Main Stage Speakers
Laurie Voss
TwitterJavaScript: who, what, where, why and next
Company: npm
npm has more data than anyone about who JavaScript developers are and what we’re up to. Using our unparalleled access to registry usage stats and...
Ken Wheeler
TwitterRenderless Components with Hooks
Company: ******
This talk will explore using a renderless component pattern with React hooks to provide declarative interfaces to imperative and non-DOM based libraries/APIs....
Jay Phelps
TwitterThe WebAssembly Revolution Has Begun
WebAssembly (aka wasm) is a new, standardized compilation target for the web, shipping in all modern browsers. But since it's so low level it can...
Schedule - April 17 (Workshop Day)
Workshops run concurrently and their durations/end times will be determined by the instructors.
| Time | Event | Instructor | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arrivals, set up | 3rd Floor | ||
| Get in the Fast Lane: Measuring Web Performance | Sia Karamalegos | 3rd Floor - Room 214A | |
| Zero Dependency Components: Introduction to Web Components | Nate Clark | 3rd Floor - Room 213 |
Schedule - April 18 (Conference Day)
| Time | Event | Speaker | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration | 3rd Floor Corridor | ||
| Empower Through Web Development | Blake Watson | Main Stage - Theater | |
| Master the JavaScript Interview | Tyler Clark | Main Stage - Theater | |
| Renderless Components with Hooks | Ken Wheeler | Main Stage - Theater | |
| Break | |||
| The Future of Front-End Performance | Sia Karamalegos | Main Stage - Theater | |
| The WebAssembly Revolution Has Begun | Jay Phelps | Main Stage - Theater | |
| Using JS to Bridge the Tech and Culture Gap | Michael Liendo | Main Stage - Theater | |
| Transition to Lunch | |||
| Lunch | Rooms 301-304 | ||
| Overview: Mississippi Coding Academies | Bryce Mullican | Lunch Stage - Rooms 301-304 | |
| Join the Revolution | Gant Laborde | Lunch Stage - Rooms 301-304 | |
| Break | |||
| JavaScript: who, what, where, why and next | Laurie Voss | Main Stage - Theater | |
| Dissecting the fluff from the buff of TDD, Twitter Driven Development | Justin Samuels | Main Stage - Theater | |
| How to Avoid SUX (Some User Experience) | Kayla Sween | Main Stage - Theater | |
| Break | |||
| Full Stack Development in the Era of Serverless Computing | Nader Dabit | Main Stage - Theater | |
| The Future of JavaScript Apps is Gatsby.js | Joe Previte | Main Stage - Theater | |
| Break | |||
| Buliding the Next Generation of Mobile Apps Using Draftbit | Peter Piekarczyk | Main Stage - Theater | |
| So Many Hats: Security for Web Developers | Vince Falconi | Main Stage - Theater | |
| Writing Code Saved My Life | Kurt Kemple | Main Stage - Theater | |
| Door Prizes / Announcements / Dismissal | J.C. Hiatt / Kenneth LaFrance | Main Stage - Theater | |
| After Party - Open Invite! | Fondren Public |
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MagnoliaJS is Mississippi's first-ever developer conference. Our mission is to foster growth and opportunities for developers in the Southeast and be the launching point for greater things for the tech in Mississippi.
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