Nodeschool International Day 2016

May 21st, 2016

What is Nodeschool?

Node.js is a Javascript framework for easily building fast, scalable network applications. Nodeschool is a series of challenges that help people learn Node.js and general Javascript skills.

When is it?

May 21, 2016

9-9:30: Coffee & Networking
9:30-12:30: Getting Started with Node.js
12:30-1:00: Lunch
1:00-4:00: Flow Control with Streams & Promises

Morning Session: Intro to Node

Join us for the morning session from 9:30am-12:30pm to learn about what node.js is, when to use it, what it's good for, and differences people coming from other programming languages should be aware of.

Afternoon Session: Streams & Promises

The afternoon session from 1:00pm to 4:00pm will focus on asynchronous flow control using Streams and Promises. This workshop will benefit intermediate javascript programmers with some node.js experience.

Registration

Join the waiting list (Please put "AM" or "PM" with your name to indicate the session you'd like to join)

Additional Information

Eat and Network

The free registration for both the morning and afternoon workshop includes lunch. During this time you'll have a chance to talk with other attendees from both the morning and afternoon workshops.

A FREE workshop and a FREE lunch? Yes, you heard that correctly. Be sure to say thanks to our generous sponsors!

Continue Into the Future!

NodeSchool is a self-paced, open source, series of challenges. You can continue to work on them after the workshop is over. And we will continue to answer your questions through the Western Mass NodeSchool github repository.

Who are “the trainers”?

Sequoia McDowell | @_sequoia

Sequoia is a software engineer, educator, and core member of the Nodeschool team with extensive experience teaching Node.js. He has taught Node.js across the country for StrongLoop/IBM. Most recently, he gave a two-day Node.js intensive in San Francisco at FluentConf, O’Reilly’s flagship web conference (all five star reviews, tyvm! :p). He has organized and facilitated numerous Node.js workshops & trainings in this area, both with Nodeschool content and his own curricula. A co-founder and core organizer (emeritus) of Hack for Western Mass as well as co-founder of Noho Webdive (a monthly social get-together for programmers), Sequoia has ample experience organizing events in Western Mass and is a well known figure in the local programming community.

Andrew Pasquale | @apasquale

Andrew has over 15 years of experience programming the internet with many different technologies including javascript. He is an organizer in the regional technology community including Holyoke Codes, Hack for Western Mass, and NERD Summit. He is an enthusiastic educator and teaches courses on a broad range of topics.

Mark Henderson

Mark is thrilled to return to Nodeschool International Day as an instructor. After working in many different industries as a programmer for over a decade, he is now the owner and lead engineer of MRH.io, a technology consultancy focused on web and mobile solutions for clients of all sizes, including startups and non-profits. Given its ubiquitous nature, JavaScript and Node.js are almost always part of any MRH.io project.