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Bootstrapping a startup with SailsJS #161

Closed SBirchall818 closed 5 years ago

SBirchall818 commented 5 years ago

Abstract

Over the last 18 months I have bootstrapped my startup using SailsJS. What did I learn? What do you get out of the box? How has the project evolved? Am I happy with my choice 18 months later? I have previously used Rails, ASP.MVC and Laravell. I had decided on Node for the backend - but what framework would I choose? What do I really need? What can I trust? How does SailsJS differ to the aforementioned frameworks and how much bang can my buck get?

About Me

Hi I'm Simon, physics graduate, software engineer, team lead and now technical co-founder of Kiffgo.com. After previously working at a consumer facing marketplace startup I teamed up with a motivated co-founder to create my own. As the technical co-founder I had some stack decisions to make. I arrived at Node + SailsJS. From webpack integration, unit testing to production deployment I've done it with SailsJS and am willing to share my experience. I've been to LNUG a number of times in the past and have always found it a friendly, welcoming and informative experience.

admataz commented 5 years ago

Hi @SBirchall818

This sounds great - I'd love to hear about your sailsjs experience with a real world application- the real-world choices you faced. Sounds like it could make an engaging story/talk that many of our attendees would appreciate and enjoy and probably relate to.

@lnug/contributors - any thoughts or feedback for Simon? Can we get a seconder please?

orliesaurus commented 5 years ago

Great job @SBirchall818 - is this your first time speaking? You sound like a great person! Can't wait to hear your journey in the startup world

SBirchall818 commented 5 years ago

Hi, thanks @orliesaurus, this would be my first time speaking at LNUG. I'm doing another talk at our company run react meetup, so not my first time overall ;)

React Everywhere

admataz commented 5 years ago

@SBirchall818 how are your plans for April 24th? Would love to hear your talk

SBirchall818 commented 5 years ago

@admataz April 24th works for me. Looking forward to it

admataz commented 5 years ago

great! your on for April

admataz commented 5 years ago

Hey @SBirchall818 - just confirming you are all good for this Wednesday?

How are things looking for your talk? All good?

details of the venue: 

CONDÉ NAST
ADELPHI BUILDING
1-11 JOHN ADAM ST
WC2N 6HT

I will be there with other organisers from about 6:15pm getting a few things set up - people start arriving around 6:30 and we plan to start with talks after a brief intro and welcome at 7pm

If you have any issues - please call me: 07757234443

See you there!

SBirchall818 commented 5 years ago

Yes - everything's good for Wednesday. See you then

Simon

admataz commented 5 years ago

Hey @SBirchall818 -that was a great talk last week - thanks so much for putting all that effort into presenting and sharing your knowledge - it's very much appreciated. I hope you found it rewarding and had good discussions.

If you have any feedback about LNUG and the organisation of things - please add it here

When the video is ready - I'll post a link here to it.

SBirchall818 commented 5 years ago

Hi Adam,

Thanks for letting me speak. Hopefully people will have taken something useful away from the talk. If you've received any feedback on my content or presentation please feel free to pass that on.

Si

On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 11:35 AM Adam Davis notifications@github.com wrote:

Hey @SBirchall818 https://github.com/SBirchall818 -that was a great talk last week - thanks so much for putting all that effort into presenting and sharing your knowledge - it's very much appreciated. I hope you found it rewarding and had good discussions.

If you have any feedback about LNUG and the organisation of things - please add it here

When the video is ready - I'll post a link here to it.

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admataz commented 5 years ago

Hi @SBirchall818 - your video is now online at our LNUG channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xcF7DBqd08&list=PLam_80-FY3vRIHHhzyFPiXMGQLNfOdxk3

I heard nothing but good things about your talk on the night - people seemed interested in Sails and how it compared to their current stack. Did you manage to have any follow up conversations at the pub later?

Closing this - hopefully see you back at LNUG soon!