Open Tech Calendar

Front End Sheffield: May 2024

We're in Room 12.4.12 at the Charles Street Building, Sheffield Hallam University, 120 Charles St, Sheffield, S1 2NE, England

You'll need to sign-in at the security desk, but look for FES signs up into the lift and the 4th floor.

This month: Dr. Andy Carter

Our event is free and inclusive; we welcome people of all backgrounds and experience levels to join. We will be checking in people at the door so be sure to sign up online.

Before you attend, please read our code of conduct: http://bit.ly/fes-coc

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This month we'll be welcoming:

Dr. Andy Carter - HTML is easy(?) - Lessons from the Web

There is a belief that HTML is easy, but how true is this? What can we learn from the homepages of major websites? By examining these sites we'll discover common issues that suggest HTML is perhaps not as easy as we'd like to think.

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Post-meetup social
After the talks we'll head to socialise at the nearby Triple Point Brewery + Bar. They serve a range of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, plus food from Twisted Burger Co. See https://triplepointbrewing.co.uk/ for more details.

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Running order
6:15pm - Doors open (please sign in at reception)
6:30pm - Welcome
6:40pm - Talk 1
7:40pm – Open mic
7:45pm – Social

Thu 30th May 2024 6:15am (Europe/London)

Thu 30th May 2024 8:15am (Europe/London)

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http://bit.ly/fes-coc

We're in Room 12.4.12 at the Charles Street Building, Sheffield Hallam University, 120 Charles St, Sheffield, S1 2NE, England

You'll need to sign-in at the security desk, but look for FES signs up into the lift and the 4th floor.

Details TBC

Before you attend, please read our code of conduct: http://bit.ly/fes-coc

We're in Room 12.4.12 at the Charles Street Building, Sheffield Hallam University, 120 Charles St, Sheffield, S1 2NE, England

You'll need to sign-in at the security desk, but look for FES signs up into the lift and the 4th floor.

This month we'll be welcoming:

Luke Howsam - Feature Flags: A safer way of releasing software

How to give your apps the power to reduce risk, deploy faster, test your code in production, perform A/B testing and other goodies.

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Iain Broome - Trauma-informed content design and tricky tech decisions

Iain’s talk will introduce the principles of trauma-informed content design using examples from his work on guidance content aimed at kinship carers. He’ll also cover some of the practical tech decisions – both good and bad – that had a direct effect on the user experience for people who have been through trauma.