Syncing Local Folders to Cloudinary for Automated Cloud Storage - DevJams Episode #28

Cloudinary⁠ regularly hosts internal hackathons! These allow employees to stretch the boundaries of what's possible with our products. ⁠Hadar Bejerano⁠, the head of the Solutions Engineering team, created one of the winning projects. With ⁠CloudyDesktop⁠, users can sync a local folder to Cloudinary for automated uploads!
Find out how he developed this desktop application in this DevJams episode. You'll learn more about ways to use ⁠Cloudinary's CLI⁠ in your projects. Hadar also shows how to use some of the project's tools and packages - ⁠Electron⁠, Keytar and ⁠Chokidar⁠.
If you're trying to find a way to automate your team's uploading processes, this is an episode you won't want to miss!
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Episode Sections:
00:00 Welcome to DevJams: Exploring Cloudinary with Hadar
00:52 Introducing Cloudy Desktop: Syncing Local and Cloud Storage
01:09 The Power of Cloudinary's API and CLI for Project Development
01:49 Behind the Scenes: The Creation of Cloudy Desktop
02:29 Exploring Cloudinary Labs and Hackathon Culture
08:15 A Deep Dive into Cloudy Desktop's Features and Capabilities
23:05 The Technical Backbone: Building Cloudy Desktop with Electron
38:26 Exploring the Main Application and Event Handling
39:11 Diving into the Index File: UI and Functionality
40:09 Storing and Managing Cloudinary Account Parameters
42:57 Securing Sensitive Data with Keytar
45:29 Implementing Folder Sync with Chokidar
51:38 Packaging and Distributing the Desktop App
54:18 Signing and Notarizing the App for MacOS
01:01:24 Final Thoughts and Best Practices
01:03:02 Community Engagement and Further Resources
01:04:30 Reflecting on the Cloudinary CLI and Hackathon Culture
01:08:59 Wrapping Up and Next Steps
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Mentioned Technology
- Chokidar: www.npmjs.com/package/chokidar
- Cloudinary: cloudinary.com/
- Cloudinary CLI: training.cloudinary.com/cours...
- Cloudinary Labs: cloudinary.com/labs
- Electron: www.electronjs.org/
- GitHub Repository for CloudyDesktop: github.com/cloudinary-labs/cl...
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[@jamesgrubb]

Great episode with bonus insights to Electron. Thanks team Cloudinary

[@Cloudinary]

We're so happy you liked the episode! 🙏