This are all the notes and articles from the Weekly Nerd sessions we had during the Minor Web Development 2017.
- Article 1 - Git for Dummies
- Article 2 - So many features, so many browsers
- Article 3 - Why you should(n’t) use JavaScript frameworks
- Article 4 - The living devices, the web of things
- Article 5 - Developing for the blind
These are a small resume's of the weekly nerd sessions
Stephen Hay is a developer at Catawiki. His talk was about UX and accessibility. He worked on the W3C guidelines and gave us some tips for a better overall user experience.
- When building a website, check the W3C guidelines
- Make your own guidelines when working in a team so that everyone is on the same line.
- Don't be afraid to try out new things and technologies
- Always keep the design problem in mind when building your product.
- Design lo-fi prototypes as long as you can, and test them a lot*
- Make sketches before you build something
Peter Paul Koch gave an very interesting weekly nerd about some problems he notices on the web.
- To many features
- We want to add to many features so our app feels like a native one. That's bad practice.
- We use to many frameworks
- Not all developers have enough knowledge, they have no idea how to solve a problem.
- Our web applications can't get better than native app's, accept it.
- Using to many features -> We lose the overal view.
Polyfills help us to make sure that all features work in different browsers.
The right way to focus
- Technology focus (what can it do)
- Feature focus (what features can be added)
- experience focus (how is the overall experience)
& .. Don't use to many tools!
Jasper Moelker works at the Voorhoede, we visited him for a weekly nerd
- The basic experience of your application has to be enjoyable
- Make sure your not only developing for Firefox, Safari, Chrome and Opera.. There are more!
- Start with minimum requriments, make sure every one can use your application.
- Use feature detection to check what the actual browser supports, enhance if possible.
- Make sure your website works with HTML and CSS only, JavaScript can break!
- CSS can do things you probably do with JavaScript. Use the target selector!
Bram is a blind developer, a really good one. It was a very interesting session! You can find my annotations below!
Peter Peerdeman is a developer at Lifely. Today he gave a talk about web sockets and GraphQL.
Niels is the owner of HTML5test.nl. He gave a interesting talk about the internet of things
- Made his house into a smart house
- The internet of things is boring, make it exciting!
- Everything can be connected, it matters how you do it.
- The 'S' in IOT stands for security
- Smart homes are the future
Leonie is a blind developer as well. She gave a interesting talk about things we, developers, should know about screen readers.
- A screen reader translates text into speech. It's a software that can be used on almost every platform.
- Screen readers are not only there for the blind. They are there for the visually impaired, people driving a car and dyslectic for example.
- Developers want to build something that everyone is able to use. It's our responsibility.
- If your browser supports a new tag, that doesn't mean the screen reader does. Know your possibilities.
- Make elements on your project focusable.
Nick de Bruijn is one of Lifely's founders. He talked about the process that involved starting your own company.
