NodeSchool NYC

Welcome to the NodeSchool NYC chapter's repository. We use this repository for our website and almost all our communication.

You can see the website here: http://nodeschool.io/nyc

Talk to us

We utilize GitHub Issues like a message board and keep almost all of our communication in the open. If for any reason you need to contact an organizer privately you may contact us directly.

Team

• Bernard Lin: GitHub, Twitter
• Franziska Hinkelmann: GitHub, Twitter
• Joe Sepi: GitHub, Twitter
• Tierney Cyren: GitHub, Twitter
• John Elliott: GitHub, Twitter

Contributing to the website

The website is generated using Mustache templates, Stylus, and JavaScript. It runs on GitHub Pages – pull requests welcome!

Running locally

1. Fork the repository
2. Clone your fork to a local folder: git clone <fork url here>
3. cd into your project folder.
4. Run npm install to install dependencies.

For a development server, run

$ npm run docs:dev

Now you can visit http://localhost:8080/ in your browser to see the website.

Important: edit files inside the directory docs-src. Files are compiled into the docs folder. Changes will be compiled automatically by the npm run docs:dev command.

Special thanks

• Gautam Arora and the rest of the NYC JavaScript team + community for maintaining the NodeSchool NYC meetup previously.
• NodeSchool SF and NodeSchool Oakland for the work they've done on their NodeSchool website template, which we're now using 💕

Checklist for organizers

• Venue:
• Directions, where's the entrance, which floor
• Special security? We always collect real names and ask attendees to bring IDs
• Signs
• Food: vegetarian options
• Drinks: non alcoholic options
• Gender neutral restrooms
• Bring white stickers and markers for name tags
• Bring post its in different colors. Used by attendees to indicate that they need help