January Porto Tech & Creative Events
Goodbye, amazing 2018! Here’s to 2019 🎉
BUT…
Before we go, let’s just recognise how fun 2018 was, case in question being OPO.js meetup #8, which had 150 people joining in. If you’re curious how it was, check out our Wrapping Up article.
We also had a little celebration, retrospective and planning session, and boy do we have some neat ideas for 2019 😁
Check out the team brainstorming!
Let’s bring the Awwwards to Porto 💪
2018 was a proud year for the Porto creative and tech scene, with a couple of our own running for “best of the year” by the Awwwards, who recognise the talent and effort of the best web designers, developers and agencies in the world.
Cast your vote and help bring these awards to Porto!
👉 Bürocratik — Site of the Year, Studio of the Year
👉 MOXY — Mobile Site of the Year
Be sure to vote for all 3, votings will end by the 5th of January, and winners will be announced in February.
Upcoming Porto Events
❤ Now without further ado, here are this month’s events.
Topics include JavaScript, Design, and pretty much anything creative or tech related.
January 10, 19h00–21h00
Porto Codes
Here’s a meetup for local and international programming enthusiasts. The talks are recorded and published with the presenters’ consent as one of the goals is to provide programming resources to the community.
January 10, 19h00–21h00
Failure Thursdays by Porto i/o!
Talk and celebrate major life-changes that were provoked by events that can sometimes be considered a “failure”.
January 13, 10h00–12h00
PyCoffee. Hot coffee and Pythonic discussions in Porto i/o
There is no agenda and no speakers. For those who are ready to start their Sunday with a cup of hot coffee and a chat with like-minded python developers or beginners.
January 15, 19h00–21h00
PWL #08 :: Dapper, a Large-Scale Distributed Systems Tracing Infrastructure
Hosted by Talkdesk and with André Freitas talking about Dapper.
January 16, 9h00–16h00
Digital Privacy and Security Conference 2019
As the digital era matures, cyber security evolves and software vulnerabilities diminish, people however, as individuals, are more exposed today than ever before. In the context of digital privacy and security, attacker breach defences to access sensitive data and resources.
January 16, 19h00–21h00
Porto Digital Nomads Meetup
Join for a few beers, snacks and for some talks on being a digital nomad, expat or a local in the city of Porto!
January 17, 19h00–21h00
Failure Thursdays by Porto i/o!
Talk and celebrate major life-changes that were provoked by events that can sometimes be considered a “failure”.
January 17, 19h00–21h30
Humberto Pereira & Torben Schulz (dashdash Founders) at Startup Grind Porto
The first 2019 Startup Grind Porto event, welcoming Humberto Pereira and Torben Schulz (dashdash Founders) as guests to share their stories and experiences. Take the opportunity to chat with other fellow founders.
January 19, 10h00–14h00
Geek Girls Portugal — Porto
Join in for another Geek Girls event, this time at Ubiquity Technology with talks and lunch as usual. Places are extremely limited so do register quickly.
January 21, 19h00–21h00
Porto Freelancers Meetup
Go grab a few beers, meet other freelancers and network in a nice atmosphere.
January 23, 18h00–20h00
ØxＯＰＯＳɆＣ Mɇɇtuᵽ [0x70] — The Meet
Learn something new, get to know other g33ks, build an information security community/group in the Porto area and, the most important thing, have fun.
January 24, 18h45–20h15
Fullstack Porto 1st edition
Inspired by the technical challenges Talkdesk is facing, they’re getting together to talk about technology in general, architecture, scalability, agile, programming languages and best practices and have fun together while drinking beer.
January 26, 9h00–18h00
GDG Porto’s DevFest (Season 2018)
DevFests are community-led, developer events hosted by GDG chapters around the globe focused on community building and learning about Google’s technologies. Each DevFest is inspired by and uniquely tailored to the needs of the developer community of the region that hosts it. Android, Cloud, Web, Design and much more.
January 26, 9h00–20h00
Talk a Bit 2019
This conference is entirely free and includes access to the presentations, forum, workshops, lunch, coffee-breaks and networking!
January 27, 10h00–12h00
PyCoffee. Hot coffee and Pythonic discussions in Porto i/o
PyCoffee is an experimental format of informal Python meetups, organized by Python Porto in partnership with Porto i/o.
January 30, 19h00–21h00
Python Porto #11 in Blip
Python Porto community in partnership with Blip.pt is happy to welcome Roman Imankulov who’ll be talking about “Django as your data management framework” as well as two more talks and lots of networking.
January 30, 19h00–21h00
Product Design 101
Bringing together people interested in Product, Design and Tech. A place for the hybrids, the unicorns, the misfits, the ones who strive for a higher purpose and want to feel at home.
January 30, 19h00–21h00
Porto.Data #48 How we use Microsoft Flow and PowerApps: Real cases scenarios
Next Porto.Data meetup we will be dedicated to Microsoft Flow and PowerApps.
Must reads
❤ We picked out some articles you can’t miss!
LEONARDO MALDONADO
33 concepts every JavaScript developer should know · js
A repository created with the intention of helping developers master their concepts in JavaScript.
YONI GOLDBERG
19 ways to become a better Node.js developer in 2019 · js
Compilation of 19 skills and topics you might find valuable in 2019.
KARTIK MALIK
Better loops in JavaScript · js
These loops / methods are useful when you want to manipulate data in an array or object.
LAURIE VOSS
This year in JavaScript: 2018 in review and npm’s predictions for 2019 · js
Uncovered insights about the makeup of the npm community, as well as information about what the community considers to be best practices. This will help you make your technical choices in 2019.
OPENSOURCE.COM
6 JavaScript books you should know · js
Here’s a short and easy to absorb JavaScript book list.
FIGMA
State of Design Systems 2018 · design
What is a design system, exactly? Who are they for? When is the right time to create one?
GOOGLE DESIGN
Google Design’s Best of 2018 · design
Google highlights the year’s noteworthy design projects.
EUGEN EŞANU
Product Design: Expectations vs Reality · design
Here are 7 product design expectations vs reality cases we can see or be part of on a daily basis.
CAIO BRAGA
Our favorite UX initiatives this year · design
Take some time to appreciate and recognise relevant initiatives within the Design community.
KENNY CHEN
The Best User Experience Design Links of 2018 · design
The top UX articles, tools and resources of the year.
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