Toledo Tech Events

The Google Developer Group is hosting Dave Koziol, who is coming to be our guest speaker to discuss Firebase usage.

There is a MudHens game scheduled the same night (7pm) so parking might be difficult if you don't get there on time.

For those of you who don't know what Firebase is, it was founded in 2011 and is a cloud services provider and backend as a service. They offer realtime database, storage, analytics, cloud messaging, authentication and more for Android, IOS and web applications. They were purchased by Google in 2014 and at Google IO their updated services.

A GDG dinner where we can all hang out and get to know each other without a laptop between us. Unfortunately at the moment, this isn't a Google sponsored event so you will have to pay for your own food. We are looking to see if there might be a surprise or two though. We are going to get to know all of you.

The weather is becoming beautiful, and it's once again time for the Google Developer Group to get together and discuss our vision as a group. Come join us for a great meal and great socialization time. This is the perfect time to express what you joined the GDG for to help us make sure we align with expectations.

Have your business users ever said, "we have this Excel form that we need to turn into a web form"? So you, as a full-stack web developer, turn it into a HTML form with an AJAX POST to save the data to a database table in the standard CRUD model. It works well enough, but then the users said, "we really need simultaneous editing for everyone in the office." Now you're in trouble because you're trying to reinvent Google Docs / Sheets, which are very complex. How do those collaborative editing tools really work?

We will look at the Google Realtime API, which uses Operational Transformation to automatically synchronize a document between multiple simultaneous editors. Everything you know about distributed version control systems applies to this situation, but now you need to make it work seamlessly for users who have never heard of "git rebase". The client and server implementation of Operational Transformation is very challenging.

Alternatives to Operational Transformation (OT) include Differential Synchronization (DS, aka. 3-way merge), Conflict-free Replicated Data Type (CRDT), and plain old Last Write Wins (LWW). For any of these methods, the critical elements include websockets, message queues, and persistent data storage. This presentation will include a demonstration of a simple implementation of collaborative editing with free, locally hosted software only.

Want to get started on the Google Cloud, but don't know where to begin?

Join us for our Cloud Study Jam! Together we'll work through three Google Cloud Platform Essentials labs, then you will get free access to the next quest so you can finish this series of labs at home to get a Google-hosted badge for your online profile. You will be able to get hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes and Scientific Data Processing, which will earn you additional badges.

We are going to postpone the meeting until next week due to the crazy cold weather that is blistering through the MidWest right now. Everyone please stay safe and warm and we can all get together next week (February 7th) and try it again.

We're going to do something different this month. Instead of having a particular topic or directed agenda, we'll be holding a social gathering at Backyard BBQ and just chatting about technology in general.

Some discussion starters might be:

• What thing on the horizon interests you?
• What don't you like about something that you regularly use?
• What tech is missing that would benefit the area or people in general?
• How do I find people/groups locally that would expand my network?

Before the International Flutter Hackathon at the beginning of next month, come join us to refresh your coding skills. We will be free coding Flutter apps and touching on all of the exciting things that were announced at Google I/O in the Flutter development realm.

Join us on Saturday, June 1st 2019 for the first ever all-day International Flutter Hackathon organized by over 2 dozen communities worldwide.

Join a team of 2 -5 fellow developers at to build something amazing in #Flutter and (maybe even) Hummingbird. At the end of the event, all participants will vote on their favorite projects and the winners will receive prizes and bragging rights.

Join us for after-work drinks and snacks for this month's Toledo Web Professionals meetup. We are teaming up with Google Developer Group for a combined event loaded with fun and entertainment.

Show & Tell Sessions

Talks will include Animation in Flutter and explore web scroll triggering where ScrollMagic is combined with GreenSock.

We encourage all our attendees to engage in show & tell lightning talks. Got a neat project you're working on? Want to showcase a new library or technique you've picked up? This is the place to do it. If you have something to show on screen, please bring a computer and everything you need to present. Seed offers a projection system and connections.

Show & tell sessions are limited five to ten minutes each.

Food and beverages provided and you are welcome to bring your own. Please drink responsibly.

Do GDG a solid and join their event too. https://www.meetup.com/GDGToledo/events/265599070/