Presidential Address
Good morning everyone, wishing you a pleasant return after consolidation week. Before I talk about the events we've got coming up, an important admin announcement: YorkSU have removed our access to the 'Interested Members' list so if you have been receiving emails by virtue of being on this list, this will be your last email from us 😢. Don't worry though, if you're still interested but don't want to buy membership, you can re-subscribe to the mailing list at (https://listmonk.yordevs.uk/subscription/form) or by clicking the email icon at the bottom of every email. You can unsubscribe at any time.
Another exciting development I've been working on is the YorDevs VPS. If you're not familiar, a VPS is a type of cloud computing, an entire virtual computer in the cloud. This has the benefit of being easily accessible on the public internet with a high connection speed. I'm still setting it up at the moment but when ready, this will be the perfect place for you to learn about deployment and host personal websites and projects at no cost!
Other than that, hope to see you at this week's event.
This Week's Event
Mini Project: Building A Chat App
Wednesday 6th November 17:00 - 19:30 @ PZA/113
Again, possibly not the most original project ever but it does provide scope to learn about some important concepts. We'll have a couple of options to cater to different ability levels and the usual flexibility around what skills people want to work on. If you came to our session two weeks ago about modern web development you might like to further your knowledge of Angular, otherwise you can use basic HTML and CSS. You could work on developing an elaborate front-end to your app or listen in as I explain how we can integrate APIs and add server-based functionality to a website, including what the benefits are compared to form-based server communication. By the end of the session you'll learn what a REST API is and how to use them, either in plain JavaScript or with Angular.
Other than that, that's everything for this week. Have fun and see you soon!
Regards,
Will & The YorDevs Team
