Com-PWN-ent days

An event to learn how to PWN (own) the future of web development via component libraries!

Concept:

• 2 days, during the week, early summer, PGH near CMU/Pit preferrably
• Unconference format w/ anchors
• Anchor talks help bring the group together around central ideas
• Theme for each day which isn't held to but can help get ppl thinking of topics to propose when they show up
  • Day 1 is that the future is bright, vibrant and pluggable because of the "Lego"ing of front end development
  • Day 2 is focused on progressive web apps, application development, and web as compiled into native app environments
  • Think of the difference as "let's focus on the pieces" vs "now let's focus on the sets we can build"

"Unconference format"

• A facilitator ensures everyone knows the purpose and rules of the engagement (Referee of sorts)
• A template of a schedule is released ahead of time but is blank
• Attendeeds work together the morning of each day to construct the schedule dynamically
• People are free to move between discussions / talks and propose them / update them throughout the day

"Anchor talk" format:

• The anchor talk are talks designed to bring everyone together to form a common experience in the more traditional presentation / speaking / lecture format
• Anchor talks are intended to ensure attendees get a rich experience and understanding of technologies they may have never used before, as explained by someone who works in that space
• The goal is to expose parallel communities without overlap to one another's concepts, methods and tooling to increase awareness of what's out there
• Background of the library / project / approach
• Pros / Cons of the approach
• Who's doing it
• Examples of the speaker(s) work illustrating it in action
• Demo of the tooling / commands needed to get started
• 1 page white paper
  • Overview of everything above in 1 page
  • Links to project / docs / tooling repos
  • Links to resources to get up and going
  • Link / data about the speakers for connecting after
• Page is handed out physically to people that want it + link to same info on the web
• Goal of the anchor talk is to learn about specific technology to enough detail in order to get started with it or to explain to a team why that technology should be considered for the next project.

Day 1 - "Lego the web - Components everywhere"

• Morning, coffee / show up
• 30 min, say hi, explain an unconference and make the schedule 9 - 9:30
• <slot name="one"> 9:30 - 10:10
• <slot name="two"> 10:20 - 11:00
• <a name="webcomponents"> - Anchor talk 1; Web components 11:00 - 12:00
• <lunch-time> - 12:00 - 1:30
• <slot name="three"> 1:30 - 2:10
• <slot name="four"> 2:20 - 3:00
• <a name="vue"> - Anchor talk 2; VueJS 3:00 - 4:00
• debrief / exchange contact info 4:10 - 4:45
• <after-party> - Some place in the area, informal

Day 2 - "Progressive Web Apps and Native App Dev"

• Morning, coffee / show up
• 30 min, say hi, explain an unconference and make the schedule 9 - 9:30
• <slot name="one"> 9:30 - 10:10
• <slot name="two"> 10:20 - 11:00
• <a name="react"> - Anchor talk 3; React 11:00 - 12:00
• <lunch-time> - 12:00 - 1:30
• <slot name="three"> 1:30 - 2:10
• <slot name="four"> 2:20 - 3:00
• <a name="angular"> - Anchor talk 4; Angular 3:00 - 4:00
• debrief / exchange contact info 4:10 - 4:45
• <after-party> - Some place in the area, informal