Making it easier to build web apps

• Name : Jan Lehnardt
• Twitter : @janl
• Github : janl
• Website : writing.jan.io

##Abstract

When building anything, one needs to keep a few things in mind to ensure success. Two primary ones are:

1. The target audience.
2. Real-world constraints.

The current state of web development ignores these two at everyone’s peril.

This talk invites you to rethink modern web development a little bit, just enough to build a better technical foundation for everyone to use.

We will be looking at freeing frond-end developers from their shackles of backend technology and the offline-first approach to build better, more enjoyable, more functional and more mobile-friendly user experiences.

##Speaker Bio

Jan Lehnardt is an Open Source developer who works on all parts of the Web stack. He is the project lead of the synchronising database Apache CouchDB and co-inventor of Hoodie, a javascript framework and infrastructure brings full-stack app development to frontend programmers and web designers. He lives in Berlin and likes to change the world.