Test the Web Forward Sydney
February 8th – 9th, 2013
Test the Web Forward brings you closer to the very specifications that you use to craft web experiences and has you discover how you can shape the future of the web.
Over the course of the event, not only will you learn to understand how to read specifications and understand the state of support among different browsers, but you will also create robust tests along with the editors of various standards to ensure browsers implement these features consistently. At the end of it, you will gain a deeper understanding of browser internals & how you can write clear, robust tests.
We will have a number of SVG experts at this event, so we encourage development of SVG tests at this hackathon.
We do expect you to be capable of hand-coding in SVG, CSS, & JavaScript, but there will be experts from Adobe, Google, Mozilla, Opera, the W3C, as well as independent developers to guide you step-by-step to create tests that can help move the web forward. Food, drinks, music & a one-off special edition t-shirt will be provided to all participants.
Schedule
Friday's Session
| 6:00pm - 6:30pm | Check-in |
| 6:30pm - 6:50pm | Welcome & Introduction, Alex Danilo, Google |
| 6:50pm - 7:10pm | How to Read a Spec, Silvia Pfeiffer, W3C & Google |
| 7:10pm - 7:30pm | How to Create a W3C Reftest, Cameron McCormack, Mozilla |
| 7:30pm - 7:50pm | CSS 2D and 3D transforms, John Allsopp, Westciv |
| 7:50pm - 8:00pm | Meet the Experts |
| 8:00pm | Pizza! |
| 8:00pm - 9:30pm | Mingle / Plan for Saturday Hacking |
Saturday's Session
| 9:30am - 10:00am | Breakfast |
| 10:00am - 10:40am | Recap of The Plan, Suggested Features to test, Alex Danilo, Google |
| 10:00am-12:00pm | Hack |
| 12:00pm | Lunch is served |
| 12:00pm - 3:00pm | Hack |
| 3:00pm | Snacks |
| 3:00pm - 5:30pm | Hack |
| 5:30pm - 6:00pm | Demos |
| 6:00pm | Dinner/Drinks |
Note: We will be recording the event. If you would like to be excluded from appearing in the video, please contact testthewebforward@gmail.com.
Speakers
Alex Danilo
Google, SVG Working Group
Silvia Pfeiffer
W3C HTML5 co-editor, Google
Cameron McCormack
Mozilla, SVG Working Group co-chair
John Allsopp
Web Directions founder, Web luminary
Experts
Chris Lilley
W3C Standards Specialist
Dirk Schulze
Adobe, SVG & CSS Working Groups
Darryl Cain
Erik Dahlström
Opera, SVG Working Group co-chair
Brian Birtles
Mozilla, SVG Working Group
Rik Cabanier
Adobe, SVG Working Group and Canvas editor
Brett Morgan
Dmitry Baranovskiy
Adobe, SVG Working Group
Cyril Concolato
Telecom ParisTech, SVG Working Group
Tim Ansell
Jared Wyles
Adobe
The experts selection is being finalized. Keep an eye out here for changes, or just come along and meet them!
Location
Google Sydney
48 Pirrama RoadPyrmont 2009, Australia
Google Sydney is across the road from 'The Star' casino and is easily accessible by public transportation from any train station or bus stop
Nearest train station is Town Hall (15 minute walk)
Take any bus to Wynyard stationm then it's about a 20 minute walk
Bus 443 from Queen Vctoria Building near Town Hall train station takes about 20 minutes to get to the building and takes you through a nice tour of the area
Requirements
You must be able to hand code SVG, JavaScript and CSS to participate.
Before you begin
We will cover how to submit your created tests during the presentation sessions.
Prior to attending, you will want to read and become familiar with at least one of the features so that you have the foundation required to participate. Here are the features we will focus on learning and testing:
SVG:
- Main SVG Spec
- Or the HTML5 spec of your choice!
CSS:
- CSS3 Filters
- CSS3 Transforms (which now includes SVG Transforms)
- Or the CSS spec of your choice!
We are happy to help if there are other features or areas you want to write or modify tests for.
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