Web development isn't about you, dude
summary
Argues that real-world constraints matter: many users have old devices, slow or metered networks and 12% have disabilities, so build with progressive enhancement not by defaulting to heavy JS. Describes a small project and an open playbook that starts with HTML and a tiny stylesheet, uses BBC cutting the mustard style checks and matchMedia to gate JavaScript, tests with throttled CPU and screen readers, and reports it still works everywhere even under 30% of rural America on dial up conditions.
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chapters (30)
- 0:00CHARLIE OWEN
- 1:02SPRINGE NATURE
- 1:47Not a single invention
- 2:49Telephones
- 3:33TCP/IP
- 5:06HTML is a bit suggestive declarative
- 8:31Frozen Innovation
- 9:09Responsive Web Design
- 11:36Commuting hell
- 12:39npm install exciting-tech
- 13:42Stop the Cycle
- 14:01Accelerated Mobile Pages
- 14:51Learn the Basics
- 15:06Empathy is a learned skill!
- 17:43Not everyone is able-bodied
- 18:15Empathy is a fundamental part of our jobs
- 18:35LACK OF EMPATHY IS DANGEROUS Start building with empathy
- 19:54Progressively design
- 21:02Accessible from the start
- 21:43Mould your code into a design
- 22:26A practical example
- 24:39All Progressively Enhanced
- 25:10Ultimate agility
- 26:07Fights FOMO
- 27:18Limitations
- 29:28Use real hardware
- 30:20Listen to the web
- 31:11Navigate with your keyboard
- 32:45Defend the robustness of the WWW
- 33:11The WeirdWildWeb is for everyone
