Oct 10, 2013

Presentation: Front End Tools for Modern Web Apps

Presentation Abstract:
Application development on the web has drastically evolved over the last 15 years. Today web applications are often expected to act like natives apps, are JavaScript heavy, and need to work across mobile, tablet and desktop. With the rise in these application expectations comes the rise in developer skill set expectations, and when ever developers need to do more you can expect some tooling to come into the mix.

This talk will talk a brief look at the history of application development on the web and where it seems to be going in the future. From there we will then take a look at 4 tools (npm, bower, grunt, yeoman) that focus on front end development needs of todays modern web apps.

Presenter Bio:
Zan Thrash is a Principal Consultant with Object Partners, Inc and has been developing software in the Twin Cities area for over a decade. Zan has spent the last 4 years advocating and implementing Grails solutions for multiple clients across various industries, including Health Care, Higher Education, and Social Networking. Zan is an active member of the Groovy/Grails community speaking at the Groovy Users of Minnesota, Object Technology User Group of Minnesota, and GR8 Conf Us.

About the Author

Object Partners profile.

One thought on “Presentation: Front End Tools for Modern Web Apps

  1. Roberto Guerra says:

    You might want to consider nvm – the equivalent of gvm for node.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published.

Related Blog Posts
Natively Compiled Java on Google App Engine
Google App Engine is a platform-as-a-service product that is marketed as a way to get your applications into the cloud without necessarily knowing all of the infrastructure bits and pieces to do so. Google App […]
Building Better Data Visualization Experiences: Part 2 of 2
If you don't have a Ph.D. in data science, the raw data might be difficult to comprehend. This is where data visualization comes in.
Unleashing Feature Flags onto Kafka Consumers
Feature flags are a tool to strategically enable or disable functionality at runtime. They are often used to drive different user experiences but can also be useful in real-time data systems. In this post, we’ll […]
A security model for developers
Software security is more important than ever, but developing secure applications is more confusing than ever. TLS, mTLS, RBAC, SAML, OAUTH, OWASP, GDPR, SASL, RSA, JWT, cookie, attack vector, DDoS, firewall, VPN, security groups, exploit, […]