Sarah Sexton is a dedicated advocate for technology, committed to highlighting strengths and seeing more women and minorities get involved in video game development. She is a co-founder of Voxelles, a group for women developers in Chicago. She is most passionate about diversity, inclusion, and communicating clearly. Her responsibilities at Microsoft include speaking to user groups, writing code, blogging and tweeting about Microsoft services, and reaching out to the development community and students. She helps student, community, and startup developers find success on Windows. She works with them via local user groups and speaking at conferences and universities about anything ranging from Unity 3D, BizSpark, to coding advice for apps and games.
Learn how to build your very first Node.js app on open source software and publish it online directly from GitHub. Follow me on my personal journey from when I first heard about Node, to learning what it was, downloading the appropriate tools, building something with it, and finally publishing it to Azure. You’ll leave with some basic knowledge about Node, how to get started building your first Node app, and how to share it with the rest of the world.
What is Node.js, and Where is it Strongest? Setting up your Node environment. Create your first Node app. Continuously Integrate from GitHub to Azure.
Location: Illinois A
Time: Friday 3:00PM — Friday 3:50PM
