The Layers Of The Web
A presentation at Beyond Tellerrand in in Berlin, Germany by Jeremy Keith
The Layers of The Web
Tim Berners-Lee
Information Management: A Proposal
Mary Lee Woods
Ferranti Mark I
Antikythera mechanism
Charles Babbage
The Difference Engine
Ada Lovelace
Alan Turing
Colossus
Vannevar Bush
As We May Think
memex
Douglas Engelbart
The Mother Of All Demos
Stewart Brand
Why haven't we seen a photograph of the whole Earth yet?
The Whole Earth Catalog
Spacewar
How Buildings Learn
shearing layers
The Long Now Foundation
The Clock Of The Long Now
The Clock Of The Long Now
The Clock Of The Long Now
pace layers
pace layers
The Elements Of User Experience
The Elements Of User Experience
The Elements Of User Experience
JS+ CSS HTML URLs HTTP TCP/IP
JS+ HTTP TCP/IP
JavaScript HTTP
works great doesn’t work
works great works well works fine just about works doesn’t work
JavaScript CSS HTML URLs HTTP
How well does it work?
How well does it fail?
JavaScript CSS HTML URLs HTTP
Principle of Least Power
“ Choose the least powerful language suitable for a given purpose.”
complex simple
complex simple
web app website
web app website
progressive web app website
progressive web app HTTPS website
progressive web app web app manifest HTTPS website
progressive web app service worker web app manifest HTTPS website
Going Offline
abookapart.com
JS CSS HTML URLs HTTP TCP/IP
JS CSS HTML URLs
huffduffer.com
huffduffer.com
ampersand.com
trivago.com
resilientwebdesign.com
adactio.com
adactio.com
archive.dconstruct.org
archive.dconstruct.org
archive.dconstruct.org
archive.dconstruct.org
background sync push notifications add to home screen offline caching service worker
Thank you
The World Wide Web turned 30 this year. The web has changed quite a bit over that time. But progress has been evolutionary rather than revolutionary: changes have accreted on top of what has come before. This layered iterative approach also works for building websites. Together we’ll uncover how to build resilient, performant, accessible and beautiful structures that work with the grain of the materials of the web.
for free. You
can too.
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