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JavaScript is Ruining the Web

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JavaScript is Ruining the Web

Slides from my talk at SearchLeeds 2019 where I spoke about how JavaScript is affecting the web and what we can do to improve.
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June 20, 2019
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Transcript

  1. @badams #SearchLeeds @badams #SearchLeeds JavaScript is Ruining the Web (and

    I love it) Barry Adams Polemic Digital

  2. @badams #SearchLeeds https://learninbound.com/videos/barry-adams-2018/

  3. @badams #SearchLeeds

  4. @badams #SearchLeeds JavaScript = Client-Side Code

  5. @badams #SearchLeeds

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  8. @badams #SearchLeeds https://httparchive.org/reports/state-of-the-web

  9. @badams #SearchLeeds https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/mar/05/uk- among-countries-with-priciest-mobile-data-plans-in-europe

  10. @badams #SearchLeeds

  11. @badams #SearchLeeds = +

  12. @badams #SearchLeeds Global average selling price of smartphones: 2016 -

    2021 (USD) https://www.statista.com/statistics/788557/global- average-selling-price-smartphones/

  13. @badams #SearchLeeds https://medium.com/@addyosmani/the-cost-of- javascript-in-2018-7d8950fbb5d4

  14. @badams #SearchLeeds

  15. @badams #SearchLeeds JavaScript & Google https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFwUbgvpdaQ

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  24. @badams #SearchLeeds Technology is not neutral

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  32. @badams #SearchLeeds https://2017.ind.ie/ethical-design/ Ethical Design

  33. @badams #SearchLeeds https://solid.inrupt.com/

  34. @badams #SearchLeeds @badams #SearchLeeds Is JavaScript Evil?

  35. @badams #SearchLeeds @badams #SearchLeeds Is JavaScript Evil? Yes.

  36. @badams #SearchLeeds @badams #SearchLeeds Should we get rid of JS?

  37. @badams #SearchLeeds @badams #SearchLeeds Should we get rid of JS?

    No.

  38. @badams #SearchLeeds @badams #SearchLeeds Thank You