Web Zurich Mai 2026

Web Zurich presents inspiring talks all about the web. Join us for the Mai 2026 meetup! We will have three talks as well as chit-chat and drinks.

Whatapp: https://chat.whatsapp.com/FxOfVTK9nf431xHtVl3eGK
Website: https://webzurich.ch

18:30 ~ 19:00
Arrival time with drinks, chat

19:00 ~ 19:10
Welcome and introduction

19:10 ~ 19:30
Alex Suzuki
Monetizing JavaScript: Building Profitable Products as a Solo Developer
Lessons learned from building and launching a commercial JavaScript library as a solo developer.

19:30 ~ 19:50
Hugo Sousa
Ten times tea
I'm building a programming language. When I got to the frontend, I ran into a problem: React's mental model is elegant, but the mental model is at odds with the code. Hooks, effects, and render passes create a runtime that bears little resemblance to the code we write. The Elm programming language works differently and its architecture (TEA = The Elm Architecture) has been adopted by other tools over the years.

So I copied it as well. My language embeds TEA at the language level, not as a library. This unlocks time-travel debugging, reproducible application state and serializable bug reports that include the entire program state.

This talk covers the quick introduction of my language, TEA, why TEA is the right fit and what becomes possible when the architecture is baked into the language itself.

19:50 ~ 20:10
Marco Gähler
Software testing
Many old software projects don't have any tests - if the code works, why should you bother with tests? Well, you really should bother, because code changes all the time. During development, you keep adding new features which at times requires large scale modifications of the code that will inevitably alter existing functionality. And in existing projects, one still has to make updates once in a while, for example for security patches. These things will always break existing functionality and tests are the only remedy against this issue.

In this talk, we will look at the basic idea of tests, how to implement them, what issues to look out for and how you can test pretty much any piece of code if your code base is well structured.

20:10 onward
More drinks & chat
We look forward to see you there!

Location
https://zurich.impacthub.ch/space/bogen_d/
Viaduktstrasse 93, 8005 Zürich, Switzerland

Visit our website https://webzurich.ch/ for more information about the Web Zurich community.

This event is supported by Impact Hub Zürich, The global community of entrepreneurial people prototyping the future of business. At Impact Hub, you can connect, collaborate, co-work and create great content in an inspiring environment.