Costa Rica JS
A JavaScript community on Meetup since 2012 that grew past 2,000 developers through meetups and NodeSchool Costa Rica.
Costa Rica JS is the JavaScript Meetup group I helped organize from 2012, after the idea took shape in 2011. It grew past 2,000 developers through meetups and NodeSchool Costa Rica; we also explored a JS conference site in the PuraVidaJS repo, but no JSConf Costa Rica event shipped.
I ran the meetups, workshops, and NodeSchool sessions. The point was practical skill-building as Node.js and modern web frameworks arrived, not a networking club with a speaker at the front.
The community became a place people used to learn, hire, and get hired. Workshops stayed hands-on so the knowledge transferred.
Achievements
- Co-organized Costa Rica JS on Meetup from 2012 and grew it past 2,000 developers.
- Organized regular meetups, workshops, and NodeSchool Costa Rica events.
- Ran hands-on workshops as Node.js and modern web frameworks arrived in the region.
Link: https://www.meetup.com/costaricajs/
Stack: JavaScript, Node.js
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