Web Perspectives

What does the Python programming language have to offer web developers? How does it compare to Javascript? Author, writer, and creator of pythonmorsels.com, Trey Hunner, compares Python to Javascript, and showcases how new and experienced web developers can leverage the Python ecosystem, from Django to Flask, to create rich web applications.

What's it like to be a front-end web developer as a female in the current web development industry? What struggles do women in tech face when applying for jobs? Justine Matsala, female mentor and Senior React Developer at Logitech takes us through the ins and outs of what it means today to be a female (and all other genders on the spectrum) in the web development industry. What can we do to encourage gender diversity in the workplace -- part 1

What makes a good website?  How can we keep visitors on our websites and reduce bounce rates through telling stories?  What about our business goals?  How can we succintly convey our business goals, with attention spans shortening every day?  Do businesses even need a website in 2021?

What do developers need to know about "e-commerce" to start an online business?  Banner ads?  Google Ads?  Facebook Pixel?  How many images in a product page?  Chat boxes, popup modals, or an overly technical specifications section?  How can web dvelopers leverage Shopify's templates to quickly create online stores?  Kray Mitchell from Shopify tells us the best way to structure e-commerce websites for developers and how Shopify compares to other platforms like WooCommerce, Magento, and Joomla.

Introducing the host, Sean G!  Background, education, how Sean got into web development.  How did Sean get into web development?  Sean's philosophy on passion and passionate onboarding for teams.  How did web perspectives come to be?

Founder of Calgary web development meetup Pixels, Tony Grimes discusses the future of web development bootcamps and in-person meetups amidst the raging pandemic.  How to grow your web development career in a world of digital "meetups".  What does the future of in-person meetups look like?  Does it sill make sense to take a web bootcamp in 2021?

Pixels YYC:

https://discord.gg/EyFxsYPs

Pixels & Pints Meetup (Calgary)

https://www.meetup.com/pxandpints/

Scott Gerlach discusses what Web Security means and how to automate API security vulnerability discovery through his DAST platform, StackHawk.

What does it mean to write "simple" code, and what suggestions can we give to emerging front-end developers?  How much should coding standards bog us down when we just want to get an idea out there?  How much of front-end web development is just muscle memory as opposed to giving ourselves freedom of expression in our code?  With a wealth of tools shoved down our throats with modern build pipelines and CI, how can we keep it simple?

What does the devOps role mean in today's competitive industry of cloud providers, serverless, and Jamstack.  Why should businesses consider hiring a devOps engineer when they easily rely on third-party providers like AWS, Azure, and Netlify, and Google Cloud?  What does devOps even mean in an industry when we can easily spin up full stacks in a matter of seconds using npm scripts and CLI tools like create-react-app and vue cli, affording us everything we already need as full-stack developers from development environments to staging and to production?  Has full-stack development replaced the need for devOps?

A deep, meta look at how we can rework the interview process to favour candidate honesty and vulnerability. How to uncover underlying talent and passion during , and to allow candidates to be vulnerable. How can we learn, both as interviewers, and as candidates, from our past interviews to best allow applicants to showcase their talent? How do we enable candidates to open up about their passions during an interview? All this, and more, in this hour long finale on interviews.