Front-End Meetup 9/7/16

Lean Coffee - Notes and Thoughts

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Good UX and UI Resources?

• Nielsen Norman Group
• Good UI
• Dont Make Me Think by Steve Krug
• User Onboard

How Will the Web's UX and UI Translate to Virtual and Augmented Reality?

• Video: Hands-On - Building Fantastic Contraption in Virtual Reality

Breakpoints vs. Fluid Layout

Does mobile-first design work for all agencies/companies?

• Atomic Design
• Element Collages
• Viewport Unit Based Typography
• Responsive Typography

Free or Near-free In-person Training

• Philly.net Code Camp
• Central PA Open Source Conference
• WordCamp US - Philadelphia - Dec 2
• WordCamp Baltimore - November 19-20

Tools, Tools, Tools!

How to determine what to use for certain types of projects

• Framework Usage Statistics (interactive chart)
• Survive JS
• Dan Abramov - Live React: Hot Reloading with Time Travel at react-europe 2015

Other Discussions

• Unit testing and test-driven development
• Offline first (Chad to give a talk on this topic in the future)
  – Article: Take your Pokémon GO Offline (First)
• Lack of diversity in central PA tech scene, and tech scene in general.