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Garann Means

Developer Educator

I'm a JavaScript developer and a Developer Educator at Vonage. Over the years I’ve been really excited about templates, Node.js, progressive web apps, and offline-first strategies, but what I’ve always really loved is a useful, well-documented API. My goal is to make your experience using our APIs the very best I can help it be.

November 7, 2023

How to Send a WhatsApp Message with Node.js (Tutorial)

Find out how to send WhatsApp messages from your Node.js application quickly by making use of the Vonage Messages API Sandbox.

Writing Technical Blog Posts About Coding Projects

Sharing knowledge with technical blog posts helps everyone in our developer communities. In this post, we review some of the differences when writing about code and how to do it successfully.

Lessons Learned After Two Years of Virtual Tech Conferences

Since the start of worldwide lockdowns in March 2020, we've been forced to create and implement best practices for online technical conferences on our feet. Two years later, what worked, what new ideas have we come up with, and what does the future of a tech conference look like?

December 11, 2021

Improve Your Automatic Speech Recognition: Best Practices for IVRs

Automatic Speech Recognition is powerful, but tricky. Learn a few ways to increase your chances of success when creating IVRs with the Vonage Voice API.

August 23, 2021

State Machines for WhatsApp Messaging Bots with Node.js

Learn how to create a persistent state to build a Node.js state machine in a WhatsApp messaging bot server

Build a Full Stack Nexmo App with Express and React

The Nexmo Node and JS Client SDKs along with Express and React can create a full-stack app as a basis for most things you may want from Nexmo in the browser

Garann Means Is Joining the Developer Relations Team

Garann Means is joining Nexmo as a JavaScript Developer Advocate, working from Glasgow to support the Nexmo JavaScript community.

Version Control GUIs

A brief introduction into various Git GUIs (including GitHub Desktop, GitKraken, and Sourcetree), for those who may be intimidated by the command line.

Hacktoberfest: Using GitHub Desktop

Learn with this tutorial how to use GitHub for Desktop, a graphical interface for the Git actions traditionally available via the command line.