Brighton Web Development Meetup

For our May 2026 Brighton Web Development Meetup we are delighted to have two great talks on modern HTML and CSS development techniques from Noam Rosenthal and Dylan Beattie.

With their extensive experience speaking at major tech conferences worldwide, Noam and Dylan are true web development experts and we are honoured to have them come to Brighton and they share their HTML and CSS expertise with our Meetup Group.

Talk 1 - Noam Rosenthal

"Dynamic HTML 2026: new web APIs to stream & update markup"

Noam will discuss modern ways of developing with HTML and the shift away from heavy JavaScript-driven rendering toward a "native-first" approach leveraging standard browser capabilities to achieve real-time, fluid updates.

Talk 2 - Dylan Beattie

"Do it with Style: Rethinking CSS"

Cascading Style Sheets. CSS. The language everybody loves to hate. Everything's global, there's no control flow, there's no error messages... in fact, some people say it isn't even a real programming language.

But CSS isn't just about making websites look pretty. It's one of the fundamental building blocks of the open web, and it's continuously evolving. Modern CSS has variables, grids, flexboxes, animations, view transitions... when it comes to layout, accessibility, interaction and validation, CSS can do all kinds of things you thought you could only do with JavaScript.

Dylan Beattie's been building web applications since before CSS was invented - yes, really - and in this session, he'll take you on a whirlwind tour of some of the weird and wonderful things you can do in 2026 using semantic HTML, a generous sprinkling of CSS, and absolutely no JavaScript.

OK, maybe a tiny bit of JavaScript. But absolutely no React.

Bios:

Noam Rosenthal
Noam Rosenthal is a software engineer on the Google Chrome team, where he works on the evolution of the web platform. Having spent years as a web developer before moving into browser engineering and standards editing, Noam brings a "both sides of the platform" perspective to his work on HTML, CSS, and web performance.

Dylan Beattie:
Dylan Beattie is an independent consultant who has been building data-driven web applications since the 1990s. He’s managed teams, taught workshops, and worked on everything from tiny standalone websites to complex distributed systems. He’s a Microsoft MVP, and he regularly speaks at conferences and user groups all over the world.

Dylan is the creator of the Rockstar programming language, and the founder, vocalist and lead guitarist with The Linebreakers, the world's greatest nerd comedy classic rock disco alt punk covers band.

Doors open at 6:30pm with the first presentation starting at 7pm ish

As usual there will be half time drinks and snacks.

Please sign up so we can keep track of numbers on the night?

I look forward to seeing you there.
Thanks, Gavin