Front End Sheffield: November 2022

Join us on the last Thursday of November for Front End Sheffield at Sheffield Technology Parks. This month: Chad Gowler and Ben Foxall.

Our event is free and inclusive; we welcome people of all backgrounds and experience levels to join. We will be checking in people at the door so be sure to sign up online.

Before you attend, please read our code of conduct: http://bit.ly/fes-coc

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This month we'll be welcoming:

Chad Gowler (@kitation) - The Accessibility Expert Is In

Accessibility specialists can sometimes be like Lucy, pulling the football of launching your website from under you by finding a bunch of issues that need to be fixed before go-live. This talk is to show you how to not be a Charlie Brown by demonstrating quick and simple checks to catch some of the most common issues.
How? I issue you a challenge! Without tools or assistive technology, I bet that I can find at least one issue within a minute of testing. If I win I tell you how I did it, if you win there will be prizes and glory!

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Ben Foxall (@benjaminbenben) - Exploring time and space with WebCodecs

We’ll see how to load video with the WebCodecs APIs, and see the interactive experiences that we can create by accessing content in this way. I’ll show some live data visualisations of video content and we’ll explore together some example files.
Topics we’ll cover: WebCodecs, Image data, webgl textures, neural networks

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Post-meetup social
After the talks we'll head to socialise at the nearby Triple Point Brewery + Bar. They serve a range of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, plus food from Twisted Burger Co. See https://triplepointbrewing.co.uk/ for more details.

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Running order
6:15pm - Doors open (please sign in at reception)
6:30pm - Welcome
6:40pm - Talk 1
7:10pm - Break
7:20pm - Talk 2
7:40pm – Open mic
7:45pm – Social