of gaps, fillers and empty spaces… fronteers2015 closing keynote
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OF GAPS, FILLERS AND EMPTY SPACES…
CHRIS HEILMANN (﴾@CODEPO8)﴿, FRONTEERS, AMSTERDAM, OCTOBER 2015
https://www.flickr.com/photos/50064540@N02/7650431290 (﴾ealingjeff)﴿
AN NOYI NG GA PS
https://twitter.com/heydonworks/status/646687758690459648
WE’VE COME A LONG WAY AND WE’RE STILL ON A JOURNEY…
https://twitter.com/heydonworks/status/646687758690459648
https://www.christianheilmann.com/wheres-‐chris-‐upcoming-‐speaking-‐appointments/
ATTENDING THESE EVENTS IS GREAT AND I FEEL CONFUSED ALL THE TIME HOW I DESERVE ALL THIS…
THIS HERE IS A PRIVILEGE WE HAVE…
SO MAKE SURE YOU MAKE THE BEST OF IT!
YOU MEET AMAZING PEOPLE AT EVENTS…
Lizzie Mary Cullen lizziemarycullen.com
PEOPLE WHO DRAW THE PRETTY LINES TO FILL OUT…
PEOPLE WHO GROW WITH YOUR HELP…
AND YOU CAN GO AND VISIT THEM AND WORK TOGETHER -‐ THIS IS A MOBILE WORLD!
https://twitter.com/muffinresearch/status/639116308030881792
WE’VE COME A LONG WAY AND WE’RE STILL ON A JOURNEY…
TAKE SOME TIME TO HAVE FUN…
YOU MEET PEOPLE AND YOU MAKE IMPRESSIONS…
I GET, HOWEVER, DISAPPOINTED WITH THE RESULTS WE HAVE.
I FEEL A DISCONNECT BETWEEN WHAT WE TALK ABOUT AT EVENTS AND WHAT I HEAR WHEN I TALK TO PEOPLE I WORK WITH.
IT IS LIKE WE DON’T REACH THE PEOPLE WE CLAIM WE DO THIS FOR…
• The web is a mess. The average web page creeps up to 2MB with hundreds of dependencies.
• Outdated frameworks and helper libraries hinder browser interoperability. The quick fix of today is the part of the landfill of tomorrow.
• By trying to control the web we created parallel solutions for desktop and mobile -‐ each of which disappointing.
THIS IS SO RAMPANT, THAT EVERY BROWSER MAKER HAS A DEDICATED TEAM AND TOOLS TO FIX PEOPLE’S CODE WITH THEM. http://dev.modern.ie/tools/staticscan/
https://github.com/MicrosoftEdge/static-‐code-‐scan
THE AMAZING TOOLS WE SHOW HERE ARE LARGELY UNKNOWN…
THERE IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN MESSAGING AT DIFFERENT CONFERENCES.
LET’S TALK A BIT ABOUT THE EXTREMES…
THE WEB IS FREE AND INDEPENDENT.
https://twitter.com/muffinresearch/status/639116308030881792
JAVASCRIPT IS FAULT INTOLERANT.
http://kryogenix.org/code/browser/everyonehasjs.html
https://twitter.com/muffinresearch/status/639116308030881792
WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH TOO MANY TOOLS COMING AND GOING AND BECOMING LANDFILL OF THE WEB…
http://dowebsitesneedtolookexactlythesameineverybrowser.com/
WEBSITE AND APPS DON’T NEED TO LOOK THE SAME IN EVERY BROWSER. REALLY.
COOL LINKS DON’T CHANGE…
SIMULATING NATIVE UI CONFUSES USERS
ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE VERY TRUE AND VERY OBVIOUS…
Photo by Marc Thiele https://www.flickr.com/photos/marcthiele/21461088898/in/faves-‐11414938@N00/
WELCOME TO THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF STATING THE BLOODY OBVIOUS…
2004 -‐ 2005: STOP WRITING INLINE JAVASCRIPT!
https://twitter.com/DanHannanMEP/status/647745678962245632/photo/1
THE WEB OF OLD FORGOT ABOUT THE LURE OF UGC
WHICH LEADS TO THE OTHER EXTREME…
WE GOT VERY DATA DRIVEN AND ARE ADDICTED TO NUMBERS…
BROWSER STATS PROVE THE FUTURE IS HERE…
TOOLING AND ABSTRACTIONS SAVE YOU FROM THE CONFUSION OF THE OPEN WEB.
“DON’T HOLD US BACK!”
AND HAVE AN OVERWHELMING AMOUNT OF RESOURCES WITH DISAGREEING ADVICE.
https://medium.com/@_cmdv_/i-‐want-‐to-‐learn-‐javascript-‐in-‐2015-‐e96cd85ad225
GET TOOLING…
AND LEARN ABOUT THE MODERN STACK, DAMN YOU…
https://egghead.io/series/how-‐to-‐write-‐an-‐open-‐source-‐javascript-‐library
BOTH EXTREMES LOVE TO QUOTE SELF MADE “LAWS” TO PROVE THEIR POINTS…
MOORE’S LAW
Software efficiency halves every 18 months, compensating Moore's law.
MAY’S LAW
Be conservative in what you send; be liberal in what you accept.
POSTEL’S LAW
https://www.flickr.com/photos/15511507@N00/5950941452 (﴾hepp)﴿
COLESLAW
WE NEED LESS DECREES AND DEMANDS
WE STOPPED BEING THE LOVABLE UNDERDOGS THAT
INVITE NEW TALENT…
WE TRY TO CHANGE THE WEB TO BE MORE “PROFESSIONAL”
WE TURNED ENGINEERING INTO A RELIGION -‐ WITH ALL THE DOGMA AND HOLY WARS THAT COMES WITH.
WE CONSIDER AUTOMATION AND INNOVATION TO BE LINEAR…
WE EXPECT EVERYBODY TO GET PURE HAPPINESS FROM CODING…
https://twitter.com/sarahmei/status/597276242887348224
WORKING AT A PACE NO HUMAN SHOULD WORK IN…
WE COMPLAIN ABOUT A LACK OF DIVERSITY AND INVITING ENVIRONMENTS…
…AND RUN HACKDAYS TO SOLVE THAT PROBLEM!
WE CREATE OPEN, BUT ARE NOT INVITING…
WE MADE THE TERMINAL THE STARTING POINT OF WEB DEVELOPMENT…
A TYPICAL START OF A NEW WEB PROJECT…
This is easy, just:
• Have a macbook -‐ everything else is not professional and open enough
• Make sure you are sudo
• Install Node & NPM & Express.js
• Run the build script
• Look at a few minutes of random text scrolling by in your terminal hoping that none of the warnings mean something important
• If there is an error:
• Go to stack overflow and ask for help to learn that you’re doing everything wrong and should use another stack to start with
• Start typing some text in your editor
• Run the local server
• See that text in a browser.
INSTEAD OF -‐ I DON’T KNOW -‐ THE WEB?
• JSBin, JSFiddle, Mozilla Thimble, CodePen… all of these are great teaching tools and not there to impress one another.
• Free test hosting is a good opportunity to get people up and running.
!AFFILIATED -‐ CALM DOWN.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS_Wk193mLo
https://tryappservice.azure.com/en-‐us
WE NEED FEWER SHOW-‐OFF TOOLS…
LET’S ALLOW PEOPLE TO BUILD MUSCLE MEMORY
Photo by State Farm https://www.flickr.com/photos/40567541@N08/9473169772
WE’RE WIRED TO TRY TO PREDICT HE NEXT STEP.
Photo by State Farm https://www.flickr.com/photos/40567541@N08/9473169772
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2015/09/you-mustnt-criticise-the-status-quo-at-a-hackday/
Geeks are people who run on dissent. We see the world is broken, refuse to accept it, and try to fix things. Then other geeks try to fix our mistakes, and then we fix theirs, until we either asymptotically climb towards perfection or tear the whole thing down and start again.
-‐ Terrence Eden (@edent)
REMEMBER, WE WERE ADAMANT NOT TO BREAK THE WEB…
AND NOW WE DO, EVERY SINGLE DAY.
FOR THE SAKE OF FEELING IN CONTROL.
WITH JAVASCRIPT, WE ARE IN CONTROL AND WE CAN FIX ALMOST ANYTHING.
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THE PROBLEM IS THAT US IN CONTROL ALSO MEANS US RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OUTCOME…
WE FORFEIT ALL THE BEAUTIFUL AND IMPORTANT THINGS BROWSERS ALREADY DO FOR US…
I’M NOT SAYING NOT TO USE JAVASCRIPT -‐ FAR FROM IT.
https://twitter.com/DanHannanMEP/status/647745678962245632/photo/1
LET’S NOT VALUE BEING FIRST HIGHER THAN BEING USABLE
I SAY WE SHOULD TRY TO STOP FORCING OR PREDICTING THE FUTURE
DIDN’T SEE IT COMING…
IT IS TIME TO USE WHAT WE HAVE MORE AND TO BE MORE DEMANDING TO FIX OUR BASELINE…
WE SHOULD NOT NEED TO CARE
ABOUT THE BROWSER AND HAVE TO TEST IN
ALL OF THEM!
THERE ARE SOME BREAKTHROUGHS TO CELEBRATE…
https://playbook.cio.gov/designstandards
DEEP DOWN, WE ALL ARE DO-‐GOODERS AND TECHNO HIPPIES.
AND WE CAN MAKE A CHANGE!
PREPARE FOR A BIG CHANGE
WE FOCUS ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY ON THE VALLEY FOR INNOVATION AND GROWTH
AND THERE IS NO LACK OF MONEY BEING THROWN AROUND…
THE REAL GROWTH HAPPENS ELSEWHERE…
AND THESE MARKETS PLAY BY VERY DIFFERENT RULES TO WHAT WE DO NOW…
THE NEXT USERS ARE NOT THOSE WHO COMPLAIN THE WEB IS NOT AS GOOD AS NATIVE APPS…
https://vimeo.com/139312920
https://brucelawson.github.io/talks/2015/velocity
Bruce Lawson at SOTB 2015
PROXY BROWSERS ARE A BIG THING THERE…
https://vimeo.com/130296585https://speakerdeck.com/tkadlec/better-‐by-‐proxy-‐at-‐mobilism-‐2015
Tim Kadlec: Better by Proxy
THE WEB IS A GIFT TO US ALL, AND YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE IN MANY WAYS. ALL OF US PLAYING ON THE BLEEDING EDGE IS MISSING THE POINT.
BE ALONG FOR THE RIDE…
SOMETIMES NOT CONTROLLING THINGS IS WHEN THE FUN STARTS…
YES, THE WEB IS FULL OF TERRIBLE IDEAS, BAD ARCHITECTURE AND LACKS A LOT OF FEATURES NATIVE ENVIRONMENTS OFFER.
BUT WHAT WE TRY TO REPLACE IT WITH RIGHT NOW, IS A STEP BACKWARDS…
WABI-‐SABI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1gxziZwmkc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabi-sabi
Wabi-‐sabi (﴾侘寂)﴿ represents a comprehensive Japanese world view or aesthetic centred on the acceptance of transience and imperfection. The aesthetic is sometimes described as one of beauty that is "imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete"
CELEBRATED GAPS…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kintsugi
"When the Japanese mend broken objects, they aggrandise the damage by filling the cracks with gold. They believe that when something has suffered damage and has a history it becomes more beautiful." -‐ Billie Mobayed
CELEBRATED GAPS…
YES, THE WEB IS FULL OF TERRIBLE IDEAS, BAD ARCHITECTURE AND LACKS A LOT OF FEATURES NATIVE ENVIRONMENTS OFFER.
LET’S WORK ON FILLING THOSE CRACKS WITH GOLD -‐ TOGETHER
We all have different desires and needs, but if we don’t discover what we want from ourselves and what we stand for, we will live passively and unfulfilled.
– Bill Watterson
THANK YOU!CHRIS HEILMANN
@CODEPO8