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Boston TS Club poster for July 17th @ 5:30pm, Microsoft NERD Center How to Set Up a New TypeScript Project in 2025 - Josh Goldberg Flowers & Figuring it Out - Haley Cormier

🎆 Our July event is next week!

Hear from @joshuakgoldberg.com on setting up formatters, linters, type checkers, & more. Plus a lightning talk from Bluebird Bouquet's Haley Cormier on starting a small business.

Thursday, July 17th at Microsoft NERD. See you there!

Registration link ~ bostonts.club

Poster for SquiggleConf 2025, September 18-19 Boston JavaScript Framework Cage Match Amy Dutton, RedwoodJS lead maintainer

🌟 Speaker Spotlight: Amy Dutton

@selfteach.me has seen waves and waves of frontend & fullstack frameworks. Amy's talk, JavaScript Framework Cage Match, will ask which JavaScript framework is “the best”? Well, it depends, of course!

Schedule, sessions, & more: squiggleconf.com

262 colour blobs in mainly concentric circles, from red at the top and clockwise in rainbow order. Greys are in the middle. Full description on AndrewHick.com/colour

Enjoy colours and accessible design? Here’s a mosaic of 262 curated colours inspired by art, nature, travel and culture. They’re in rough rainbow order, and text is black or white depending on which has the best contrast. AndrewHick.com/colour 🌈 #colour #color #noAI

Poster for SquiggleConf 2025, September 18-19 Boston Snapshot Tests in Gleam: Smarter Testing, Less Work Giacomo Cavalieri, Gleam language core team member

🌟 Speaker Spotlight: Giacomo Cavalieri

@giacomocavalieri.me will talk about Snapshot Tests in Gleam: Smarter Testing, Less Work

What's snapshot testing? Why is it useful? What is this snazzy Gleam language, and how does it use snapshots effectively?

Schedule, sessions, & more: squiggleconf.com

Poster for SquiggleConf 2025, September 18-19 Boston Why We Made TSDoc (and How) Pete Gonzalez, core maintainer of TSDoc

Poster for SquiggleConf 2025, September 18-19 Boston The Lockfiles PhD You Never Got Pete Gonzalez, co-creator of Lockfile Explorer, engineer at TikTok

🌟 Speaker Spotlight: Pete Gonzalez

@octogonz.com is giving not one but *two* talks:
* The Lockfiles PhD You Never Got
* Why We Made TSDoc (and How)

Two areas that deeply impact your day-to-day development, even if you don't touch them directly.

Schedule, sessions, & more: squiggleconf.com

Poster for SquiggleConf 2025, September 18-19 Boston Cross-Browser DevTools with WebExtensions Oliver Dunk, Chrome Extensions @ Google, Editor @ W3C WebExtensions CG

🌟 Speaker Spotlight: Oliver Dunk

@oliverdunk.com will be speaking on: Cross-Browser DevTools with WebExtensions

Did you know the W3C WebExtensions Community Group specifies browser extension APIs & more? Let's explore what that looks like & how to use them.

Schedule & more on: squiggleconf.com

Poster for SquiggleConf 2025, September 18-19 Boston Effect: Type-Safe Errors and Dependency Injection Mattia Manzati, founding engineer, Effectful Technologies

🌟 Speaker Spotlight: Mattia Manzati

Mattia's talk will cover Effect: Type-Safe Errors and Dependency Injection

You’ll leave armed with a vision of the next-generation devtools support that makes squiggles your friend—not your foe.

See schedule, talk information, and more on: squiggleconf.com

How we use Assistiv Labs to test accessibility - thanks to their sponsoring of open source projects YouTube video by Wagtail

Did you know Assistiv Labs offers a free-for-open-source plan? The good folks @wagtail.org use it to test their CMS using Windows screen readers. Our only requirement is the project is under a liberal license (e.g., MIT). Get in touch if this would be helpful to you!

www.youtube.com/shorts/sBUfU...

I'm looking for guests for an episode on "vibe coding" for the JavaScript Jabber podcast. If you would like to propose yourself then please DM me.

Meet this year's amazing speakers SquiggleConf 2025 September 18-19 Boston Anthony Fu Jake Bailey Shelley Vohr TJ DeVries Maddy Montaquila Oliver Medhurst Dominic Nguyen Oliver Dunk Mattia Manzati Giacomo Cavalieri Amy Dutton David Sherret Jessica Garson Alexander Lichter Nicolò Ribaudo Michelle Bakels Pete Gonzalez Dylan Goings (MC) Fatima Sarah Khalid (MC) Nick Nisi

📣 We're proud to announce today the speakers for SquiggleConf 2025!

This amazing list of people are going to give talks on the latest and greatest in web dev tooling. SquiggleConf 2025 is going to be a wonderful time. We hope to see you there! 💙

squiggleconf.com

Tammy Duckworth and Tony Coelho

We’re thrilled to announce two powerhouse forces in accessibility & policy are joining #axecon!

Senator Tammy Duckworth & Representative Tony Coelho—both champions of disability rights—will share their insights on the future of accessibility, policy, & innovation.

Register: www.deque.com/axe-con/

I took your FM course and it's great! I always recommend it when devs ask me how to get started with accessibility.

That said, the JavaScript Jabber podcast, where I am a host, is still going strong. We've had lots of great episodes recently, and have amazing guests lined up for the upcoming months. Join us: javascriptjabber.com

hey @joshuakgoldberg.com is this you? 😉

Avoiding “anys” With Linting and TypeScript, by @joshuakgoldberg@fosstodon.org (@tseslint@fosstodon.org):

Just adding a little touch to the second part to make it more personal:

>Aici și acum îmi poți afla toate trucurile!

Here's in Romanian:

>Învață să creezi interacțiuni fermecătoare și detalii adorabile folosind magia CSS, JavaScript, SVG și Canvas.

>Aici și acum poți afla toate trucurile mele!

🥰

6 Questions for Eric Eggert, by @yatil@yatil.social and @meiert.com (@frontenddogma.com):

🎈Always useful: all #HTML attributes, what elements they can be used on, brief description, and allowed values

html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/in...

2024 In Review | Goldblog Looking back at the accomplishments and goals from my third year as a full-time independent open source maintainer.

📝 2024 in Review: looking back at the accomplishments and goals from my third year as a full-time independent open source maintainer.

What goals did I have? Did I reach those goals? Let's find out!

www.joshuakgoldberg.com/blog/2024-in...

Thank you so much for the shoutout Mai!!!

I signed up to #Deque Axe-con 2025 to listen to my friend's
@corina.bsky.social 's presentation.

If you are interested in learning more about creating accessible digital experiences, please consider signing up as well
#softwaredevelopment

Wow, what a year! And dedication, and energy! Ty for sharing Josh!

But I did get stuck on "Jerry, my favorite cat ..." part. How can you??? Love one more than the others ... Is that even legal???😿😿😿

Free and online: On February 27th I'll be doing a session about the digital #accessibility legal landscape at the Axe-Con Accessibility conference. Session page with link to register: www.deque.com/axe-con/sess... #a11y #disability

Something like this?
publicadministration.un.org/egovkb/en-us...

We've got two great talks this week ~

* What's New in TypeScript 5.7 - @joshuakgoldberg.com
* Beyond Buttons: Design Systems - Rebecca Miller

See you soon! 🔥

ah, now I understand the "why" you alluded to in the other post. So good that everyone's doing well!

Wait, didn't you publish an EXCELLENT book on accessibility last year? How many blog posts is that worth???

ADA Title II: Top 20 questions answered | Deque Get expert answers to the most common questions about ADA Title II, covering everything from scope and applicability to exceptions and liability and more!

3+ decades! That’s how long the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) has been around. However, familiar as it is, new Title II updates from the US Dept of Justice probably need some clarity. From @gwitch.bsky.social, here are answers to your top 20 ADA Title II questions!