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We've narrowed the #MWS2021 content to 10 tracks: Accessibility, CSS, GraphQL, Indie Hackers, Jamstack, Open Source, React, Serverless, Svelte, & Vue. Before we get into each of these subjects, let's talk about why we are featuring these tracks.
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The web used to be so much simpler. HTML. CSS. Bit of JS. Not to get nostalgic, but the web became more complex because our needs became more complex. Demand for our creativity exploded; and with it, also the # of minds contributing to this wonderful human experiment.
Over the years, some amazingly talented people developed solutions that built upon the shoulders of their predecessors. Backbone, Rails, jQuery, Ember, Angular — these & myriad others advanced our little industry in tremendous ways. Many still power the largest apps in the world.
But it feels like we're at a turning point. Something has been stirring in web dev for some time. JS has become the most popular language by far. It can do frontend, backend, serverless functions, componentization, cross-platform development; the kitchen sink. It's so empowering.
Many people have attempted to chronicle this history & trajectory. @swyx, for one, believes we are entering the Third Age of JavaScript. https://twitter.com/swyx/status/1263123032328925186?s=20
So while there are literally hundreds of other technologies that we could have featured, we've chosen these 10, as we believe they are the foundation of a modern web stack. And we believe every web developer should learn at least a little about each. Here's why:
Accessibility. It matters so much more than you think. If you are a fully-able or mostly-able person, just imagine navigating the web without sight — or with limited sight. Or typing with one hand, or not being able to tell colors apart. We need more empathy & action...
...to help out every person, regardless of their position in the ability spectrum. Fortunately, there are many accepted practices, patterns, libraries, and resources for making this happen. And we have confirmed Senior Accessibility Designer, @MariaLamardo, to curate this track!
CSS. It's a cornerstone of web development. Yet many developers overlook it in favor of mastering JS skills. Or even bringing in JS when CSS can solve their problem with far less expense.
Whether you want to restart your CSS education, or learn advanced practices from experts who have mastered it over years, http://moderncss.dev author @5t3ph is curating this track — with 9 incredible speakers already confirmed!
GraphQL. A language and a spec that describes client-server communication. It provides a complete description of the data in your API, gives clients the power to ask for only what they need and much more.
GraphQL is changing the way we think about data in our apps. To help us understand that, we've confirmed @jnwng, staff engineer @CourseraEng (and #GraphQLRamen organizer!), to curate some incredible content for us!
Indie Hackers. With the incredible landscape of dev tools, microservices & APIs, and the sheer productivity of today's modern web development, a single web developer could literally build a startup; or perhaps a "side hustle".
Few people love the side hustle more than @swizec, who has grown his side businesses to five figures without quitting his job. He'll be curating some excellent content to teach us how to leverage our web dev skills to grow our incomes in the Indie Hacker track!
Jamstack. A term coined by @netlify, it's a modern architectural pattern for the web where you serve pre-rendered static files to the client on a globally-distributed CDN, enhanced & empowered by modern JavaScript on the front-end, & backed by the logic of powerful APIs.
The content for this exciting, performant, and more secure architecture will be curated by @TessaMero, Developer Advocate @Cloudinary & organizer of the SF Jamstack meetup! She's already confirmed a few amazing speakers — we can't wait to see the others!
Open Source. Let's be real: the modern web wouldn't exist without OSS. It is the foundation that all of our houses are built on. In this track, @github devrel @bdougieYO curates some amazing speakers & content on contributing, culture, managing OSS at scale, & much more.
React. Arguably one of the most important web dev technologies of the last decade, it has fundamentally changed how we approach about building user interfaces. And it has been and continues to be an inspiration to many other libraries and frameworks.
Don't fret at the lack of a curator or speakers for the React track — we have some wonderful content & surprises for you. The organizer of this conference also organizes @reactathon, so...yea. There will definitely be lots of React at this conference :D
Serverless. Serverless architecture empowers front-end developers with full-stack superpowers. If you can write a function, you can create a backend. You'll never have to provision or manage a server, and you pay only for the server time used, & nothing more.
AWS Lambda brought serverless to the world in 2014, and is still considered by many to be the standard for serverless computing. Fortunately we have @dabit3, devrel @awscloud @awsamplify, to curate this track for us!
Svelte. A very interesting, easy-to-understand front-end framework that is turning some heads. No virtual DOM, no complex state management libraries, and a new approach to 2-way binding. And it ships with many features out of the box, so it "just works".
. @swyx is mostly known for React, but lately he's been enjoying Svelte, and even wrote a blog post on why. He's curating the Svelte track, and has already confirmed some amazing speakers doing some incredible things with Svelte in production! https://www.swyx.io/svelte-why/
Vue. A progressive and reactive framework for building user interfaces. Developed by a vibrant community, for the community, it gained a lot of traction and love in recent years. It’s easy to get started with and is incrementally adoptable.
We're thrilled to have @jenlooper as our curator for the Vue track! She is a Cloud Developer Advocate lead @microsoft, Google Developer Expert, & the founder & CEO of @frontendfoxes, an international nonprofit charity that promotes diversity in front-end developer communities!
Honestly, it's hard to contain our excitement for this event! We have so much more in store to announce, particularly content. Including content from our sponsors — who are on the cutting edge of modern web development. Check out this thread to learn more! https://twitter.com/mwSummit/status/1310918951627419649?s=20
