Aaron Gustafson
on Adaptive Web Design.

In this Inspire Workshop, Aaron Gustafson will teach you everything you need to know about modern web design with progressive enhancement. During the course of the day, Aaron will mentor you on best practices as you work together to build a web page from the content out. Along the way, you'll…

• come to a greater understanding of semantic markup, including the improved semantics of HTML5;
• become more familiar with how CSS parsers work and how you can use their logic to apply advanced CSS (including CSS3) in a layered fashion;
• see where concepts like “mobile first” and ”responsive design” fit in with progressive enhancement and your workflow;
• learn how to wield the awesome power of JavaScript wisely, while keeping a watchful eye on how it can affect the user experience or your sites;
• see how accessibility concerns can be easily factored into your development process; and
• gain exposure to ARIA roles & states and see how you can employ them to improve the experience of those using screen readers.

Whether you are a novice or an experienced professional, you will walk away from this workshop with a greater understanding of what progressive enhancement is and how to implement this philosophy in your own work.

This workshop will be given in English, so if you understand the content of this page you'll probably will be able to follow the workshop with ease. Also, you'll need to bring a laptop as we can't provide you one.

The location "Casa 400".

This workshop will be held at the beautiful Casa 400 in Amsterdam. Casa 400 is centrally located nearby the Amsterdam Amstel Station and accessible by various means of transportation. In addition the venue has it underground parking facilities which offers sufficient parking space. The workshop room is light, has comfortable seats and is equipped with a solid WIFI network.

For those attendees that would like to spent the night in Amsterdam Hotel Casa 400 offers rooms for an affordable price. You can check their website for availability and booking details.

The Program

Below you'll find the schedule for the workshop day. Please keep in mind that this schedule is subject to change.

• 08.30 Registration is open. Grab some coffee or a cup of hot tea and meet your fellow attendees.
• 09.00 Aaron will begin his morning session.
• 10.30 A fifteen minute break for you to take a breath of air and release the first "wow". We'll serve you some petit fours
• 13.00 After the second part of the morning session it's time to feed your stomach. We have an excellent lunch for you and when you're finished we'll invite you for a short walk along the wonderful Amstel canal.
• 14.00 Aaron will begin his afternoon session.
• 16.00 Time for an afternoon break. Some hot and cold snacks will be ready for you.
• 18.00 Yeeeeaaah! Your brain is filled with all kinds of awesomeness. Time for a well deserved beer to complete this workshop.

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About Aaron Gustafson.

Aaron Gustafson is the Founder and Principal Consultant of Easy! Designs, a web development consultancy. He is Group Manager of the Web Standards Project (WaSP) where he has spearheaded both Web Standards Sherpa and a small business outreach effort.

He wrote the JavaScript library eCSStender, serves as Technical Editor for A List Apart, is a contributing writer for .net Magazine, and has filled a small library with his technical writing and editing credits. His latest book is Adaptive Web Design: Crafting Rich Experiences with Progressive Enhancement.