Summary: <p>Longtime web developer, lecturer, and web standards evangelist Aaron Gustafson and host Jeffrey Zeldman discuss the newly published update to Aaron’s best-selling industry classic “love letter to the web,” Adaptive Web Design: Crafting Rich Experiences With Progressive Enhancement, 2nd Edition (New Riders, 2015).</p> <p>Topics covered include: Aaron's superhero origin story as a creator of progressively enhanced websites and applications; "we’re not building things we haven't built on the web before;" "creating opportunities for people outside your comfort zone;" development in the world of Node.js; "every interface is a conversation;" "visual design is an enhancement;" "interaction is an enhancement;" nerding out over early web terminal interfaces; Microsoft, Opera, and more.</p> <p>Save 35% off Aaron Gustafson’s Adaptive Web Design: Crafting Rich Experiences With Progressive Enhancement, 2nd Edition when you enter discount code AARON35 <a href="http://www.peachpit.com/store/adaptive-web-design-crafting-rich-experiences-with-9780134216140">at checkout</a>.</p> <p></p><p>Links for this episode:</p><ul> <li> <a href="https://www.aaron-gustafson.com/about/" class="link" target="_blank">About Aaron Gustafson</a><br> </li> <li> <a href="http://adaptivewebdesign.info/2nd-edition/" class="link" target="_blank">Adaptive Web Design Second Edition (“95% new material”)</a><br> </li> <li> <a href="http://ptgmedia.pearsoncmg.com/images/9780134216140/samplepages/9780134216140.pdf" class="link" target="_blank">Read the first chapter free (PDF)</a><br> </li> <li> <a href="http://adaptivewebdesign.info/" class="link" target="_blank">First Edition, May 2011 (read the entire first edition free) </a><br> </li> <li> <a href="http://webstandardssherpa.com/" class="link" target="_blank">Web Standards Sherpa</a><br> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.aaron-gustafson.com/notebook/" class="link" target="_blank">Notebook: Aaron’s blog</a><br> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.aaron-gustafson.com/speaking-engagements/" class="link" target="_blank">Engagements: Aaron’s speaking page, using Quantity Queries</a><br> </li> <li> <a href="http://alistapart.com/article/quantity-queries-for-css" class="link" target="_blank">"Quantity Queries for CSS" by Heydon Pickering in A List Apart</a><br> </li> <li> <a href="http://alistapart.com/author/agustafson" class="link" target="_blank">A List Apart: articles by Aaron Gustafson</a><br> </li> <li> <a href="http://alistapart.com/article/goingtoprint" class="link" target="_blank">Eric Meyer's "CSS Design: Going to Print" in A List Apart</a><br> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.whatsapp.com/" class="link" target="_blank">WhatsApp</a><br> </li> </ul><h3>Brought to you by:</h3> <ul> <li><p><a href="http://braintreepayments.com/bigwebshow">Braintree</a> (To learn more, and for your first $50,000 in transactions fee-free, go to BraintreePayments.com/BigWebShow)</p></li> <li><p><a href="https://www.dreamhost.com/promo/thebigwebshow395/">DreamHost</a> (Visit the link to sign up and make sure to use the code THEBIGWEBSHOW395 at checkout and you’ll get top rated web hosting for just $3.95/month and a free domain name).</p></li> <li><p><a href="http://thinkful.com/bigwebshow">Thinkful</a> (Learn to build websites & apps in 3 months and get 20% off when you visit Thinkful.com/bigwebshow)</p></li> </ul>
