I just got back from Trondheim, Norway where I once again spoke at the Trondheim Developer Conference. The last time I spoke there four years ago and I had a great time and I have to say nothing changed – it is still a conference well worth going to.

I was pretty impressed to see that the conference videos were available the day after the event, so I am happy to give you all the materials of my participation and some of the things that impressed me.

The keynote: Watch this space

In this keynote I am talking about protecting the open web as a publishing platform by improving the quality of our work. We’ve accumulated a lot of knowledge over the years, and yet it seems new developers always start from scratch. By making our best practices part of the start of your career and embedding them in tools, we can have a new generation of developers who can invent amazing things that don’t break.

Chris Heilmann – Watch this space! from TrondheimDC on Vimeo.

The slides of the keynote are available on notist

Seven things to make you a happier JavaScript developer

This talk wasn’t planned but as another speaker couldn’t make it, I filled in.

Chris Heilmann – Seven ways to be a happier JavaScript developer from TrondheimDC on Vimeo.

The slides and resources of this JS talk are on notist

Kode24 did a great write-up of this talk on their site called Stop using console.log.

AI for humans

The last talk was about using AI to build more human interfaces.

Chris Heilmann – Artificial intelligence for humans… from TrondheimDC on Vimeo.

The slides of the AI talk are here

Happy Moments

Trondheim Developer Conferance is up and going, with great keynote by @codepo8 "Why I'm doing things and when i could be doing them better" ... and the coming software apocalypse. #tdconf18 pic.twitter.com/42BfuTlWlH

— Wil (@wilwright) October 22, 2018

Great keynote by @codepo8 at #tdconf18. Things developer needs to learn but "We're not paid to learn, we're paid to deliver"

— Mufrid Krilic (@mufridk) October 22, 2018

Christian Heilmann hates conference apps. We don't have an app at #tdconf18, @codepo8 ? program at our webpage https://t.co/0qYVEem321

— TrondheimDC (@TrondheimDC) October 22, 2018

Now: @codepo8 at stage. All the errors in the Internet is put there by us, because we were pushed to do something quickly. #tdconf18 pic.twitter.com/Xu93Can7vJ

— TrondheimDC (@TrondheimDC) October 22, 2018

The coming software apocalypse - great keynote by @codepo8 #tdconf18 @TrondheimDC pic.twitter.com/ZhICvghq9Q

— Håkan Silfvernagel (@agrevlis) October 22, 2018

Great talks to watch

If you are looking for inspiration, there were a few talks that stood out for me:

• Erlend Oftedal of OWASP on security problems of modern web apps
• Linda Liukas of Hello Ruby on teaching Kids about computers, coding and the internet – this talk is pure delight and her books are incredible. I will write a bigger post about this soom

Planning for next year

One great side note: the organisers asked me about more female Europe-based speakers to invite so I collected a few in a tweet.

I got asked if I know tech speakers in Europe that aren't men. Here's a quick collection of people I follow and admire in no certain order. 1/2@simona_cotin @carolstran @pati_gallardo @EmmaWedekind @NadiehBremer @Maggysche @mirjam_diala @AnaCidre_ @ThisIsJoFrank @TessFerrandez

— Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe (@codepo8) October 23, 2018

This thread snowballed and is now a superb reference for presenting talent in Europe.

I just got back from Toronto, Canada, where I attended Web Unleashed a FITC organised three day conference with fifty talks in four tracks. Despite this size, the event felt cozy and not too spread out. There was a lot to learn and a truly stellar line-up of speakers to choose from.

Originally I was lined up to give a workshop together with Burke Holland on developer toolchain setup, but there were not enough sign-ups, so I “only” spoke on a panel about “Life as a lead developer”, gave a talk about AI, ethics and building human interfaces and the closing keynote.

“Life of a Senior Dev” @FITC #webu2018... that is just a dream to see all these people together... pic.twitter.com/aztRMhT3AT

— David Dias (@TheDavidDias) October 1, 2018

The slides of the AI and ethics talk are available here and I made a gist with all the resources I mentioned.

Excited to use @codepo8 and co.’s https://t.co/U7taVv1AiZ. It will help us create a better web. @FITC #webu18 pic.twitter.com/pIpcWzGRDV

— Marathon Consulting (@MarathonIT) October 2, 2018

The closing keynote slides are also on noti.st together with the resources mentioned in that one.

The resources mentioned in this one are here:

• Space Jam Web Site
• Creating Users, not Addicts
• European Internet Copyright Laws – link tax and upload filter
• FCC Net Neutrality ruling
• Trump Administration sueing California
• Internet cables attacked by sharks
• Former Google chief prediciting two internets: the US one, and a Chinese one
• China shutting down thousands of web sites
• China’s digital dictatorship
• Beaker Browser and Dat Project
• Tim Berners Lee’s Solid and Inrupt and the Fast Company Coverage
• Mozilla Developer Network
• Can I use
• Front End Checklist
• Visual Studio Code
• Webhint
• Webhint Visual Studio Code extension

I will write more about the subject of the closing keynote soon here.

I want to thank everyone involved in this event and hope that people learned something from my efforts. It is impressive how many great speakers were present and I had a wonderful time with some of the most relaxed parties.

I also realised that no matter how hard I try, I will never have the same presence as the devrel expert at the Shopify booth: