The State of the Web

(November 19, 2020)

Rick meets with Steve Souders, who created the HTTP Archive project 10 years ago this month, to talk about its origins and reflect on it's growth. They're also joined by Patrick Meenan, creator of WebPageTest and maintainer of HTTP Archive, along with Paul Calvano, past State of the Web guest and also a maintainer of HTTP Archive.

(February 5, 2020)

In this episode of the State of the Web, Rick Viscomi talks with Brad Frost (Web Designer and author of Atomic Design) about design systems highlighting web design, material design, and more. Let's get started!

(January 8 , 2020)

In this episode of the State of the Web, Rick Viscomi talks with Marcy Sutton (Head of Learning at Gatsby Inc) about web accessibility. Learn about what accessibility means, the impact of the Domino's ruling, and more in this episode.

(November 6, 2019)

Rick and Doug talk about the best practices for including video on your page and some reasons you might actually *not* want to include video. It may seem like a daunting task given the array of configuration and hosting options, but, like images, there are simple best practices to ensure that there is a healthy balance between visual quality and the user experience.

(September 4, 2019)

Developing for the global web is so much more than just translating content into multiple languages. In this episode of the State of the Web, Rick Viscomi (Developer Programs Engineer at Google) sits down with Andrey Sitnik (Lead Frontend Engineer at Evil Martians) to talk about considerations for globalization and the tools available to web developers.