Speakers


Mike Girouard

Freelance Web Programmer

Mike Girouard is a web enthusiast based in NYC. He is a active presenter at conferences and user groups, and leads the development of several open source side projects. When he has time, he enjoys getting outside and doing non-nerdy things. Mike can be found on Twitter at @mgirouard and even keeps an infrequently updated blog at lovemikeg.com.



Presentations

Responsible JavaScript

There is lots of talk about best practices in the world of modern JavaScript -- but not all best practices are right for your application.

Responsible JavaScript highlights (and challenges) many well known best practices outside of their textbook context and puts them to test in real-life scenarios.

HTML5 Accessibility

Even today accessibility is one of the most misunderstood area's of web development. Fortunately for everyone, HTML5 offers many powerful accessibility enhancements "out of the box".

HTML5 Accessibility will tour some of the newest features of HTML5 and examine how we can use them today to build toward a more accessible web.

Transitioning to HTML5

They say that HTML5 won't become a recommendation until 2022 -- still everyone is betting big on HTML5 and the related technologies.

The good news for us all is that we can use these features right now! Transitioning to HTML5 introduces the basic concepts of HTML5 and explores techniques for implementing these features today with forward-support and backward compatibility for all platforms.

Building Modern JavaScript Applications

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