We’re excited to welcome Felix Rieseberg, Senior Staff Engineer at Slack to Codesmith for this month’s Speaker Series, to talk about Desktop Apps with JavaScript.



Join us for a great evening full of discussion on the newest technologies and how they're being used! SoCal React will be meeting monthly to host discussions and workshops covering the latest in React, Node, and other exciting technologies.



Agenda -



6:30pm - 7:00pm: Check in



7:00pm - 8:00pm: Speaker session



8:00pm - 8:30pm: Wrap up and networking



Speaker - Felix Rieseberg, Senior Staff Engineer at Slack



Abstract - You might already use desktop software written in JavaScript: Popular apps like Visual Studio Code, Slack, or Twitch use the framework Electron to combine native code with the convenience of Node.js to build cross-platform desktop software.



In this talk, Felix will give an introduction to Electron, explaining both the up- and downsides of building apps with JavaScript.



Speaker Bio - Felix is a Senior Staff Engineer and Tech Lead at Slack. He is a co-maintainer of Electron and maintainer of numerous open source libraries, focusing on JavaScript and Node.js. His recent work includes Slack’s desktop apps, O’Reilly’s “Introducing Electron”, and experiments like windows95.



Parking Information - Our HQ in Venice has free parking in the lot next to the office.



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Looking forward to seeing you there!