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Summit Kit

The Future of Web Apps

Google, Yahoo, 37signals, FeedBurner, DropSend and more

Photo of a banner at the Summit This Survival Kit is packed with all of the valuable information from the Carson Workshops Summit "The Future of Web Apps."

The amazing lineup of speakers included: Joshua Schachter (Delicious), David Heinemeier Hansson (37Signals), Steffen Meschkat (Google Maps), Cal Henderson (Flickr), Ryan Carson (DropSend), Tom Coates (Yahoo!) and Shaun Inman (Mint)

You'll get complete podcasts and presentation notes from each speaker. In addition, you get a CD full of valuable code, checklists and URLs.

If you missed the Summit, this is a great way to benefit from the amazing presentations and panel discussions from the event. The Summit Kit includes the full Survival Kit from the day (codes and tips and tricks) plus the complete audio and all the speakers full slides. All bound up in a fetching blue case.

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Summit Reviews

"An inspiring day! Very impressed by all the speakers" - Chris Korhonen, American Express

"As a designer, I got a great foundation of web apps, which will make it much easier to work with developers. Great Summit!" - Rory Campbell, State of Emergence

"Good mix of speakers with some great ideas. Very motivational!" - Simon R Jones, Studio 24

"A truly inspiring and fun day" - Bas Holtzer, DJUST

"Down to earth, totally approachable" - Matt Newman, Compulsive Design

"An awesome and very interesting day. It should really kick-start the UK web app community" - Andrew Nicolaouk, University of Newcastle upon Tyne

"Brilliant, friendly and organised. Raising the bar for the industry" - Ed Dowding, communitysafe.org

What's on the Kit?

Speaker's Talks and Slides
  • Joshua Schachter (Delicious) "Delicious - Things we've learned"
  • David Heinemeier Hansson (37 Signals) "Happy Programming and Sustainable Productivity with Ruby on Rails"
  • Steffen Meschkat (Google) "Greater Expectations - Reality-Checking the AJAX Web Application Architecture"
  • Cal Henderson (Flickr) "From website to web application. Ten reasons to love Web 2.0"
  • Steve Olechowski (FeedBurner) Panel Discussion
  • Shaun Inman (Mint) "10 Reasons Why You Need to Build an API"
  • Ryan Carson (DropSend) "How to build an enterprise web app on a budget"
  • Tom Coates (Yahoo!) "Designing Web 2.0-native Products for Fun and Profit"
  • Panel Disussion with all speakers + FeedBurner
Speaker's Resources
  • Do's and Don'ts (from Shaun Inman)
  • Useful PHP Code (from Shaun Inman)
  • Tips and Tricks (from Google)
  • Useful Pointers (from Google)
  • Code Snippets (from Google)
  • Do's and Don'ts of web development (from David Heinemeier Hansson)
  • Do's and Don'ts (from Joshua Schachter)
  • Firefox Tools (from Joshua Schachter)
  • Javascript Utilities (from Joshua Schachter)
  • Frameworks (from Joshua Schachter)
  • Valuable Websites (from Tom Coates)
  • Top ten tips for building sites that work well in a web of data (from Tom Coates)
Useful URLs
  • Tools
  • MySQL
  • Ruby / Rails
  • Frameworks
  • Browsers
  • Firefox Extensions
  • Misc
  • AJAX and JavaScript
  • CSS
  • PHP
  • Flash
  • Browser Testing and Trouble Shooting
  • Blogs
  • APIs
  • Specifications