Chris Perko
Google Developer Expert in Angular, Co-Founder of DevFest SLC, Senior Engineer at CNN, Angular Community Meetup Director
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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Chris is an Atlanta based senior software engineer at CNN and a Google Developer Expert in Angular. Chris has worked in several industries and helped build full-stack web applications, but has a passion for front-end development, with a focus on Angular. Outside of code, he enjoys craft beer, hiking, camping, and playing with his toddler.
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From Zero to AI-Powered: Building Modern Web Apps with Firebase Genkit
Integrating Generative AI into web applications often feels like a wild west of raw API calls, unstructured prompt strings, and security headaches. But building intelligent web apps doesn't require a degree in machine learning, just the right abstractions.
Enter Firebase Genkit and Firebase AI Logic: open-source frameworks designed to help web developers build, test, and deploy production-ready AI capabilities using familiar, full-stack patterns.
In this session, we'll walk through building a complete AI-driven feature from scratch. You’ll learn how to model structured AI flows, evaluate prompts locally using the Genkit Developer UI, and seamlessly stream responses back to the client. To show how framework-agnostic your backend AI logic can be, we'll look at integration patterns in both Angular and React.
Key Takeaways:
- How to structure type-safe AI workflows using Genkit Flows and Firebase
- Best practices for prompt engineering, structured outputs (JSON schemas), and local testing
- Clean client-side consumption patterns (Angular services/signals & React custom hooks)
- Security and rate-limiting patterns for user-facing AI endpoints
45 Minutes to Launch: Building and Hosting Your First Angular App with Antigravity and AI Studio
Ever felt overwhelmed by the "alphabet soup" of modern web development? Between components, CLI tools, and cloud hosting, it’s hard to know where to start. In this fast-paced, beginner-friendly session, we’re cutting through the noise.
We will build a functional web application from scratch using Angular, Google's powerful web framework, and deploy it to the world using Antigravity. Along the way, we’ll use AI Studio to quickly build a beautiful UI and functioning app!
Whether you're a student, a hobbyist, or a developer looking to switch stacks, you’ll walk away with a live URL and the confidence to start your next big project.
State Management with Angular Signals
State Management with Angular Signals is a cutting-edge topic that delves into the innovative features of Angular's latest updates. This talk will explore the introduction of Signals in Angular, a new reactive primitive that offers a more granular approach to tracking and updating application state. The discussion would cover the evolution from traditional BehaviorSubjects to Signals, highlighting the benefits of reduced boilerplate, improved performance, and a more intuitive API for developers. Attendees will learn how to implement Signals to manage state efficiently, with practical examples demonstrating the setup of a Signals-based service to store and update state across multiple components. The talk will also look at 3rd party options, such as NGRX Signal-Store. By the end of the session, developers will have a comprehensive understanding of Angular Signals and how to leverage them for more efficient and maintainable state management in their Angular applications.
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Chris Perko
Google Developer Expert in Angular, Co-Founder of DevFest SLC, Senior Engineer at CNN, Angular Community Meetup Director
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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