HTML5 Camp - how it was

(I’ll say right away that the reports are already ready and are in the process of publication — we will write separately when everything will be uploaded, I hope today or tomorrow.)



So, on November 30, the second HTML5 Camp took place in St. Petersburg . The event aroused great interest among web designers and web developers and their sympathizers :)






In total, the event was attended by more than 650 people plus a huge online audience (more than 15k connections and up to 4243 simultaneous broadcasts).

Opening

The event was opened by Alexander Lozhechkin, Director of Strategic Technologies at Microsoft Russia, who spoke about the evolution of modern web technologies:









Our approach to introducing new technologies in Internet Explorer:

(by the way, Internet Explorer 10 Platform Preview 4 was announced the same day ).



Current problems in web development and ways to solve them:


I also had a hand in the discovery - I showed demos:

(For more information about one of the demos using Canvas and WebSockets, see the article " Drawing Canvas via WebSockets, or how our demo worked on H TML5 Camp . ")

Next, the word was passed to Nikolai Pryanishnikov, president of Microsoft Russia, who spoke about current trends in the IT industry, which are closely intertwined with the development of web technologies: He






shared his plans for the future and the challenges we face:


IE6 was not forgotten either - thanks! you were a great product, but we need to move on:


Next Nikolai returned the floor to Alexander Lozhechkin, who briefly talked about the upcoming content of the conference:





And announced additional details on the DevCon'12 conference , which will be held in May 2012:



This ended the opening and the word was passed to Ben Livshits, a researcher at Microsoft Research, who made a keynote speech on security and privacy issues in the context of HTML5 and new technologies:




(everything that happens is broadcast online for Internet viewers)

Sections and reports

After a short break, the hall was divided into two sections, in which the reports went in parallel. More technical reports competed with design ones, deeper and more demanding with more overview and introductory talks about the current state of the industry.

It is unnecessary to talk in detail about each report - they just need to be watched and absorb knowledge! But below are some beautiful photos:


Vadim Makeev from Opera talks about how to deal with a wide variety of mobile devices.


Ben Livshits in the second report shares the results of research in the detection of malicious scripts on the Internet.


(again, I) talk about the numerous CSS3 modules that you can already start using or that just penetrate browsers.


Roman Menyakin from Adobe shows off his company's new HTML5 products and shares Adobe’s vision for the development of web technologies.


At the same time, Gaidar Magdanurov talks about new APIs for JavaScript (and before that he talked about using Node.js on Windows).


Alexander Demidov from 1C-Bitrix shares his experience of using HTML5 in mobile solutions, obtained during the development of BitrixMobile.


Pavel Krivoruchko from Keiss Media talks about their company's experience in developing games in JavaScript and HTML5.


Alexei Androsov from Yandex attracted great audience attention with a story about the practical use of HTML5 in Y. Post.


Vladimir Kolesnikov talks about the use of HTML5 in mobile applications and shows
how to make HTML5 applications for Windows Phone (or any other platform).

Cultural and entertainment program

Particular attention was paid to the atmospheric component of the conference. Starting, actually, from the stunning hall at Park Inn Pribaltiyskaya:


and the colorful decoration of the hall and navigation:


Conference participants could take a cool photo with a magic shield HTML:






Play HTML5 games:




Or jump into Kinect:




Or just relax and chat over a coffee and cookies:






Or touch with your hands Windows Phone:






Or participate in the lottery of books on testing with Visual Studio:






Or get hosting from Infobox:


and members online-broadcast at this time can watch interviews with participants and speakers:


The highlight of the entertainment progra we became a farewell to IE6:








At the end of the event, a quiz with a prize draw took place:









(and someone even got a certificate to participate in DevCon'12)

After closing, everyone was waiting for a yummy:






That's about all it was :) See you again!