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MidlandsJS

@midlandsjs

A new tech advocacy group for the east midlands and beyond! Promoting groups, organizing events, workshops, and all things javascript.

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MidlandsJS is back ✨ September 16 Stay tuned for updates!


.@LaurieNicholas is telling us what perfection looks like to a product person, and how the team can contribute to it ✨

midlandsjs's tweet image. .@LaurieNicholas is telling us what perfection looks like to a product person, and how the team can contribute to it ✨

Starting soon! Come join us with @LaurieNicholas’s with ‘The accidental product manager’ 🎙 (rsvp for zoom link) meetu.ps/e/KnHMR/H7Y4P/i


Not long now until our next event! We’re looking forward to seeing you all there 🧡 meetu.ps/e/KnHMR/H7Y4P/i


🚨 MidlandsJS September 🚨 This month we have @LaurieNicholas for an awesome talk: The Accidental Product Manager Make sure to RSVP for the event link! We can’t wait to see everyone there 🥳 📆 23rd September 🕖 7pm 📍 Remote meetu.ps/e/KnHMR/H7Y4P/i


Special thank you to our speaker @Rumyra for a fantastic talk on technical docs, MDN contributions, and awesome audio demos! ✨ We'll be back showcasing more amazing content soon. Stay tuned! 🎉


Where there's a github repo, there's issues to solve. Triage is a big deal here - got some skills? you can contribute 😇 github.com/mdn/content/is…

midlandsjs's tweet image. Where there's a github repo, there's issues to solve. Triage is a big deal here - got some skills? you can contribute 😇
github.com/mdn/content/is…

TIL 👀: Before december last year, MDN was a standalone wiki! It's now hosted as a static site and the source is published on github github.com/mdn/content


MDN: "It's like Wikipedia for people who build websites!" ✨stats ✨ ~15k pages ~15mil page hits a month


We're getting schooled with some bombastic audio demos today!

midlandsjs's tweet image. We're getting schooled with some bombastic audio demos today!

Last Call for the event tonight! ✨ Come join us! meetup.com/midlandsjs/eve…


This month we welcome the incredible digital artist, web consultant & technical writer Ruth John (ruthjohn.com) to our stage. Showcasing informative talks and great content is part of what we do. Join us tonight! meetup.com/midlandsjs/eve…


📅 Tonight! ✨ Join us for an insightful talk on MDN contributions and more! See you there!

📣 Heads up ! This month we welcome the incredible digital artist, web consultant & technical writer Ruth John @Rumyra to our stage! Look forward to an insider's guide for contributing to MDN, with your recommended daily intake of web audio demos. 🔊 meetup.com/midlandsjs/eve…



✨This month / 29th July ✨ We can't wait 👀Have you RSVP'd yet?

📣 Heads up ! This month we welcome the incredible digital artist, web consultant & technical writer Ruth John @Rumyra to our stage! Look forward to an insider's guide for contributing to MDN, with your recommended daily intake of web audio demos. 🔊 meetup.com/midlandsjs/eve…



📣 Heads up ! This month we welcome the incredible digital artist, web consultant & technical writer Ruth John @Rumyra to our stage! Look forward to an insider's guide for contributing to MDN, with your recommended daily intake of web audio demos. 🔊 meetup.com/midlandsjs/eve…


Web accessibility will be benchmarked against the 1996 space jam website from now on

midlandsjs's tweet image. Web accessibility will be benchmarked against the 1996 space jam website from now on

Thanks to everyone who joined us for an incredible talk and some great recommendations for improving accessibility in your javascript apps, courtesy of the incredible @LeonieWatson


Can't focus it? Then it doesn't exist to some users. Time to get familar with tabindex!

midlandsjs's tweet image. Can't focus it? Then it doesn't exist to some users.
Time to get familar with tabindex!

We're getting a crash course on accessibility improvements using HTML's built-in semantic elements, complete with a real demonstration of what the average screen reader is doing. "Why do the hard work if you don't have to?" 🎙 @LeonieWatson

midlandsjs's tweet image. We're getting a crash course on accessibility improvements using HTML's built-in semantic elements, complete with a real demonstration of what the average screen reader is doing.
"Why do the hard work if you don't have to?"
🎙 @LeonieWatson

This is your offical talk wakeup call! 📣 MidlandsJS June is about to go live 🎙 meetup.com/midlandsjs/eve…


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