Keynotes from the O’Reilly Fluent Conference in San Francisco 2016

Experts from across the web development world came together in San Francisco for the O’Reilly Fluent Conference 2016. Below you’ll find links to full keynote presentations from the event.

A speaker’s notes

“It’s time that I sit down and listen to you.” Kyle Simpson is stepping back so that new and different voices can come forward. Here he offers observations and encouragement from seven years of conference talks.

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• Watch “A speaker’s notes.”

Progressive web apps and what’s next for mobile

Web apps have long been considered underpowered compared to native mobile apps. Alex Russell describes a new way to build web apps that combines emerging browser features to bring mobile apps up to desktop standards.

• Watch “Progressive web apps and what’s next for mobile.”

JavaScript in 2016: Beyond harmony

Brendan Eich explores the Web’s journey to rival native.

• Watch “JavaScript in 2016: Beyond harmony.”

The Seif project

Douglas Crockford introduces Seif, an open source project started at PayPal with the goal of transitioning the Web into an application delivery system.

• Watch “The Seif project.”

How npm split a monolith and lived to tell the tale

Laurie Voss tells the story of how npm made the journey from a monolithic, single-process registry to a distributed system made up of separate measurable, testable, and manageable microservices.

• Watch “How npm split a monolith and lived to tell the tale.”

Quality, equality, and accessibility

The state of accessibility on the Web is rapidly improving. Laura Palmaro shares tips and tools for continuing this upward trajectory.

• Watch “Quality, equality, and accessibility.”

Globalization Pipeline: Translations at cloud speeds

Steve Atkin discusses IBM’s Globalization Pipeline on Bluemix.

• Watch “Globalization Pipeline: Translations at cloud speeds.”

The entire history of design principles 1322-2016, abridged

Tracy Osborn explores the two most important principles to being a better designer

• Watch “The entire history of design principles 1322-2016, abridged.”

Angular 2 and the future of HTML5 apps

Brad Green explains how new techniques make it easy to use advanced browser features like Web workers, HTTP/2, and service workers for building robust apps.

• Watch “Angular 2 and the future of HTML5 apps.”

Complex responsive SVG animations

Sarah Drasner covers advanced, performant SVG animation techniques that offer cross-browser stability.

• Watch “Complex responsive SVG animations.”