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NOTE THE NEW LOCATION FOR THIS MONTH'S MEETING! Open Source. Developers hear about it a lot. What should you really look for and why? For example, I choose to study nopCommerce, which has led to some amazing opportunities. nopCommerce has a familiar architecture, a plug-in model, and an active community. This is a fast paced walk-through of the nop... Commerce architecture and source code. More importantly, you will discover the many ways to get involved with nopCommerce, or any other open source software, to better your career and life. John has been developing software with the Microsoft stack for 20+ years. For most of the last 10 years, John has been a sub-contractor, business owner, and a Dad. John enjoys researching and applying new technologies to real world examples. NOTE THE NEW LOCATION FOR THIS MONTH'S MEETING! Whats one thing Slack, Facebook, and Google have in common? Theyve all embraced types in their JavaScript! Typed JavaScript is meeting lots of resistance from folks who dont believe their JavaScript needs it, but many projects are transitioning to type systems such as TypeScript or Flow for better long-term maintainability and bug reduction. In this session, Spencer will break down why types in your JavaScript will make you a better JS developer. Well explore the benefits brought on by typed JavaScript, such as better tooling and ease of refactoring. Finally, well discuss how you can introduce typing to your JavaScript in projects small to large, new and old. Hi, my name is Spencer Schneidenbach. I'm a software engineer and Microsoft MVP in the St. Louis area who specializes in ASP.NET, C#, JavaScript, and AngularJS 1/2. Im passionate about software engineering and about sharing my knowledge with the community. Besides blogging, I also speak regularly at conferences and user groups around the country. I currently work as the Principal and owner of Aviron Software, building awesome cloud- and web-based software for our clients. I also maintain an active GitHub account where I publish all of the ...Read More