Iowa JavaScript Meetup group in Iowa City at MetaCommunications

Iowa JavaScript Meetup in Iowa City at MetaCommunications (Creative Corridor JS meetup)

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This month’s Iowa JavaScript again took place at the headquarters of MetaCommunications at 201 E Washington St in Iowa City. Our event host Nathan L. Smith (Twitter, GitHub) got us started with a going around the room “tell us a bit about yourself.” Then Sam Beran (GitHub) talked about a javascript library that he found called Nativefier. Nativefier is a command line tool that allows you to easily create a desktop application for any web site!

Sam Beran presents Nativefier a JavaScript Library at the Iowa JavaScript Meetup in Iowa

Fun with RUM (ClojureScript language)

Clojure

Clojure

Next up Uday Verma (GitHub) talks about RUM (made by Nikita Prokopov) a library for ClojureScript language that compiles to JavaScript. He uses figwheel to build the ClojureScript code and hot loads it into the browser as you are coding!

Uday Verma talks about RUM a library for ClojureScript language that compiles to JavaScript

Angular 2 by Nathan L. Smith

Our fearless leader Nathan L. Smith then delves into Angular 2. I found the Syntax with the use of multiple types of brackets impressive! It makes sense that each bracket is used for specific reasons!

Left : Uday Verma and Nathan L Smith is on the right.

Left : Uday Verma and Nathan L Smith is on the right.

Iowa JavaScript Meetup group in Iowa City at MetaCommunications
Iowa JavaScript Meetup group in Iowa City at MetaCommunications
Iowa JavaScript group
Iowa JavaScript group

NEW MetaCommunications logoAs always, thank you to MetaCommunications for the free beer and pizza at this event!

JavaScript Meetup crew at MetaCommunications in Iowa City, IA

JavaScript Meetup at MetaCommunications on Saint Patrick’s Day in Iowa City

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I had a great evening hanging out with a group of diehard JavaScript fans at MetaCommunications on Saint Patrick’s Day! To celebrate, they named this JavaScript meetup “Java O’ Script”! Yes, while others were out drinking just around the corner from us in downtown Iowa City, we were cuddled up talking nerdy! MetaComm supplied the venue for this meetup plus pizza and beer – way to give back to the tech community in Iowa City!

Tonight Mostafa Abdelraouf­ presented his JavaScript project. We also talked about the Slack app and how it handles updates. There was a slight lull in the discussion and we got to know each other and what we do. Learned more about Katelyn Lensch (Iowa Tech Chicks) and her work in REST api and AngularJS 2.0. Then the discussion caught fire and went on until the wee hours of the night! But when you start at 8pm and talk for hours it’s to be expected. I had a fantastic time and am already looking forward to the next event.

Pizza at JavaScript Meetup at MetaCommunications in Iowa City on Saint Patrick's Day
Pizza at JavaScript Meetup at MetaCommunications in Iowa City on Saint Patrick's Day
Mostafa Abdelraouf­ at the JavaScript Meetup meeting at MetaCommunications in Iowa City, IA
Mostafa Abdelraouf­ at the JavaScript Meetup meeting at MetaCommunications in Iowa City, IA
JavaScript Meetup crew at MetaCommunications in Iowa City, IA
JavaScript Meetup crew at MetaCommunications in Iowa City, IA
Discussing the Slack app at JavaScript Meetup at MetaCommunications in Iowa City, IA
Discussing the Slack app at JavaScript Meetup at MetaCommunications in Iowa City, IA