ForwardJS Ottawa 2017

A full day of talks by local experts on JavaScript and the open web

Stop by to decompress with your fellow attendees. Grab a drink ticket for a beer on ForwardJS!

In this workshop, web developers will discover how they can leverage their existing web stack knowledge to interact with the good old analog world. They will learn how to use JavaScript to process data gathered by sensors and how to use that data to act upon the real, physical world. Web developers have most of the knowledge and skills necessary to get into physical computing. The only things missing are a bit of software knowledge (NW.js & Johnny-Five) and a bit of hardware knowledge (microcontrollers & sensors). This is what this workshop will provide. In essence, the goal is to show web developers a cheap and easy path for them to get into physical computing. At the end of the workshop, you will know enough to explore and use sensors (distance, movement, pressure, rotation, etc.) and actuators (motors, lights, etc.). Hopefully, this workshop will also reignite your passion for HTML, CSS and JavaScript by showing you exciting news ways in which these technologies can be used today. ***Bonus: attendees get to keep all the workshop hardware so they can continue to experiment on their own. This starter kit includes an Arduino-compatible microcontroller, touch shield, piezo buzzer, distance sensor, buttons, LEDs and more (60$ value). The time has finally come to break out of the browser's security sandbox!

Price starting at C$210.00

Components, Directives, Services, Pipes, Modules, Importing, Decorators. Angular 2 has a lot of moving parts which can build a big powerful front-end beast. But what if you just want to build a little site to show off your work? Or experiment with an idea? Does that mean you should go with something simpler? Actually, with the angular-cli small projects are super easy with angular 2 as well. Let's explore that together. Price starting at C$150.00