Join us as we continue learning about Postman. We will be following the second portion of the Postman API Tutorial course from Free Code Camp. We recommend watching the second half of the video prior to the meeting, starting at Lesson 19 “Introduction to Test Automation” (timestamp = 1:01.52). Date: Tuesday Dec. 16, 2 – 3 p.m. What is Postman? Postman is an all-in-one API platform for building and working with APIs. It takes the pain out of every stage…
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November/December 2025: Learn Postman with us
What is Postman? Postman is an all-in-one API platform for building and working with APIs. It takes the pain out of every stage of the API lifecycle—from designing and testing to delivery and monitoring. Join us as we learn about Postman. We will be following the Postman API Tutorial course from Free Code Camp. November will cover the first half of the course, and December will cover the second half. Dates: Tuesday Nov. 18, 2 – 3 p.m. Tuesday Dec….
October 2025: Discussion “The Grug-Brained developer”
What: Front-End Technologies Community of Practice Meeting Topic: The Grug-Brained developer When: Tuesday, October 21, 2:00 – 2:50 p.m. Join us as we walk through a hilarious and very human essay called The Grug Brained Developer. Touching on all aspects of software design and development, it imparts clever wisdom through the voice of “grug brain developer”, a cave-person-like persona created by Carson Gross. In the latter portion of the meeting, we’ll practice our JavaScript skills by group-solving some katas from…
Sign up for DataViz Summer Camp
We’re hosting another summer camp series this summer focused on data visualizations. Sessions will be Tuesdays in July and August from 2 to 2:50 p.m. on Teams. The first session is July 8. Full details, and sign-up link for those in the UW community, are on the DataViz Summer Camp page. Send an email to frontend@uw.edu to get on our mailing list.
June 2025: Standardizing code with linting and sniffing tools
We’ve invited Will Hartmann, a Seattle-based web developer, to share his expertise with linting and sniffing tools that standardize your code. He’ll demonstrate how to integrate them into your development workflow in this interactive discussion session. What: Front-End Technologies Community of Practice Meeting Topic: Standardizing code with linting and sniffing tools When: Tuesday, June 17, 2:00 – 2:50 p.m. For Zoom link, contact us at frontend@uw.edu.
5 ways to up your front-end dev game
What: Front-End Technologies Community of Practice Meeting Topic: 5 ways to up your front-end dev game When: Tuesday, April 15, 2:00 – 2:50 p.m. Join our discussion regarding various professional development opportunities for web devs. From no-cost to premium cost and small to large time commitment, your FET organizers will share a wide range of ideas to increase your web development skills. We will cover: LinkedIn Learning Deque University Smashing Conferences and Workshops Udemy UW Continuum College And we’d love…
Starting a Vite project: a hands-on session
Join us as we get our environments up and running with Vite in this hands-on session. Vite (pronounced ‘veet’) is a build tool for modern web projects. Your community of practice organizers have been tinkering with Vite as a project startup alternative to Create React App, which has been deprecated. During the March meeting, you’re welcome to follow along with your own device, use Vite online on StackBlitz, or simply watch and join the discussion. It’s sure to be an…
OIS Web Application Security training overview and feedback
What: OIS Web Application Security training overview and feedback with Peter Giles When: This Tuesday, February 18, 2:00 – 3:00 pm Who: For web developers and server admins who support web sites Peter Giles, from the UW Office of Information Security (OIS), will talk about the Web Application Security training that OIS offers. He’ll give a curriculum overview, a sample of the material, then he’ll share a conundrum he has to address and ask for your input. Email frontend@uw.edu for…
Fall – Winter 2024/2025: Accessibility Study Group
Join us this fall and winter to learn about Accessibility for Developers. The FET CoP will be facilitating study sessions focused on the topic of Accessibility for Developers. We will be using a course from Deque University. The first session will be a 3-week series will be on Tuesdays at 2 p.m. , starting on December 3. The sessions will be conducted virtually. The second session will be a 4-week series will begin in January. More details to come. Good…
September 2024 break: no meeting
We will not be meeting in September, but watch for details on an accessible coding study series coming in the fall.