Presenter: Bruce Lawson, Opera Software
Time: 12:30 – 13:30, Friday 30 September

Web apps, mobile phone apps, websites that work anywhere, SVG, HTML5, Widgets, location-aware sites, Media Queries. Beyond the buzzword assault is a revolution in the way sites are made, what they can do, and how they are accessed. We’re going to talk about what the buzzwords actually mean and how they all fit together. We’ll explore different methodologies for making websites that users can access on mobile phones and other devices, and how to optimize your existing website for mobile. Then we’ll put all the buzzwords together into a coherent vision that works now, with real code snippets that you can use right away. Finally, we get out our crystal balls out and look at what’s coming around the corner in HTML5 and the W3C APIs that allow websites to access native capabilities on devices.

Bruce evangelises open standards for Opera. He’s interested in HTML5,
cross-device development, internationalisation and accessibility – in
short, the Web everywhere. Follow him at @brucel, read him at
www.brucelawson.co.uk.

by Patrick H Lauke