Test the Web Forward on June 15th & 16th in San Francisco, CA The goal of the Move the Web Forward initiative is to get you more involved in contributing to the web platform. Adobe is organizing a hackathon that will help you get there! Representatives from W3C, Google, Mozilla & Microsoft will be on hand to guide you. During the Test the Web Forward hackathon, you will discover new web...
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Test the Web Forward on June 15th & 16th in San Francisco, CA The goal of the Move the Web Forward initiative is to get you more involved in contributing to the web platform. Adobe is organizing a hackathon that will help you get there! Representatives from W3C, Google, Mozilla & Microsoft will be on hand to guide you. During the Test the Web Forward hackathon, you will discover new web features and learn how to write tests that will help browsers make implementations of these features consistent. Experts will be on hand to help you write tests for CSS & SVG features as well as guide you through filing bug reports. You will learn new web features and good practices that would be useful in projects you contribute to in the future! More details coming soon, but here are some of the features we will focus on learning and testing: CSS3 Background & Borders CSS3 OM CSS3 Transforms If you'd like a primer on W3C test writing before the event, a tutorial is posted here:
http://adobe.github.com/web-platform/presentations/test-the-web-forward-tutorial/index.html#/" We would like to remind you of the requirements and FAQs before you begin: http://testthewebforward.org/#faq-testwriting Friday's sessions will be Streamed Live and Recorded. URLs will be posted on our website at: http://testthewebforward.org Developers: Please do not forget to review the requirements and read how to prepare for the event. Agenda: Friday Sessions 5:00pm - 5:30pm Check-in 5:30pm - 6:00pm Welcome - Arno Gourdol, Adobe 6:00pm - 6:45pm "Testing 'Lay of the Land'" - Alan Stearns, Adobe 6:45pm - 7:30pm "Testing Framework Deep-Dive: CSS" - Peter Linss, HP 7:30pm - 7:45pm Break 7:45pm - 8:30pm "Testing Frameworks Deep-Dive: SVG" - Doug Schepers, W3C 8:30pm - 9:15pm "File the Best Bug" - Elika Etemad, Mozilla Saturday Hackathon 9:30am - 10:00am Breakfast 10:00am - 12:00pm Hack and "Learn how to create a W3C Ref & JS tests" Rebecca Hauck & Jacob Goldstein, Adobe 12:00pm - 1:00pm Lunch 1:00pm - 3:00pm Hack 3:00pm Break 3:30pm - 6:00pm Hack 6:00pm - 7:00pm Demos/Prizes and Dinner/Drinks Location: Adobe SF 601 Townsend St San Francisco, CA Train: The Caltrain is a 10 minute walk from the facilities
http://www.caltrain.com/ San Francisco Station - 700 4th St., San Francisco 94107 Parking: There will be validated parking. Bicycles: Secure bicycle storage is available but only on a first come first basis. Buses: SF Muni Bus #10 passes by the Adobe Office en route to the Caltrain Depot, the Transbay Terminal, and Market St. Muni Bus #19 crosses Townsend at 8th Street traveling south. We are providing meals: Friday - Pizza and Drinks Saturday - Breakfast, Coffee, Snacks, Lunch, and Dinner will have vegetarian/gluten free/vegan options. Follow us @testthewebfwd Check out all the requirements and list of experts at our main website:
http://testthewebforward.org