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Web Dev in the Real World

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Brought to you by

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Greg Saunders

Greg Saunders

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Eric Kryski

Eric Kryski

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Web work in Calgary

  • Agencies are sweat shops but can be a good place to cut your teeth
  • Start ups are interesting
    • Look for founders that don't resemble cult leaders
  • .NET will feed you in this town but you'll lose your soul
  • Rails is gaining ground

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Global Web Work

  • More remote work
  • Rails + NodeJS + python are the new standard
  • Lot's of front-end dev positions

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Consulting

  • Don't be cheap
  • Determine a reasonable rate
    • Min hourly rate should be your cost of living (per year) / 1,000
    • Max? Keep raising your rate until you are at 2/3 capacity

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Trends


MVC is dying a slow death and **web components** are the future.

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polymer

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react

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JavaScript is Everywhere

  • Hybrid mobile apps (Cordova/Phonegap)
  • Native mobile apps (React Native, Appcelerator)
  • Server side (NodeJS)
  • All web apps have JS. A lot are very JS heavy

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Scaling

  • Container technology
    • Docker
    • lxc
    • SmartOS

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Code Schools

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