Wizcorp Blog Wizcorp at Node Fest 2017

Every year, the Node.js community of Japan organizes a big 2-day conference called Node Fest. Wizcorp has a big stake in the technology, and of course we always visit Node Fest. This year, we decided to do a little extra through. We signed up to be an official sponsor of Node Fest 2017. Node.js has given us a lot, and while we have given back in code contributions and evangelizing, this is the first time we proudly decided to invest hard cash into the community. A strong and healthy Node community is of course good for all of us, and it's nice to be able to show it.Personally, I did not attend the event to represent Wizcorp however, since I am also a member of the Node Fest organization. Last year, I interpreted talks from international speakers live on stage. This year, we did so on Slack. On top of that, my role involved more interaction with speakers and visitors, which was very rewarding.There were speakers from all over the world, and the talks from the main auditorium have been shared on YouTube, so even if you did not attend the event you still get to enjoy a selection of the great talks that were held.Besides talks, there were also some great workshops around some specific technologies, an open discussion with Node.js collaborators about what people would like to see improve in the Node.js ecosystem, and a 101 hands-on session where people got to contribute to the Node.js project directly, with mentoring from Node collaborators present at Node Fest.I would like to express my immense admiration and gratitude to the Node Fest organization as a whole, and lead organizer Yosuke Furukawa in particular for throwing such a positive, fun and educational event. Based on my own impressions and on feedback I received, I think it was a very successful event!Some other material about Node Fest 2017 you may enjoy:Our Facebook page with event photosYosuke Furukawa's blogGihyo.jp event report