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Put on your asynchronous hat and node – video presentation from Marc Fasel

At its best, server-side asynchronous programming has a significant pay-off: a blazing fast and highly scalable back-end. However, it’s not for the faint-hearted. Like what you see? Want a piece of the action next time around? Then get along to Web Directions South in Sydney October 24 and 25 2013.

What’s hot in animation? – video presentation from Dmitry Baranovskiy

If you think animation is just more CSS pixie dust to add sparkle to your designs, you need to see Dmitry Baranovskiy demo its even more awesome powers. Like what you see? Want a piece of the action next time around? Then get along to Web Directions South in Sydney October 24 and 25 2013.

An introduction to the File API – video presentation from Cameron McCormack

Cameron McCormack introduces the File API and demonstrate how it can be used in conjunction with HTML 5 input elements to create a client-side Web application that can access a user’s local files. Like what you see? Want a piece of the action next time around? Then get along to Web Directions South in Sydney […]

See the tries for the trees – video presentation by Jared Wyles

Through this talk we will look at the history of algorithms and data structures and how we can evaluate their strengths and weaknesses before we write a single line of code. Like what you see? Want a piece of the action next time around? Then get along to Web Directions South in Sydney October 24 […]

What’s ECMAScript 6 Good For? – Video presentation from Julio Cesar Ody

An introduction to ES6 with emphasis on its practical aspects. See what it can do for you today, and learn how you’ll be able to better structure client–side programs with this next step in the evolution of JavaScript. Like what you see? Want a piece of the action next time around? Then get along to […]

You ARE a developer – Video presentation from Charlie Gleason

As a designer turned developer, quasi-nerd turned internet ninja, and now buzzword aficionado, Charlie Gleason will tell you the secrets to how he learnt to stop worrying and love the code. Like what you see? Want a piece of the action next time around? Then get along to Web Directions South in Sydney October 24 […]

Create impact with CSS filters – video presentation from Alex Danilo

CSS Filters are a powerful tool available in all modern browsers to bring amazing photographic effects to web content. If you’re not using them, you should be – here’s how! Like what you see? Want a piece of the action next time around? Then get along to Web Directions South in Sydney October 24 and […]

HTML, CSS and the Clientside App – Video Presentation from Garann Means

As much as they affect JavaScript, state, event handling, and default browser behaviour also impact HTML and CSS in the choices we make, optimizations we can take advantage of, and the architecture of our applications as a whole. Like what you see? Want a piece of the action next time around? Then get along to […]

Ghost in the Shadow DOM – Video presentation from Ryan Seddon

The DOM will finally have real encapsulation with the introduction of the Shadow DOM, a subset of the Web Components spec that will revolutionise web development as we know it. In this session we’ll take a short, sharp tour on the how and why of what the Shadow DOM has to offer. Like what you […]

More CSS secrets – video presentation from Lea Verou

Watch in amazement: Lea Verou is one of the best live coders in the business. Learn how to take advantage of modern standards in unconventional ways to solve common web design challenges. Like what you see? Want a piece of the action next time around? Then get along to Web Directions South in Sydney October […]

JavaScript – Enter The Dragon – Dmitry Baranovskiy

Photo of Dmitry BaranovskiySome time ago now JavaScript stopped being a toy language and became a serious player. Yet when you browse through the plethora of code and different discussions you get the sense that a lot of people, even those who use it every day, are still quite confused about the language — its great power, and your great responsibility toward it as a developer. Demystifying this is the purpose of the entire second day of Web Directions Code, which Dmitry will introduce in a keynote you won’t forget for a long time.

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Thanks for an amazing few days Web Directions. So many great themes of empathy, inclusion, collaboration, business impact through design, and keeping our future deeply human.

Laura van Doore Head of Product Design, Fathom