Modern Web Development

Who Am I?

• 15 years web application development experience
• Built web based software for businesses in the Caribbean, US, UK and AU
• Currently helps startups with product development, technology, resourcing and funding issues
• Most importantly, I sat in these same seats

What do you want to be when you grow up?

Are you a git?

The Front End

• Single Page Applications
• HTML5/CSS/Javascript
• Frameworks: AngularJS, BackboneJS, EmberJS, KnockoutJS (not just jQuery!)
• CSS Tools: LESS, SASS
• CSS Frameworks: Twitter Bootstrap
• Data Exchange formats: JSON (ok, and XML)
• Responsive design (more on this later)

The BackEnd

• Programming Languages: PHP, Python, Ruby, Java, Javascript, Go, .NET, Groovy, Scala
• Frameworks: Rails, Grails, Play, Symphony, Laravel, Django, Phalcon
• Paradigms: Model View Controller, Dependency Injection, Inversion of Control
• SQL Databases: MySQL, Postgres, Oracle, SQL Server
• NoSQL Databases: MongoDB, Redis, Hadoop, Cassandra, ElasticSearch

Connections

• Web Services: RPC, SOAP, REST
• AJAX

Mobile

• Native - Objective C, Swift, Android
• Hybrid - Written in HTML, compiled into native code
• Web application - HTML, designed to fit device screen
• Responsive Website - HTML, written once for desktop, use CSS to reformat for different device screens

Movers, Builders and Shakers

• Scaffolding
• Building
• Continuous Integration

Recap of Tools

You vs the World

• A European and Caribbean initiative
• A free training program
• Work on local and international start up projects
• Not a "job shop", will be core members of start up teams
• Smart, Ambitious (ideally computer science graduates)

Thank You

Donnie Bachan

SixBerries Ltd

http://sixberries.com

donnie@sixberries.com

@sixberries / @thinkinglemur

https://www.linkedin.com/in/donniebachan