OPO.js meetup #8: Wrapping Up đ
Itâs time we say goodbye to 2018, but not before reminiscing about OPO.js #8, and all we had in store for the last meetup of the year of the Porto JavaScript Community.
This event was a big milestone, again clocking at 150 attendees, regardless of the train strikes and flooding rain. People were just set on coming.
Pizza.js đ
We wanted to go big for this last meetup of the year, so we had a pizza party for 110 people đ€Żđđ„
This was a smashing success, and a great chance to socialise, meet new people and exchange ideas. A keeper for the next meetups!
Book giveaways đ
A new addition to the OPO.js experience was the book giveaways, borrowed from our OPO.design meetups. Weâre always trying to enable people to grow, so if youâd like to get in on these giveaways, be sure to follow us around the web, weâll keep having initiatives like these.
The talks đŁ
Following some trends weâre seeing, this meetup was around the distributed and decentralised web, topics ranging from DApp development, decentralised package managers and the role browsers can take in enabling this future web. If this peaked your curiosity, be sure to watch the talks below.
AndrĂ© Cruz brought us âTrue Serverlessâ, in which he shows us how quickly one can turn a local web app into an offline first, decentralised app, with synchronised state across devices, all without servers, or blockchains for that matter. A truly mind-blowing concept for any web developer looking to go beyond âjust the cloudâ.
â¶ïž Watch AndrĂ© Cruz â True Serverless
AndrĂ© Garzia talked about âLibdweb: towards a user agent that fosters decentralizationâ, which shed some light on what Firefoxâs libdweb is trying to accomplish, and the role browser vendors can have on enabling the dweb ecosystem. If youâd like to help shape what could eventually become a standard of the dweb, this talk is a must watch.
â¶ïž Watch AndrĂ© Garzia â Libdweb: towards a user agent that fosters decentralization
Finally, Alex Potsides talked about his adventures in building âNPM on IPFSâ, the architecture behind it, and the possibilities that it brings. If building distributed apps and package managers gets your juices flowing, you canât miss this one.
â¶ïž Watch Alex Potsides â NPM on IPFS
Pictures đ·
As usual, weâve released the photo album on Facebook, so be sure to show us some â€ïž by liking the photos and tagging yourself.
Porto Tech & Creative calendar đ
Another topic we talked about at OPO.js, was the monthly calendar of creative and tech events in Porto.
We send out a newsletter with all key events in Porto every month, so you donât have to follow a thousand different pages. Youâre welcome!
If you want to follow the calendar, be sure to join the newsletter.
Thatâs it, folks. This was the last meetup of 2018, see you next year, weâre going big in 2019, stay tuned for moređ€
A big thanks to ScaleUp Porto, PĂłlo Zero, our speakers, and everyone who helped make this awesome meetup for the Porto JavaScript Community a reality.
OPO.network and its meetups are supported by the Call for Activities initiative by ScaleUp Porto.
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