Meeting: Jan 16 - GraphQL from the Ground Up

This Month

Tuesday: Jan 16, 2018

11:30 am

@StarSpace46
1141 W Sheridan Ave
Oklahoma City, OK
73106

About “GraphQL from the Ground Up”

This talk will introduce GraphQL from the ground up. We’ll go over what it is, what problems it solves, and what it looks like. We’ll talk about what setting up a working GraphQL endpoint looks like, and how it simplifies data fetching on the client. And along the way we’ll touch on the incredibly rich ecosystem of tools that make all of these things simpler.

About Adam Rackis

After a brief stint in the Air Force, Adam began his career as a software developer here in Oklahoma City. In the more than decade since, he’s coded over a wide variety of languages, technologies and frameworks. Most recently he’s developed an unhealthy obsession with JavaScript, and the React stack in particular. When he’s not coding, his interests include fitness, reading, and of course being a husband and father.

Follow Adam at @AdamRackis

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Meeting: July 18 - Webpack with Adam Rackis

This Month

Tuesday: Jun 20, 2017

11:30 am

@StarSpace46
1141 W Sheridan Ave
Oklahoma City, OK
73106

About “Webpack”

This talk will introduce webpack in the most gentle, un-intimidating way possible. We’ll start with no config file, and build the simplest imagineable app. From that starting point we’ll see just how easy it is to add code splitting, chunk management, bundle visualization, and finish with some cool JavaScript toys like Babel and TypeScript.

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Meeting: Sept 20 - Lightning Talks 14

This Month

Tuesday: Sept 20, 2016

11:30 am

@Prototek
401 NW 10th,
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
73103

About “Lightning Talks: 14”

Lightning Talks are a really fun event we put on every 3 months. Community members have 5 to 10 minutes to talk about JavaScript or topics related to JavaScript. We give preference to new speakers to strengthen our community. To participate: post your topic and presentation length.

Common talk themes include: problems you’ve solved, libraries you like, a cool blog post you read, something you’re working on now, or pretty much any other way you’re using JavaScript to achieve your goals. Please note that marketing pitches are not allowed; lightning talks are a community enrichment event.

About our Speakers

Here is this month’s lineup!


  • MVC-Style Controller Routing for Express with ES.next Decorators (10 min) by Adam Rackis
  • CMS Relationship Advice - Love Letters and Break Up Texts (10 min) by James England
  • Pure Functions in JavaScript (10 min) by Karl Kirch

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Meeting: Feb 16 - React and Redux, without the tears

This Month

Tuesday: Feb 16, 2016

11:30 am

@Prototek
401 NW 10th,
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
73101

About “React and Redux, without the tears”

This talk will take you through Redux with React, but without the big, confusing, house of cards-like toolchain often presented in beginner tutorials. It’ll start by showing how you can get React; and ES6 transpilation, with JSX, up and running in literally minutes—without any gulp tasks, or even build steps required prior to running. The bulk of the talk will be a somewhat deep dive into Redux, covering best practices and common mistakes, and of course how React easily and beautifully ties in to turn your Redux store into a functioning UI.

About our Speaker

Adam Rackis

Adam is a displaced New Yorker who by the happiest of accidents wound up living most of his adult life in beautiful Oklahoma City. He currently works remotely for a small company in South Florida writing health management software. In his free time he enjoys reading, and playing around with whatever new concoction the JavaScript community is putting out that particular week.
@adamrackis

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Meeting: Sept 15 - Lightning Talks 10

This Month

Tuesday: Sept 15, 2015

11:30 am

@Prototek
401 NW 10th,
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
73101

About “Lightning Talks: 10”

Lightning Talks are a really fun event we put on every 3 months. Community members have 5 to 10 minutes to talk about JavaScript or topics related to JavaScript. We give preference to new speakers to strengthen our community. To participate: post your topic and presentation length.

Common talk themes include: problems you’ve solved, libraries you like, a cool blog post you read, something you’re working on now, or pretty much any other way you’re using JavaScript to achieve your goals. Please note that marketing pitches are not allowed; lightning talks are a community enrichment event.

About our Speakers

Here is this month’s lineup!


  • How to add a Dropbox file picker to your application in 5 minutes (and why you should) (5 min) by Jonathan Yarbor
  • Functional reactive programming with streams using Highland.js (10 min) by Nicholas Lindley
  • Data-Drive Apis in Node.js (5 min) by Rob Sullivan
  • Developer Bill of Rights (10 min) by Raymond Lewallen
  • Proposed ES7 features (10 min) by Adam Rackis

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Meeting: May 19 - Lightning Talks 9

This Month

Tuesday: May 19, 2015

11:30 am

@Prototek
401 NW 10th,
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
73103

About “Lightning Talks: 9”

Lightning Talks are a really fun event we put on every 3 months. Community members have 5 to 10 minutes to talk about JavaScript or topics related to JavaScript. We give preference to new speakers to strengthen our community. To participate: post your topic and presentation length.

Common talk themes include: problems you’ve solved, libraries you like, a cool blog post you read, something you’re working on now, or pretty much any other way you’re using JavaScript to achieve your goals. Please note that marketing pitches are not allowed; lightning talks are a community enrichment event.

About our Speakers

####Here is this month’s lineup!

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