Web Unleashed 2014

2014-09-17 00:00:00 2014-09-19 00:00:00 America/Toronto Web Unleashed 2014 By attending Web Unleashed, you will get up-to-date on the skills to push you ahead in your career. You'll also have the opportunity to network and share ideas with like-minded professionals. Toronto FITC Toronto

Overview

Single page apps are rapidly becoming the norm for building web applications and dynamic websites on the front-end, but what about the backend? There are many known solutions, but what else is other there? Can we put together an API quickly and then how fast can we hook up something like Angular to work with it? Do we even need to program the backend? What tools can we use?

This talk with cover a range of programming languages and backend technologies with the goal of informing developers to be more aware of what’s out there. Everything from Java all the way up to 3rd-party API DSLs.

Objective

To enlighten web developers to see what backend technologies and programming languages are at your disposal and how easily they can be used in MVC-style applications.

Target Audience

Both front-end and backend developers.

Assumed Audience Knowledge

Both front-end and backend developers.

Five things audience members will learn

  1. What backend options there are when it comes to building MVC-style websites
  2. What 3rd-party API scaffolding tools are out there
  3. How little code is required when it comes to setting up a backend
  4. Theory on various programming languages and backend technologies
  5. How to consume multiple API sources in a front-end Angular application