Austin NodeSchool
Austin NodeSchool is part of the global NodeSchool effort to voluntarily teach Node.js to anyone! The source code for the workshops is completely open source and the effort is entirely community driven. And the best part is, it's all free!
Events
Austin NodeSchool meets on the first Tuesday of the month, and generally rotates locations every month between a North and South location to allow folks a better chance to attend an event. The meetings are working sessions, so please bring a laptop. Mentors will be available to help if you're just getting started with Node, or even if you're a seasoned veteran and want to learn more.
Upcoming Event
Event Notes
- November 3, 2015: bug-clinic
- October 6, 2015: lololodash
- September 1, 2015: Functional Javascript
- August 4th, 2015: Async You
- July 15th, 2015: Browserify Adventure
- June 2nd, 2015: Learn You Mongo
- May 5th, 2015: Javascripting
- April 7th, 2015: Promise It Won't Hurt
- March 3rd, 2015: Count to 6
- February 3rd, 2015: Stream Adventure
- January 6th, 2015: Intro to WebGL
Contact
Austin NodeSchool was launched by Stefan von Ellenrieder, and is supported by Enrique Delgado, Kearney Taaffe, and Dylan Smith.
Want to help? Add your name to our mentors list! (Please let us know if you need access to the Austin NodeSchool team.)
Want to sponsor? We're very grateful for our sponsors, please let us know if you or your company would like to help!
Getting Started
Installing Node
When installing Node through the default install binaries, the install path (on a Mac or Unix machine) is within a directory that requires root permission. This can lead to having to run sudo when interacting with Node. Because of this, we recommend using nvm when installing Node, since it will install Node into your user's home directory (avoiding any permissions problems).
Node
Once Node is installed, familiarize yourself with the Node environment using the links below:
- Node API documentation: http://nodejs.org/api
- npm (Node's package manager): https://www.npmjs.org
- Mozilla Developer Network (JavaScript documentation): https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US
NodeSchool
If this is your first time using NodeSchool, try some of the core workshops. Make sure to attend a local event!
- NodeSchool official site: http://nodeschool.io
- Workshops: http://nodeschool.io/#workshopper-list
Additional Resources
If you're stuck on anything NodeSchool, or Node in general, please feel free to contact us.
- Austin NodeSchool GitHub site: https://github.com/nodeschool/austin
- Global NodeSchool GitHub issues (contains a long history of questions and answers about NodeSchool): https://github.com/nodeschool/discussions/issues
- NodeUp Podcast discussing NodeSchool: http://nodeup.com/fiftyfive
- Teach Your Way to Becoming a Better Programmer (via NodeSchool): https://medium.com/social-tables-tech/teach-your-way-to-becoming-a-better-programmer-135c6aca5968