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The Web Ahead

Conversations with world experts on changing technologies and future of the web. The Web Ahead is your shortcut to keeping up. Hosted by Jen Simmons.

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54: Jekyll and CMS-less websites with Young Hahn and Dave Cole

54: Jekyll and CMS-less websites with Young Hahn and Dave Cole

After many years of using Content Management Systems that store content in a database, there's a movement to store conte... Read more

27 Jun 2013

1hr 28mins

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110: Understanding the Web with Jeremy Keith

110: Understanding the Web with Jeremy Keith

The web is being compared to "native" a lot these days, with some even declaring the web dead. But what are the strength... Read more

17 Nov 2015

1hr 12mins

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40: Git with John Albin Wilkins

40: Git with John Albin Wilkins

The Git version control system has become incredibly popular, with many people using it to collaborate on shared project... Read more

27 Oct 2012

2hr 22mins

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79: Advanced Git with Tobias Günther

79: Advanced Git with Tobias Günther

Git is a powerful tool for helping developers collaborate, organize, and code at their best. But like anything powerful,... Read more

18 Aug 2014

1hr 21mins

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74: HTML Semantics with Bruce Lawson

74: HTML Semantics with Bruce Lawson

HTML5 brought more semantic elements to HTML. How's that going? Why should developers use semantic HTML? Bruce Lawson jo... Read more

18 Jun 2014

1hr 2mins

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90: Engineering the Front with Claudina Sarahe

90: Engineering the Front with Claudina Sarahe

Front-end development has changed a lot. What used to be simple text in files is now a deep stack of robust engineering ... Read more

17 Dec 2014

1hr 37mins

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77: Advanced Accessibility with Derek Featherstone

77: Advanced Accessibility with Derek Featherstone

What are some of the biggest challenges when it comes to making a website fully accessible? Keyboard access and form des... Read more

17 Jul 2014

1hr 20mins

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62: Waterfall vs Agile with Kristin Ellington

62: Waterfall vs Agile with Kristin Ellington

Is the web industry moving away from waterfall projects and towards an agile-ish approach? Funny Garbage COO Kristin Ell... Read more

13 Mar 2014

1hr 10mins

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67: SVG with Doug Schepers

67: SVG with Doug Schepers

SVG is one of several image formats for the web — one that has superpowers that the others don't. When would you want to... Read more

17 Apr 2014

1hr 25mins

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112: Imagining the Web of Things with Stephanie Rieger and Jonas Sicking

112: Imagining the Web of Things with Stephanie Rieger and Jonas Sicking

Talking about the Internet of Things is all the rage these days. What is it about, and why is there so much hype? Will a... Read more

11 Feb 2016

1hr 45mins

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69: WCAG and Accessibility with Luke McGrath

69: WCAG and Accessibility with Luke McGrath

Walk through the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 with Luke McGrath and Jen Simmons. Links for this episo... Read more

1 May 2014

1hr 32mins

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72: Style Guides with Anna Debenham

72: Style Guides with Anna Debenham

Style guides, once the exclusive domain of print designers, are finding their way onto the web. Built out of HTML and CS... Read more

5 Jun 2014

1hr 18mins

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88: Staying Sane with Peter Ferko

88: Staying Sane with Peter Ferko

This week has been declared "Geek Mental Health Week" by Andy Clark. He asked us at The Web Ahead to participate, so I i... Read more

29 Oct 2014

1hr 28mins

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63: The Latest in CSS with Chris Coyier

63: The Latest in CSS with Chris Coyier

What's new in CSS? Chris Coyier joins Jen Simmons to talk about flexbox, grids, regions, shapes, and the future of layou... Read more

20 Mar 2014

1hr 11mins

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89: Responding Responsibly with Scott Jehl

89: Responding Responsibly with Scott Jehl

It's clear that responsive web design is the way to build a website in today's crazy world of mobile devices, but what's... Read more

2 Dec 2014

1hr 24mins

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64: Accessibility with Dale Cruse

64: Accessibility with Dale Cruse

What's the deal with accessibility and why should we care? How do we make our websites accessible? Dale Cruse joins Jen ... Read more

26 Mar 2014

1hr 13mins

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106: Focusing on Customer Top Tasks with Gerry McGovern

106: Focusing on Customer Top Tasks with Gerry McGovern

As soon as you have many people chiming in on the direction of a website, you get disagreements, conflicting idea, and t... Read more

17 Sep 2015

1hr 21mins

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85: Relaunching The Early Web with Dan Noyes

85: Relaunching The Early Web with Dan Noyes

The web was invented at CERN 25 years ago. To mark the anniversary, the web team at CERN has been working on a number of... Read more

1 Oct 2014

1hr 14mins

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80: The Complexity and the Humanity with Trent Walton

80: The Complexity and the Humanity with Trent Walton

Web projects have gotten very complex in the last few years, but the hardest part isn't the technology — it's the humani... Read more

26 Aug 2014

1hr 12mins

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82: Paying on the Web with Manu Sporny

82: Paying on the Web with Manu Sporny

This week, Apple announced Apple Pay — a new system for making payments using iOS devices. What about the web? What work... Read more

10 Sep 2014

1hr 29mins

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