Build Your Own JavaScript Framework (Or At Least Learn How)

With new frameworks every day, what's one more? In this workshop we will code a simple, lightweight JavaScript framework. More importantly, we will examine the features that most frameworks address, patterns to use along the way, and reasons why you may or may not need a framework at all. This workshop will teach the keys to becoming a skilled front-end developer, and show you what bits of HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript you'll need to build great applications.

There's no better way to learn JavaScript than to write a simple framework! Some of the features we will create include:

• Templating
• Data binding
• Routing
• Networking
• Data synchronization

You will find a great many use cases that don't need a framework at all, especially if you're using modern browsers. We will discuss those use cases, features in HTML5, CSS3 and ES6+ which help, and a whole bunch of JavaScript patterns to make developing rich web applications easy and maintainable.

About Danny Brian

Danny Brian got his programming start as a backend developer, wrangling Perl to do all sorts of things for which it was never intended. He wrote some books on software development and document-oriented databases. Eventually he found his true calling: Front-end development. In this “new career” Danny has worked as a designer, Flash developer, and application architect. Today Danny's projects include mobile game development with both HTML5 and the Unity platform. His goal? “To build stuff that people actually like, that stick around for more than a few years, and to help others do the same.”

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