OpenJS World 2022

In Software, they teach us that the product must be the center and need to be impeccable in every touchpoint with our customers. Our most valuable players are those that could find bugs in our code and help us with performance and security. But what happens with those who inquire more about the code? Those who seek go behind? how to build strong connections with all your stakeholders? This is a social engineering talk about how to create code with purpose and definitely involve others.

Want to know what is next for Node.js? New features? Major changes? Key initiatives at the technical and organizational level? This talk will give you an update on what is up and coming on the Node.js front across the board. In this talk you will: Learn about new features in the latest versions of Node.js; Learn about the work of the Next-10 team and how they are working to define and progress the technical areas that are key to the future success of Node.js; Gain insight into how to leverage some of the new technology within Node.js; and finally learn how you can get involved and make a difference

SQSlite allows us to create a mock of Simple Queue Service (SQS) in order to test interactions with AWS. SQSlite is a lightweight solution that can be installed as a node module, or work as a standalone command line interface (CLI) tool. You do not need to register, provide a credit card or worry about running over the free limit when using AWS for development. Developing software using AWS directly causes costs to soar. There are some solutions such as localstack, and other stand-alone applications that imitate a particular service. However, there was no available solution for SQS service. I will share SQSLite’s journey from research to implementation and final result, as well as my personal story of becoming an open-source contributor.

It takes a village to build open source software, or really a community of people with many different skills. Leaderboards can help us show the top-performing contributors and celebrate them, but they are double-edge swords in a community's toolbox. Tracking contributions can introduce an element of gamification, especially when contributors gain privileges in a community based on their level of contributions. As a positive outcome, leaderboards can increase participation and contributions which hopefully advances the community. In this session, we will discuss the use of leaderboards and alternative metrics we can use, with a brief introduction to leaderboards, how to implement them, and examples of successful and catastrophic uses. The insights shared in this talk come from conversations in the CHAOSS Community, which specializes in metrics for open source community health.

*Please note this is a virtual session, available to watch on demand in the virtual event platform. 

Working on the Node.js core could be an exciting task and many developers want to contribute to Open Source projects but don't know how to get started. This talk will show you the whole process from identifying a bug, interacting with the Node.js community to finally thinking of a solution and publishing a feature.

Key topics of this talk:
- How I found the bug and assured that it's an actual issue
- How I planned to solve the problem and the solution
- How I set up environment and tips
- How I implemented tests and fixed the problem

*Please note this is a virtual session, available to watch on demand in the virtual event platform.