Some solutions for dealing with common Ajax related issues such as timeouts & loss of connectivity. And if this floats your boat, you need to get along to the Engineering Track at Web Directions 2014.
Web browser security nerds have been really busy lately, with a lot of proposals, extensions and experiments to TLS (a.k.a. SSL) happening. And if this floats your boat, you need to get along to the Engineering Track at Web Directions 2014.
Node.js takes asynchronous programming to a new level and has tracked the rise of new approaches to managing complex program flows. And if this floats your boat, you need to get along to the Engineering Track at Web Directions 2014.
How to resurrect your content using Scalable Vector Graphics. And if this floats your boat, you need to get along to the Engineering Track at Web Directions 2014.
It’s time to start talking about some of the established axioms of readability. And if this floats your boat, you need to get along to the Engineering Track at Web Directions 2014.
Performance and availability of 3rd party scripts doesn’t have to be a worry. And if this floats your boat, you need to get along to the Engineering Track at Web Directions 2014.
A head-first dive into the past, present and future of all things variable in CSS. And if this floats your boat, you need to get along to the Engineering Track at Web Directions 2014.
The power of selectors is still a vastly under-utilised aspect of CSS after all this time. And if this floats your boat, you need to get along to the Engineering Track at Web Directions 2014.
This session will compare and contrast the common techniques used for implementing responsive imagery. Simon will shed some light on the compromises that developers might need to make and the circumstances under which they might be acceptable or even desirable. Also check out the Responding to the Unknown: Choose Your Own Adventure web site.
In the past, validating forms in the client has typically required doing some heavy lifting with JavaScript. But you may not know HTML5 changes all that. Browsers now check that the content of an input match its type (and we’ve got new types like email, url and number to make that even more useful). But, […]
ECMAScript 6 is the next version of JavaScript (the current version is ECMAScript 5). It will be an official standard by the end of 2014, but there are tools that enable you to use it right now. This talk explains the goals for ECMAScript 6, how it is designed, what features it has, and how […]
‘Hack Yourself First’ is all about developers building up cyber-offence skills and proactively seeking out security vulnerabilities in their own websites before an attacker does. It recognises that we have huge volumes of existing websites that haven’t gone through sufficient security review plus we continue to create new content that even when built with security […]
The web used to be for squares (and rectangles). The future of CSS is going to change all that. Instead of having to change your content for the web. See how CSS will make the web work for your content in any size or shape, using CSS Regions and Shapes.
Large, unmaintainable CSS code is a common problem for many websites. It is often neglected because things can still somehow work even when the CSS is really bad! But not only does this slow down performance, it also inhibits developers from producing quality code.But if you start your site with a solid foundation, developing a […]
Breaking software down into de-coupled, reusable modules is a key development practice that improves code reusability, maintainability, scalability and testability. But how do we apply this practice within web applications?This talk examines and compares existing approaches for developing modular JavaScript components and discusses best practices and patterns for developing and managing components, dependencies, packaging, delivery […]
[Web Directions] is a delicious mix of things educational, social and mind-blowing. It’s time out from the hurly-burly to step back, get some perspective, and develop new ways forward, fortified with a whole lot of new stuff in your head.
Chris Stephens Technology Director, Mozo
