Around the World with PWAs
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Have you ever wanted to build a web application but couldn’t due to poor internet connection? Have you ever wanted to make your app run faster, but are stumped for ideas? If yes, then come learn about the extraordinary potential of PWAs and how you can build your own!
Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) are an up-and-coming technology that has piqued the interest of tech companies big and small (Pinterest used a PWA to boost their ad revenue by 44% !) The talk will inform the audience about this new field, its potential, and how one can get started developing PWAs. This talk is both educational and imaginative, and will provide a launchpad for exploring a new way to use JavaScript.
In this talk, Colleen Dunlap will introduce the audience to Progressive Web Apps–what they are, their benefits (such as offering offline functionality, can be run as web page or native app, and increased performance speed), and tools to create them (my go-to tools are AngularJS and Firebase). I’ll also discuss how you can turn your existing Web App into a PWA in a matter of minutes. Secondly, this talk will cover how well known-tech Companies are utilizing PWAs to create value and boost efficiency. Finally, this talk will discuss how PWAs can be applied to fields such as Tropical Medicine, Poverty Alleviation, and Disaster Relief (this will include anecdotes from my experience building PWAs for researchers in Tanzania). Learn how you can apply your JS chops to create better web and mobile experiences in both ordinary and extraordinary circumstances!
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Colleen Dunlap is a free-spirited techie with a passion for Global Engineering and connecting with others. She's a life-long learner who enjoys Hackathons, Puppies (all Dogs are puppies), and the Circus. Her passion projects include an online resource platform for LGBT+ individuals living in countries where Homosexuality is illegal, Predictive Analysis on the Missing Migrants dataset, and her work with Engineers Without Borders. She spent the summer building PWAs for malaria researchers in Tanzania.
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Thank you to our Sponsors!
Thank you to MacGregor Partners (http://www.macgregorpartners.com/) for hosting us!
Thank you to NVISIA (https://www.nvisia.com/) for providing food.
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