2017-09-27 SEP

WebTeam Mongodb

See new centralized resource created by Wade. Note this is github, you can contribute via pull requests ;-).

ITCR news (Joe)

developer server: http://hedwig.bmi.stonybrook.edu

Joe also made a pitch for https://about.sourcegraph.com

Firebase Functions

Elegant intro to coding it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fnwj9VjE_BY, includes example that uses Express.

Meet Linus

It helps understand Linux and git, coding things that work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8NPllzkFhE

WeChat

Messaging with full Web features (you can message an application by invoking the JS that once injected will assemble it) changes everything: NYT Video.

Serverless

report from yesterday: https://cloudplatformonline.com/summit-NewYork-2017.html

If I understood your question correctly you are trying to use Javascript to invoke a webhook to perform an action, i.e. interact with GitHub.

If so, I believe Cloud Functions would be a great solution for you...

https://cloud.google.com/functions/

This is more specific, HTTP Triggers...

https://cloud.google.com/functions/docs/calling/http

If you are simply looking to update Github via Google Cloud, this will synchronize your GitHub and Cloud Repo...

https://cloud.google.com/source-repositories/docs/connecting-hosted-repositories