Benefits of using Convention over Configuration

[Globegitter]

Node/io.js and npm is now the most flourishing ecosystem with over 200 npm modules being published a day*. While this poses a lot of opportunities for us to work together and build better software, it also comes with problems we as developers have to face: Which package should I now choose? How do I use it in my app? What input does it expect? etc. Making a multitude of these simple decision drains a lot of our energy - more than you might even think initially. Imagine now npm install and you are ready to go. You installed your addon, you already know what to expect and it hooks itself up into your app.

This is the philosophy behind convention-over-configuration: having a standard we all work with to automate mundane decisions. So we can focus on making our software better.

*Source: http://www.modulecounts.com/

[iancrowther]

I understand where your coming from.

I think if you can make the talk focus more on the msg eg "convention-over-config" and worry less about the tools this would be great.

my advise would be suggest the tools & frameworks but don't go into too heavily as you want to keep the entire audiences attention.

pencilled in for march :-)

[ifraixedes]

I agree with @iancrowther to focus on the message and tell the advantages and disadvantages and tell about your experience with Sane Stack however it could be another.

[Globegitter]

@iancrowther that is great to hear and a good point :). So if I keep most of the presentation generic and then at the end have a little showcase (in my head about 80:20 split) is that something that sounds like a good mix for the audience?

[iancrowther]

Seems reasonable to me.. 📢 do you know anyone who would be willing to voulenteer to record the session?

[Globegitter]

With session do you mean just my talk or all the talks? But did get someone from the office to volunteer.

[iancrowther]

I meant all the talks. were looking for someone to take ownership of video recordings

[orliesaurus]

@globegitter can you edit ur talk text to be 1 paragraph of text only about what you decided to talk about without "hey" and stuff. Just the abstract plz

[Globegitter]

@iancrowther sorry for the delay - brought that up in the office today but the guy who suggested that we can film is sick, so can give you an update in the next few days.

@orliesaurus will do