AMA Archives - OpenJS Foundation

Jan 27

Writing and submitting your OpenJS World 2021 talk

By rromoff Blog, Uncategorized

We are thrilled with how OpenJS World 2021 is coming together! The global event is happening virtually on June 9, 2021 and the call for speaking sessions is OPEN! You can submit your OpenJS World talk here: https://cfp.openjsworld.com/

Quality content is a keystone priority for the OpenJS World program committee and we want to help people get a leg up in submitting thoughtful and relevant content.

While it’s never our intention to provide strict directives on how to prepare your speaking submission, we do have some general guidelines serves to help you prepare the best submission possible.

As you get started, here are three things that you should consider before submitting your proposal:

What are you hoping to get from your presentation?
What do you expect the audience to gain from your presentation?
How will your presentation help better the ecosystem?

There are plenty of ways to give a presentation about projects and technologies without focusing on company-specific efforts. Remember the things to consider that we mentioned above when writing your proposal and think of ways to make it interesting for attendees while still letting you share your experiences, educate the community about an issue, or generate interest in a project.

First Time Submitting? Welcome!

OpenJS World is a way to get to know the community and share your ideas and the work that you are doing and we strongly encourage first-time speakers to submit talks. In the instance that you aren’t sure about your abstract, please check out the #cfp-mentorship channel in the OpenJS Foundation Slack Channel.

You can join the slack channel here: https://communityinviter.com/apps/js-foundation/join-openjs-foundation-on-slack

OpenJS AMA for Talk Submissions

In addition to the Slack channel, we are hosting an OpenJS AMA all around submitting great talks to OpenJS World. You can submit your questions here: https://forms.gle/fAjVWYEiNveo6BqS7

Additionally, tune in live on Feb 3 at 9 am PT: https://youtube.com/channel/UCjxM1d3fv_mSEBsyp5MTFrg/live

Ready to submit? Follow this link: https://cfp.openjsworld.com/

Nov 19

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Dojo AMA – The Dojo Framework From Then to Now

By rromoff AMA, Blog, Dojo

The Dojo Project joined the OpenJS Foundation for an AMA on YouTube on November 9th, 2020. The AMA aimed to share insight into the Dojo Project from inception to beyond the current application. Dojo co-creator Dylan Schiemann moderated the AMA with Anthony Gubler, co-maintainer and architect of current Dojo. In this AMA, users were able to ask questions via Twitter and live YouTube chat.

Questions ranged from how Dojo has been iterated on over the years to what similarities and differences Dojo has with various other frameworks. Discussion outside of Q&A focused mostly on the ways Dojo has changed over the years.

The full AMA is available here: OpenJS Foundation AMA – Dojo

If you’d like to check out specific topics from the AMA jump down to the timestamps.

Timestamps

0:00 Brief Introduction

0:50 Moderator Introduction

1:30 Where Dojo Is Today

2:40 Why the Name “Dojo”?

5:15 What do People need from a Framework Today?

6:40 Modern Dojo

9:15 Dojo 8 Enhancements and Modern Dojo Changes

12:05 Modern Dojo New User Questions?

15:42 Are Custom Elements the Future?

20:15 Dojo Improvements to Application Loading Time?

23:35 Dojo Styling

26:58 Building Dojo

30:18 Getting Dojo Theming Right

31:58 Largest App Built With Dojo?

37:02 MobX vs Dojo

40:37 Overlap between Overlap and Dojo

44:05 Dojo Naming Design

49:50 What Can Be Done To Support Syntax Beyond JSX?

51:50 If You’re Writing an App in React or Angular, What Should You Do To Port Your Project to Dojo?

55:25 What’s Possible for Dojo?

58:05 Wrap-Up

Oct 29

Love13

OpenJS Foundation AMA: AMP Project TSC

By rromoff AMA, AMP, Blog, Project Updates

AMP Project joined the OpenJS Foundation this past summer as a Growth project, aiming to create a more “user-first” open web experience for all. In this AMA, users were able to ask questions via Twitter (#AskAMP) and live YouTube chat. This AMA followed AMP Fest, which can be viewed here. AMP Fest focuses on content where participants could “learn about the latest ways the community is working to make the web better for everyone – publishers, platforms, advertisers, creators, and of course, users.”

Moderated by Naina Raisinghani, the AMA was a way to learn more about the project with David Strauss, Chris Papazian, Dima Voytenko, Malte Ubl, Saulo Santos, Kasiana McLenaghan, and Rudy Galfi.

Questions ranged from what project individuals were most excited about to whether there should be ramifications or praise for net neutrality or the lack thereof. The talk took a mix of inquiries from chat and preset questions.

The full AMA is available here: OpenJS Foundation AMA – AMP Project

Timestamps

0:00 Brief Introduction

1:09 Introduction

4:42 AMP Fest Recap

6:10 AMP Projects You’re Excited About?

9:50 Can TSC Share What Platforms Support AMP?

11:47 What Is The Most Critical Part of Stories?

15:25 What’s One Use Case For AMP In Email?

19:20 Does the TSC Have Any Thoughts On NYT Content Application Framework Proposal?

25:20 What Improvements Does The TSC Want To Make In The New Year?

31:35 Will Websites Need AMP and HTML To Get Picked Up By Publishing Platforms?

40:20 More Approachable Architectural Options For HTML Conversion On High Volume Sites

43:58 Do You See The Project Working On Components Or User-Built Components

48:44 Should Publishers or Companies Be Encouraged or Penalized For Prioritizing Websites?

50:45 Are There Any Updates On AMP Runtime Giving a PWA For Navigating Amongst AMP Pages. Any Update?

52:00 Any Chance That People Will Be Able to Embed>React>AMP as Opposed to Embed>AMP>React?

56:00 Closing Thoughts

Jul 17

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Node.js Security Working Group AMA Recap

By rromoff AMA, Blog, Node.js

Members of the Node.js Security Working Group recently answered questions regarding what their group does, and how the security of Node.js can be improved. The Node.js Security Working Group is a community driven project that investigates security reports to reduce the vulnerability of the Node.js ecosystem. Liran Tal, a senior developer advocate at Snyk served as the moderator for the AMA series. Vladimir de Turckheim, a developer at Sqreen, and Michael Dawson, IBM community lead for Node.js, answered questions and discussed topics posed by viewers of the live stream.

Full panel discussion available here

The content of the AMA generally fell into two categories: a discussion of how the Security Working Group functions or a response to a viewer’s security concern. The talk began with a discussion of “bug bounties” — monetary rewards given to developers who report potential security vulnerabilities in the Node.js ecosystem. Dawson and Turckheim discussed problems with this system, challenges that the working group has faced and the future of the group in a changing landscape.

Dawson and Turckheim also addressed security concerns that viewers of the live stream had. The questions spanned a wide range of topics, from identifying security risks to using https to protect online data. Finally, the members of the panel reviewed how people can join working groups. They admitted that working groups take up a lot of time, but are a good way to give back to the community, and meet people who share similar interests.

A summary of the video is available below:

Panel starts 0:25

Member introductions 1:33

What is the Node.js Security Working Group? 04:52

How the members got started, what current members do (Vladimir) 10:18

Bug Bounties 12:13

Where can you find the Security Working Group? 14:43

How Bug Bounties can create tension 15:21

Potential alterations to the Bug Bounty system 19:19

How to roll out a patch to the Node.js ecosystem 23:04

Challenges that the Security Working Group faces 24:19

Interactions with the OpenJS and larger Node.js community 33:58

Using pattern searches to detect security issues early 40:09

How to secure JSON data transmissions 43:30

Should a best practice security guide be created? 46:50

Are malicious modules as common as they used to be? 50:30

How to tell between unintended bugs and malicious modules 53:35

Closing thoughts 55:28

May 13

Love9

Node-RED Creators AMA Recap

By rromoff AMA, Blog, Node-RED

Node-RED AMA participants answer community questions live.

The creators of Node-RED recently gave an informative Ask Me Anything (AMA) which you can watch below. Node-RED is a Growth Project at the OpenJS Foundation. Speakers include Nick O’Leary (@knolleary), Dave Conway-Jones (@ceejay), and John Walicki (@johnwalicki).

This AMA can help individuals interested in Node-RED get a better understanding of the frameworking tool. Using a combination of user generated and preexisting questions, the discussion focuses heavily on the processes employed by the creators of Node-RED to optimize the tool.

The creators of Node-RED answered questions from the live chat, giving insight into how Node-RED is iterated and improved. Questions ranged from where Node-RED has gone in the last 7 years to whether or not Node-RED is a prototyping tool.

Full Video Here

Video by Section

Introductions (0:00)
What’s been going on last 7 years (2:21)
Did you have use cases in mind? (4:46)
What’s it been like to work with open source? (7:10)
Why is Node red so popular in iOT space? (9:30)
Where else is node red popular? (12:25)
How do you answer the question “is it a prototyping tool?” (15:00)
Where does Node-RED fit in the low programming world? (17:20)
2020 Recap, what’s next? (20:00)
New features in 1.1? (23:10)
Flow change for nodes? (26:00)
Thoughts about encryption? (28:40)
Do you see Node-RED scaling? (31:50)
Best practices for sharing readable flows (34:15)
Do you have large applications and flows being created now? (37:15)
What would you say to a developer who should use Node-RED? (40:00)
What can developers help? (41:25)
Open is a mindset, how do you wade through forums and open source? (43:30)
YouTube Q, on the edge constrained environment modeling? (45:40)
Node Red + AI? (48:50)
POV on containerization (50:30)
Refreshing node red dashboard, thoughts on replacing framework? (53:40)
Node Red conference? (57:45)
Last thoughts? (59:25)

Our next AMA is with the Node.js Security Working Group on June 3 at 9 am PT. Submit your questions here.

Apr 06

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AMA Recap from the Node.js Technical Steering Committee

By rromoff AMA, Blog, Node.js

Members of the Technical Steering Committee (TSC) for Node.js gave an informative AMA, which you can watch below. Speakers include Michael Dawson (@mhdawson1), Matteo Collina (@matteocollina), Gireesh Punathil (@gireeshpunam), Gabriel Schulhof (@gabrielschulhof), Bethany Griggs (@BethGriggs_), Colin Ihrig (@cjihrig), and Myles Borins (@MylesBorins).

Full video here

In this AMA, the TSC took questions from the live chat and gave insight into how they got involved. Questions ranged from whether Node.js is good for image processing to thoughts on Deno. The TSC focused on a mix of preexisting and user generated questions.

Beginning with suggestions on how to get involved with Node and ending on the same note, this AMA can inspire individuals to join Node.js.

Video by Section

Introductions (1:08)

How to Get Involved (4:48)

When To Update Your LTS? (13:45)

Is Node Good For Image Processing Applications? (34:45)

Upcoming 14RX (42:00)

What Do You Think About Deno? (44:20)

Yarn v2 Module (51:07)

Wrap Up (53:55)

Our next AMA will feature OpenJS Project NodeRED! Submit your questions for the NodeRED team here!

Mar 06

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webhint AMA Replay: Best practices for the web and other useful stuff

By rromoff AMA, Announcement, Blog, Project Update

The OpenJS Foundation recently hosted its monthly Ask Me Anything with folks from the webhint team. webhint, a hosted project at the Foundation, is a customizable linting tool that helps you improve your site’s accessibility, speed, cross-browser compatibility, and more by checking your code for best practices and common errors. Pretty useful stuff, huh!?

Joining the AMA was moderator Rachel Weil, and panelists Harald Kirschner and Tony Ross.

Catch the full replay below:

https://youtu.be/SIF6W8Livek

Below are some key moments and topics from the AMA:
3:15: Panelists discuss how webhint came about.

8:27: AMA participants talk through the unique things that drew them to the project.

11:45: What the webhint offerings are, what are the forms it takes.

16:10: What are the biggest problems webhint solves for devs and the community at large?

18:35: How does webhint help developers fix problems they find in the codebase?

25:05: What’s the most interesting challenge working in the webhint codebase?

36:52: What’s in store for webhint in the future?

39:50: Code schools and webhint as a teaching tool.

The panel also encouraged folks to get involved by following the project on Twitter (@webhintio), at their website (webhint.i) or by checking them out on GitHub- https://github.com/webhintio/hint.

Big thanks to Rachel, Tony, and Harald for their knowledge and expertise!

The next OpenJS AMA will feature the Node.js Technical Steering Committee and will happen April 1st at 9 am PT. Submit your questions here.

Feb 06

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Ask Me Anything Replay with jQuery

By rromoff AMA, Announcement, Blog, Project Update

This month’s AMA featured maintainers from the jQuery project. Jory Burson, OpenJS Foundation Community Manager, moderated the discussion with Dave Methvin and Timmy Willison. Dave Methvin has been a contributor to the jQuery project since 2006, and led many project initiatives during his 14-year history with the project, notably leading releases for core versions 1.7-2.1. Timmy Willison has been a jQuery Core Team member since 2011, and its Core Team Lead since 2015. Timmy is also the Lead Front-End Engineer at Spokestack.

If you are interested in supporting or becoming involved, there are a few ways to do so!
1. Check out the project’s GitHub repo and look for “help wanted tags”
2. Keep your versions of jQuery, especially if you are on 1 or 2. There are tools like jQuery migrate to help. If you are using migrate, take it out for production.

For more insights, check out the full replay below.

The next AMA features the webhint team and is happening March 4, 2020 at 9 am PT. To submit your questions, go to this form.

Want to get caught up on previous installments? Check out the links below:
Node.js Http/Streams
Node.js Community Committee
Node.js Modules

Sep 26

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Introducing OpenJS Foundation “Ask Me Anythings”

By rromoff Blog

This October, the OpenJS Foundation, in collaboration with our hosted projects, is starting a brand new “Ask Me Anything” series where community members, developers, and other curious parties can get burning questions answered regarding specific projects and topics.

We are starting this initiative because of the popularity of the live AMA from the last Collab Summit in Berlin. We know not everyone can make those events, and why should we wait 6 months or more to talk about the cool things that are going on in the hosted projects?

We are kicking off this initiative on October 16 with The Node.js Project on “HTTP, Streams”. It will be from 7:00 am to 8:00 am PST. Our panelists will be Anatoli Papirovsk and Stephen Belanger.

If this is a topic you’d like to join us for, fill out this form and we’ll get all the details delivered to you! To make sure we have plenty of things to discuss and answer, you can also send us your questions on this topic.

Fill out the form here: https://forms.gle/Bhw39NT6si66mB1f9
We look forward to hearing from you!