >> Groups >> <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!overview> >> <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!overview> >> Topic digest >> View all topics >> <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/nwrug-members/topics> >> >> - JS/Ruby meetup in Leeds, July 23rd. >> <#14ec07424adf8ac3_14e654f8ae41ff32_group_thread_0> - 1 Update >> >> JS/Ruby meetup in Leeds, July 23rd. >> <http://groups.google.com/group/nwrug-members/t/a28d2e6853c7aeec?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> >> Natasha Sayce-Zelem <[email protected]>: Jul 05 02:58PM -0700 >> >> We’ve got a JS/Ruby meetup in Leeds on July 23rd with some great speakers >> from Twilio, Heroku, GoCardless and Sky. >> Would be great if some of the NWRUG could come along! >> >> Talks: >> >> Ruby microservices at Heroku – Andrew Appleton, Heroku >> This talk would be focussed on our internal tooling for quickly creating >> new API microservices within Heroku. We maintain a Sinatra based framework >> which provides a load of great defaults to get up and running quickly. We'd >> talk about Sinatra vs Rails for microservices, JSON Schema and a whole load >> of automated tooling which can be built on top of JSON Schemas e.g data >> validation, auto-generated API docs, auto-generated API clients. We'd also >> talk about the conventions which we follow within our apps, specifically >> the mediator pattern which we've found to be extremely useful in managing >> the complexity of interactions between different models or services. >> >> The JavaScript workflow of 2015 – Jack Franklin, GoCardless >> In this talk I'll demonstrate how it is possible to architect and write >> complex client side JavaScript applications in ECMAScript 6 today, despite >> a lack of implementations across browsers. We'll explore how we can use >> libraries like SystemJS and Babel to allow us to seamlessly write code in >> ES6 and consume 3rd party libraries, regardless of the format they are >> written in. We'll then architect the application as a series of modules >> using the new ES6 module syntax, and write using new ES6 features like >> constants, arrow functions, classes and more. Using jspm [jspm.io] as >> our build tool, we'll see how to quickly and easily install libraries from >> npm and GitHub, and have them work out of the box in the browser. We'll >> look at the developer workflow and how jspm also makes it trivial to bundle >> our application up in production. >> >> All things new and shiny! – Richard McIntyre, Sky >> As developers we are lucky to live in a time where there is an abundance >> of exciting technologies. But with a new JavaScript framework appearing >> seemingly every week, we can't possible learn them all and deciding what >> technologies to invest our time into can be overwhelming. Richard will >> share with us about how to create a technology radar. Rather than >> reactively choose the hippest thing out there, why not strategically see >> your technology choices work for you, your team and organisation. >> >> WebHooks: The API Strikes Back - Phil Nash, Twilio >> These days many APIs are more than just simple REST services. Through >> WebHooks, APIs are talking back, giving us more information and prompting >> further action from our applications. But what is the best way to react to >> these demanding APIs? >> We'll look at some services that use Webhooks, exploring reasons to use >> WebHooks and the emerging best practices. Then we'll look at the other >> side, implementing WebHook endpoints. Does consuming WebHooks make our >> application an API? What are the easiest ways to develop and test with >> WebHooks? We'll cover security, performance and standards all wrapped up >> with some live coded examples. >> By the end we'll know how to handle anything an API can throw back at us. >> >> Tiks are available here: >> https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/leedstechhub-microservices-webhooks-es6-js-and-mvc-abundance-tickets-17605089296 >> >> Hopefully see a few of you there! >> Back to top <#14ec07424adf8ac3_14e654f8ae41ff32_digest_top> >> You have received this digest because you're subscribed to updates for >> this group. You can change your settings on the group membership page >> <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/nwrug-members/join> >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it send an >> email to [email protected]. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "North West Ruby User Group (NWRUG)" group. 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