EEConf Day 1
EEConf has been running annually for 9 years. It is focused around the PHP based content management system ExpressionEngine, however, EE is just one of the many tools in a developers toolbox. EEConf has always covered a wide variety of topics such as development best practices, UX, design, and project management.
This year, for the first time, we are scheduling all ExpressionEngine specific presentations for day two of the conference, and all presentations that relate to any developer, designer, project managers, strategists, business owners, or agency management are scheduled for day one. If you live in the Twin Cities this is a great opportunity to buy a 1 Day ticket for only $195 to attend EEConf to network with developers from across the country, and of course, learn a few new things!
Agenda
Keynote: Mythology, Movies, and Management
Paul Jones
Website Accessibility - What you need to know to get it done right.
Michele Landis — Accessible360
Delusions of Grandeur and The Reality of Agency Project Management
Andy McCormick — PacketTide
Google’s User-Focused Commitment: How to Win with Google’s Recent Algorithm Updates
Valerie DiCarlo — SEO Web Consulting
Don’t Be A Dummy: Secure Your[self,company,site]
Matt Johnson — PacketTide
Flip your agency on its head
Marcus Neto — Blue Fish
How To Lead a Remote Team Effectively
Oleg Abramov — WiseUpStudio
Increase your ROI with these 5 powerful everyday words
Ari Banerjee — Consumer51
Empowering Content Editors: 7 Principles for Improving Author Experience
Kyle Cotter — Happy Cog
Workshops
Don’t forget to checkout the workshops that are on October 2nd!
Modern JavaScript + EE Workshop
Get familiar with modern JavaScript development practices in this workshop that will guide you through building a real-time comments notification microservice. We’ll hook into this Node and Vue JS service via an ExpressionEngine extension.
Absolute Beginners Workshop
A hands on introduction to ExpressionEngine for those who have little to no experience. Each participant will start with a blank installation and we will walk through all of the steps needed to get us to a simple, functioning site.
Leadership Through Martial Arts
This 3 hour workshop will provide participants with the opportunity to learn about how swords work. The workshop is based upon the Korean sword art, Haidong Gumdo, and presents some basics along with fighting drills. These basics and drills are quickly learned and fun. The drills develop leadership through remembering how to learn and work with partners in safe setting. It includes using wooden swords to practice basics and the fighting drills. Learning how and when to fight can provide insight to problem solving. This knowledge helps develop everything from teamwork and customer service.
Utilizing Build Tools to Automate Your Workflow Workshop
Implementing automation and build tools has a steep learning curve, and getting started improving your development workflow can seem daunting. Utilizing Webpack and package management, local environments should work for you, rather than against. Automate minifying stylesheets and script files, sizing images, and even live updates in the browser without refreshing. Get your projects off the ground quickly, and keep your team in sync with modern development practices. In this workshop, we’ll set up a new project to utilize Bootstrap’s Sass Framework, ES2015 javascript syntax, and live browser refreshing that will work with your entire development team. We’ll stand up a simple dashboard, and see what’s new in the world of javascript. Other Information Development tools covered in this talk: Webpack NPM Sass / Less Browsersync ES2015 Javascript / Babel