Web Dev Panel Discussion

What is your burning web development question? That was the request for April's event in 2023! We had a panel of web developers who were there to discuss web development questions and talk through the future of web development.

Panelists:

* Andres Mendoza is a local software consultant and an advisory board member with techfrederick.
* Riley is a senior engineer at Rocket Money working on everything from native to web. She is a General Assembly graduate and organizer of Frederick Code & Coffee.
* Ricky McCallum is a WordPress developer with a full stack skillset who builds websites for local small businesses.
* Matt Layman is a senior staff engineer at Included Health. He is a software engineer with over 15 years of professional experience with most of those years focused on web technologies.

0:00 - Introductions
4:00 - How do you learn web dev in the "real world?"
13:27 - Do you have experience with hired mentor websites?
19:17 - What is the most influential web tech development in the last 5 years?
28:04 - How do you balance learning new tech vs. client deadlines?
38:25 - For freelancers, do you allocate learning time into contracts?
40:00 - When should a website also become a mobile app? What about monetization?
56:14 - Why do you need a web server vs. just a bunch of HTML pages?
1:00:04 - Why tech would you recommend for building a blog?
1:05:17 - How did you land your freelancing clients?
1:07:20 - Do you have a favorite process for how to design a website?
1:16:46 - How are you thinking about and using AI in your work?