Three Eyede software developers attended the first Web Developers Conference WDCNZ held in Wellington last Thursday (14th July) at the Mac’s Brewhouse function rooms.
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Web geeks turned out in numbers and got their early caffeine kick from a much appreciated on site barista. The event started at 9am with a quick introduction from the organisers followed by the “Developer Experience” YMCA dance demonstrated by the opening speaker Pamela Fox.
Some great sessions followed on HTML5, CCS3, Security, Web performance, Mobile development and different web frameworks. A panel discussion on web vs. native for mobile saw the speakers battling with each other. The panel consisted of representatives from iOS, Android and Microsoft, so there was something useful from everyone’s perspective including the obligatory good natured humour at the expense of Microsoft representative.
The expert speakers conveyed their knowledge and experiences well, with an infectious passion for their subjects, liberally mixed with dose of good natured profanity.
The day’s speakers included Google engineer talking about html5, a Mozilla engineer from Firefox video and audio team, the founder of the first iPhone native app company and a core ruby on rails developer.
Some excellent insights into where the web technology is headed in the near future produced some very thought provoking sessions and served well to kick us into overdrive discussing the possibilities for using these ideas in our respective Eyede projects.
The Session finished on time at 5.45pm, with no delay in the collective geeks reaching out for their favourite beverage. As with most successful events of this nature, the day’s speakers acted as a catalyst for new, exciting ideas topped off with a chance to network with other developers.
