Schedule

An introduction to Theme Sections with Liam Griffin

In this lunch & learn session, we’ll look at some of the possibilities that can be unlocked with Shopify’s sections feature. Many of our partners build stunning ecommerce templates using HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Liquid, and last year new additions to Liquid were introduced for intuitive drag-and-drag effects on pages. During this session, participants will be offered a view under the hood of our new sectioned themes, to learn how designers can build highly customisable websites for clients.

During this lunch session, Liam will cover:

• What is a theme section
• How to create static and dynamic sections
• What types of content you can add to sections
• The benefits of joining the Shopify Partner program

Designing workflows at (and for) Slack with Salman Suhail

Your team, clients and users are spending more time being conversational with computers — but a heavy-handed approach to bot UX can leave them disengaged and frustrated. Salman Suhail, senior product manager at Slack, examines the good things about conversational design – and the bad. In this session, we’ll explore how Slack thinks about designing workflows that humans can feel good about, and the opportunity that exists for startups building on the Slack Platform.

Let's save the internet: How to make browsers compatible with the web with Ola Gasidlo

During the browser wars, compatibility was a mess and so was the web. Dirty hacks, a huge pile of frustration and enormous amount of time to test through every browser were a part of our everyday life. Times changed. Browser wars are finally over (right?!). But the web is still broken and browsers still work in different ways. In this talk, we’ll explore the reason for web (in)compatibility, how to fix it and how you as wompats can help to save the world (wide web).

Mark 57 – The new Firefox with Jean-Yves Perrier

Firefox 57, to be launched in November this year, will bring a new UI, new features, and numerous performance improvements. The talk will present the visible changes and explain what has been done behind the hood, and why we should be excited about the coming of a new generation of browser engines.