Lateralus: A distributed relay system in JavaScript

This was a talk part of JS Remote Conf 2016 (https://allremoteconfs.com/js-2016). Also you can watch it here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/jsremoteconf/14

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1. Lateralus A distributed relay system in JavaScript by Raul Pino. 1
2. Who am I? » Born in Venezuela. » Living in Chile... » Axiom Zen » ZenHub » Groupon Latam. 2
3. Summary Lateralus * Motivation * Problem * Solution Lateralus.js (prototype) * Architecture * Implementation * Demo 3
4. Lateralus: Motivation » Interested in the topic (Cloud Computing (Coursera)). » Situation in Venezuela. » Political, economical, and social unstability, ... » Situation in Chile. » Earthquakes, volcanos, tsunamis, Godzilla? ... 4
5. Lateralus: Problem » No internet connection. » Voice calls service 1:1. » SMS by itself is 1:1 too. 5
6. Lateralus: Solution » Login once in a website with your Twitter account. » Send SMS to certified (local) phones. » Your message gets published. That's all. Twitter has that right? 6
7. Lateralus: Solution Show me the blueprints! 7
8. Lateralus.js: Architecture Lets build the prototype! Lateral Server: * Node.js server (Express) * Twilio access (twilio package) * Twitter login (passport-twitter) * Phone number valdiation (google-libphonenumber)* * Database on MongoDB. 8
9. Lateralus.js: Architecture Lateral App: * Ionic * Send/receive SMS (cordova-plugin-sms) * Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) * * Receivers list on PouchDB (cordova adapter). 9
10. Lateralus.js: Implementation + Demo 10
11. Takeaways JavaScript to the rescue: » More with less. » Universal JavaScript is here to stay. You have the ability to help society with almost no effort. Twitter/Github - @p1nox * lateral-proto-server * lateral-proto-app 11