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Polymer: Shadow DOMS, Custom Components and the Future of Web

Enough with the darn JavaScript frameworks already! There's nothing wrong with a judicious use of this ubiquitous programming language, but it's gotten a little out of hand. What if there were an evolvable future state of declarative and encapsulated user interface elements that was available today in most modern browsers?

There is! The Polymer Project is a young but impressive glimpse into where things should go.

It's goals are:

  • Use the platform
  • Everything is an element
  • Eliminate boilerplate

This talk will introduce you to:

  • The Polymer Project
  • The strategy for supporting today's browsers with tomorrow's technologies
  • Application frameworks that build upon these core technologies
  • Custom visual and non-visual elements
  • The underlying W3C Specifications that engender all of this

Brian Sletten

About Brian Sletten

Brian Sletten is a liberal arts-educated software engineer with a focus on forward-leaning technologies. His experience has spanned many industries including retail, banking, online games, defense, finance, hospitality and health care. He has a B.S. in Computer Science from the College of William and Mary and lives in Auburn, CA. He focuses on web architecture, resource-oriented computing, social networking, the Semantic Web, AI/ML, data science, 3D graphics, visualization, scalable systems, security consulting and other technologies of the late 20th and early 21st Centuries. He is also a rabid reader, devoted foodie and has excellent taste in music. If pressed, he might tell you about his International Pop Recording career.

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