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Ana Cidre is a passionate advocate for the developer community and leads the Developer Advocacy team at Auth0. She's committed to fostering a more inclusive and diverse tech world, drawing on her technical background and strategic vision to improve developer experiences and build meaningful connections.

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As the founder of GalsTech, an initiative supporting women in tech in Galicia, and through her active efforts to create welcoming spaces for underrepresented groups, Ana's dedication to diversity and inclusion extends beyond her daily work.

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Ana has a proven track record of building global Developer Relations teams, cultivating active developer communities, and crafting impactful educational content. She maintains a strong connection to the community through speaking engagements and direct interaction with developers.

Sr Manager, Developer Advocacy

Ana Cidre

Discover the latest releases, updates, events, and developer-related things from Auth0!

This month, Auth0 takes a big step toward the future of identity—one where AI agents, natural language interfaces, and human users coexist securely. April’s updates are centered on helping developers build for this new reality.

From Auth for GenAI, a developer-first identity solution purpose-built for AI agents and secure delegation, to the new MCP Server, which lets AI tools manage tenant configuration with natural language, this release is packed with tools that make complex auth feel simple, even in AI-first workflows.

Let’s take a look at what’s new, what’s in preview, and what you can start building with right now.

## Updates You Don’t Want to Miss

![Auth for GenAI](https://images.ctfassets.net/23aumh6u8s0i/LOv2KdQtOpluI2cySqCHR/a7ef46e280fb92ec35892b88ff91abf7/auth_for_genai.png)

### Auth for GenAI – Developer Preview now available

Generative AI is transforming how apps interact with users and how users interact with data. But securing those interactions hasn’t always been easy. That’s why we built [Auth for GenAI](https://auth0.com/blog/introducing-auth-for-genai-launching-identity-for-ai-agents/), now in **Developer Preview**.

This new solution brings together everything you need to securely build AI-powered applications, whether you're embedding AI agents, enabling human-in-the-loop workflows, or orchestrating actions across third-party APIs.

**Highlights:**

* **User Authentication** for AI agents, with support for linking, impersonation, and delegation
* **Token Vault** to securely manage and refresh access tokens for third-party APIs (e.g., Gmail, Slack, GitHub)
* **Async Authorization** to support workflows that require delayed human approval
* **Fine-Grained Authorization (FGA)** for document-level permissions in Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)

Works with LangChain, LlamaIndex, GenKit, and Vercel’s AI SDK.

> [Get started with Auth for GenAI](https://auth0.com/ai/docs)

### Auth0 MCP Server – Natural language meets tenant management

The new [Auth0 MCP Server](https://auth0.com/blog/announcement-auth0-mcp-server-is-here/) brings the power of natural language interfaces directly to your Auth0 tenant.

Using the **Model Context Protocol (MCP)**, you can now authorize AI tools like **Claude Desktop, Cursor, or Windsurf** to safely interact with your tenant—whether that's updating configurations, deploying Actions, or managing APIs—all through secure, context-aware requests.

**Highlights:**

* **Secure login** via OAuth 2.0 Device Flow
* **Credential storage** via system keychain
* **Rich management APIs**, including support for tenant logs, app configuration, and more
* **Built-in access controls**, so AI agents only do what they’re allowed to.

> If you want to learn more about Auth0 MCP Server, you can read the announcement [here](https://auth0.com/blog/announcement-auth0-mcp-server-is-here/).

### Token Vault – Secure access to external APIs (Early Access)

Managing API access on behalf of users can be tricky—especially when it comes to storing and refreshing third-party tokens securely. Enter **Token Vault**, now in **Early Access** for Public Cloud tenants.

**Token Vault** allows your applications and AI agents to call external APIs—like Google Calendar, GitHub, or Microsoft Graph—**on behalf of the user**, without you having to build and maintain complex refresh workflows or custom integrations.

**Why it matters:**

* **Delegated API Access** – Securely call downstream APIs on the user’s behalf using short-lived access tokens.
* **No Refresh Token Handling** – Auth0 manages token storage and refresh cycles for you.
* **Supports Top Providers** – Integrates with popular identity providers like Google, GitHub, and Microsoft.
* **AI-Ready** – Designed to work seamlessly with **Auth for GenAI**, enabling AI agents to act on behalf of users across different services.

> Learn more in the [Token Vault documentation ](https://auth0.com/docs/secure/tokens/token-vault).

Or see how it works with GenAI apps: [Call APIs on User’s Behalf](https://auth0.com/ai/docs/call-others-apis-on-users-behalf).

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### More cool features we have shipped to improve your experience: 

#### Real-Time logs for Actions – Now Generally Available 

Debugging just got a whole lot easier. **Real-Time Logs for Actions**, Custom Database Scripts, and Custom Social Connections is now **GA**. Developers can now see console outputs (like `console.log`) in real-time directly from the Auth0 Dashboard. Find it under **Dashboard > Monitoring > Action Logs**

#### Mobile Driver’s License verification – Limited Early Access

We’re excited to introduce the **Mobile Driver’s License (mDL) Verification Service**, now in **Limited Early Access**. This new capability enables businesses and platforms to enrich user profiles during sign-up or login using **trusted, government-issued identity data**. Whether embedded in your **authorization flows** via our Forms widget or triggered **on-demand**, mDL verification unlocks a seamless, secure identity experience.

#### New US Public Cloud Region – prod-us-5 Now Live

Auth0 is growing with you. We’ve launched a new US Public Cloud environment: **`prod-us-5`**. This expansion increases regional capacity and performance for onboarding new Auth0 Public Cloud customers—while maintaining full support for **Auth0’s Authentication and Management capabilities**. 

## Community and Events

We’ve been on the road sharing ideas, best practices, and demos around the future of identity and AI.

### Where were we in April

![Where were we in April](https://images.ctfassets.net/23aumh6u8s0i/3gnJPuk7MKY2aGhRdzK2oV/25de7a9593747c5235ddb060596c0f2a/EventsApril.jpg)

* **VoxxedDays Amsterdam (Apr 3):** Deepu shared AI authorization strategies for LangChain and OpenFGA
* **Apidays Singapore (Apr 15–16):** Daizen covered scaling SaaS platforms for enterprise readiness
* **AWS Summit Amsterdam (Apr 16)**
* **React Miami (Apr 17–18)**
* **PyCon DE (Apr 23–25):** Juan Cruz Martinez presented on secure human-in-the-loop AI interactions
* **CityJS London (Apr 23–25)**
* **Vue.js Global Summit ‘25 – AI Edition (Apr 29–30):** Ramona Schwering’s talk: *Developer’s Guide to Not Summoning Skynet*
* **AWS Summit London (Apr 30)**

Thanks to everyone who stopped by &mdash; we loved connecting with builders across the world.

### Where we’ll be in May

**Looking ahead to May, you’ll find us at a variety of developer and tech-forward events across the globe. Come chat identity, APIs, AI, and all things dev with the Auth0 team:**

* **ADC Conference (5-7 May): **Ramona will be giving a talk, “The AI Developer's Guide to Not Accidentally Summoning Skynet.”
* **Infobip Shift (May 6) – **Carla will be talking about “Securing AI: A Journey Through Access Control Systems.”
* **API Days New York - Generation AI (May 14) – **Ramona will be talking about security and AI
* **Dublin Tech Summit (28-29 May)** – Two days of tech talks, networking, and developer energy

Planning to attend? Let us know—we’d love to meet up!

## That’s a Wrap for April

As AI becomes more integrated into the software we build, so does the need for thoughtful, secure identity design. With **Auth for GenAI**, **Token Vault**, the **MCP Server**, and new features like **mDL Verification** and **Real-Time Logs**, we’re here to help you ship smarter, safer, and more scalable apps.

Stay secure.<br>
Keep shipping.<br>
We’re here if you need us.


April 2025 in Auth0: Auth That Works for Humans and AI

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Martin Gontovnikas, a.k.a Gonto, is a software engineer at heart who moved to the ‘dark side’ and became VP of Marketing at Auth0. He considers himself lucky to have found a way to combine his two passions and apply his engineering thinking model to marketing.<br/><br/> Gonto’s analytical thinking is a huge driver of his data-driven approach to marketing strategy and experimental design. He is based in the Bay area, and in his spare time, can be found eating gourmet food at the best new restaurants, visiting every local brewery he can find, or traveling the globe in search of new experiences.

Former SVP of Marketing and Growth at Auth0

Martin Gontovnikas

Auth0 Assemble is Auth0's first annual Identity Conference for Application Builders.



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  <strong>An Important Message from Auth0</strong><br>
  <p>The health and well being of the application builder community &mdash; and all humans &mdash; is the most important thing to Auth0. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we don’t feel we can offer the high-level experience you deserve. Therefore, we have made the <strong>difficult decision to cancel Auth0 Assemble 2020</strong>.</p>
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We're excited to announce that we're hosting our very first conference: **Auth0® Assemble &mdash; The Identity Conference for Application Builders™**! The conference will be held on August 26-27, 2020, in San Francisco, CA.

## What is Auth0 Assemble?

[Auth0 Assemble](https://assemble.auth0.com/?utm_source=ASM_Blog&utm_medium=sc&utm_campaign=ASM_WebTraffic), Auth0's annual developer and customer conference, is the only identity conference for application builders. For those who are architecting the future. The ones who understand that applications are built today by assembling the best of breed APIs and tools. Those who care about the intersection between end-user experience, privacy, and security.

During this two day conference you will hear about:

**The future of application building**

Thirty years ago, the focus was on  databases; fifteen years ago, the cloud; ten years ago, infrastructure services for developers. Today, the focus is on serverless and no-code. It's an exciting time to be a developer with so many building blocks and tools available to free up resources to focus on what matters: **building what differentiates your business**. This future is being built by developers, product managers, architects, designers, security, and ops teams. Learn about the latest trends in application development and what it means to *assemble* applications.
 
**Identity: convenience, security, and privacy**

A powerful identity infrastructure is an enabler of business. If users can access applications without friction, the result is more active users. If care is shown about user security, they will entrust more of their business. If priority is placed around user privacy, they will become more loyal. The challenge faced by application builders today is how to balance user experience with privacy and security. Join industry experts as they share their journeys, strategies, and best practices based on real-world experience.

## Who is Auth0 Assemble for?

The *builders* of an application include more than just the software developers. So what makes someone an application builder? Simply put, an application builder is someone who takes part in the application development process. This includes product managers, software architects, security professionals, developers, and more.

The keynotes and sessions at Auth0 Assemble will cater to **all application builders**.

## Why Should You Attend?

### Architect the future

Auth0 Assemble will explore a future where applications are assembled, not built. We have created a select lineup of developers, visionaries, and practitioners who are as passionate as you about building secure, scalable applications.

### Build the community

One of the best parts about attending a conference is the ability to branch out and meet other professionals in the industry. Auth0 Assemble will bring together over 500 like-minded application builders for two days of education and networking.

### Celebrate dev culture

One of our guiding principles has always been our "developer-first" approach, so at Auth0 Assemble, we want to celebrate *you*! We'll be hosting a Celebration Night, creating interactive experiences to highlight your time at Auth0 Assemble, providing opportunities to win Auth0 merchandise, and much more.

### Develop your Auth0 skills 

Curious about what's next for Auth0? We'll be sharing an insider sneak peek at our 2020 roadmap, so you'll be among the first to see our new product features. Our 1:1 expert meetings can get your team up to speed with Auth0 features, special use cases, and deep-dive product sessions.

## Event Information

### When and where

Auth0 Assemble will be held on August 26-27, 2020, at the [Hyatt Regency](https://www.hyatt.com/en-US/hotel/california/hyatt-regency-san-francisco/sfors) in San Francisco, CA.

### How to get tickets

You can purchase your tickets now at [https://assemble.auth0.com](https://assemble.auth0.com/page/1492043/get-your-ticket)! To lock in the **Early Adopter** rate of $895, make sure you book your ticket by **April 1, 2020**. The conference is expected to sell out, so purchase now if you'd like to attend! You can also sign up to receive Auth0 Assemble conference email updates at [https://assemble.auth0.com](https://assemble.auth0.com/?utm_source=ASM_Blog&utm_medium=sc&utm_campaign=ASM_WebTraffic).

More information and updates can be found on our [brand new conference website](https://assemble.auth0.com/?utm_source=ASM_Blog&utm_medium=sc&utm_campaign=ASM_WebTraffic) or by [following us on Twitter](https://twitter.com/Auth0Assemble). We look forward to seeing you there!

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Introducing Our First Conference: Auth0 Assemble

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Jeana has been in the tech industry for 15+ years, both as a communications professional and writer. As Director of Global Communications at Auth0, she works with her internal team and external agencies to amplify the company's visibility worldwide and establish its leadership in the identity industry. When she is not working, she can most likely be found on a field watching one of her three kids playing sports, or cleaning up after her one-year-old retriever who chews everything.

Senior Director, Global Communications

Jeana Tahnk

Auth0’s inaugural user conference will be held August 26-27, 2020 in San Francisco



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    <strong>An Important Message from Auth0</strong><br>
    <p>The health and well being of the application builder community &mdash; and all humans &mdash; is the most important thing to Auth0. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we don’t feel we can offer the high-level experience you deserve. Therefore, we have made the <strong>difficult decision to cancel Auth0 Assemble 2020</strong>.</p>
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**BELLEVUE, Wash. – January 15, 2020 –** The [Auth0](https://auth0.com/) Identity Platform, a product unit within Okta, today announced [Auth0® Assemble – The Identity Conference for Application Builders™](https://assemble.auth0.com/?utm_source=ASM_PressRelease&utm_medium=sc&utm_campaign=ASM_WebTraffic), the company’s first customer and developer conference designed for application builders who want to architect the future, build community, celebrate developer culture, and cultivate identity skills. Auth0 Assemble will take place in the heart of the Bay Area at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco on August 26-27, 2020. 

Attendees can register now to receive the latest updates on Auth0 Assemble 2020 ticket sales, which will be publicly available in February 2020. The first 100 people to sign up at [assemble.auth0.com](https://assemble.auth0.com/?utm_source=ASM_PressRelease&utm_medium=sc&utm_campaign=ASM_WebTraffic) will receive advanced access to ticket sales and special ticket savings. 

Auth0 Assemble will bring together a diverse group of 500+ developers, enterprise architects, product managers, and security and identity professionals for two days of education, networking, and engaging experiences. The two-day event will include compelling keynote presentations and sessions around four primary themes:

- “Software is eating the world" – explore how developers are the new decision-makers and are leading organizational efforts to deliver customer value
- Identity strategy foundations and best practices for application development
- The future of applications and the journey from continuous delivery to continuous assembly
- How to protect your greatest assets, your users, and take action to make the internet safer

These focus areas will serve as highly-engaging and educational ways for application builders to continue learning about the ever-changing world of identity management. 

“Auth0 Assemble will be a gathering of great minds, seeking something incredible, innovative, and disruptive within the identity industry,” said Eugenio Pace, CEO and co-founder of Auth0. “From the day we started the company we dreamt about organizing an awesome conference for app builders. This event has been years in the making, and we are thrilled that it will take place later this year. We promise attendees a robust line-up of developers, visionaries, leaders, and practitioners who are extremely passionate about building secure, scalable applications. It’s sure to be a very exciting event.”

Stay tuned for additional conference updates and join the conversation by following Auth0 Assemble at [@Auth0Assemble on Twitter](https://twitter.com/auth0assemble) or using [#Auth0ASM](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Auth0ASM&src=typed_query).

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### Media Contacts

Kaycie East<br>
Auth0 Communications<br>
[press@auth0.com](mailto:press@auth0.com) 
 
Alexandria Plew<br>
Matter for Auth0<br>
[auth0@matternow.com](mailto:auth0@matternow.com)


Auth0 Assemble to be The Identity Conference for Application Builders

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Kapehe is an R&D Content Engineer for Auth0 with a passion for learning and teaching. With her primary focus on ReactJS and JavaScript, she is impressed with what code can create for the web. Technology and web development are constantly evolving and naturally bring that need for continual learning. She enjoys writing tutorials, hosting local meetups, and learning with others to expand coding knowledge.

R&D Content Engineer

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React Conf 2019 was a success! We learned, we laughed, we connected!



React Conf 2019 happened!

If you found yourself in Lake Las Vegas this past weekend, chances are you saw some of the coolest new UI designs for Facebook, learned about how [React Native](https://facebook.github.io/react-native/) apps are helping change world hunger, and learned loads about [React Suspense](https://reactjs.org/docs/concurrent-mode-suspense.html). React Suspense? That is React’s system for handling the loading of things like code, data, and images. (Don’t worry, we’ll talk about all this stuff!)

![The stage at React Conf](https://images.ctfassets.net/23aumh6u8s0i/1vAxvKEfaEce6dIlvdyEji/933f1c4268b9c684138460a0ae841cd5/stage)

Located about 20 minutes from the famous Las Vegas Strip, Lake Las Vegas sits in a quiet little nook of the valley. Held at the Westin hotel, [React Conf](https://conf.reactjs.org/index.html) had over 600 attendees that came from all over the world to learn about all things React. Facebook sponsored the conference and they put on a great show!

The line up of speakers was fantastic and you could feel the energy in each of them! From [Tejas Kumar](https://twitter.com/TejasKumar_) showing us how to display dogs and gifs using GraphQL all the way to [Sophie Alpert](https://twitter.com/sophiebits) live coding everything from her slides to her demo code to build her own ReactDOM. WHAT?!

Each speaker was on-point. And while I won't go over each speaker, they were all equally fantastic!

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## Day 1

## Tom Occhino and Yuzhi Zheng &mdash; Keynote

The day started with the keynote by Tom Occhino and Yuzhi Zheng.

### Tom Occhino

Tom started his talk out by speaking about the first React conference. How at that conference React Native was introduced to the world! React’s goal is to create great developer and user experiences.

He spoke on the DX (Developer Experience) and that it needs three things:

1. Low barrier to entry
2. High productivity
3. Ability to scale

My favorite quote from his talk was: “Learning React does not mean you don’t need to learn about JavaScript or anything about the web and learning React Native does not mean you don’t need to learn iOS, Android, or Windows. What it means is that you don’t need to develop a deep level of understanding of all of these things first. You can get started quickly.”

### Yuzhi Zheng

Yuzhi’s talk covered some of the projects that the React core team has been working on over the past year! Yuzhi is the Engineering Manager for React core team and the Relay team at Facebook.

Some of the exciting projects that the React core team is working on are:

* Accessibility by adding in features so developers can add in accessibility easily
* Improve initial render time by using server-side rendering the team is improving load times
* React Suspense will help improve the user’s experience by handling the loading of different elements.

## Frank Yan and Ashley Watkins &mdash; Building the New Facebook With React and Relay

### Frank Yan

The original Facebook was built with PHP. It soon grew to include CSS, vanilla JS, Flux, React, and Relay.

Facebook wanted a better user experience by adding:

1. Modern Design System
2. Improved Accessibility
3. Faster Page Loads
4. Seamless Interactions

Facebook had to re-think and re-build to add these in. They used [React](https://reactjs.org/), [GraphQL](https://graphql.org/), and [Relay](https://relay.dev/).

## Ashley Watkins

Ashley followed Frank and started with how React, GraphQL, and Relay were going to help Facebook fetch and manage the data. When she talked about data she meant anything needed from an API like the user's name.

She had a lot of awesome videos showing how the data loads on the page for the user and how Facebook is changing that loading experience by utilizing GraphQL and Relay. 

One important concept for facebook is "Time to First Paint." They wanted to have a better view while items loaded for the user so that it was more fluid and effective.

## Tania Papazafeiropoulou &mdash; How Our Team is Using React Native to Save the World

Food waste is a huge problem in our world and Tania is taking the first steps in order to solve that problem. There's a team that built a React Native app in only three months that is intended to help this food waste problem.

1/3 of all food produced is wasted. We can do better. Tania and her team created an app called [OLIO](https://olioex.com/). OLIO allows for people to connect and give away their extra food. 

The team was able to re-use components by using container patterns, they were able to use [Hermes](https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/hermes/) that helps with memory usage and creates a smaller app size, and to have the ability to use OLIO on the browser. This is great! You could tell the crowd at React Conf was excited for OLIO.

## Tejas Kumar &mdash; Using Hooks and Codegen to Bring the Benefits of GraphQL to REST APIs

Coming back from the morning break, Tejas started us off. He talked about "REST and GraphQL and Stuff."

He built an app live on stage that pulled data from the Giphy API using React Hooks, automatically generated from an OpenAPI document. These hooks were fully type-safe and enabled predictable code and end-to-end type-safety.

The main takeaway from his talk? 

* Types are your friends
* Tests are your friends
* Nothing is impossible 
* Get creative

## Sophie Alpert &mdash; Building a Custom React Renderer

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">💥 Live Now! 💥 <a href="https://twitter.com/sophiebits?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@sophiebits</a> LIVE CODING! 💥 to a packed room 💥 <a href="https://t.co/WUQxgTUkNk">pic.twitter.com/WUQxgTUkNk</a></p>&mdash; Kapehe @ React Conf (@kapehe_ok) <a href="https://twitter.com/kapehe_ok/status/1187440627346100225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 24, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Have you always wanted to build your own ReactDOM in less than 30 minutes? Well, Sophie did just that.

Her talk was 100% live coded, even the "slides," and she manipulated the default React `App.js` file view to show her DOM in action.

She created a `ReactDOMMini` file where she manipulated her own DOM and allowed for the creative changes. Those changes? 

1. Click on the React spinning logo and make it disappear
2. Created a blinking color effect on the "Edit src/App.js and save to reload" line in the file. 

## Day 2

![The stage at React Conf](https://images.ctfassets.net/23aumh6u8s0i/5OXaV1hnFMhMSqf6yvokcO/c16efde48c3e76c4b1e342f93438b969/stage-2)

## Brian Vaughn &mdash; React Developer Tooling

Focusing on the developer experience, Brian focused on three major things for React Developer tooling:

1. Write code quickly: Speeding up the process of writing components
2. Debug code effectively: Streamlining the process of debugging and performance profiling applications
3. Update code easily: Making it easier to stay up to date on the latest React features

He doesn't want React developers to stop what they are doing but rather speed up what they are doing with these new tools. 

He also showed us how we find the components and inspect them directly in the console. You can also change the type of props and add new props in the React developer tools. 

Big new feature! Hooks are supported at the same level as `props` and `state`! Ok, but what does this mean? Values can now be edited and nested arrays and objects can be expanded! 

There are so many more new and improved updates! [Check them all out](https://reactjs.org/blog/2019/08/15/new-react-devtools.html)!

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## Alexandra Holachek &mdash; Progressive Web Animations

There are a lot of things happening behind the scenes when it comes to mobile animations. Notice how there's a little bounce to some elements when your finger lets it go on the screen? Or a carousel of photos that keep scrolling even after our finger has lifted off the screen?

There are effects like the rubberband effect. It's what I was talking about before where you can pull up on a menu or a footer and it'll bounce in a rubberband way to show its max expanded limit.

Alexandra showed that there are tests they run that will "predict" what the user is trying to do. For example, if you are scrolling through your inbox, you cannot possibly do a perfect up and down swipe every single time. So it predicts that you are not actually swiping to delete when scrolling through your inbox.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The talk about animations by <a href="https://twitter.com/alex_holachek?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@alex_holachek</a> was absolutely stunning. Must watch. Demo repository: <a href="https://t.co/h1tc0RAKa7">https://t.co/h1tc0RAKa7</a></p>&mdash; Dan Abramov (@dan_abramov) <a href="https://twitter.com/dan_abramov/status/1187805350944227328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 25, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

## Luca Damasco &mdash; Creating Games, Animations, and Interactions with Wick Editor

Wick Editor is an open-source tool that allows you to create things like games and animations. It's a two-person team and they have been working on it for about four years now!

Luca showed us some amazing animations that can be made with Wick Editor! He showed us this cat animation thing where the cat roams the hills, runs into trees, and the user is meant to try and catch the cat.

Developers of all ages can work on Wick Editor! He shows a game that a child had created where you move a rabbit around to collect carrots and crowns!

## Overview

This was my first attendance to a React conference, and I must say, the community was an inviting, energetic, and very intelligent group of humans! The hallway track was valuable! Brand new developers were given opportunities to speak to the React core team, developers from Amazon, or even catch up with their developer heroes.

You can find the YouTube videos from [day one here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxoX2faIgDQ&t=11558s) and [day two here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDDxR1a15Yo&t=19919s). I have listed in order, the speakers so you may easily jump around the video to find your desired talked. But trust me, you'll wanna watch them all!

### Day 1

1. [Tom Occhino](https://twitter.com/tomocchino) & [Yuzhi Zheng](https://twitter.com/yuzhiz) &mdash; Keynote
2. [Frank Yan](https://twitter.com/frankyan) & [Ashley Watkins](https://twitter.com/catchingash) &mdash; Building the New Facebook with React and Relay
3. [Tania Papazafeiropoulou](https://twitter.com/_Tany_) &mdash; How Our Team is Using React Native to Save the World
4. [Tejas Kumar](https://twitter.com/TejasKumar_) &mdash; Using Hooks and Codegen to Bring the Benefits of GraphQL to REST APIs
5. [Sophie Alpert](https://twitter.com/sophiebits) &mdash; Building a Custom React Renderer
6. [Nat Alison](https://twitter.com/tesseralis) &mdash; Is React Translated Yet?
7. [Maja Wichrowska](https://twitter.com/majapw) & [Tae Kim](https://twitter.com/taekimjr) &mdash; Building (And Re-Building) the AirBnB Design System
8. [Brittany Feenstra](https://twitter.com/BrittanyIRL) &mdash; Accessibility Is a Marathon, Not a Spring
9. [Becca Bailey](https://twitter.com/beccaliz) &mdash; The State of React State in 2019
10. [Lee Byron](https://twitter.com/leeb) &mdash; Let's Program Like It's 1999

### Day 2 

1. [Brian Vaughn](https://twitter.com/brian_d_vaughn) &mdash; React Developer Tooling 
2. [Joe Savona](https://twitter.com/en_JS) &mdash; Data Fetching with Suspense in Relay
3. [Cameron Yick](https://twitter.com/hydrosquall) &mdash; Automatic Visualizations of the Frontend
4. [Jenn Creighton](https://twitter.com/gurlcode) &mdash; React is Fiction
5. [Alexandra Holacheck](https://twitter.com/alex_holachek) &mdash; Progressive Web Animations
6. [Luca Damasco](https://twitter.com/Lucapodular) &mdash; Creating Games, Animations, and Interactions with the Wick Editor: A UX Talk
7. [Jed Watson](https://twitter.com/JedWatson) &mdash; Building React-Select
8. [Lizzie Salita](https://twitter.com/ebsalita) &mdash; Promoting Transparency in Government Spending with React
9. [Alex Anderson](https://twitter.com/ralex1993) &mdash; Wonder-Drive Development: Using React to Make a Spaceship

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React Conf: An Energetic Reactive Community

But it didn't stay in Vegas! Learn about the talks that took place and the RxJS ideas that we want to spread around the development world.



The first RxJS conference was held this year, 2019, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Speakers from all over the world joined together to deliver content on different RxJS concepts. The core RxJS team, including Ben Lesh and Tracy Lee, gave very informative talks. Ben gave us updates on RxJS 7's timeline and Tracy discussed real-world cases for some of the operators.

There were also a handful of talks given by Auth0 peeps: Kapehe Jorgenson, Kim Maida, and Sam Julien. Yes, that list includes me! 

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  <include src="TweetQuote" quoteText="I couldn't be more excited for this first ever #RxJS conference, @rxjslive, this week! It's really the first time I've met some of the amazing folks that are coming in person. Going to be so many great discussions!http://RxJS.live (@BenLesh)"/>

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I couldn&#39;t be more excited for this first ever <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RxJS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RxJS</a> conference, <a href="https://twitter.com/rxjslive?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@rxjslive</a>, this week! It&#39;s really the first time I&#39;ve met some of the amazing folks that are coming in person. Going to be so many great discussions!<a href="https://t.co/wrMf0AbTHt">https://t.co/wrMf0AbTHt</a></p>&mdash; Ben Lesh (@BenLesh) <a href="https://twitter.com/BenLesh/status/1168313787121905665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 2, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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## Keynote &mdash; Ben Lesh

The keynote talk was by [Ben Lesh](https://twitter.com/BenLesh), RxJS core team member. He spoke on the future of RxJS; things we all get to look forward to. For example, RxJS 7's alpha stage will be released in the next couple of weeks!

RxJS is ten years old and a lot has happened for the reactive library in that time. The core team has done so much to get RxJS to where it is today and that also includes the contributions from the community. Ben encouraged that continuation of help from the community. From helping write lint transforms to updating the docs! 

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  <include src="TweetQuote" quoteText="Great talk by @BenLesh about the Future of RxJS. And if you're interested in helping out with the library, see this list of things they need help with. (@aaronfrost)"/>

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Great talk by <a href="https://twitter.com/BenLesh?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BenLesh</a> about the Future of RxJS. And if you&#39;re interested in helping out with the library, see this list of things they need help with. <a href="https://t.co/xyZyeuWGRj">pic.twitter.com/xyZyeuWGRj</a></p>&mdash; Frosty (@aaronfrost) <a href="https://twitter.com/aaronfrost/status/1169653422905184256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 5, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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## Auth0 Team Member Talks

### Kapehe

The first Auth0 team member to hit the stage was me! My talk was titled, "The Battle of House Promises vs. House Observables" with a fun emphasis on the "Game of Thrones" show. There were four battles that Promises and Observables went through and, in the end, a winner was declared. I went over unicast/multicast, functionality, simplicity, and the ability to cancel its processing of data. Observables came out the winner in the end by beating out Promises in all categories except for simplicity.

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  <include src="TweetQuote" quoteText="I absolutely loved @kapehe_ok's talk on promises vs observables at @rxjslive! Fun, informative, and entertaining! I may start sending people to this talk when it's online and this argument comes up. (@BenLesh)"/>

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I absolutely loved <a href="https://twitter.com/kapehe_ok?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@kapehe_ok</a>&#39;s talk on promises vs observables at <a href="https://twitter.com/rxjslive?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@rxjslive</a>! Fun, informative, and entertaining! I may start sending people to this talk when it&#39;s online and this argument comes up. <a href="https://t.co/f4OcrOKYBg">pic.twitter.com/f4OcrOKYBg</a></p>&mdash; Ben Lesh (@BenLesh) <a href="https://twitter.com/BenLesh/status/1169711347451326465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 5, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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### Kim Maida

Kim gave two different talks:

1. Subjecting State to Good Behavior &mdash; Using the excellent NASA API, Kim showed us how to manage state with RxJS. Her slides are unreal! She showed sample apps that update the store using RxJS and how robust it could scale up to be.
2. RxWAT?!? &mdash; Joint talk with Sam Julien &mdash; This hilarious, meme filled talk gave a fun view on how RxJS can be complicated and challenging. They went over some unfortunately named operators and multiple marble diagrams! 

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  <include src="TweetQuote" quoteText="What do you get when you put @KimMaida and @samjulien (two professional speakers) in the same talk -> The funniest talk of @rxjslive , but also full of valuable insights! (@Mike_BeastCode)"/>

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">What do you get when you put <a href="https://twitter.com/KimMaida?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KimMaida</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/samjulien?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@samjulien</a> (two professional speakers) in the same talk -&gt; The funniest talk of <a href="https://twitter.com/rxjslive?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@rxjslive</a> , but also full of valuable insights! <a href="https://t.co/IgTAfj6N6B">pic.twitter.com/IgTAfj6N6B</a></p>&mdash; Mike_BeastCode @RxJsLive (@Mike_BeastCode) <a href="https://twitter.com/Mike_BeastCode/status/1170131302802001921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 7, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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### Sam Julien

Sam gave two joint talks this conference:

1. RxWAT?!? &mdash; Joint talk with Kim Maida &mdash; see above!
2. What Groups By in Vegas Stays in Vegas &mdash; joint talk with Mike Ryan &mdash; This joint talk went over some cool features that come with the "groupBy" operator. They also created animations that really helped understand this advanced operator.

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  <include src="TweetQuote" quoteText="Really beautiful visualizations from @MikeRyanDev and @samjulien at @rxjslive with the different *Map operators and groupBy (@mattpodwysocki)"/>

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Really beautiful visualizations from <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeRyanDev?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MikeRyanDev</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/samjulien?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@samjulien</a> at <a href="https://twitter.com/rxjslive?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@rxjslive</a> with the different *Map operators and groupBy <a href="https://t.co/YJfHQbBAln">pic.twitter.com/YJfHQbBAln</a></p>&mdash; λ Calrissian (@mattpodwysocki) <a href="https://twitter.com/mattpodwysocki/status/1169714725652819968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 5, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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## Two Days of RxJS Info

Attendees were able to gain a lot of information about RxJS in the two days.

The list of speakers include:

### Day 1

1. [Ben Lesh](https://twitter.com/BenLesh) &mdash; The Future of RxJS
2. [Tracy Lee](https://twitter.com/ladyleet) &mdash; RxJS &mdash; Operator, What's Your Real World Use Case? Important Operators in RxJS Explained
3. [Michael Hladky](https://twitter.com/Michael_Hladky) &mdash; A Deep Dive into Subjects
4. [Nicholas Jamieson](https://twitter.com/ncjamieson) &mdash; Tools for an Awesome RxJS Developer Experience
5. [Kapehe](https://twitter.com/kapehe_ok) &mdash; The Battle of House Promises vs. House Observables
6. [Sam Julien](https://twitter.com/samjulien) & [Mike Ryan](https://twitter.com/MikeRyanDev) &mdash; What Groups By in Vegas Stay in Vegas
7. [Kim Maida](https://twitter.com/KimMaida) &mdash; Subjecting State to Good Behavior
8. [Michael Madsen](https://twitter.com/mmadsen87) &mdash; Reactive Responsive Design
9. [Joe Eames](https://twitter.com/josepheames) &mdash; Understanding RxJS Error Handling

### Day 2

1. [Matt Podwysocki](https://twitter.com/mattpodwysocki) &mdash; Advanced RxJS Wizardry
2. [Hannah Howard](https://twitter.com/techgirlwonder) &mdash; Reactive Architecture with Signal Graphs
3. [Jay Phelps](https://twitter.com/_jayphelps) &mdash; Backpressure: Resistance is NOT Futile
4. [Dean Radcliffe](https://twitter.com/deaniusol) &mdash; Making React Forms Reactive
5. Kim Maida & Sam Julien &mdash; RxWAT?!?
6. Michael Gerakis &mdash; Demystifying and Harnessing the Power of the Multicasted Observable
7. [Jan-Niklas Wortmann](https://twitter.com/niklas_wortmann) &mdash; Fixing Asynchrony with RxJS
8. [David Khourshid](https://twitter.com/davidkpiano) &mdash; The (Finite) State of Reactive Animations
9. RxJS Core Team &mdash; Q&A

![RxJS Core Team Q&A](https://images.ctfassets.net/23aumh6u8s0i/2andv1uFgZ9Y2Km68wqii3/237d268f1fcff5f28c7f6303034d551f/core-team-qa)
(RxJS Core Team and others at the Q&A Session)

## RxJS with Auth0

What to know how to implement the RxJS library with Auth0? Here are some great examples of doing that!

1. [Build a React Application using RxJS](https://auth0.com/blog/build-a-react-application-using-rxjs/)
2. [Building an Audio Player app with Angular and RxJS](https://auth0.com/blog/building-an-audio-player-app-with-angular-and-rxjs/)
3. [RxJS Advanced Tutorial With Angular & Web Speech: Part 1](https://auth0.com/blog/rxjs-advanced-tutorial-with-angular-web-speech-part-1/)
4. [RxJS Advanced Tutorial With Angular & Web Speech: Part 2](https://auth0.com/blog/rxjs-advanced-tutorial-with-angular-web-speech-part-2/)

All the videos of the talks can be found on the [YouTube channel for RxJS Live](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmvhqGbbqkhJ63V3g-l-5Gg).

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The World's First RxJS Conference Just Happened in Vegas

jenny-obrien

I'm a former business journalist who's fascinated by the intersection of tech and business strategy — in particular how the right solution can transform an idea into reality. I specialize in ROI, data privacy, and identity.

Business Content Manager

Jenny O'Brien

Join us in Washington D.C. for a chance to win a $5,000 Amazon Gift Card at Auth0 Booth #311.


We’re bringing “Hack the Code” back to Identiverse 2019! Last year we debuted our “Hack the Code” challenge where visitors had the chance to break into the Auth0 safe by cracking a 4-digit code. Hack the code, win **$5,000**. Easy, right? Just for playing, we’ll give you a coveted **Auth0 tote bag**.

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## Auth0 Speaking Engagements at Identiverse 2019 

Auth0 Principal Architect Vittorio Bertocci will be speaking at Identiverse as well as leading the developer track. Here’s a full list of Auth0-sponsored talks designed to help deepen your identity understanding.

**Auth0 Masterclass: Building IDaaS at Scale**<br>
Christian McCarrick, VP of Engineering, Auth0<br>
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In recent years, we're seeing the emergence of a new form of technology scale. Today's emerging technologies - which rapidly grow to millions of users, do not sell a product or service. Instead, they build a platform on which others can create value. Yet, new platforms often fail because the design and growth strategies involved in building them are complex, resource intensive and expensive to scale. In the IAM/CIAM space, many companies are still building their own IDaaS platform internally, facing this massive challenge, and oftentimes failing to achieve their goals.  

Join Christian McCarrick, Auth0 VP of Engineering, as he discusses the complexities, resources, and scalability challenges Auth0 has faced in creating an IDaaS platform that securely manages more than 2.5 billion logins per month. He will share our experiences in building a secure, scalable, available and extensible platform with specifics including scaling password hashing and multi-cloud challenges.

**Masterclass: Modern Identity for Developers**<br>
Vittorio Bertocci, Principal Architect at Auth0<br>
Tuesday, June 25th @ 10:30am

Modern identity promises to solve some of the thorniest problems that historically plagued handling authentication and access control in applications. That sounds great in theory, but how do things really look like when the rubber hits the road - what does it take to incorporate modern identity in your applications development practice? Come to this session to learn the basis of modern identity development and be better equipped to understand and participate in the session in this year's Identiverse development track.

**Keynote: Standards - The Bedrock of Identity**<br>
Annabelle Backman, Brian Campbell, John Bradley, Pamela Dingle, and Vittorio Bertocci<br>
Thursday, June 27th @ 09:30am

You rely on them everyday… but do you really know what makes the standards world go round? For the first time at Identiverse, we’re excited to welcome a panel of standards experts onto our keynote stage to discuss, debate and entertain you… and give you insight into the things that will change your world in the next 5 years.

**Auth0 Presents: How to Manage the Complexities of an Internal Technology Platform**<br>
Ryan Breen, Director, API Management at Cimpress with Carlos Mostek, Sr. Solution Architect at Auth0<br>
Friday, June 28th @ 9:20am

Over the past decade, many enterprises have sought to increase agility by shifting to modular architectures, typified by the broad shift to microservices. At Cimpress, the parent company to Vistaprint and 15 other world-leading Mass Customization businesses, we’ve been on this journey ourselves. Our modular internal platform allows our diverse and autonomous businesses to focus on serving their customers best. A key benefit of this approach is how it makes the “build versus buy” decision much more granular. There is no need to choose between monolithic solutions; we can mix and match third-party and in-house software components. But this modularity, combined with the diversity of our businesses and all their partners, creates the challenge of managing identity: how do you support a complex interplay of users and applications without crippling adoption, usability, and security? In this talk, we’ll discuss how Auth0 helped us tackle this challenge at Cimpress, both as an enabler of secure access to our applications and as a microservices-friendly vendor on top of which we can layer differentiating capabilities.

**Auth0 Presents: Migrating a Complex Customer Identity Ecosystem to the Cloud: a DevOps(ish) Approach**<br>
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Friday, June 28th @ 9:55 am

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Join Vincent Brousseau, CIAM Platform Architect at Desjardins, as he discusses the DevOps-inspired approach his team took, in collaboration with Auth0, to tackle this challenge. He will cover his approach and the solution for implementing a modern Cloud CIAM at scale, with as little friction possible for members, customers, partners but also for the business units by providing a Self-Service Platform for developers to actively participate and take ownership of their Identity use cases.


**Auth0 Masterclass: Identity and the Yellow Brick Road - The Last Few Steps Are Always the Hardest**<br>
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Friday, June 28th @ 10:30am<br>

Wouldn’t it be nice to live in a world where every identity project is a perfect fit for out-of-the-box features?  It would be ideal to simply stay on the yellow brick road of prescribed solutions and guarantee success.

Developers and practitioners, however, know better. They know that apart from few blessed cases, most real life projects are messy business – where modern protocols need to integrate with legacy solutions, security best practices must coexist with the unique requirements of existing business practices, and common sense expectations are blatantly subverted. Solving those unpredictable challenges without compromising security and efficiency requires stepping off the beaten track, carving a new path that adapts to conditions that no rigid, off the shelf product could have predicted.

Join Vittorio Bertocci, Architect at Auth0, as he leads attendees through various real-world scenarios where extensibility and the ability to inject last-mile customization were essential for solving hard identity challenges.

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## Not Registered Yet? Get a $250 Discount on Us!

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Heading to Identiverse 2019?

Auth0's Kapehe Jorgenson, Dasha Nikitina, and Dorrin Poorkay lead an Algorithm session at WWC - CONNECT 2019.



Women Who Code - CONNECT 2019 was held on April 13, 2019 at the [Pinterest](https://www.pinterest.com/) headquarters in San Francisco, California. This event was sponsored by some of the largest names in tech: [Auth0](https://auth0.com/), [PayPal](https://www.paypal.com/us/home), [Atlassian](https://www.atlassian.com/), [Cisco Umbrella](https://umbrella.cisco.com/), and [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/), just to name a few.

![Welcome Talk at Women Who Code - CONNECT 2019](https://images.ctfassets.net/23aumh6u8s0i/gv8GVhSlZnHFZDCncbMNl/a947e750accaaad10a2a7a17224da124/intro-talk)

When a whiteboarding session opened up and the offer was extended to UI Engineer [Dasha Nikitina](https://www.linkedin.com/in/darianikitina/), Platform Engineer [Dorrin Poorkay](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dorrin-poorkay-94552b82/), and myself, R&D Content Engineer [Kapehe Jorgenson](https://auth0.com/blog/authors/kapehe-jorgenson/), to fill in and lead it, we jumped on the opportunity. The whiteboarding session was on Algorithms and Interviews, officially named "Algorithms (Why Do We Care)". We were confident that we could collaborate and deliver a session worth coming to with our unique interview experiences.

## Remotely Connected

Being a remote-friendly company, this was going to be the first time that Dasha, Dorrin, and I were going to be in the same room at the same time. We are always connected virtually and Auth0 keeps the close culture alive, yet this was new. I had recently interviewed Dorrin and learned all about [her empowering journey](https://auth0.com/blog/meet-the-experts-dorrin-poorkay/) as an engineer on the Auth0 team.

Dasha has also been working very closely with my team and with her UI engineering skills has revamped the entire [Auth0 blog](https://auth0.com/blog/). She succeeded in delivering a beautiful product that I know will be beneficial to our users.

When we finally met each other face-to-face, it was as if we didn't work remotely, but saw each other everyday in the office.

## Alaina Percival, Women Who Code CEO

Celebrating women in tech, CEO of Women Who Code (WWC) [Alaina Percival](https://twitter.com/alaina), offered stats, advice, and encouragement throughout the day to the hundreds of women who attended. Alaina announced that the official count of WWC had reached 180,000 members worldwide.

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  <include src="TweetQuote" quoteText="Announcement today that @WomenWhoCode have 180,000 members worldwide 🙌💪👩🏽‍💻👩🏻‍💼🙋🏿‍♀️🙋🏼‍♀️ #WWCode &mdash; Women Who Code BFS (@WWCodeBelfast)"/>

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  <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Announcement today that <a href="https://twitter.com/WomenWhoCode?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WomenWhoCode</a> have 180,000 members worldwide 🙌💪👩🏽‍💻👩🏻‍💼🙋🏿‍♀️🙋🏼‍♀️ <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWCode?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWCode</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CONNECT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CONNECT</a> <a href="https://t.co/e75EV19nR1">pic.twitter.com/e75EV19nR1</a></p>&mdash; Women Who Code BFS (@WWCodeBelfast) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWCodeBelfast/status/1117101032973033472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 13, 2019</a></blockquote>
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  <include src="TweetQuote" quoteText="Alaina Percival, CEO of Women Who Code, announced that the official count of WWC had reached 180,000 members worldwide."/>

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## Tara Hernandez, Google Engineering Manager

Keynote speaker [Tara Hernandez](https://twitter.com/tequilarista), Engineering Manager for the Google Cloud Platform, gave her talk, titled "Forget Faking It, We're Making It" on the main center stage. Tara talked about her journey on where she is now and how we need to bring more "woman-ness" into the tech industry. Her path showed that with hard work, we don't need to act like men, but celebrate our own uniqueness.

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  <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“We&#39;re not faking it, we’re making it!&quot; -  <a href="https://twitter.com/Google?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Google</a> Engineer Manager, Tara Hernandez at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWCode?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWCode</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CONNECT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CONNECT</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/tequilarista?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@tequilarista</a> <a href="https://t.co/PGQs4fjMcy">pic.twitter.com/PGQs4fjMcy</a></p>&mdash; Women Who Code (@WomenWhoCode) <a href="https://twitter.com/WomenWhoCode/status/1117109707481722880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 13, 2019</a></blockquote>
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## Auth0's WWC Conference Booth

Auth0's booth, hosted by our very own [Kim Ripperger](https://twitter.com/kimmyripp) and [Trevor Salter](https://twitter.com/TCSalter), received a lot of traffic and dozens of interested individuals in possibly joining Auth0. If you were to head over to our blog post [How We Hire Engineers](https://auth0.com/blog/how-we-hire-engineers/), you could learn about our hiring process. With multiple engineering positions open, our presence at WWC was extremely valuable with the amount of interest we received.

![Auth0 Booth at Women Who Code CONNECT 2019](https://images.ctfassets.net/23aumh6u8s0i/4AK8s2zqwJmBhKkv0mH7IN/f4d20c350cdadd82e4453be5b3996b36/auth0-booth)

## Algorithms (Why Do We Care) - Kapehe, Dasha, Dorrin

At 2:45 pm, we were scheduled to lead the algorithms session. We arrived at our room around 2:10 and within a couple of minutes we had people showing up. The room filled up fast &mdash; every seat was taken and the standing room was going quick. Dasha, Dorrin, and I ended up in the corner of the room leading our session to a packed room.

![Dasha, Kapehe, Dorrin leading the Algorithms session](https://images.ctfassets.net/23aumh6u8s0i/6PsCvMogxBMBsXF9M88S6n/7b9613c4074de29c684b98ded073fe39/algorithms-interview)

The session started off with a discussion on algorithms and the benefit of understanding them when going into any technical interview. The question was asked, "What is an algorithm?" and very quickly an attendee responded with "a set of steps or guidelines on how to complete a job or task." 

Dasha gave the group a visual of [visualgo.net](https://visualgo.net/en) and how a handful of algorithms work. Our group was excited for the resource because it showed a very clear visual of how the sorting was being done in different sorting methods.

We finished off the session with Dasha, Dorrin, and myself sharing our various interview experiences and how whiteboarding, understanding algorithms, and good communication has helped us.

![Algorithm session attendees](https://images.ctfassets.net/23aumh6u8s0i/5iOKK70eZ5qu7pMysSlyNP/b2cf70a7cb2381bbbbfb58c85cfe6cdc/session-attendees)

## Auth0 Women Who Code

Auth0 takes pride in its diversity. Sending four of its women to WWC - Connect 2019 was a great way to represent the company and the value it sees in the women engineers.

![Auth0's Kim Ripperger, Dorrin Poorkay, Kapehe Jorgenson, Dasha Nikitina](https://images.ctfassets.net/23aumh6u8s0i/je4Y38eSqOk0tA2k9Rnod/f8c443ccb22e72bdf00c370fdd83f7cd/auth0-women) 

We are growing rapidly and I feel honored to work for such an inclusive company. Being remotely-friendly, Auth0 is able to give engineering opportunities to women across the globe.

Visit our [career page](https://auth0.com/careers) to learn more about our great engineering opportunities!

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## Take-Away

This was my first time attending Women Who Code - CONNECT and it was fantastic seeing such a powerful organization standing behind 180,000 women in tech. With multiple scholarships being awarded, WWC is empowering women to go for those engineering roles. 

Did you attend WWC - Connect 2019 or were you impacted by a strong woman in tech? Share your experience with us in the discussion section below. We would love to continue to empower you!

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Women Who Code - CONNECT 2019

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I'm Director of Developer Relations and a Google Developer Expert for Angular and Web Technologies. I believe anyone who wants to learn to code should be able to learn code and I love teaching. When I'm not coding or writing, you'll find me outside hiking or camping in the beautiful Pacific Northwest.

Director of Developer Relations

Sam Julien

Auth0’s Sam Julien spoke at The Big Hangout, a mini-conference hosted by Angular Finland.


![Sani Yusuf dancing at Angular Finland](https://images.ctfassets.net/23aumh6u8s0i/73KEi5mDUUm7O0Sboplgkc/3e23df4cb4b5dd28b78a8e760568b03d/sani-dancing-2)
([Source](https://twitter.com/AngularFI/status/1106592529280106498))

I was honored to get to speak at [The Big Hangout 2019](https://www.angular.fi/events/conferences/2019/home), a mini-conference put on by [Angular Finland](https://www.angular.fi/) on March 14, 2019. The conference was hosted by [Tieto](https://www.tieto.com/) in Espoo, just next to Helsinki.  It was also sponsored by other Finnish tech companies like [Frantic](https://www.frantic.com/), [Finitec](https://www.finitec.fi/), [Gofore](https://www.gofore.com/) (who hosted the after party), and [Innofactor](https://www.innofactor.com/) (who graciously sponsored my travel other there!).

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## The Talks
The Big Hangout featured seven international speakers on different topics.

Kicking off the conference as keynote speaker, who doesn’t love **[Sani Yusuf](https://twitter.com/saniyusuf)**? If you’re not familiar with Sani, he’s a Google Developer Expert based in London. Always the right balance of entertainment and education, Sani gave the perfectly-titled talk “Let’s Get Your Angular App To React.” Sani covered the reasons why forms are so important to business, the basics of Angular’s [reactive forms](https://auth0.com/blog/real-world-angular-series-part-6), and some advanced validation techniques. Learn more on [Sani's slides](https://slides.com/saniyusuf/lets-build-a-form#/).

![Sani Yusuf speaking about reactive forms at Angular Finland conference.](https://images.ctfassets.net/23aumh6u8s0i/NJLYQwp3ghJEnYGqg9p0T/73a92f4d10bcc031d3f2a5afbd658364/sani-forms-2)

Next was **[Nadia Törnroos](https://twitter.com/NadiaTornroos)** on “Digital Accessibility as a Mindset.” Nadia moved to Finland from Moscow about four years ago and is a senior software developer at Tieto.  Nadia’s talk was in the format of a fireside chat with Angular Finland organizer [Richard Farkas](https://twitter.com/richardfarkas). Nadia made the case for accessibility and covered tools and resources for making sites more accessible. Accessibility is not just the right thing to do to help folks with disabilities, it’s also better for building brand, following best practices, and minimizing legal risk. One tool Nadia mentioned that I had not come across before is the [WAVE Web Accessibility Tool](http://wave.webaim.org/). This tool lets you input a site and see an interactive map of accessibility errors. You can check out [Nadia's slides](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rH9zGWIPD9vjWZ817DItEf8lXscAteZ4/view) for even more resources.

![Nadia Törnroos discussing accessibility at Angular Finland conference.](https://images.ctfassets.net/23aumh6u8s0i/11eaa3Bl4VxGs33UCmENfT/4442616f62dfc89ef7aea33df7843ac9/nadia-accessibility-2)

We took a quick happy hour break after Nadia but dived back in with **[Akseli Virtanen](https://twitter.com/_akseliv)** and a talk called “Thinking in Web Components,” which was about both why you should care about web components and how to start using them. Akseli is a senior developer at Frantic. He’s also a proud Finn and gave me lots of great cultural and historical insights during my trip! Askeli’s talk focused on [Angular Elements](https://angular.io/guide/elements), which allows you to create custom elements using web components.  I loved Askeli’s explanation of web components as an abstraction layer between the browser APIs and whatever technology is controlling the underlying logic or function of the custom element. Akseli's [slides](https://drive.google.com/file/d/10v6_pz4BIUl2cxRTTnDNXVO3uR5JdL3E/view) have more information and some helpful diagrams.

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I followed Askeli with a talk on “Finding the Right Path from AngularJS to Angular.”  I went over the four migration paths and how to determine which one is right for your application by looking at your team and your codebase. I also recommended a few different resources, like the [ngMigration forum and wiki](https://github.com/angular/ngMigration-Forum). You can [follow me on Twitter](https://twitter.com/samjulien) and check out my [slides and resources](http://samj.im/finland) to learn more.

![Sam Julien discussing ngUpgrade at Angular Finland conference.](https://images.ctfassets.net/23aumh6u8s0i/HEjjrYvofqKyeT3guiSu0/722679d7fe1aaf848335c2c1f1ed49b7/sam-julien-finland-2)
([Source](https://twitter.com/StanimiraVlaeva/status/1106220184061263872))

After a lovely dinner break, **[Sallar Kaboli](https://twitter.com/sallar)**, a principal software engineer at Tieto, presented on “Achieving Performance in Heavy Applications with Angular and WebAssembly.” Sallar moved to Finland from Iran and is both super knowledgable and incredibly friendly. After covering the basics of [WebAssembly](https://webassembly.org/), Sallar gave a truly remarkable demo. Using the [Rust programming language](https://www.rust-lang.org/) on the backend with WebAssembly and Angular on the frontend, Sallar recreated [Conway’s Game of Life](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life).  You can check out [his code](https://github.com/sallar/ng-game-of-life) and [his slides](https://sallar.github.io/talks/ng-wasm/#0) to see more. Here’s a quick video of the demo:

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You can also play a [deployed version](https://sallar.github.io/ng-game-of-life/) of the game! *Hint: you can command-click and shift-click while the game is running to shoot gliders and spaceships!*

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Next, **[Stanimira Vlaeva](https://twitter.com/StanimiraVlaeva)** gave a talk called “Frictionless Breaking Changes Migration with `ng update` and Schematics.” Stanimira is a GDE from Bulgaria, a developer for Progress, and a core team member of NativeScript. We met at [NgAtlanta](https://auth0.com/blog/ngatlanta-is-changing-tech/) this year and it’s been great to get to know her! Her talk was all about using custom schematics to mitigate the risk of updating dependencies. You can [look at her slides](http://bit.ly/update-ng-fi) to see her examples and more resources on schematics.

![Stanimira Vlaeva discussing Angular schematics at Angular Finland conference.](https://images.ctfassets.net/23aumh6u8s0i/5L0SZrzHJ59aaJdXA3kBFd/e8f12308afd61706cfdcae281c48c43e/stanimira-schematics-2)

**[Michael Hladky](https://twitter.com/Michael_Hladky)** wrapped up the day with a presentation titled “The Ease of Using Higher Order Operators.” Michael is a GDE from Austria who does training and consulting. He was originally scheduled to do a different talk, but one of the software providers he used in his presentation was having technical issues. I was super impressed by how quickly Michael was able to swap out his talk! He went over the nuts and bolts of several RxJS operators and you can [view his slides](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1N26PPQmsUaZUnSGMMiRuPdc9GxNMS2Eij8qqKSx4OhI/edit#slide=id.g5053e61ac8_0_1315) to see all of helpful diagrams and animations. If you’ve been following Michael lately, he’s been devoting a lot of his time to the RxJS ecosystem, particularly to the [marble diagram design system](http://bit.ly/marble-design-system). He’s producing a lot of fantastic content for the RxJS community.

![Michael Hladky talking about RxJS operators at Angular Finland conference.](https://images.ctfassets.net/23aumh6u8s0i/6wCzah5VnGEuz8nygebCag/539bfd1a1b9b8ef5e5c1406bcb5f474d/michael-hladky)
([Source](https://twitter.com/AngularFI/status/1106613728114556929))

After the event, we were bussed over to the Gofore office for a very fun, very low-key after party with good food, good beer, and great conversation. I really appreciated how chill the whole day was. I am often exhausted after American conferences due to how intense and involved they are (even if they’re a lot of fun). Hanging out with the Finns was very laid back and not at all stressful!

## Conclusion
The Big Hangout was a small but very well-run and enjoyable conference. I had a great time getting to know friends in the Angular Finland community and hearing about what they’re currently working on. My favorite thing was how international the group was &mdash; I got to make new friends who were not only native Finns, but who also had moved from Turkey, Iran, Bangladesh, India, and more. The global Angular community truly amazes me!

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Angular Finland: The Big Hangout

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Luke Oliff

Hackference is a three-day conference and hackathon for attendees to learn something new. Auth0 sponsored this year, with Jeremy Meiss giving a compelling talk on using Identity Management providers instead of building your own, on Friday



This year, Auth0 attended [Hackference](https://2018.hackference.co.uk) as a sponsor. Besides [Jeremy Meiss](https://twitter.com/iamjerdog) giving a great talk on [power and value of identity providers](https://auth0.com/blog/5-reasons-your-company-needs-identity-and-access-management/) at Friday's conference, we remained on hand for the rest of the weekend to support the Hackathon.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Interesting stuff from <a href="https://twitter.com/IAmJerdog?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@IAmJerdog</a> on Modern Identity and security best-practises <a href="https://twitter.com/auth0?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@auth0</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/hackference?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#hackference</a> <a href="https://t.co/ItwKmwMAcn">pic.twitter.com/ItwKmwMAcn</a></p>&mdash; Nimvelo (@Nimvelo) <a href="https://twitter.com/Nimvelo/status/1050750593214636033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 12, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Hackference returns for its 6th year, ran and founded by the amazing [Mike Elsmore](https://twitter.com/ukmadlz). Its purpose is to provide a unique and hands-on learning environment free of any negative influences.

## What You Missed at the Conference

This year, the conference included two tracks: Innovate and Develop. Across these two tracks, speakers included [Doug Sillars](https://twitter.com/dougsillars) on modern image delivery techniques, [Karina Popova](https://twitter.com/kary_key) on geospatial analysis of Twitter content, [Alex Lakatos](https://twitter.com/lakatos88) on natural conversation pieces with bots, and [Jessica Rose](https://twitter.com/jesslynnrose) on a common issue in tech, Burnout. These are to name but a few. [Check out the schedule to see what you missed](https://2018.hackference.co.uk/#schedule).

## Hackathon Winners (of Auth0's prize)

Anna, Carol and Jamie of team "Who Dis?" built an advanced identity service designed to be self-hosted. Based on the IndieAuth login system, their app was created as a custom Auth0 identity provider. When accessing the app, authentication is requested via Auth0's centralised login page where you could select their custom identity provider which could then verify identity.

![Anna, Carol and Jamie of team "Who Dis?"](https://images.ctfassets.net/23aumh6u8s0i/10bWa7pxjl7Kc1xg7VG2d6/4c1ff2871859aaede3f9d42e267cfeb4/hackference-auth0-winners-who-dis)

## Hackathons

Hackathons are an important part of the development world! True innovation and creativity can be expressed in a supportive and collaborative environment, often with the added incentive of some amazing prizes.

Some famous features and products have been born from hackathons. Most notably, the [Facebook “Like” button and Facebook Chat](http://uk.businessinsider.com/facebook-hackathons-2017-6) were both born at company internal hackathons.

In an environment where innovation and creativity are nurtured, amazing things can happen.

These sites will help you find hackathons near you.

-  [Major League Hacking](http://www.mlh.io/)
-  [Hackalist](http://www.hackalist.org)
-  [Hack Club](https://hackathons.hackclub.com/)
-  [Devpost](http://www.devpost.com)
-  [Hackathon IO](http://www.hackathon.io)
-  [HackEvents](http://www.hackevents.co)
-  [HackathonsNear.Me](http://www.hackathonsnear.me)

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Hackference 2018 Recap

Identiverse 2018 recap: Focus on Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) for developers + Solutions Review interview with Vittorio Bertocci (video).



We had a blast at [Identiverse 2018](https://identiverse.com/) (formerly Cloud Identity Summit) in Boston last week and we had an amazing new booth specially designed for this event. The energy at the world’s largest gathering of identity professionals was inspiring. 

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There was a definite trend towards 'Customer Identity' (identity solutions for application developers), says [Auth0 Head of Content and Guidance Mike Fitzbaxter](https://twitter.com/mikefitzbaxter). "This was in contrast to the normal Enterprise-centric Identity solutions which are predominantly showcased at these events. It was an exciting justification of Auth0's product vision.”

## Solutions Review: Vittorio on Open Standards in Identity

[Solutions Review’s Doug Atkinson](https://solutionsreview.com/author/solutions/) caught up with [Auth0 Principal Architect Vittorio Bertocci](https://auth0.com/blog/auth0-welcomes-vittorio-bertocci/) at the conference. They spoke about Vittorio’s recent move from Microsoft to Auth0 and the need for open standards in identity.

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## Wide Range of Identity Challenges, 5 Auth0 Sessions

In addition to discussing a wide range of identity challenges at our booth (biometrics for login, 500 legacy apps that needed to migrate quickly to a new framework, and wanting to add second-factor authentication to existing mobile apps), Auth0 offered 5 sessions, including one with our customer ATB Financial:

Beyond API Authorization ([Jared Hanson](https://twitter.com/jaredhanson))

The Critical Role of Identity in CX for ATB Financial ([Martin Lapointe](https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-lapointe-633ba050/))

The Wheel, Reinvented. Or not. ([Mike Fitzbaxter](https://twitter.com/mikefitzbaxter))

Auth0 Masterclass: Architecture & Identity: 3 IAM Examples to Support Digital Transformation (Jared Hanson)

Auth0 Masterclass:The Curse of Knowledge: Designing a Developer-Friendly IdaaS ([Vittorio Bertocci](https://twitter.com/vibronet))

## What About the Hack the Code Contest?

Over 400 Identiverse attendees tried to [Hack the Code](https://auth0.com/blog/auth0-is-going-to-identiverse-2018/) to get into the Auth0 safe and claim the $5K Amazon gift card. Our most tried codes were 0000, 9999, 1234, and 2018 — typical codes that people use, but also an example of why you should avoid using those common options. To improve their chances, people also wanted to know who set the code and whether it was random or had a specific meaning.

The winning Auth0 code was actually a compilation of two random numbers chosen by two Auth0 employees: 4743. 

In the end, it took a trio of colleagues to crack the code working a winning strategy that combined logic and luck with a little social engineering. Due to a request from their employer that they decline an interview and reveal neither their place of business nor their professions, we are only able to identify our winners by their first names, but we can share how they hacked the code!

On day one, each member of the trio tried random numbers. They could tell from watching Auth0 employees very closely that Joseph had to be close to the right number. 

Aware that a lot conversation was happening at the Auth0 booth as attendees tried to hack the code, the trio remained close at hand, listening for possible clues. When day two came and went without the safe opening for them or for any other attendees, they took their social engineering strategy to the conference floor. 

The trio talked up other conference attendees who had attempted to hack the code and decided that it was highly likely that the sequence relied on a repeated number, but the third day of attempts didn’t open the safe.

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On the fourth day of the conference, they agreed to try again, with the three numbers they thought were correct, but with each of them repeating a different number fourth. Neither Brett nor Merrel cracked the code, but on the last try, Joseph entered the right sequence. The green light went on. The safe opened and the crowd went wild! 

Since they had already joked about how they split money if they won, Joseph, having opened the safe received $2,000 Brett and Merrel each took home $1,500. We congratulate them on their successful strategy!

## How Big was that Conference?

Thanks to everyone who helped make this conference possible. We can’t wait for next year! To get a sense of the scale of this conference, please check out the [official Identiverse compilation video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG4zesTtpkM&feature=youtu.be) (and watch for Auth0). We hope to see you there next year!


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Strong Emphasis on ‘Customer Identity’ at Identiverse 2018

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Prosper is a great speaker, community leader, open source hacker, technical consultant, and a fervent Developer Advocate. He is a full-stack software engineer who has worked on biometric, health and developer tools. Prosper recently co-founded a startup called Eden that’s focused on improving the quality of lives in Nigeria and currently leads the engineering team. He also co-founded forloop, the largest developer community in Africa.

Former Auth0 Employee

Prosper Otemuyiwa

Check out our summary of the Google I/O Conference 2018, Day 3.



The final day of Google I/O 18 consisted of a few talks including Node.js, Serverless deployment, Tensorflow, Android Security, etc.

Let's get started.

## Deploying Serverless Node.js microservices

[Myles Borins](https://twitter.com/MylesBorins) and [Steren Giannini](https://twitter.com/steren) gave a talk on _Deploying Serverless Node.js microservices_.

They announced that in a couple of weeks, Node.js will start running on Google AppEngine. Developers would be able to deploy a Node.js app easily to Google Cloud.

The Node.js app would simply have an _app.yaml_ file that specifies the runtime. And then the developer can run `gcloud app deploy`. That's it!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">In a few weeks, Node.js will now run on AppEngine Standard. 👌<br><br>All it will take to have your node apps be deployed on AppEngine Standard <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/io18?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#io18</a> 🔥 <a href="https://t.co/oNPEvIZjEF">pic.twitter.com/oNPEvIZjEF</a></p>&mdash; Prosper @ Google I/O 18 🔥🚀 (@unicodeveloper) <a href="https://twitter.com/unicodeveloper/status/994709191905308679?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 10, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Node.js deployment process on AppEngine <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/io18?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#io18</a> <a href="https://t.co/TyCSbUFpLT">pic.twitter.com/TyCSbUFpLT</a></p>&mdash; Prosper @ Google I/O 18 🔥🚀 (@unicodeveloper) <a href="https://twitter.com/unicodeveloper/status/994710527518502913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 10, 2018</a></blockquote>
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## TensorFlow without a PhD

This talk gave techniques about deep reinforcement learning with TensorFlow. There was a demo of a pong game driven by Neural network. There was also a demo of an animation character that learned how to move and jump via machine learning exposed by TensorFlow.

Check out the demo below:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="fr" dir="ltr">TensorFlow. Artificial Intelligence <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/io18?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#io18</a> <a href="https://t.co/uCVC9IdshI">pic.twitter.com/uCVC9IdshI</a></p>&mdash; Prosper @ Google I/O 18 🔥🚀 (@unicodeveloper) <a href="https://twitter.com/unicodeveloper/status/994654638816223232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 10, 2018</a></blockquote>
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The tools for the demo include:

* TensorFlow for the models
* Google ML engine for the training
* Tensorboard Visualization Kit

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">TensorFlow without a PhD. <br><br>Get the keys to the machine learning kingdom today 🔥 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/io18?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#io18</a> <br><br>1. TensorFlow for the models <br>2. ML engine for the training<br>3. Tensorboard for the Visualization <a href="https://t.co/m0Q9KU3bFA">pic.twitter.com/m0Q9KU3bFA</a></p>&mdash; Prosper @ Google I/O 18 🔥🚀 (@unicodeveloper) <a href="https://twitter.com/unicodeveloper/status/994656270601760768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 10, 2018</a></blockquote>
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## Search Friendly JavaScript-powered Websites

Several tips for building search-friendly JavaScript-powered websites were given in this talk.

* Add a robot.txt to the top level domain of your site which specifies the URLs to crawl and not to.
* Use good URLs such as `example.com/about` rather than fragmented URLs such as `example.com/#home`.
* Use consistent URLs for the same page.
* Add the critical metadata such as canonical links, viewport, title and description of each page, etc.
* Use href elements when linking between pages. Don't use non-semantic elements such as `<div onclick=goTo('/contact')></div>` if you don't have to!

Tools such as [Puppeteer](https://developers.google.com/web/tools/puppeteer) and [Rendertron](https://github.com/GoogleChrome/rendertron) were recommnended for dynamic rendering.

> **Note:** The rendering of JavaScript-powered websites in Google search is deferred until Googlebot has resources available to process that content.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">🌟 Tips for SEO<br><br>1. Use meaningful URLs<br><br>E.g. <br>✅ <a href="https://t.co/jTx8E7mblc">https://t.co/jTx8E7mblc</a> <br>❌ <a href="https://t.co/Qo9zfpbcLH">https://t.co/Qo9zfpbcLH</a> <a href="https://t.co/NUZ1V33d3d">pic.twitter.com/NUZ1V33d3d</a></p>&mdash; Ire Aderinokun (@ireaderinokun) <a href="https://twitter.com/ireaderinokun/status/994664766571405312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 10, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Watch all the talks from Day 1 at the [Google Developers Youtube Channel](https://www.youtube.com/user/GoogleDevelopers).

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## Conclusion

It's been an amazing three days of awesomeness. A lot of talks and announcements. A lot of new kits for developers to build amazing products with. I'm stoked for all the great things that will be rolled out in the coming months. The future is A.I!

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Google I/O 2018 Summary - Day 3

Visit Auth0’s Booth #200 at Identiverse 2018 and take your opportunity to hack the code to win a $5K Amazon Gift Card.



## Hack the Auth0 Code and Win a $5,000 Amazon Gift Card

Are you headed to [Identiverse 2018](https://identiverse.com/) (formerly Cloud Identity Summit) in Boston this June? If so, you’ll have a chance to **win a $5,000 Amazon Gift Card** when you drop by Auth0 Booth **(#200)**.

We’re so excited about Identiverse that we’re bringing the Auth0 safe with that $5,000 Amazon Gift Card inside. Visit our booth for your chance to “Hack the Code.” We welcome schemes and strategies, but you’ll get only one chance to crack the 4-digit code each day until the code is cracked. The winner will take home that $5,000 Amazon Gift Card + an Auth0 t-shirt and tote. (But even if you don’t hack the code, you’ll **still** get an Auth0 t-shirt and tote.)

![Auth0 will be at Identiverse 2018](https://images.ctfassets.net/23aumh6u8s0i/4daoU76U0niMuJgu3aSXeG/a100bd10c1b0a8b520f304b952073286/hack-and-win)

## 5 Auth0 Conference Sessions

We’ll also be presenting in 5 sessions at the conference, including a special session by our customer ATB Financial on Monday at 3:50 pm —*The Critical Role of Identity in CX for ATB Financial*.

**Sunday - Room 304**
3:35 - 4:25 p.m.	Beyond API Authorization (Jared Hanson)


**Monday - Room 311**
3:50 - 4:15 p.m.	Auth0 Presents: The Critical Role of Identity in CX for ATB Financial (Martin Lapointe)
4:25 - 4:50 p.m.	Auth0 Presents: The Wheel, Reinvented. Or not. (Mike Fitzbaxter)

**Tuesday - Room 311**
2:30 - 3:20 p.m.	Auth0 Masterclass: Architecture & Identity: 3 IAM Examples to Support Digital Transformation (Jared Hanson)

3:20 - 4:00 p.m.	Auth0 Masterclass:The Curse of Knowledge: Designing a Developer-Friendly IdaaS (Vittorio Bertocci)

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And if you’d like to try for a free full conference pass, **simply share this before May 31 on Linkedin or Twitter and we’ll enter you to win.**


Going to Identiverse 2018?

Check out our summary of the Google I/O Conference 2018, Day 2.



The second day of the Google I/O 18 consisted of several talks including Web Assembly, Polymer, Chrome Dev Tools, Flutter and Artificial Intelligence.

Let's dive in to know what's new and the improvements that have been made to the web!

## What's new in Chrome DevTools

There is a new shortcut, Ctrl + F, that will pull up a new search sidebar in the Network pane of Chrome DevTools. With this search sidebar, you can search through headers and their values.

![Network Search](https://images.ctfassets.net/23aumh6u8s0i/1VOWD9cirzXmdCSM2l9top/ae746fd0ad397c3ebf7215497adb964f/network-search)

![Regex](https://images.ctfassets.net/23aumh6u8s0i/5c0P5eoibLJRO65UzqWE9T/41eec340eb3ad20bce70a5e47552ce80/regex)

The Performance panel has been improved to provide flame charts for every process. The charts show the total work each process does. You need to make sure **Site Isolation** for Chrome is enabled by heading to `chrome://flags#enable-site-per-process` and activating it.

![Performance Isolation](https://images.ctfassets.net/23aumh6u8s0i/1j4heZ9lidrx6RlTdrGKAX/cc7222c28f3dde544073d8417a91fd68/perf-isolation)
_Performance Isolation_

The Security panel now provides the ability to show the certificate transparency information of a secure website.

![Certificate Transparency](https://images.ctfassets.net/23aumh6u8s0i/7keXfaTVTb6etZsbgWLbfL/ed8b810f71b19e9634674d421a8cf69b/certificate-transparency)
_Certificate Transparency_

The Sources Panel has a _Network tab_. The Network tab is now called the Page tab.

![Sources Panel](https://images.ctfassets.net/23aumh6u8s0i/4nNsIhZXFSE4HbLsbZxxLj/3a6c5462ab79e829f6ff3a1be4409d1c/page)
_Sources Panel_

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">In Chrome DevTools you can inspect colours, see their contrast ratio, and visiblly see what colours would meet the WCAG thresholds! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IO18?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#IO18</a> <a href="https://t.co/meTJbXJdI6">pic.twitter.com/meTJbXJdI6</a></p>&mdash; Ire Aderinokun (@ireaderinokun) <a href="https://twitter.com/ireaderinokun/status/994285517784076288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 9, 2018</a></blockquote>
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## Do It Yourself Artificial Intelligence

Google introduced the **AIY Kits:** a series of open source projects that include hardware and software tools, showcasing on-device artificial intelligence.

With AIY Kits, users can use artificial intelligence to make human-to-machine interaction more like human-to-human interactions.

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The first open source project is the Voice Kit. The speech recognition ability in this kit allows you to add voice recognition to assistive robots, talk to control devices such as light bulbs and replace physical buttons on household appliances and consumer electronics.

![Introducing Voice Kit](https://images.ctfassets.net/23aumh6u8s0i/2SEjJ6SWtCXSZCCoZRUJXi/05689ee7134ef43c5a23698cbe555c57/introvoicekit)

![Voice Kit](https://images.ctfassets.net/23aumh6u8s0i/5Nf44KM9WMutWhNCHFxmWo/a6d347b7e1aea3c42752b47b5bcfc3a4/voicekit)

## Web Performance

Google analyzes a lot of sites and has learned over time how to make them extremely fast. The **Web Performance made easy** talk by Eva and Addy Osmani showed how to fix common web performance bottlenecks and take advantage of the latest browser APIs to improve loading experience.

* **New Lighthouse Web Performance Audits**
* Optimizing Caching Strategies - Cache as many resources as possible efficiently.
* Remove unnecessary bytes and don't send things twice - Optimize Caching strategies. Cache as many resources as possible.
* Remove unused JavaScript and CSS from the Critical Path.
* Eliminate unnecessary downloads.
* Don't serve unoptimized or unnecessary images to your users.
* Help browsers deliver critical resources.
* Have a Web Font Loading Strategy.

Google announced a new experimental browser feature called `Priority Hints`. It allows you to specify the importance of a resource like so:

```
<img src="kit.png" importance="high" />
```

```
<link rel="preload" as="style" href="theme.css" importance="low">
```

The browser loads the resources with high importance first before the others.

![Dont send twice](https://images.ctfassets.net/23aumh6u8s0i/5HKKPPeaoo5PAhW3dG1gx1/df23889e9d8a428accbe2d3f1656ea52/dontsendtwice)
![Remove Unused JavaScript](https://images.ctfassets.net/23aumh6u8s0i/7ofCAI5E91SwJH0Op1Bvli/aeb70a894fb4b98807f1f0396c9f1100/removeunusedjs)
![Eliminate unnecessary downloads](https://images.ctfassets.net/23aumh6u8s0i/4R5Zwz6IYRC4slZXq9IAf1/b7ecddad95c75badad34b9f577d82373/eliminateunecessarydownloads)
![Unoptimized images](https://images.ctfassets.net/23aumh6u8s0i/3gBa0sK46OHQj9jrqkLTRx/de54107094c77709ed548257f5909f4a/unoptimized)
![Web Font Loading strategy](https://images.ctfassets.net/23aumh6u8s0i/1fVHCmCGoWGCAy39BROJrq/4b6f5d5efd872f2781a63dd8cb245c82/webfontloadingstrategy)

Addy Osmani announced [Guess.js](https://github.com/guess-js/guess), a toolkit for enabling data-driven user-experiences on the Web.


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It provides the following shown in the diagram below:

![Guessjs](https://images.ctfassets.net/23aumh6u8s0i/5Hq8hRGV5VaHQYidZ0wftr/76fa4dd6dd91fb1098cff1a0531cce1a/guessjs)

Read more about [Guessjs](https://blog.mgechev.com/2018/05/09/introducing-guess-js-data-driven-user-experiences-web/)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">‘Web Performance made Easy’<br>Lighthouse Web Performance audits in chrome Dev tools are super useful. Solutions to improve the UX of your web apps <br>Day 2 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/io18?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#io18</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AfricaAtIO?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AfricaAtIO</a> <a href="https://t.co/vgnHYlmMNR">pic.twitter.com/vgnHYlmMNR</a></p>&mdash; Sandra Israel-Ovirih (@SandraIsrael_O) <a href="https://twitter.com/SandraIsrael_O/status/994454557559148544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 10, 2018</a></blockquote>
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## Web Assembly

Google is working really hard to allow developers import web assembly modules into their JavaScript apps and have Chrome render it effectively.

With Web Assembly, software like AutoCAD and Complex3 have created complex but fast UI web experiences.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Web Assembly - The Journey <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/io18?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#io18</a> <a href="https://t.co/gDeBaLSitP">pic.twitter.com/gDeBaLSitP</a></p>&mdash; Prosper @ Google I/O 18 🔥🚀 (@unicodeveloper) <a href="https://twitter.com/unicodeveloper/status/994336938957066240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 9, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="it" dir="ltr">Autocad Web Software Stack <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/io18?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#io18</a> <a href="https://t.co/i26G6bnLoF">pic.twitter.com/i26G6bnLoF</a></p>&mdash; Prosper @ Google I/O 18 🔥🚀 (@unicodeveloper) <a href="https://twitter.com/unicodeveloper/status/994336060506173440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 9, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Figma uses C++. and WebAssembly <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/io18?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#io18</a> <a href="https://t.co/EbwAYoSGfD">pic.twitter.com/EbwAYoSGfD</a></p>&mdash; Prosper @ Google I/O 18 🔥🚀 (@unicodeveloper) <a href="https://twitter.com/unicodeveloper/status/994333999936913408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 9, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Check out some updates from my developer friend, [Ire Aderinokun](https://twitter.com/ireaderinokun), that attended other sessions below.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">With the Accessibility Object Model we can create accessible elements from previously inaccessible elements like canvas!<br><br>You can use the AOM to create elements that don&#39;t exist in the DOM, but that can be interacted with assistive technology 🔥<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/io18?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#io18</a> <a href="https://t.co/8gWHYh2S9x">pic.twitter.com/8gWHYh2S9x</a></p>&mdash; Ire Aderinokun (@ireaderinokun) <a href="https://twitter.com/ireaderinokun/status/994292868498972672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 9, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The new :focus-visible pseudoclass will only apply when a user is focusing via a keyboard or other assistive tech (or if a user opts in)<br><br>This will allow us to have more visible focus styles for users that need it and less obvious ones for mouse users 👏🏾<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/io18?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#io18</a> <a href="https://t.co/sMeRpc5oId">pic.twitter.com/sMeRpc5oId</a></p>&mdash; Ire Aderinokun (@ireaderinokun) <a href="https://twitter.com/ireaderinokun/status/994289136826703872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 9, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The &quot;Accessibility&quot; tab in Chrome DevTools shows you any properties related to an element and how it looks in the Accessibility tree <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/io18?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#io18</a> <a href="https://t.co/TaRPjBRkhE">pic.twitter.com/TaRPjBRkhE</a></p>&mdash; Ire Aderinokun (@ireaderinokun) <a href="https://twitter.com/ireaderinokun/status/994286888868429824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 9, 2018</a></blockquote>
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## Conclusion

Google I/O, Day 2 was amazing. I was able to attend a few critical sessions as seen above. Looking forward to the **#Day3**.

If you were around for _#GoogleIO - Day 2_, let me know the announcements and talks that inspired you in the comment section. 😃


Google I/O 2018 Summary - Day 2

Check out our summary of the Google I/O Conference 2018, Day 1.



The first day of the Google I/O 18 consisted of a general opening keynote by Google CEO, Sundar Pichai, a developer keynote led by Jason Titus, VP, Developer Product Group, Google, the web state of the union talk, and several others. Over 5,000 developers, designers, and managers gathered at Shoreline, Amphitheatre to witness the opening day. Let's dive into the key announcements that were made!

Google has worked hard over the last few years on improving every aspect of their products with AI and Machine Learning. And this year, they made some key announcements about new products, and existing products improved with AI.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Google fixing critical bugs <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/io18?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#io18</a> <a href="https://t.co/1lKJN77BNB">pic.twitter.com/1lKJN77BNB</a></p>&mdash; Adrián Catalán @ #io18 🇺🇸 (@ykro) <a href="https://twitter.com/ykro/status/993899819549655040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 8, 2018</a></blockquote>
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## Google AI

Google announced that its research division has been rebranded to **Google AI**. This rebranding came as a result of Google's continued focus on Computer vision, Natural language processing, and neural networks.

All the research papers and publications are now on [ai.google](https://ai.google/).

## Google Assistant

The Google Assistant has been greatly improved. 6 new voices have been added including the voice of popular musician, John Legend. Furthermore, Google announced a new technology called **Duplex** that'll enable your Google Assistant to make conversations on your behalf like a lunch reservation at a restaurant, and setting up a meeting. The rollout will be very limited.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Google Assistant making bookings already for you? 😱😱😱<br><br>Ah, this is too early oh <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/io18?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#io18</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AI?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AI</a> <a href="https://t.co/V6CpxajNJx">pic.twitter.com/V6CpxajNJx</a></p>&mdash; Prosper @ Google I/O 18 🔥🚀 (@unicodeveloper) <a href="https://twitter.com/unicodeveloper/status/993908985517326336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 8, 2018</a></blockquote>
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I'm a Google Home user. And every time I need my Google Assistant to do something, I usually start every conversation with _Hey, Google!_. Now, I don't have to do that anymore because the Google Assistant now has support for continued conversations. I could just say _Hey, Google!_ once and continue asking my Google Assistant for help on any matter.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">John Legend is going to be one of the new voices for Goole Assistant! 😍<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/io18?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#io18</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ShareTheJourney?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ShareTheJourney</a> <a href="https://t.co/XCEkJr9kKr">pic.twitter.com/XCEkJr9kKr</a></p>&mdash; Ire Aderinokun (@ireaderinokun) <a href="https://twitter.com/ireaderinokun/status/993904230598459394?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 8, 2018</a></blockquote>
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The Google Assistant has a new feature called _Pretty Please_. This feature was added to help train your kids to avoid being commanding when asking for favors. With the new _Pretty Please_ feature, kids can be taught to always make polite requests. You can enable this mode on your Google Home, or Google Home Mini.

> **Note:** Duplex is an AI system for natural conversations.

## Google Photos

An AI-improved Google Photos now has features such as:

* Colorization of black and white photos
* Brightness correction
* Suggested Rotations
* Conversions of paper photos to PDFs.

## Google News

Google is keen on getting users a seamless way of catching up with news all over the world. From text to audio to video. Google is rolling out a new AI improved version of the  **[Google News](https://news.google.com)** product that provides an insane way to catch up with events around the world. This improved product replaces Google Play Newsstand on mobile and desktop, and Google News app on mobile. It will be available to everyone on Android, iOS, and the web in 127 countries by next week.

## Android P

Google launched Android P, the latest version of the operating system that runs on Android devices. The Android P beta is available for certain devices such as the Essential Phone, Google Pixel 2, Nokia 7 plus, Sony Xperia XZ2, Vivo and Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S. Users of these devices can update to Android P beta immediately.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Android developers. I envy you now 😏 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/io18?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#io18</a> <a href="https://t.co/vmZzT3YAFE">pic.twitter.com/vmZzT3YAFE</a></p>&mdash; Prosper @ Google I/O 18 🔥🚀 (@unicodeveloper) <a href="https://twitter.com/unicodeveloper/status/993915423346184192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 8, 2018</a></blockquote>
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There are a bunch of features that Google added to Android P to make users have such a delightful experience. Google CEO made it clear that it's key that humans have a healthy digital wellbeing and this is paramount in the new Android P features.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Android P helps you set limits on time spent using apps.<br><br>“Yo, go spend time with your family”<br><br>- App timer<br>- No pings<br>- No vibrations<br><br>Introducing “Shush”. 🔥 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/io18?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#io18</a></p>&mdash; Prosper @ Google I/O 18 🔥🚀 (@unicodeveloper) <a href="https://twitter.com/unicodeveloper/status/993917960887521280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 8, 2018</a></blockquote>
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* **Shush**: This feature ensures that there are no notifications coming in from your apps when your phone is turned face down.
* **App Dashboard**: This is a dashboard that shows how much time you spend on your apps each day. This allows you to know which apps you spend so much time on.
* **App Timer**: With the app timer, you'd get a notification when you spend more than the allocated time specified for engaging with an app.
* **Slices and Actions**: A slice is a piece of app content and action that can be surfaced outside of the app without opening the app itself. They are UI templates that can display rich, and interactive content from your app within the Google Search app. With Slices and actions, users can perform tasks faster on their devices.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Android P beta is available on these devices today! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ios18?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ios18</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UpgradeTodayIfYouWant?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UpgradeTodayIfYouWant</a> <a href="https://t.co/ip2KbAtDrL">pic.twitter.com/ip2KbAtDrL</a></p>&mdash; Prosper @ Google I/O 18 🔥🚀 (@unicodeveloper) <a href="https://twitter.com/unicodeveloper/status/993918689014525952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 8, 2018</a></blockquote>
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The Android P developer [preview](https://developer.android.com/preview/) is also available. Developers can start digging in!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AndroidP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AndroidP</a> makes your phone easier to use. Enjoy a new system navigation, easy volume controls and much more. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/io18?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#io18</a> <a href="https://t.co/aa0o5c6uVM">pic.twitter.com/aa0o5c6uVM</a></p>&mdash; Android (@Android) <a href="https://twitter.com/Android/status/993916999922208768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 8, 2018</a></blockquote>
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## ML Kit

Google announced a new [Machine Learning Kit](https://firebase.google.com/products/ml-kit) for mobile developers. The ML Kit ships with a set of ready-to-use APIs for common use cases:

* Text Recognition.
* Face Detection.
* Barcode Scanning.
* Image Labelling.
* Landmark Recognition.
* Smart Reply as seen in Gmail.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">ML kit - ready to use models on top of TensorFlow optimized for mobile.<br><br>Cross platform. Runs on Android and iOS. This is fantastic 🔥🔥🔥<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/io18?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#io18</a> <a href="https://t.co/62mStjP9C1">pic.twitter.com/62mStjP9C1</a></p>&mdash; Prosper @ Google I/O 18 🔥🚀 (@unicodeveloper) <a href="https://twitter.com/unicodeveloper/status/993915721229914112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 8, 2018</a></blockquote>
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The Machine Learning Kit allows developers to easily add powerful machine learning features to Android and iOS apps.

*Updated*: Auth0 wrote more about ML Kit. Take a deeper look and [learn about the different APIs available in Google's ML Kit](https://auth0.com/blog/a-look-at-android-ml-kit-the-machine-learning-sdk/). As well, follow the tutorial in that article to develop a demo app that uses one of ML Kit's APIs.

## Material Theme

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Material theming ❤️ <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/io18?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#io18</a> <br><br>1. It’s extensible<br>2. It puts you in charge.<br>3. Hundreds of new examples<br>4. Very flexible. Debunks the theory of apps looking similar <a href="https://t.co/QNfJcfGE0R">pic.twitter.com/QNfJcfGE0R</a></p>&mdash; Prosper @ Google I/O 18 🔥🚀 (@unicodeveloper) <a href="https://twitter.com/unicodeveloper/status/993950735841701888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 8, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Material design is an opinionated design framework for apps designed by Google. However, developers all over the world including me have raised concerns about several apps looking similar from a design point of view. And Google decided to do something about it.

![Material Theme](https://images.ctfassets.net/23aumh6u8s0i/2dXplPiGHXV0arYPvY7hWE/68bfcd852cc44f0a730be303dcf93ac2/materialtheme)
_Material theme_

Google launched Material theming, a set of extensible and customizable theming components. Material themes give developers a lot of freedom when using Material design in their apps. Google also added a new set of icons and a Material theme editor to create and modify components to customized taste.

![Material theme 2](https://images.ctfassets.net/23aumh6u8s0i/kDecdaGNnPlA2WSizKN97/30779900f8e07c3ac29e99f6b83f5664/materialtheme2)

Get started with [Material theme here](https://design.google/library/making-more-with-material).

## Google Lens

The Google Lens shipped with some amazing new features. Now, Google Lens allows you copy-paste text from a photo in the real world to your phone. It also provides the ability to take a photo and instantly provide information about the objects and landmarks in the photo.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Google Lens on steroids. Improved AI <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/io18?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#io18</a> <a href="https://t.co/dPy2qR5w6M">pic.twitter.com/dPy2qR5w6M</a></p>&mdash; Prosper @ Google I/O 18 🔥🚀 (@unicodeveloper) <a href="https://twitter.com/unicodeveloper/status/993922700518211584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 8, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Google Lens introduced **Style Match**. With Style Match, you could take a photo of a fashion item such as a shirt, blouse, shoe, or a fancy lamp. Once captured, a blue dot appears on the photo. Tap the dot, and Google Lens will provide lists of items similar to it. What a time to be alive!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">And Lens will soon work in real time. By proactively surfacing results and anchoring them to the things you see, you&#39;ll be able to browse the world around you, just by pointing your camera → <a href="https://t.co/A1nUSk8zsK">https://t.co/A1nUSk8zsK</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/io18?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#io18</a> <a href="https://t.co/0xNI4dZez8">pic.twitter.com/0xNI4dZez8</a></p>&mdash; Google (@Google) <a href="https://twitter.com/Google/status/993923125275340800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 8, 2018</a></blockquote>
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![Google Lens 1](https://images.ctfassets.net/23aumh6u8s0i/6FBM6LzSa2jbHaGJU3ce1y/73b3e811881259b79f5287e6fb7a6612/googlelenslandmarks)
_Landmark_

![Animal](https://images.ctfassets.net/23aumh6u8s0i/24iCxuzKHetFrNrAnXyKkW/92a18571c9bff69324cddf0b5ff53c6f/googlelensdog)
_Animal recognition_


## Google Maps

Google announced better navigation for Google Maps aided by AI. Before now, Google Maps was difficult for users that are not familiar with the _North, South, West, East_ form of directions.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Google Maps: “Head South”<br><br>Me: Where the hell is south???<br><br>Google just took care of one of my most pressing needs!!! <br><br>Google Maps enhanced with AI &amp; Computer vision! <a href="https://t.co/4W80zojuYt">pic.twitter.com/4W80zojuYt</a></p>&mdash; Prosper @ Google I/O 18 🔥🚀 (@unicodeveloper) <a href="https://twitter.com/unicodeveloper/status/993921549781487616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 8, 2018</a></blockquote>
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The new Google Maps provides a street view with a very obvious direction sign. With Google Assistant in navigation in Google Maps, it provides users a better description of routes. It also adds a cute navigation animal that allows the map user quickly identify the route to take. I'm stoked about this addition because I have always wanted a better form of navigation. I'm a nomad hence the excitement!

![Google Maps direction](https://images.ctfassets.net/23aumh6u8s0i/41HiRxgmR9AMZwo0ihfsny/cdf3aeb544804225f8aa7883443e1954/right)
_Maps direction_

![Google Maps Animal COntroller](https://images.ctfassets.net/23aumh6u8s0i/1AT6v3kz9GgBzEQQSDMnWv/2224189aa64fd06e48ef5b4887c4db9e/cuteanimalcontroller)
_Navigation animal_

## Smart Display

Google is launching its first smart display in July. Google's smart display is powered by Google Assistant and Youtube.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/io18?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#io18</a> keynote <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/sketchnotes?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#sketchnotes</a> <a href="https://t.co/ptQOHtDg0f">pic.twitter.com/ptQOHtDg0f</a></p>&mdash; Chiu-Ki Chan (@chiuki) <a href="https://twitter.com/chiuki/status/993926968440586240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 8, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Finally, the dates for Chrome Dev Summit have been announced.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Finally!!!!  ❤️❤️❤️ <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/io18?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#io18</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SaveTheDate?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SaveTheDate</a> <a href="https://t.co/huYxi1Bq4o">pic.twitter.com/huYxi1Bq4o</a></p>&mdash; Prosper @ Google I/O 18 🔥🚀 (@unicodeveloper) <a href="https://twitter.com/unicodeveloper/status/993968457187147776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 8, 2018</a></blockquote>
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## Conclusion

Google I/O, Day 1 was incredible. These major announcements are signs that AI is the future. Software is eating the world. Already looking forward to **#Day2** and the fresh inspiring moments it will bring along with it!

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If you were around for _#GoogleIO - Day 1_, let me know the announcements and talks that inspired you in the comment section. 😃


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At Auth0 we ❤️ developers. Serving & giving back to the community is one of the most rewarding things we do. We want to empower others to join the mission!

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ngVikings brought the European Angular communities to Espoo, Finland for two days of networking and learning.



A big part of being an [Auth0 Ambassador](https://auth0.com/ambassador-program) and Evangelist is attending and speaking at conferences all over the world. Our ambassadors attend a very diverse set of events ranging from technology-specific conferences, like [Oracle Code](https://developer.oracle.com/code), to technology agnostic conferences like [CodeMash](http://www.codemash.org/), and everything in between.

The **Conference Recap** series will summarize our experiences at the various conferences we attend, sharing the big news, things we learned, things we liked, and more. We’ll kick the series off with [ngVikings](https://ngvikings.org/).

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## ngVikings 2018

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Dubbed as the "main Angular event in the Nordics — and the only traveling Angular conference in the world", ngVikings was a unique two-day conference organized by a coalition of Angular and GDG Meetups from the Nordic countries of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Denmark. This year, the traveling conference was scheduled to be in Helsinki but found itself in close-by Espoo, Finland and was held at [Aalto University](http://www.aalto.fi/en/).

The conference brought together over 300 developers and speakers from all over the world.

The keynote address was delivered by a core member of the Angular team [Matias Niemelä](https://twitter.com/yearofmoo/) and focused on his journey to Angular, how Angular has evolved over the last five years, and where it’s headed next. [Angular Elements](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/20891) and the new ngIvy renderer seem really promising additions to the already excellent framework. Watch the keynote here:

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After the keynote, the conference was split into two tracks with each speaker giving a 30-minute presentation. The talks featured at ngVikings focused mainly on Angular 2+ showing best practices, sharing lessons learned, and focusing on the future of the framework. You can view all of the talks [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WahpV6zn8lQ&index=1&list=PLVI0Ut22uwY4UC1v5fUvi2RIU4R4jPkba), and while all of the talks were great and worth checking out, a few that really stood out for me where:

### Deploying Angular and Node to the Cloud

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> Your Angular app is complete! Now it's time to deploy it to the cloud. But how? One key ingredient is determining our goals. Do you want to publish directly from your laptop or through source control and CI/CD? Do you worry that it may work differently on your machine than the cloud? What about locking down versions of node, packages, and OS? Is your head about to explode? We'll explore several good options as we discuss the pros and cons of each including direct deployments, GitHub hooks with CI, and docker. We'll demonstrate how to code, debug, and run docker locally to have confidence that what works locally will work in the cloud. The good news is that tooling has improved to make all of these deployment options within your reach to guide you to successfully deploy your Angular app to the cloud.

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by [Ward Bell](https://twitter.com/wardbell?lang=en)

> You Don’t Know DI? Go beyond Dependency Injection basics. Learn about the two parallel DI hierarchies and which one wins, what happens when you provide the same token twice … when multi is true, what’s the effect of lazy loading, what’s going on in forRoot and forFeature, what’s in a component’s injector, and how to talk to the components in content children when you don’t know their types. It’ll be fast, code-frontal, fun.

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by [Sani Yusuf](https://twitter.com/saniyusuf)

> You and your team have this great Idea and you have your users using different devices and operating systems to access the same application. Some users are on the Web, some on Mobile some of their Desktop and you also have to worry about what operating system they are on and also have to consider how your application is presented on each device & operating system. What if there was a way to code your app without worrying too much about operating systems/devices/screen sizes and just focusing on getting your idea across to your users regardless. Join me on a journey where I show you how to use Angular, Ionic & the PWA standard to build apps for IOS, Android, Windows, Web, Mac & PC with the same code all using just HTML5.

A big shout out to the organizers including [Maxim Salnikov](https://twitter.com/webmaxru), [Shahrzad (Sherry) Aziminia](https://twitter.com/sherrrylst), [Chris Noring](https://twitter.com/chris_noring), [Jussi Kinnula](https://twitter.com/jussikinnula), and the [rest of the team](https://2018.ngvikings.org/team/) for putting together such a great conference.

## Auth0 at ngVikings 2018

[Ado Kukic](https://ado.xyz), Developer Evangelist at Auth0, was the only Auth0 representative at ngVikings and gave a talk titled “A Token Walks Into a SPA…”, which focused on token-based authentication for single page applications and Angular in specific. You can watch the talk here:

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The talk covered topics ranging from why you should consider token-based authentication, how JSON Web Tokens actually work, SPA architectures and security considerations they bring with them, and finally how to incorporate token based authentication using various Angular specific features like HTTP Interceptors, Route Guards, and more.

## ngVikings 2019

I am very hopeful that ngVikings makes a return next year, and the official conference website implies it will. Check out the [official site](https://ngvikings.org/) for updates on where the traveling conference is sailing to next!

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If you are interested in learning more about or joining the Auth0 Ambassador program, check out the [Ambassador page on our website](https://auth0.com/ambassador-program).

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We’re sending an expert team to Shoptalk this year. Schedule a meeting to learn how Auth0 can help you increase conversions.



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Just a few years ago, some retailers were hesitant about letting shoppers access online stores through social logins like Facebook or Google. Leading up to [Shoptalk 2018](https://shoptalk.com/), people headed to this year’s global retail innovation convention in Vegas are telling us that’s no longer the case — [one-click login](https://auth0.com/retail) has gone mainstream.

## Increased Conversions
At Auth0, we’ve helped customers like Polaris, Nando’s, Wayfair, The Iconic, Western Digital, Talbot’s, and more streamline their customer logins. Our customers find that social login increases conversions, removing unnecessary barriers to a pleasurable shopping experience.

Rather than losing a customer during login hesitation, social login also gives retailers opportunities for personalization while enabling them to deliver a consistent brand experience at each touchpoint. According to a [Web Hosting Buzz survey](http://www.webhostingbuzz.com/blog/2013/03/21/whos-sharing-what/): 86% of users report being bothered by having to create new accounts on websites.

## Phase I Replatforming - Identity

Another trend we’re hearing is the desire to replatform ecommerce experiences as a way to become more responsive to ever-changing customer needs. Shoptalk attendees are telling us that addressing identity is phase I in their multi-phase approach to becoming more agile.

Auth0 identity offers an opportunity to create a true omnichannel experience across brands with single-sign on, while also simplifying partner collaborations.

## Schedule Your Shoptalk Meeting with Auth0

We are sending an expert team, including a software architect, to Shoptalk this year. If you’d like to schedule a meeting to discuss how Auth0 can help increase your conversions, personalize engagement, streamline partnerships, and build brand loyalty, please reach out to [sales@auth0.com](mailto:sales@auth0.com).

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Meet with Auth0 at Shoptalk 2018

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I'm currently a Senior Developer Advocate at MongoDB. I'm also a Google Developer Expert for Web Technologies and spend most my time giving talks at conferences and meetups, mentoring developers and running workshops, and creating online content to help technology professionals.

Ado Kukic

The annual Amazon Web Services (AWS) re:Invent conference kicks off this week. Here's a TL;DR of all the big announcements as well as our observations and things we learned.



The AWS re:Invent conference is back in Las Vegas this week and with it comes **five** days of awesome talks, deep-dives, and of course, huge announcements that promise to boost developer productivity, make DevOps simpler, and help companies grow and scale. This year the conference is spread across five hotels on the Las Vegas Strip and features over 1,500 different talks. I would love to be able to attend each one, but since I can't be in 100 places at once, I will share what I learned at the talks I could attend as well as the general announcements that Amazon will have when they host their keynotes on Wednesday and Thursday this week.

![AWS Registration](https://images.ctfassets.net/23aumh6u8s0i/5NswEp40XSF5NMaDbrEIna/c7bf213ba0f229c022ccf629149dd3dc/registration)

At Auth0, we deeply care about **security, compliance, and identity**, and as luck would have it, re:Invent features 117 sessions on just that. The other topic that I focused on today was **serverless** computing and I learned a ton. Since there was no keynote today, below are things I learned at the breakout sessions.

## Session: IAM for Enterprises: How Vanguard Strikes the Balance Between Agility, Governance, and Security

This session was hosted by AWS Security Consultant Reef Dsouza and Senior Security Architect for [Vanguard](https://investor.vanguard.com/corporate-portal/), Rajeev Sharma. Reef set the stage by sharing some best practices when it comes to Identity and Access Management (IAM) and how AWS can help. Some general tips shared include:

* **Defense in Depth** - multiple layers of security.
* **Separation of Duties** - well-defined roles and permissions.
* **Principle of Least Privilege** - users should only have access to what they absolutely need.

Rajeev went on to explain how Vanguard, one of the largest investment companies in the world, applied these guidelines when moving their architecture to the AWS cloud and the numerous benefits that it brought them. 

Many of the best practices that Reef shared, we at [Auth0](https://auth0.com) have been very vocal about as well. [Read our five tips on how you can make your app more secure in less than 20 minutes](https://auth0.com/blog/5-ways-to-make-your-app-more-secure-in-less-than-20-minutes/).  

## Session: Serverless for Security Officers: Paradigm Walkthrough and Comprehensive Security Best Practices

This session, hosted by Jonathan Desrocher, Eugene Yu, and Henrik Johansson, focused on best security practices as they pertain to serverless applications. Serverless applications are gaining more and more momentum, and whether you go with [AWS Lambda](https://aws.amazon.com/lambda/), [Auth0 Webtask](https://webtask.io), or another serverless platform, you are sure to have questions on the various security considerations that arise when using these platforms.

![Serverless Security Paradigm](https://images.ctfassets.net/23aumh6u8s0i/27UjOgJJ8Gih7xp17BIOfq/559e2161bf0b8c9dae07d92e3a127477/security)

The good news is that essentially all the best security practices that pertain to traditional applications also apply to serverless applications as well. The bad news is that each function is a potential attack vector, so they require a bit more effort and attention to properly secure. Additionally, with serverless, the platform provider takes on a much larger role when it comes to securing the application, but at the end of the day, security is everyone's responsibility.

## Session: Credentials, Credentials, Credentials, Oh My!

Quint Van Deman of AWS hosted this **chalk talk**, which consisted of a 10-15 minute presentation on best practices when it comes to managing the various credentials in the AWS ecosystem, and then a 45 minute Q&A session where he asked the audience for use cases and worked out best practices for those use cases. We covered many complex use cases involving the various AWS credential services including Cognito, Secure Token Service (STS), and various forms of credential exchanges whether internal at AWS or exchanging credentials from a third party service like Auth0.

![AWS Credentials](https://images.ctfassets.net/23aumh6u8s0i/CAUKsPAy7O2OV0cO9Jfe3/2203138d67defc488c9607cacbc09869/credentials)

One of the key takeaways from this session was that having a centralized source of truth and federating that identity throughout your infrastructure was superior to having multiple identity stores for the different applications in your infrastructure. [Learn more about Single Sign On](https://auth0.com/blog/what-is-and-how-does-single-sign-on-work/) and [how you can call AWS APIs with Auth0 tokens](https://auth0.com/docs/integrations/aws).

## Session: Evolution of Serverless Architectures Through the Lens of Community

Serverless is taking the development world by storm. This was a very enlightening talk by Peter Sbarski and Sam Kroonenburg of [A Cloud Guru](https://acloud.guru/), one of the early adopters of serverless technology. Sam, the founder of A Cloud Guru, even showed that their production account had no active Amazon EC2 instances. This session focused on the growth of serverless architectures over the last three years and highlighted some of the providers as well as consumers of serverless technologies. Sam also covered the growing community around serverless which included quotes from many prominent members of the community, serverless meetups around the world, and even a conference!

![Auth0 at AWS](https://images.ctfassets.net/23aumh6u8s0i/4qb5L0Fhet60RmV251mY6q/5faffafb398bea2c0e0208a102f311e4/auth0)

Auth0's [Webtask](https://webtask.io) also got a shout-out, as did [Auth0's identity solution](https://auth0.com). Sam closed out his talk by sharing some emerging patterns in the serverless community, especially [application modernization and microservices, which you can learn much more about here](https://auth0.com/blog/getting-a-competitive-edge-with-a-microservices-based-architecture/).

Finally, Hernan Garcia of [CityWallet](https://www.citywallet.net/) gave a real-world example of how he and his team achieved success with a serverless architecture when their more traditional methods failed and put their startup at risk.

## Session: Compliance and Top Security Threats in the Cloud—Are You Protected?

We closed out the day with a very informational session on top security threats that organizations face by Teri Radichel of [WatchGuard Technologies](https://www.watchguard.com/) and Boyan Dimitrov of [Sixt](https://www.sixt.com/). The top threats included were:

* **Unprotected keys and credentials.**
* **Broad permissions for engineers.**
* **Unpatched software.**
* **Malicious software updates.**
* **Open network ports.**
* **Flat network design.**
* **Broad permissions for applications.**
* **Bad configuration management.**
* and **Data Exfiltration.**

Teri discussed how these threats led to large data breaches such as the [Equifax Data Breach](https://auth0.com/blog/equifax-data-breach/) that leaked the Social Security Numbers of almost all Americans and the [WannaCry Ransomware](https://auth0.com/blog/a-massive-ransomware-attack-targets-organizations-around-the-globe/) which locked out banks, airlines, and even hospitals. 

Boyan discussed strategies on how to mitigate risk and the key takeaway was that compliance does not equal security. Many of the companies that experienced data breaches were compliant with many standards and organizations but were still breached. Security is something that must be constantly monitored to be effective.

## Aside: Auth0 and AWS

If you are using AWS to manage your infrastructure, whether it be traditional, serverless, or a mix, and are looking to better manage identity in your applications, Auth0 can help you to:

* Add authentication through traditional username/password databases.
* Add support for linking different user accounts with the same user.
* Support for generating signed JSON Web Tokens to call your APIs and flow the user identity securely.
* Analytics of how, when, and where users are logging in.
* Pull data from other sources and add it to the user profile, through [JavaScript rules](https://docs.auth0.com/rules).
* Achieve [SSO (Single Sign-On)](https://auth0.com/docs/sso) seamlessly.

<a href="https://auth0.com/signup" data-amp-replace="CLIENT_ID" data-amp-addparams="anonId=CLIENT_ID(cid-scope-cookie-fallback-name)">Sign up</a> for a free account today and enjoy fast, seamless, and hassle-free authentication in your apps.

## Summary

Day 1 of the re:Invent was very eventful. I wish I could have attended more talks, but the talks I could make it to were very insightful and left me wanting more. Tune in the rest of the week as I cover more in-depth sessions as well as the keynotes. I hope you find this TL;DR useful.


AWS re:Invent Day 1 Recap

Day 2 of CakeFest. Catch up on everything that went down at the 2017 CakePHP Conference.



Day two of CakeFest consisted of more talks. Several speakers took to the stage, and [Mark Story](https://twitter.com/mark_story) revealed plans for the future of CakePHP. Check out our recap of [Day One](https://auth0.com/blog/cakefest-summary-day-1/) to learn about the talks that happened on the first day.

**[Heather White](https://twitter.com/CattyHeather)** talked about **Stepping Outside Your Comfort Zone: Learning to Teach**. She spoke about the different ways of learning. She also talked extensively about adult learners.

You can listen to her session:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Stepping Outside your Comfort Zone: Learning to Teach - Heather White <a href="https://twitter.com/CattyHeather">@CattyHeather</a> <a href="https://t.co/GOLaAQY85u">https://t.co/GOLaAQY85u</a></p>&mdash; CakePHP (@cakephp) <a href="https://twitter.com/cakephp/status/873911256037576704">June 11, 2017</a></blockquote>
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**[Mark Story](https://twitter.com/mark_story)** talked about **CakePHP 3.4 And The Path To 4.0.0**. He talked about the team working towards typehinting and splitting modal methods in *3.2.x* to *3.4.x*. He mentioned that in *4.0* there would be PHP 7.1 support, support will be dropped for PHP 5, strict typehinting, and deprecation cleanup. His session reveals so many things about how CakePHP has transformed over the years and what the public should expect to see in future releases.

You can listen to his session:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">3.4 and the Path to 4.0.0 - Mark Story <a href="https://twitter.com/mark_story">@mark_story</a> <a href="https://t.co/kEB4I2OtHm">https://t.co/kEB4I2OtHm</a></p>&mdash; CakePHP (@cakephp) <a href="https://twitter.com/cakephp/status/873924077768945665">June 11, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Check out his slides: [The Road Ahead - 3.4 and the path to 4.0](https://www.slideshare.net/markstory/cakephp-the-road-ahead)

**[Viraj Khatavkar](https://twitter.com/virajkhatavkar)** talked about **Testing For People Who Hate Testing**. He evangelized the test-driven development approach (TDD). Furthermore, he live-coded a blog on stage by using the test-driven approach and made testing seem very easy to the attendees. Great session!

You can listen to his session:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Testing For People Who Hate Testing - Viraj Khatavkar <a href="https://twitter.com/virajkhatavkar">@virajkhatavkar</a> <a href="https://t.co/G8jTYTgm8D">https://t.co/G8jTYTgm8D</a></p>&mdash; CakePHP (@cakephp) <a href="https://twitter.com/cakephp/status/873957733053022208">June 11, 2017</a></blockquote>
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**[Legendary Femi Taiwo](https://twitter.com/dftaiwo)** talked about **Building for a Million Transactions Per Hour**. His talk was based around the 2015 Nigerian Presidential election case study. His team had 24 days to learn, design, develop, and deploy an election based application. Learn how his team succeeded despite the short notice and how they scaled to accomodate the large Nigerian population.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/dftaiwo">@dftaiwo</a> killing it on &quot;Building for a million transactions per hour&quot; at <a href="https://twitter.com/cakephp">@cakephp</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CakeFest2017?src=hash">#CakeFest2017</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/cakefest?src=hash">#cakefest</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CakePHP?src=hash">#CakePHP</a> 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 <a href="https://t.co/g1zmkzSmYQ">pic.twitter.com/g1zmkzSmYQ</a></p>&mdash; Prosper Otemuyiwa (@unicodeveloper) <a href="https://twitter.com/unicodeveloper/status/873970685122686976">June 11, 2017</a></blockquote>
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You can listen to his session:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Building for a Million Transactions Per Hour - Femi TAIWO <a href="https://twitter.com/dftaiwo">@dftaiwo</a> <a href="https://t.co/BbHfrkhQyZ">https://t.co/BbHfrkhQyZ</a></p>&mdash; CakePHP (@cakephp) <a href="https://twitter.com/cakephp/status/873969687855456257">June 11, 2017</a></blockquote>
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**[Mariano Iglesias](https://twitter.com/mgiglesias)** talked about **Machine Learning: one step closer to J-Day**. Mariano talked extensively about Machine Learning and its application to our every day life.

You can listen to his session:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Machine Learning: one step closer to J-Day - Mariano Iglesias <a href="https://twitter.com/mgiglesias">@mgiglesias</a> <a href="https://t.co/LwCo9b7l6f">https://t.co/LwCo9b7l6f</a></p>&mdash; CakePHP (@cakephp) <a href="https://twitter.com/cakephp/status/873992535466680320">June 11, 2017</a></blockquote>
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The Core CakePHP team came on stage for a lively session of Q&A. It was informative and also hilarious. Check out the [Q & A session here](https://twitter.com/cakephp/status/874012117107580928).

Finally, the conference ended with the cutting of the Cake.

![CakeFest](https://images.ctfassets.net/23aumh6u8s0i/1HD7NMrzROvOW17KpYgSNh/9cc414c5cf70cbf2febbd1795b187f29/cakephp)

![CakeFest Attendees](https://images.ctfassets.net/23aumh6u8s0i/4C2avVhfSm5Oy0gpCf8mHd/eaaf67609e261bc89725d4a1130ddbd6/attendees)
_CakeFest Attendees_

[Larry Masters](https://twitter.com/phpnut/) has announced that next year's CakeFest will happen in Nashville.

## Aside: Securing PHP Applications with Auth0

Are you building a product with PHP? We at Auth0, can help you focus on what matters the most to you, the special features of your product. [Auth0](https://auth0.com/) can help you make your product secure with state-of-the-art features like [passwordless](https://auth0.com/passwordless), [breached password surveillance](https://auth0.com/breached-passwords), and [multifactor authentication](https://auth0.com/multifactor-authentication).

[We offer a generous **free tier**](https://auth0.com/pricing) so you can get started with modern authentication.

## Conclusion

The final day of CakeFest was amazing. The speakers were great, and the sessions were lively and very informative. Kudos to [Megan](https://twitter.com/megslalk) and the team for organizing such an amazing event.

If you are new to *CakePHP*, check out this [excellent tutorial](https://auth0.com/blog/creating-your-first-cakephp-app) that introduces you to the framework and teaches you how to create your first app as well as add authentication to it.


CakeFest 2017 Summary - Day Two

Catch up on everything that went down at the 2017 CakePHP Conference.



The annual [CakeFest](https://cakefest.org) conference is upon us again. A lot of people are excited about the various talks that are lined up. You can find the [schedule](https://cakefest.org/schedule) on the CakeFest website, where all the talks are listed.

In today's article, I'll recap all the talks that happened and the announcements coming out of CakeFest 2017.

**Larry Masters** opened the conference with his keynote.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">CakeFest 2017 Keynote Larry E. Masters <a href="https://twitter.com/PhpNut">@phpnut</a> <a href="https://t.co/ODipR2A4LJ">https://t.co/ODipR2A4LJ</a></p>&mdash; CakePHP (@cakephp) <a href="https://twitter.com/cakephp/status/873523709318799360">June 10, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Larry announced CakePHP's support for [@OSMIhelp](https://twitter.com/OSMIhelp) and talked about the CakePHP elePHPants that would be available soon for PHP developers to buy. Developers can now buy CakePHP swag from the [Official CakePHP Swag Shop](https://swag.cakephp.org).

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The <a href="https://twitter.com/cakephp">@cakephp</a> community will once again be stepping up with a special fundraiser for <a href="https://twitter.com/OSMIhelp">@osmihelp</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CakeFest2017?src=hash">#CakeFest2017</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/php?src=hash">#php</a> <a href="https://t.co/3hYwpRy9w2">https://t.co/3hYwpRy9w2</a> <a href="https://t.co/3n64hWHnD2">pic.twitter.com/3n64hWHnD2</a></p>&mdash; Ed Finkler (@funkatron) <a href="https://twitter.com/funkatron/status/873530826260189188">June 10, 2017</a></blockquote>
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![Elephpants](https://images.ctfassets.net/23aumh6u8s0i/5bgawEtewiHfgWytQILRr9/d908e47d96e8aa4994d284c9cff535f0/elephpants)


**[Jose Rodriguez](https://twitter.com/jose_zap)** - *Core Contributor to CakePHP* talked about **10 Ways to improve**. Check out his session:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">10 ways to improve Jose Rodriguez <a href="https://twitter.com/jose_zap">@jose_zap</a> <a href="https://t.co/8RbpeD2PB0">https://t.co/8RbpeD2PB0</a></p>&mdash; CakePHP (@cakephp) <a href="https://twitter.com/cakephp/status/873541328306544640">June 10, 2017</a></blockquote>
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**[Legendary Ed Finkler](https://twitter.com/funkatrin)** talked about **Mental Health in the Developer Community**. He spoke against encouraging workaholism. He talked about health issues in the work place and encouraged companies to help their employees maintain work life balance. The healthier an employee, the greater the value he or she brings to the company. You can check out his [OSMI project](https://osmihelp.org) and contribute to the cause.

You can listen to his session below:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ed Finkler - Stronger Than Fear <a href="https://twitter.com/funkatron">@funkatron</a> <a href="https://t.co/rXzO2bi9ZJ">https://t.co/rXzO2bi9ZJ</a></p>&mdash; CakePHP (@cakephp) <a href="https://twitter.com/cakephp/status/873554203339141120">June 10, 2017</a></blockquote>
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**Stefan van Gastel** - Technical Lead, Mobile Apps Military Police at Dutch Ministry of Defence talked about **CakePHP in a containerized (CI/CD) environment**. He spoke on the benefits of managing your apps in containers. He also gave a detailed breakdown of how it works at the Dutch Ministry of Defence.

You can listen to his session:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">CakePHP in a containerized (CI/CD) environment - Stefan van Gastel <a href="https://t.co/JbbRWxyZsL">https://t.co/JbbRWxyZsL</a></p>&mdash; CakePHP (@cakephp) <a href="https://twitter.com/cakephp/status/873564361465380864">June 10, 2017</a></blockquote>
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**[Prosper Otemuyiwa](https://twitter.com/unicodeveloper)** talked about **Progressive Web Apps for CakePHP developers**. Yeah, that's me. I spoke about how CakePHP developers can latch on to Progressive Web Apps technology to build web apps that behave like mobile apps and works well across many browsers. I encouraged the developers present at the conference to learn JavaScript and take advantage of its power.

You can check out my session here:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Progressive Web Apps For CakePHP Developers - Prosper Otemuyiwa <a href="https://twitter.com/unicodeveloper">@unicodeveloper</a> <a href="https://t.co/JaZfBZMaQi">https://t.co/JaZfBZMaQi</a></p>&mdash; CakePHP (@cakephp) <a href="https://twitter.com/cakephp/status/873593311629524992">June 10, 2017</a></blockquote>
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These are my [slides](https://speakerdeck.com/unicodeveloper/progressive-web-apps-for-cakephp-developers-1).

**[Jeff Kolesnikowicz](https://twitter.com/jkolez)** talked about **Realtime PHP using Websockets**. He explained the realtime architecture and showed a live demo about implementing realtime using websockets.

Check out his session here:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="pl" dir="ltr">Realtime PHP using websockets - Jeff Kolesnikowicz <a href="https://twitter.com/jkolez">@jkolez</a> <a href="https://t.co/CjeOwAfnCf">https://t.co/CjeOwAfnCf</a></p>&mdash; CakePHP (@cakephp) <a href="https://twitter.com/cakephp/status/873605971594969088">June 10, 2017</a></blockquote>
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**[Ed Barnard](https://twitter.com/ewbarnard)**: Ed has been a programmer for over three decades. He talked about **CakePHP Prepared Statements Ease MySQL Table Design**. In my opinion, this was the most technical session of the conference. He talked about optimizing MySQL, writing great queries, utilizing prepared statements, and general database design.

Check out his session here:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">CakePHP Prepared Statements Ease MySQL Table Design - Ed Barnard  <a href="https://twitter.com/ewbarnard">@ewbarnard</a> <a href="https://t.co/0N4YoGSOsJ">https://t.co/0N4YoGSOsJ</a></p>&mdash; CakePHP (@cakephp) <a href="https://twitter.com/cakephp/status/873617478445801472">June 10, 2017</a></blockquote>
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**[Jose Gonzalez](https://twitter.com/savant)**: Jose is a CakePHP core contributor. He talked about **Open Source Infrastructure**. He informed the audience about how the **opensourceCakePHP** build process is set up, and how he automates everything in a way that newbies can get along really well.

Check out his session here:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Open Source Infrastructure - Jose Gonzalez <a href="https://twitter.com/savant">@savant</a> <a href="https://t.co/xiyeSRYZV8">https://t.co/xiyeSRYZV8</a></p>&mdash; CakePHP (@cakephp) <a href="https://twitter.com/cakephp/status/873638414813241344">June 10, 2017</a></blockquote>
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**[Sharon Steed](https://twitter.com/sharonsteed)**: Sharon gave a talk on **Building powerful relationships by communicating with empathy**. She's a stutterer and used herself as an example in many of the use cases she gave about relationships and community.

You can listen to her session here:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Cultivating community: Building powerful relationships by communicating with empathy - Sharon Steed <a href="https://twitter.com/sharonsteed">@sharonsteed</a> <a href="https://t.co/yvi8LwVA57">https://t.co/yvi8LwVA57</a></p>&mdash; CakePHP (@cakephp) <a href="https://twitter.com/cakephp/status/873646769480925184">June 10, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Day 1 ended with some [lightning talks](https://www.pscp.tv/cakephp/1lPJqykgOkNJb).

## Aside: Securing PHP Applications with Auth0

Are you building a product with PHP? We at Auth0, can help you focus on what matters the most to you, the special features of your product. [Auth0](https://auth0.com/) can help you make your product secure with state-of-the-art features like [passwordless](https://auth0.com/passwordless), [breached password surveillance](https://auth0.com/breached-passwords), and [multifactor authentication](https://auth0.com/multifactor-authentication).

[We offer a generous **free tier**](https://auth0.com/pricing) so you can get started with modern authentication.

## Conclusion

Day 1 of CakeFest was awesome. The sessions were great and the attendees really connected well.

To conclude, if you are new to CakePHP, check out this [excellent tutorial](https://auth0.com/blog/creating-your-first-cakephp-app) that introduces you to the framework and teaches you how to create your first app and add authentication to it.


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