As always, drinks and pizza will be served courtesy of TekSystems. And if everyone is nice, we might have gifts from Google's very own Santa :-)

TALK #1:
Reeling you in on React Hooks (Corbin Crutchley)

An introduction to React Hooks; what they are, why you'd want to use them, and how to add them to a project today*. Knowing a bit about React will help you here, but is not manditory to understand.

*And why you shouldn't yet

Bio:
Corbin is a strange creature that hails from Sacramento. It seems to have taken a keen interest in programming and being a bit strange and fun. Seems to run off Cola.

TALK #2
Introduction to state management with Redux and NgRx (Alain Chautard)

In this talk, Alain will introduce Redux concepts as well as NgRx, a state management library that implements Redux for Angular. If you heard about state management but have no idea what it's all about, this talk is for you!

Bio:
Alain is a Google Developer Expert in Web Technologies / Angular. He started working with Angular JS in 2011. Since then he has worked with all Angular versions on a daily basis, both as a developer and as a technical trainer. He is the co-organizer of the Google Developer Group chapter in Sacramento, California, conference speaker, and published author of several video courses.

BUILDING ACCESS:
There are some new VSP guidelines we need to abide by.

1. All guests must enter through the SOUTH door (previously we were entering through the north). We will have signs on the north side of the building directing guests to the south door and asking guests to not knock on any of the northern doors.
2. All guests must wear a name badge at all times. We will have a VSP employee helping guests make a security badge via the machine near the south door throughout the meetup.
3. All guests when they exit must use the SOUTH REVOLVING door. We will also have additional signs indicating this.