Frontend & Design

In this session, we will discuss the current state of the web and it's compatibility with new platforms. All topics handle web technology in general.   Some highlights include: Mobile web design anti-patterns Designing in the browser jQuery or not?

Drupal has a great module eco-system that allows you to extend and customize Drupal functionality with contributed modules. If a module doesn't quite do what you want it to do, if you find a bug or have a suggestion, then you have the ability to help the module maintainer.

As UX designers, simply crafting a beautiful solution and presenting it well is not enough. Getting it accepted by and sold to a client is the true challenge! The best way to do this is involving your client directly in the design process and having him co-create the solution.

Out of all the devices and appliances you use everyday how many have some kind of sensor or measurement mechanism that would be useful to monitor once connected to the internet? Quite a few I hear you think.

Imagine you could send your users a hyperlink that starts up a step by step walkthrough tutorial for pretty much any process they want to do on your site.

Drupal 8 will ship with Backbone.js, so a lot of Drupal developers will be exposed to it. Backbone offers a framework to structure and organize javascript code. It simplifies maintainability but at the same time adds a layer of complexity by adding new abstractions and rules about organising JavaScript code. Backbone.js is easy to work with as long as we have an understanding of these rules and concepts. To prevent it being "a pain in the #!$", let's get to know Backbone!

Two things are inevitable in software development: bugs, and more bugs. Unfortunately, JavaScript development is no exception to this rule!