DeveloperWeek Management 2024 + AI DevSummit 2024 (+ DW Europe/LATAM 2024)

Edoardo Dusi, SparkFabrik, Developer Relations Engineer

During this presentation, we will analyze the current state of security in the JavaScript ecosystem. We will cover a range of topics, including common vulnerabilities, attack vectors, mitigation strategies, security tools and frameworks, and best practices. Additionally, we will discuss the role of OpenSSF, a collaborative initiative that aims to enhance the security of open source software. Node.js has been selected as the first project to receive funding and assistance from its Alpha-Omega initiative, which strives to improve the security of critical open source projects. By the end of this talk, you will have a clearer understanding of the current state of security in JavaScript and how we can improve our security practices. 

Chad Stewart, TechIsHiring, Founder

Front-End code bases can quickly become really difficult to maintain or add new features to. This mainly comes from our Front-End components being highly coupled either through poorly written CSS or components having too many responsibilities

But there is a way we can avoid these such code bases.

We will learn in this talk how building your Front-End Architecture with intention will keep code bases manageable and easy to reason about, allowing for rapid development and easily responding to changing requirements. And we will also learn how this also leads to code bases that’s easier for new people to onboard and contribute to, allowing them to learn the code base at their own pace.

This is done by leveraging Component-Driven Design and Brad’s Frost’s Atomic Design to promote component isolation. With the attributes these architectural decisions promote, we can leverage techniques such as Functional CSS to further promote component isolation by inverting the flow of control of our CSS. These and other tools and techniques will allow us to build a code base of loosely coupled components, where Engineers only need to understand the component they are working in to start providing value.

By the end of this talk, those in attendance will have the tools they’ll need to build or migrate their code bases to something more loosely coupled, decreasing Engineering time for tasks, promoting rapid iteration and simply making a Front-End code base much more of a joy to work in.

François Martin, Karakun AG, Senior Full Stack Software Engineer

Tree shaking is a feature that is used by modern bundlers to keep bundle size down (and load times fast), but if just one import is written in a non-optimal way, this can result in the whole dependency being included in the bundle. In some cases, this even happens with automatically suggested imports by the IDE. Learn about the correct way of importing from dependencies, tricks you can use to easily determine the impact on bundle size, and why having a lot of dependencies may not be as bad as you think! 

Soumaya Erradi, Atlantis, Senior Software Developer

In the dynamic world of software development, ensuring the quality and reliability of applications is crucial, and test automation plays a vital role in achieving this.
However, with a multitude of test automation tools available, finding the right one for your project can be overwhelming.
While Cypress, Playwright, and Selenium stand out as the most popular choices, the decision between them often depends on the specific needs of your project and the programming language you prefer.
In this session, we'll dive into practical examples to demonstrate how these tools work, explore the pros and cons of each and learn what factors to keep in mind for specific project requirements.

Vadivel Chandran, U.S. Bank, Principal Engineer

Vite is a build tool and development server designed to speed up and improve web development, particularly for modern JavaScript applications. It was created to improve the developer experience by leveraging native ES modules (ESM) in modern browsers and adopting a new, innovative approach to development and bundling.