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Join Laurie Voss, co-founder of npm,a startup that provides crucial tools to over 11 million developers, as he gives a sweeping overview of foundational web development stuff that everybody knows - except you. Laurie's experience spans over a decade of web development & technical leadership, including 4 years at Yahoo as a developer & numerous years starting & running his own companies. Laurie's passion is making the web itself bigger, better & more powerful, & he believes the best way to do that is to get more people building web sites & web apps.
What you'll learn:
Web development foundations --Learn about foundational concepts underlying the World Wide Web. From learning what the internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) is to how web browsers parse HTML, CSS & JavaScript, you will walk away from this webinar with foundational insights on how the webactuallyworks.
Why the web is powerful--Learn about the evolution of the web through its rise to ubiquity & hear Laurie's perspective on why it's one of the most powerful systems ever developed by humankind.
Who this workshop is for:You're in the early-mid stages of exploring web development or are curious about the ecosystem of the web. We welcome folks from all experience levels to participate.
Tech requirements:
This Webinar is held online through video conference.
Students will need to have their laptops. Windows, Mac or Linux will do it!
Have theZoomClient for Video Meetings installed on your computer well before the webinar begins.
Taught live online:
Thursday, January 16th: 5:30pm - 7:30pm Pacific Time (what's this in my time zone?).
A link to join the webinar will be provided to you via email once you RSVP.
We look forward to meeting you virtually!
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About the Speaker
Laurie VossCo-founder & former CTO/COO/CDO at npm
Laurie Voss is a web developer, in the sense that he builds websites, & also in the sense that he develops the web: his passion is making the web itself bigger, better & more powerful, & he believes the best way to do that is to get more people building web sites & web apps. Lauriestarted a web development company in high school, & has spent the last twenty-three years in tech. The first 15 years of his career were mostly as an individual contributor, building sites at every level from front-end through the application stack & down to the level of DBA & systems administration.For the last 10 years, Laurie has been running two startups that co-founded, as CTO, COO, & most recently CDO or Chief Data Officer.
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