Pro Zurich JS Meetup #7: Sizzling hot JavaScript

In this talk, we’ll explore building full-stack web applications powered by Astro, Astro Actions and Astro DB. We’ll start by discovering the basics of Astro, why and where it’s useful, and how to build a web applications with it. We’ll discover how to use Astro’s new default hybrid rendering mode to add API routes and dynamic server-side rendering to the application. Then we’ll dive into Astro DB, a simple, yet powerful ORM used to communicate between a LibSQL database and your Astro application. Also, Astro 5.0 has been released, we’ll round up the talk by looking at how we can combine all of these features with a powerful headless CMS like React Bricks.

Speaker:

Elian Van Cutsem

Lead DevRel at React Bricks | CTO at Vulpo | Astro Maintainer | devs.gent meetup organiser

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We love this community. ZurichJS is all about the people, the moments, the vibe. And Enrique, our photographer, captures it beautifully. We’ve got hundreds of incredible photos and videos from past meetups—but for months, we didn’t have a good way to show them off. We wanted to, we just didn’t have the time to build something that would do it justice.

Then I went to CityJS London and saw a live demo from the ImageKit team. They dropped into a Next.js project and had real-time, responsive, optimized media flowing in minutes. I had a chat with them right after. I asked, “Could I get this running for ZurichJS in a weekend?” They said yes—and we did it.

In this talk, I’ll walk through:

- Why our old static image setup wasn’t cutting it
- What limitations we hit with Next.js asset handling
- How we rebuilt the ZurichJS media experience using ImageKit
- What worked, what didn’t, and what surprised us

And the best part? The ImageKit team will join us live at the end for a quick-fire 5-minute Q&A, so you can pick their brains directly and see what’s coming next.

Speakers:

Faris Aziz

Staff Software Engineer at Smallpdf | Conference Speaker | Workshop Instructor

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Hugo Sousa

Software Engineer

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ImageKit

One platform to optimize, transform, store, manage and deliver visuals, so developers ship faster, marketers iterate freely, and your users enjoy flawless visuals everywhere.

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Why do so many projects frustrate the developers working on them? In this talk, Bert tells the story of Frustrated Bob, a developer dealing with shifting priorities, vague requirements, and broken communication. It’s a sharp, honest look at why things go wrong on teams and what we can do to make them better. Expect practical takeaways, real examples, and some darkly funny moments every developer will recognise.

Speaker:

Bert De Swaef

Owner, Founder at Vulpo Digital Studio

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