Welcome back! Are you enjoying 2020 so far? Let's get together, so we can all share what we have been up to recently. Oh, we might have two talks too :-)
► Agenda 📅
🍕 6:00pm - 7:00pm: Pizza, beer/wine/water and networking
🎤 7:00pm: Becoming an accessibility-focused developer by Suzanne Aitchison
🎤 7:40pm: Building an SEO-savvy project with GatsbyJS by Marta Dabrowka
► Venue security 👮
All attendees need to provide their full names in advance. Also, you will need to bring some form of photo ID to show on the day - something like a passport, driving licence, or work ID would be grand.
► Recording 🎥
The event will be recorded. Let the organisers know, if you don't want to be included in the pictures or videos. Some of them will be used on our social media channels.
_______________________
► Sponsors
Lloyds Bank
https://www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/careers/
@LBGCareers
biggles at large
https://biggles.io/
_______________________
► The Talks 🎤
👉Talk 1: Becoming an accessibility-focused developer by Suzanne Aitchison
In a sector where we're encouraged to "move fast and break things", how can we make sure accessibility isn't overlooked or thrown in the backlog for "later"? This talk looks at how we, as developers, can start placing accessibility at the heart of every piece of code we push to review.
I'll take you through some starting principles, key tools, quick-win refactoring priorities, and everyday practices for verifying your code in the browser.
Suzanne is a software developer passionate about creating accessible web experiences. She is the creator and maintainer of Up Your A11y, a web accessibility resource aimed primarily at React developers.
Currently working for Nucleus Financial, she has a wide range of experience with national brands such as the BBC and Sainsbury's Bank.
Twitter: @s_aitchison
👉Talk 2: Building an SEO-savvy project with GatsbyJS by Marta Dabrowka
Optimising your website for SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) from can be a tricky challenge for a newbie. Now try doing it for 30 000-odd pages.
Enter GatsbyJS.
In this talk I will walk you through key technical SEO concepts, why they are important, and how to use React + GatsbyJS stack to implement them in a project.
Marta is a software engineer currently working with React and Ruby on Rails. She helps organise React.Edinburgh meet up and is passionate about making it a welcoming space for first time speakers.
Welcome back! Are you enjoying 2020 so far? Let's get together, so we can all share what we have been up to recently. Oh, we might have two talks too :-)
► Agenda 📅
🍕 6:00pm - 7:00pm: Pizza, beer/wine/water and networking
🎤 7:00pm: Becoming an accessibility-focused developer by Suzanne Aitchison
► Venue security 👮
All attendees need to provide their full names in advance. Also, you will need to bring some form of photo ID to show on the day - something like a passport, driving licence, or work ID would be grand.
► Recording 🎥
The event will be recorded. Let the organisers know, if you don't want to be included in the pictures or videos. Some of them will be used on our social media channels.
_______________________
► Sponsors
Lloyds Bank
https://www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/careers/
@LBGCareers
biggles at large
https://biggles.io/
_______________________
► The Talks 🎤
👉Talk 1: Becoming an accessibility-focused developer by Suzanne Aitchison
In a sector where we're encouraged to "move fast and break things", how can we make sure accessibility isn't overlooked or thrown in the backlog for "later"? This talk looks at how we, as developers, can start placing accessibility at the heart of every piece of code we push to review.
I'll take you through some starting principles, key tools, quick-win refactoring priorities, and everyday practices for verifying your code in the browser.
Suzanne is a software developer passionate about creating accessible web experiences. She is the creator and maintainer of Up Your A11y, a web accessibility resource aimed primarily at React developers.
Currently working for Nucleus Financial, she has a wide range of experience with national brands such as the BBC and Sainsbury's Bank.
Welcome back! Are you enjoying 2020 so far? Let's get together, so we can all share what we have been up to recently. Oh, we might have two talks too :-)
► Agenda 📅
🍕 6:00pm - 7:00pm: Pizza, beer/wine/water and networking
► Venue security 👮
All attendees need to provide their full names in advance. Also, you will need to bring some form of photo ID to show on the day - something like a passport, driving licence, or work ID would be grand.
► Recording 🎥
The event will be recorded. Let the organisers know, if you don't want to be included in the pictures or videos. Some of them will be used on our social media channels.
_______________________
► Sponsors
Lloyds Bank
https://www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/careers/
@LBGCareers
biggles at large
https://biggles.io/
_______________________
Time flies quickly! This is our last event in 2019, so let's do it in style and have Xmas drinks after the event. We will have a shorter networking part this time, with talks starting at 6:30, so we have more time afterwards. It would be great to meet as many of you as possible.
► Agenda 📅
🍕 6:00pm - 6:30pm: Pizza, beer/wine/water and networking
🎤 6:30pm - 7:00pm: "Opinions" by Alec McEachran - why your opinions about code and software development are wrong*
* for a particular understanding of "wrong".
🎤 7:00pm - 7:30pm: Using GraphQL Without a Backend by Roy Derks
► Venue security 👮
All attendees need to provide their full names in advance. Also, you will need to bring some form of photo ID to show on the day - something like a passport, driving licence, or work ID would be grand.
► Recording 🎥
The event will be recorded. Let the organisers know, if you don't want to be included in the pictures or videos. Some of them will be used on our social media channels.
_______________________
► Sponsors
Lloyds Bank
https://www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/careers/
@LBGCareers
biggles at large
https://biggles.io/
_______________________
► The Talks 🎤
👉Talk 1: "Opinions" by Alec McEachran - why your opinions about code and software development are wrong*
* for a particular understanding of "wrong".
Bio
Alec started coding on his big brother's Spectrum 48k in the 80s. He worked as a secondary Maths teacher, an educational games developer, agency website developer, social games developer, and eventually became a Senior Software Engineer at YouTube and Google. He is now Principal Developer at KPV LAB, Edinburgh.
👉Talk 2: Using GraphQL Without a Backend by Roy Derks
Are you looking to use GraphQL in your React project, but you can't convince your team to start adopting it on the backend? Lucky for you the GraphQL ecosystem can be leveraged without having a (backend) GraphQL server. In this talk I'll show you how to drastically improve the developer experience of your React application, without the need of any backend developers.
Roy Derks is a serial startup CTO and conference speaker from Amsterdam. He also teaches React and GraphQL at http://reactgraphql.academy, and works on open-source JavaScript projects for the City of Amsterdam.
Time flies quickly! This is our last event in 2019, so let's do it in style and have Xmas drinks after the event. We will have a shorter networking part this time, with talks starting at 6:30, so we have more time afterwards. It would be great to meet as many of you as possible.
► Agenda 📅
🍕 6:00pm - 6:30pm: Pizza, beer/wine/water and networking
🎤 6:30pm - 7:00pm: Using GraphQL Without a Backend by Roy Derks
► Venue security 👮
All attendees need to provide their full names in advance. Also, you will need to bring some form of photo ID to show on the day - something like a passport, driving licence, or work ID would be grand.
► Recording 🎥
The event will be recorded. Let the organisers know, if you don't want to be included in the pictures or videos. Some of them will be used on our social media channels.
_______________________
► Sponsors
Lloyds Bank
https://www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/careers/
@LBGCareers
biggles at large
https://biggles.io/
_______________________
► The Talks 🎤
👉Talk 1: Using GraphQL Without a Backend by Roy Derks
Are you looking to use GraphQL in your React project, but you can't convince your team to start adopting it on the backend? Lucky for you the GraphQL ecosystem can be leveraged without having a (backend) GraphQL server. In this talk I'll show you how to drastically improve the developer experience of your React application, without the need of any backend developers.
Roy Derks is a serial startup CTO and conference speaker from Amsterdam. He also teaches React and GraphQL at http://reactgraphql.academy, and works on open-source JavaScript projects for the City of Amsterdam.
Time flies quickly! This is our last event in 2019, so let's do it in style and have Xmas drinks after the event. We will have a shorter networking part this time, with talks starting at 6:30, so we have more time afterwards. It would be great to meet as many of you as possible.
► Agenda 📅
🍕 6:00pm - 6:30pm: Pizza, beer/wine/water and networking
► Venue security 👮
All attendees need to provide their full names in advance. Also, you will need to bring some form of photo ID to show on the day - something like a passport, driving licence, or work ID would be grand.
► Recording 🎥
The event will be recorded. Let the organisers know, if you don't want to be included in the pictures or videos. Some of them will be used on our social media channels.
_______________________
► Sponsors
Lloyds Bank
https://www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/careers/
@LBGCareers
biggles at large
https://biggles.io/
_______________________
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