I've been web developer for 17 years and this is what I've learned

Daniel KhanNode.js Technology Lead at Dynatrace

@dkhan

1997

My first Webcam Picture

1998

I’m playing around with HTML

2000

I’m web Developer and I’m teaching

Perl

Be aware of The

Dunning-Kruger Effect!

2009-2011University

Understand the Full Stack

Make hay while the sun shines

Don’t settle for Mediocrity!

Write Code your “Future You” will

Understand and be Proud of

Think Twice before Rewriting it from

Scratch

Achievable Capabilities

Effort

Switch to a new System

[Elzer, 1994]

Does this Site really NEED React and Isomorphic

JavaScript?

“If it’s from Google or Facebook it must be

Awesome”

or …

The Emperors New Clothes

Don’t Blindly Trust in Other Peoples Code!

13

Think twice before npm install anything!

Or yarn … for what it’s worth

Last Words

Don’t Repeat Yourself!(DRY)

You Ain’t Gonna Need It(YAGNI)

Keep It Simple Stupid!(KISS)

The End… to be Continued on Twitter …

@dkhan