Web Perspectives

What is web accessibility for the web and why does it matter? Mike Gifford, invited expert for the WCAG guidelines at the W3C goes through the 3 things developers should do right now to improve the accessibility of their web apps and websites. Also, is Drupal still alive, and how do its new AI features make it a contender for your next CMS? Find out in this 90-minute episode! Links : Funka: It Sho...

AI Chatbots have taken over like ChatGPT, Anthropic Claude, and DeepSeek, but what does that mean for education? Are coding bootcamps a thing of the past? Khurram Virani, founder of Lighthouse Labs, Canada's leading coding bootcamp, discusses the pitfalls of relying on AI and the #1 problem developers face today when using AI: disinformation . AI Chatbots like ChatGPT give us answers very conf...

What is UX and why is it important for developers to learn? Carrie Mah , Staff UX Designer and founder of Carrie M Designs, details the #1 mistake developers make when working with UX designers and how to get started in UX Design as a web developer. Timestamps: 00:02:58 - Her journey into UX design, starting from a computer science education and exploring various roles in software development. 00:...

Author, writer, and front-end developer Zell Liew's self-taught journey . Featured on numerous web development magazines including Smashing Magazine , A List Apart , and CSS Tricks , Zell uncovers the single key accident that led him down his front-end web development journey to make 6 figures passively in his sleep. Topics covered: Does it still make sense to pursue web development in 2025? Are C...

Udemy vs. eDX vs. Pluralsight -- who wins? Tony Alicea, instructor for over 10 years on Udemy and Pluralsight, breaks down when to use online learning platforms vs. actually writing code. What's the quickest way to learn web development? What do the best learners do? Show notes https://tonyalicea.dev https://thesmythgroup.com Course coupons https://understandingreact.com/?coupon_code=WPP https...

How do you know when it's time to quit your designer or web developer job? What do signs of gaslighting and verbal abuse look like in the workplace. Matej Latin, author of betterwebtype.com , shares the crucial turning points of his designer career from corporate banking to GitLab to his self-led journey, coaching thousands of aspiring designers. Links : Medium (Matej Latin): How my Dream Desi...

What are the best ways to learn full-stack web development? Muhannad Nouri, full-stack developer at Enverus , shares with us his #1 tip for leveraging YouTube, TikTok, and X to enhance his full-stack learning. Timestamps 01:43: Do you need a computer science degree to be a web developer? Muhannad shares his experience. 04:37: The #1 tip for new web developers to avoid feeling overwhelmed. 09:15: C...

Dan Stevenson, a seasoned instructor at SAIT, demystifies the complexities of web development. Dan emphasizes the significance of mastering fundamental web technologies like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript while highlighting the importance of continuous learning and adaptation in the face of evolving trends. He delves into the challenges of balancing innovation with accessibility and performance in web...

What is web accessibility, and why does it matter? Daryl Suttie, accessibility enthusiast, answers our questions about accessibility gotchas and illustrates how we can promote web accessibility and "sell" it to large software companies. Timestamps [00:01:00]: Daryl's Background - Accidental accessibility specialist; held roles in design, development, product management, QA; now advoc...

Sub-sea cables make the internet possible today, but what about the data centres they connect to? Take a look inside the operations of what happens inside "colo" or "metro" centres that keep the internet fast and efficient via "peering". Coral Taylor Bliss of Equinix , which manages over 112 data centres worldwide, gives us the inside scoop on what it takes to run som...

Kevin Powell gives out his #1 tip on learning and teaching CSS. How can you keep up to date with all the new CSS features coming? Should you still use Bootstrap? What about Tailwind? CSS in JS? How do you CSS in 2023? Learn how Kevin got started with web development and teaching CSS. Hear his perspective on using frameworks like Bootstrap and Tailwind to learn. Get insights on the challenges begin...

AWS, Google Cloud, DigitalOcean, Azure... the list goes on. But how hard is it to migrate an existing tech stack to the cloud? Heman Tailor , director of IT at SCA Interactive, gives us the lowdown on the pros, cons, challenges of migrating his infrastructure from on-prem to AWS.

Josh Collinsworth wrote a blog post about why ReactJS is outdated and which technologies to try instead , and we wanted to learn more. Why has ReactJS remained the king of front-end frameworks, and what can we do about it? What about frameworks like Svelte, Vue, and Astro? View transitions API as per Astro along with some life advice on how to choose a front-end framework in your next project. Jos...

Andrii Borovskyi discusses Functional Programming in JavaScript and TypeScript and why it still remains unpopular, despite ReactJS' functional components. What is functional programming, and how can teams adopt it? Can we really stop debugging altogether by using functional programming? Andrii tells his story of how he got into web development and how he sees the future of web technologies pro...

Is .NET still a thing? Has it caught up with other full-stack frameworks like NEXT, NUXT, SvelteKit, and Remix? Philip Young comes on the show, drawing from his 10+ years' experience as yoga practitioner and software developer to give us the inside scoop on .NET and mindfulness.

What challenges do women face in the tech industry? Kylie Woods & April Hicke discuss the barriers to entry for women and the story of why Kylie decided to close down Chiq Geek. ChicGeek TryToast April Hicke (LinkedIn) TryToast promo code FIRSTFREE to get your first month free at TryToast.

Allie Knull joins us to discuss why resumes are so outdated and how to get your next best tech job without using your resume. Do resumes really matter that much? How about job experience? When should you negotiate a salary? Is there such a thing as being "overqualified" for a job? Allie tells us all this, and more. Allie Knull on LinkedIn Allie Knull on TikTok ResumeFree

How can web developers improve their documentation skills? How important is it for software development businesses to hire technical writers as opposed to offloading the responsibility to web developers? Mitch Willis, long-time technical writer, joins us to explore the reasons to hire a technical writer specialist, for both large and small teams.

What's life like as a digital nomad? What are the pros and cons of living abroad in digital nomad cities like Bali and Chengdu? How much sense does it make to pack our bags and work remotely as a web developer, given that most jobs allow remote work? Ryan Hnetka, a long-time working nomad with over 20 years of experience as a digital nomad, gives us the lowdown on the ins and outs of the digit...

As software developers, what can we do to understand our emotions? Does coaching help, and how much does "self-help" actually matter in the workplace to maximize our workplace efficiency? Cami Travis-Groves , a former graphic designer, and now life coach, shares with us her steps to understanding and making sense of difficult emotions in and outside of the workplace. Cami Travis-Groves (...

What role do PMs (project managers) play in software projects, and what techniques do they use to create successful software releases? Mark Dodd, long-time PM at Koncept , walks us through his process of managing project scope, meeting best practices, and how to involve key stakeholders into software projects. What is a stakeholder? How do stakeholders differ from investors? What happens when a st...

What are Verifiable Credentials (VC) and how can web developers leverage the new W3C specification to build out future-proof authentication solutions?  How do Verifiable Credentials differ from traditional OAuth providers like with Google, Meta, or Microsoft, and how can we reclaim our independence with technologies with VCs?  What's the future of Blockchain and Web3 applications? Robert...

What's causing all the layoffs in the tech industry? How can we use AI and ChatGPT to supercharge our resumes and cater them to job postings? How important are job postings anyway? Stephen Wensley , from Acuspire shares with us his insights from parsing 1000s of resumes using AI on what you can do right now to simplify your job search. ChatGPT and how it has taken off What AI means for web develop...

"One more thing".  We always have one more thing to do in software development -- whether our customer asks us for one more feature, or we task ourselves with going beyond the requirements, the challenge remains: how much is enough ? What is overengineering?  How do we know when our software is ready to launch?  When customers can always come back to us with more work -- one more th...

What is technical debt in software development, and how do we manage it?  Does it make sense to try to avoid technical debt or to accept it with open arms and consider it a core part of software development?  How do we approach adding more tools to our front-end stacks?