Meetup Door Prize

Triangle .NET User Group Dec 11, 2013 presentation: Lightning talk about meetupdoorprize.com

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1. MeetupDoorPrize.com Justin Saraceno Triangle .NET User Group Lightning Talk - Dec 11, 2013
2. The Story • Used to hand out paper raffle tickets at the end of each meeting. • Moved to counting off at the end of each meeting and choosing random numbers. • Our attendance grew and we started using Meetup.com • Meetup.com has a GREAT API!
3. Start by logging in via Meetup OAuth 2.0 (because API key calls aren’t unlimited)
4. Log in & Authorize
7. The Tech • Hosted on Site44.com with DropBox • It’s all HTML & Javascript • Uses Meetup.com’s API: – For Authorization via Oauth 2.0 – For Event & People Data
8. It’s Simple!
9. Why? • To Learn JavaScript! • To Consume A Real-Live API • To use OAuth 2.0 • Bonus: It’s Actually Useful!
10. What’s Next? • Migrate from Bootstrap 2 => 3 • Design improvements • JavaScript improvements • Mobile?
11. It’s on GitHub!
13. The End