A presentation at Contentful Fast Forward by Jayne Mast
Jayne Mast, she/her @jayne_mast Engineering manager @ noti.st/jayne
jQuery is not dead, and that’s ne fi @jayne_mast - noti.st/jayne
“You shouldn’t be using jQuery, it’s too slow” “Why are you using jQuery instead of React?” “jQuery is way too big to use in production!”
[…] If you are loading a 97k(pre-gzip) library into your page to “select some elements and toggle a class on click”, you are probably doing it wrong, and should stop. […] https://www.quora.com/How-can-I-stop-using-jQuery
https://trends.builtwith.com/javascript/jQuery
$(‘.button’).click(function() { $(‘.container’).fadeOut() })
Gatekeeping
Gatekeeping “Real developers use Ubuntu” “How can you be a designer and not use a Mac?” “Stop calling HTML a programming language”
Gatekeeping Gatekeeping can be intentional
Gatekeeping Agriculture: ~8 000 BCE Architecture: ~10 000 BCE Medicine: ~2 000 BCE
Don’t gatekeep learning
Don’t gatekeep learning Think about how you would learn today
Don’t gatekeep learning Why don’t you just do it like us?
Teach, don’t preach
Teach, don’t preach
Teach, don’t preach https://xkcd.com/1053/
Teach, don’t preach Think of how you started, not where you are now
Teach, don’t preach TIL – Today I learned https://www.stefanjudis.com/ today-i-learned/ @stefanjudis
Language
Language Use inclusive language
Language Use inclusive language • Avoid jargons and abbreviations; A11y = accessibility ARR = annual recurring revenue B2B = Business to business
Language Use inclusive language • Avoid jargons and abbreviations; • “Guys” is not gender neutral; Instead of “guys”, use “people”, “folk”, “everyone” or “y’all”. Instead of “he” or “she”, use “they”.
Language Use inclusive language • Avoid jargons and abbreviations; • “Guys” is not gender neutral; • Don’t underplay the impact of mental disabilities;
Language Use inclusive language • Avoid jargons and abbreviations; • “Guys” is not gender neutral; • Don’t underplay the impact of mental disabilities; • Coding is also communication;
Language Ruby A dynamic, open source programming language with a focus on simplicity and productivity. It has an elegant syntax that is natural to read and easy to write.
Language Fluent doesn’t mean native
Language yield
Be humble
Be humble Show your mistakes
Be humble Be kind
Be humble Be kind to yourself
Jayne Mast, she/her @jayne_mast Engineering manager @ noti.st/jayne
At conferences, we show the latest and greatest tech and often laugh about older technologies. But people still use these tools and frameworks, and shaming them is harmful to the community. In this talk, I want to share my own personal story of how I got confronted with gatekeeping and elitism, how it affected my confidence, and what we can all do to avoid this.
for free. You
can too.