My favourite front-end and web development conferences
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As someone who enjoys attending conferences, I thought it might be helpful to share a list of my favourite front-end and web development conferences.
Smashing Conf 🇩🇪🇳🇱🇧🇪
I've been attending Smashing Conf for more than 10 years now. It's obviously one of my favourite events. It's a relatively small conference, the topics focus on web development and design, the atmosphere is fantastic, and you can learn a lot.
Attend Smashing Conf to learn new web development and design techniques.
Beyond Tellerrand 🇩🇪
Beyond Tellerrand is a one-of-a-kind event. It's not necessarily a web conference, but there are always several talks about web development. I would say the core topic of the event is design and creativity.
Attend Beyond Tellerrand to meet like-minded people and get inspired.
Fronteers Dark Mode 🇳🇱
I've never attended Fronteers Dark mode, but I did attend the original Fronteers conference, which I liked a lot. In terms of the topics and the atmosphere, it's very similar to Smashing Conf. Dark Mode is a spinoff from the original event and sounds super interesting. I definitely plan to attend it.
Attend Fronteers Dark Mode to learn new web development and design techniques.
CSS Day 🇳🇱
If you're into CSS, you would love CSS Day. It's two days focused on CSS with skilled and talented speakers from all around the world. What's great about CSS Day is the conversations you will have in between and after the talks, because there are so many smart and friendly people there who love CSS.
Attend CSS Day if you want to learn a lot about CSS. I will be there this year.
State of the Browser 🇬🇧
State of the Browser is a nice little community-driven web development conference, which I immediately fell in love with. High-quality talks, nice people, great atmosphere.
Attend State of the Browser to learn new web development techniques. I will be there this year.
A-Tag 🇦🇹
A-Tag is where the Austrian web accessibility community meets every year. It's the perfect event to stay up to date on accessibility-related topics and network.
Attend A-Tag to learn about accessibility.
a11yTO 🇨🇦
I only attended a11yTO once, but I was blown away by the quality of this event.
Attend a11yTO to learn about accessibility.
ParisWeb 🇫🇷
ParisWeb is another community-driven event I was impressed by, even though most talks were in French and there were only four English-speaking speakers. Still, I could tell it's a great event.
Attend ParisWeb to learn new web development techniques and accessibility best practices.
Potential Candidates
I have three more events I plan to attend, and I have a feeling they're going to be great.
Web Day Out 🇬🇧
Web Day Out is a new conference held in Brighton. The core idea of the event is to get you up to speed on the most powerful web platform features that you can use right now. I love that because it aligns perfectly with what I've been working on over the last couple of years: finding ways to break old habits to get the most out of CSS.
Attend Web Day out to learn what you can do in web browsers today. I will be there this year. You can use the discount code JOIN_MANUEL to save 10% off the original price.
WebExpo 🇨🇿
WebExpo is a larger event, but from what I've heard, it still feels community-driven. I don't know how great it is, but I've only heard good opinions.
Attend WebExpo to learn new web development techniques. I may be there this year.
FrontKon 🇨🇿
FrontKon is another event I haven't attended yet, but I heard it's great. This year, they also have more English-speaking speakers.
Attend FrontKon to learn new web development techniques. I will be there this year.