Web Unleashed 2024 // In-person
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Talks
2 Paths For AI + Human Abilities: Augmentation Or Impairment
We can all agree that AI will augment humans… What’s that, not everyone agrees? Yeah we’re at a crossroads. The way George Zamfir sees it, there are two paths in… Read more…
George Zamfir
Advanced Performance In Next.js With Server Components
Next.js has fully embraced server components, but understanding this new paradigm is a challenge for many developers. Determining when and where client-side vs. server-side code runs and its impact on… Read more…
James Q Quick
Learn Build Teach
AI-Powered Content Management: Transforming Your Headless CMS With Storyblok
In the rapidly evolving digital landscape, leveraging Generative AI within your headless CMS can revolutionize the way you manage and deliver content. This session will explore how Storyblok can integrate… Read more…
Rob Erskine
Stellar Elements
AI-Powered Feature Management With LaunchDarkly
In this session, Chris Leon, Staff Solutions Engineer at LaunchDarkly, will show you how to automate some of the core actions of feature management, so that you can control and… Read more…
Chris Leon
LaunchDarkly
AWS For Front-End Developers
Let’s admit it: AWS can be intimidating. There are hundreds of services, and understanding what each of them is and how to piece them all together into a cohesive application… Read more…
Brian Rinaldi
LocalStack
Better Living Through Modern Cache Primitives
Let’s get hands on with modern front-end frameworks and Edge Caching! This talk with Matt Biilmann will go through the spectrum of basic through to advanced techniques, to show how… Read more…
Matt Biilmann
Netlify
Beyond Sites: Take Your Content On A Journey
Your content works hard for you, and if it could speak, it would say that it wants to see more than just the inside of your website’s CDN.
Websites wouldn’t… Read more…
Bryan Robinson
Hygraph
Browser Support And The Rapidly Changing Web
With new CSS and JavaScript features landing in browsers every month, it can seem like a lot to keep up with. And, how do you know when these features are… Read more…
Rachel Andrew
Google
Cache Rules Everything
Caching is something most developers take for granted, but experience has told Harry Roberts time and time again that most developers also don’t understand how to configure their caching rules… Read more…
Harry Roberts
CSS Wizardry Ltd.
Choosing A JS Framework In 2024
Starting a new project can be exciting! You may get to choose your own tools and best practices… but you may also feel lost in the abyss of options in… Read more…
Enrico Sacchetti
Viral Nation
Cloudflare Workers + AstroJS, An Out-Of-This-World Partnership!
Let’s delve into how to build and deploy an AstroJS-powered application using Cloudflare’s Developer Platform. With a combination of Cloudflare products, we can deploy, test, and influence a collaborative project.… Read more…
Kamari Aykes
Cloudflare
Demystifying Tailwind CSS
Tailwind CSS is revolutionizing web design with its utility-first approach, yet many developers find it daunting. This talk will break down the core concepts of Tailwind CSS, showcasing its benefits… Read more…
James Wilkinson
Enable
Designer/Developer Collaboration: Modern Approaches To Solving Handoff
Designers design, and developers develop, that’s the way it’s always been. But the process is flawed, with designers routinely handing off final designs that are hard to understand, and sometimes… Read more…
Designing DX
In this talk with Chris Coyier, let’s look at some of the jobs that web developers need to do and the experience of doing them. These jobs tend to be… Read more…
Chris Coyier
CodePen
Entertainment As Code
Imagine if we could blur the lines between a streamer being live and offline on Twitch. What if we could create a world where people could interact with a live… Read more…
Salma Alam-Naylor
Sentry
Everything You Need To Know About Testing
Testing is the heart of software engineering and the key to developer confidence. Do you feel nervous when making big changes to your code? Are you anxious when you start… Read more…
Matthew Cabral
Capital One Canada
From Web To Desktop And Back Again
Shipping a modern SaaS application on the web, desktop, and mobile can be daunting. There are a variety of approaches to the problem, from building bespoke apps for each platform… Read more…
Rob Yoder
1Password
How To Think Like A Performance Engineer // Workshop
Note: This pre-event full day workshop runs from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday October 9, and requires a separate WORKSHOP ticket to attend.
A lot of things can… Read more…
Harry Roberts
CSS Wizardry Ltd.
Hydration Unleashed – A Deep Dive Across Frameworks
You’ve probably heard the term “hydration” in reference to web frameworks, but maybe you don’t know what it is or why you should care about it. Well, strap on your… Read more…
Jessica Janiuk
Google
JSON And Beyond
This is the true story of where JSON came from, how it became what it is, and what comes next.
Objective
To inform, inspire, and amuse.
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Douglas Crockford
JSON.org
Level Up Your TypeScript
TypeScript brings static type checking to JavaScript, but this only scratches the surface of what makes TypeScript a truly unique and powerful language. This session will cover some under-utilized and… Read more…
Rob McDiarmid
Wealthsimple
Modern CSS Feature Collisions And Pitfalls
The language of CSS has had an explosion of new features and improvements. But what happens at the edges between these features? With great power comes the responsibility to learn… Read more…
Stephanie Eckles
Adobe
Navigating Modern Architectures: SPA vs. SSG vs. SSR
Choosing the right architecture for fast, flexible, and highly responsive digital experiences is crucial. This panel discussion brings together industry experts to explore the benefits and trade-offs of Single Page… Read more…
Next-Gen Personalized And Localized Digital Experiences
Expectations for digital personalized and localized content aren’t just advantageous—they’re necessary. This session tackles the complexities of creating scalable, customized user experiences using a composable architecture. Let’s dive into the… Read more…
Bermon Painter
Slalom
Next-Gen Server JavaScript: Web Standards
Why did the creator of Node.js make Deno? Heard of Bun? Node is finally adding typescript! Why can’t you use some Node.js APIs in Cloudflare workers? Why is Amazon working… Read more…
Wes Bos
wesbos.com
Next.js vs. Astro: FIGHT
Next.js is the reigning champ of modern web development. First coming to triumph in the top ranks of the Jamstack League, the last year has seen a few chinks in… Read more…
Joel Varty
Agility CMS
Open Graph Images With Real Time Data
In this talk with Luis Ball, let’s explore how to use internal or external APIs to generate complex and engaging OG images with relevant data.
Using realtime API data, from… Read more…
Luis Ball
imgix
Optimize Your Third-Parties: Chrome Aurora
Third-party resources, while essential for modern web applications, can significantly impact user experience by slowing down page loads and introducing performance bottlenecks. Many developers struggle to find the optimal approach… Read more…
Houssein Djirdeh
Google Chrome
Part Of The Process: How Failure Shapes Success
As Adam Savage has famously said many times, “Failure is always an option.” Even very successful, thoughtful, and experienced people make mistakes. Behind every successful career is a trail of… Read more…
Postgres Is Eating Your Backend
We all know and love Postgres. It powers much of the Internet we know and love today. But what you may not know about your favourite database is just how… Read more…
Brian Holt
Neon
R.U.M. Was Not Built In A Day
We have spent the better part of the web’s existence innovating and making sure we understood all aspects of its operation. With time, web apps became more capable – and… Read more…
Henri Helvetica
Run To The Light Carol Anne: Auditing With Lighthouse
Have you heard about Lighthouse? Are you afraid to go into the light like Carol Anne in Poltergeist? Don’t be afraid, because Lighthouse is an awesome tool to achieve your… Read more…
Chris DeMars
DigitalOcean
Surviving (And Thriving) In A Changing Front-end Landscape
Remember when your company had a dedicated DevOps team to set up your deployment pipeline? Or when the team could spend a sprint building a carousel, and no one would… Read more…
Sarah Mogin
Work & Co
Test-Driven Accessibility
In this session, Daniel Flynn will dive into how test-driven accessibility can improve your user experience, while also significantly improving the overall stability and accessibility of your platform. Daniel will… Read more…
Daniel Flynn
Gusto
The Best And Worst Parts Of Eleventy (Now In v3)
In this talk, Zach Leatherman will discuss some of the great (and terrible) decisions that went into the 11ty/Eleventy open source project through the lens of their recent version 3… Read more…
Zach Leatherman
Font Awesome
The Forensics Of RSCs
In this talk with Lazar Nikolov, let’s explore React’s latest innovation: React Server Components (RSCs). You’ll go through the evolution of rendering in React, from Client-Side Rendering (CSR) and Server-Side… Read more…
Lazar Nikolov
Sentry
The Intersection Of Design And Development
There is a tendency among developers to build monolithic components that align with big designs. Many developers also tend to name stuff based on what it is, rather than what… Read more…
Ken Easson
Rangle.io
The New Firebase, The Same But Different
Frameworks like NextJS, Angular, Astro, and SvelteKit have been rapidly evolving, blurring the line between front-end and backend, disrupting the traditional development lifecycle of web applications. In this talk, James… Read more…
James Daniels
Google
The Pendulum Of The Industry – Focusing On Foundational Concepts
The industry moves so fast, with new and shiny technologies launching every day. What should you pick to focus on? How can you stay relevant? Especially in the age of… Read more…
Arthur Maltson
Capital One Canada
The Silent Open Source Crisis: When Maintainers Walk Away
In May 2022, Dane Springmeyer, the primary maintainer of node-pre-gyp, a critical tool in the Node.js ecosystem, announced his decision to step down, highlighting the urgency for community involvement to… Read more…
Bekah Hawrot-Weigel
OpenSauced
Websites, Are They Still A Good Idea?
We’re at a web conference, so we probably all agree that they are a good idea — hello, confirmation bias. But does everyone else out there think so? Are business… Read more…
