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Developer, Advocate!

By : Geertjan Wielenga
Book Image

Developer, Advocate!

By: Geertjan Wielenga

Overview of this book

What exactly is a developer advocate, and how do they connect developers and companies around the world? Why is the area of developer relations set to explode? Can anybody with a passion for tech become a developer advocate? What are the keys to success on a global scale? How does a developer advocate maintain authenticity when balancing the needs of their company and their tech community? What are the hot topics in areas including Java, JavaScript, "tech for good," artificial intelligence, blockchain, the cloud, and open source? These are just a few of the questions addressed by developer advocate and author Geertjan Wielenga in Developer, Advocate!. 32 of the industry's most prominent developer advocates, from companies including Oracle, Microsoft, Google, and Amazon, open up about what it's like to turn a lifelong passion for knowledge sharing about tech into a rewarding career. These advocates run the gamut from working at large software vendors to small start-ups, along with independent developer advocates who work within organizations or for themselves. In Developer, Advocate!, readers will see how developer advocates are actively changing the world, not only for developers, but for individuals and companies navigating the fast-changing tech landscape. More importantly, Developer, Advocate! serves as a rallying cry to inspire and motivate tech enthusiasts and burgeoning developer advocates to get started and take their first steps within their tech community.
Table of Contents (36 chapters)
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Other Books You May Enjoy
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Index
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Tracy's conference topics

Tracy Lee: I'm on the Reactive Extensions for JavaScript (RxJS) core team, and I'm also a Google Developer Expert for Angular, and the web, among other topics. So, most of the time, when I speak at conferences, I talk about RxJS and reactive programming. I could be speaking about Angular, React, Ember, or React Native; all things JavaScript, basically.

Last year, I spoke about reactive programming in general. Reactive programming isn't a new thing, but it seems that many people still need a lot of education around it. Often, I need to educate people about what reactive programming actually is. I help people to understand, at a higher level, what reactive programming means. I also talk about easy ways to use reactive programming paradigms within your application.

Geertjan Wielenga: What are some of those ways?

Tracy Lee: It's very specific, so usually, when I talk about reactive programming, I talk about how to do it in a particular language...