Pairing with Jhey Tompkins

On April 28th, DEV Community member Jhey Tompkins joined @coffeecraftcode and I on the pairing stream to have some fun and help us build out a Twitch overlay using our mascot, Sloan!

Watch the pairing session with Jhey below to catch up on what you missed:

On this stream, we talked about:

Sloan, DEV's awesome mascot!
Twitch overlays
ComfyJS (which allows folks to interact with a Twitch stream via chat commands)

instafluff / ComfyJS

Comfiest Twitch Chat Library for JavaScript | NodeJS + Browser Support

Comfy.JS

We built this Comfy Twitch Chat Module live on Twitch for Coding Cafe!

Special Thanks: Comfy.JS is possible thanks to tmi.js maintained by @AlcaDesign

Comfy.JS lets you integrate with Twitch chat for your Twitch channel SUPER EASILY in just a few lines of code. Here's a quick 3-min video on how to use it: (Click image to open video)

Instafluff

Like these projects? The best way to support my open-source projects is by becoming a Comfy Sponsor on GitHub!

https://github.com/sponsors/instafluff

Come and hang out with us at the Comfiest Corner on Twitch!

https://twitch.tv/instafluff

Instructions

Node

Install comfy.js

npm install comfy.js --save

Respond to !commands your channel

var ComfyJS = require("comfy.js");
ComfyJS.onCommand = ( user, command, message, flags, extra ) => {
  if( flags.broadcaster && command === "test" ) {
    console.log( "!test was typed

…

View on GitHub

Thanks again for coming on the stream, Jhey!

![Man in the woods being zoomed in on as he nods as if to say he agrees](https://media.giphy.com/media/NEvPzZ8bd1V4Y/giphy.gif)

You can also find the three of us all over the web here:

Jhey:

Nick:

Christina:

Twitter

We hope to see you on future DEV streams! If you're interested in pairing, fill out this form. Christina and I would love to tackle an issue with you that the whole community could learn from.

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