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Front End Sheffield @frontendsheff.bsky.social · 6d

Announcing our November #FrontEndSheff Meetup (last of 2025):

- Jack Carey takes us 🎶 baaaack in tiiiime with 'An adventure in web components'
- @andycarter.dev uses literary classics to talk about code quality with 'Ulysses versus The Very Hungry Caterpillar'

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27th Nov '25: Standards, Web Components & Quality Code with a Hungry Caterpillar, Thu, Nov 27, 2025, 6:15 PM | Meetup

Same room as last month: 12.5.08 at the **Charles Street Building**, Sheffield Hallam University, 120 Charles St, Sheffield, S1 2NE Look for the FES signs up into the lift

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Front End Sheffield @frontendsheff.bsky.social · 12d

Luke's slides for his excellent @expo.dev #ExpoRouter talk at #FrontEndSheff : expo-router.lhowsam.com

Slidev - Expo Router

"## Expo Router\n"

expo-router.lhowsam.com

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Front End Sheffield @frontendsheff.bsky.social · 15d

Tickets still available for #FrontEndSheff this Thursday (30th Oct). We gots:
- Alex Efthymiou talking all about routing in #nextjs
- Luke Howsam on routing using
@expo.dev

Looking forward to seeing you all this week for a thoroughly spoopy time 🎃

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30th Oct '25: Trick or Treat: Router special - Next.js Patterns & expo-router, Thu, Oct 30, 2025, 6:15 PM | Meetup

Room change alert!: We're at SHU in Room 12.5.08 at the **Charles Street Building**, Sheffield Hallam University, 120 Charles St, Sheffield, S1 2NE - that's just one floor

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Front End Sheffield @frontendsheff.bsky.social · Oct 3

Happy to announce Luke Howsam to our 30th October line-up: He'll be talking about @expo.dev router, a file-based routing framework for #ReactNative

It's going to be a very router-heavy month! Free tickets available here: www.meetup.com/front-end-sh... #Sheffield #WebDev

Oct '25: Trick or Treat: Router special - Next.js Routing Patterns & expo-router, Thu, Oct 30, 2025, 6:15 PM | Meetup

Room change alert!: We're at SHU in Room 12.5.08 at the **Charles Street Building**, Sheffield Hallam University, 120 Charles St, Sheffield, S1 2NE - that's just one floor

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Sheffield.Digital @sheffield.digital · Sep 29

What's happening in #SheffEvents next month? More details and events on our full calendar: sheffield.digital/events/

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Front End Sheffield @frontendsheff.bsky.social · Sep 26

Big thanks to Thomas Baker and Nicholas Tsim for their presentations at last nights FES. Good crowd turnout too. Glad to be back into the swing of things.

Sign up to Octobers event here: www.meetup.com/front-end-sh... #FrontEndSheff

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Front End Sheffield @frontendsheff.bsky.social · Sep 22

This Thursday (25th Sep) - We've had a good reaction to sign-ups this month and it's looking rather popular. Free tickets still available:

Front End Sheffield @frontendsheff.bsky.social · Sep 1

We're back on September 25th after a long summer (& #FrontEndNorth) with:
- Nick Tsim on #React Server Components - where are we in now in 2025?
- Tom Baker on landing your 1st web dev role

🎟️ www.meetup.com/front-end-sh...

Sep '25: React Server Components & landing your 1st FE role, Thu, Sep 25, 2025, 6:15 PM | Meetup

Hope you had a nice summer all. We're back at SHU in Room 12.4.12 at the **Charles Street Building**, Sheffield Hallam University, 120 Charles St, Sheffield, S1 2NE Look f

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Front End Sheffield @frontendsheff.bsky.social · Sep 1

We're back on September 25th after a long summer (& #FrontEndNorth) with:
- Nick Tsim on #React Server Components - where are we in now in 2025?
- Tom Baker on landing your 1st web dev role

🎟️ www.meetup.com/front-end-sh...

Sep '25: React Server Components & landing your 1st FE role, Thu, Sep 25, 2025, 6:15 PM | Meetup

Hope you had a nice summer all. We're back at SHU in Room 12.4.12 at the **Charles Street Building**, Sheffield Hallam University, 120 Charles St, Sheffield, S1 2NE Look f

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Front End North @frontendnorth.bsky.social · Jul 15

Everyone looked like they were having fun at #FrontEndNorth last week!

Help us make the next one even better by completing our feedback form to let us know what you thought of the day - forms.gle/gnmshPFK6tGF...

Some of the audience at Front End North, mostly looking pretty happy

Speaker Joe Hart having fun on stage (I'm not really sure what he was doing, but it looks fun)

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Front End Sheffield @frontendsheff.bsky.social · Jul 9

Don't miss your chance to get a ticket for tomorrow's @frontendnorth.bsky.social in Sheffield! It's like FES, but bigger and shinier ✨

🎟️ www.tickettailor.com/events/front...
ℹ️ frontendnorth.com

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Front End North @frontendnorth.bsky.social · Jul 3

Work on the web? Come to Front End North

📣 1 week today
🎟️ 1 week to get your ticket
💚 1 week to support a conference near you

1 track; 8 industry leading speakers; 1 fab day, entirely run by volunteers for our local community

10th July, Sheffield. £75

See you there soon! 👉
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Front End North @frontendnorth.bsky.social · Jun 30

There are still a few free diversity tickets available for next week's Front End North conference.

They're available to anyone from an under-represented group or in a financial situation which makes buying a ticket normally difficult.

Full details: frontendnorth.com/blog/2025/06...

Apply for a diversity ticket for Front End North | Front End North Conference

Front End North is pleased to offer a small number of diversity tickets for this year’s conference

frontendnorth.com

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Front End Sheffield @frontendsheff.bsky.social · Jun 24

We're having a social at Department (fka Kommune) this Thursday. Join us for a chat about anything front end (other topics are available) over food and drinks 🌮🍺

Front End Sheffield @frontendsheff.bsky.social · Jun 6

We're pretty busy organising @frontendnorth.bsky.social at the mo, so for this month's Front End Sheff we're going to take it easy and have a social at Department (fka Kommune). No talks, but come along for food, drinks and chat about all things front end.

Details at www.meetup.com/front-end-sh...

Front End Sheffield: June 2025 - Social only, Thu, Jun 26, 2025, 6:30 PM | Meetup

We're just having a social this month. The organisers are so busy with our conference: **Front End North**. It's on the 10th of July 2025 and you should consider buying a t

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Front End Sheffield @frontendsheff.bsky.social · Jun 18

Pop on over to Leeds this evening for @leedsphp.bsky.social and @andycarter.dev's talk! Learn how to interrogate and write more readable code, an ever important skill as AI becomes a part of the developer-toolkit for many

Andy Carter @andycarter.dev · Jun 17

If you’re in or around Leeds tomorrow, come join me at @leedsphp.bsky.social and find out what Ulysses and the Very Hungry Caterpillar have to do with our code.

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#PHP #programming #WebDev

Book covers for James Joyce's Ulysses and Eric Carle's the Very Hungry Caterpillar

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Front End North @frontendnorth.bsky.social · Jun 13

📢 Thanks to the generosity of local company @hiveit.co.uk and a few lovely individuals we are now able to offer a small number of diversity tickets for this year’s Front End North conference in Sheffield on 10th July.

See frontendnorth.com/blog/2025/06... for full details.

Apply for a diversity ticket for Front End North | Front End North Conference

Front End North is pleased to offer a small number of diversity tickets for this year’s conference

frontendnorth.com

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Front End Sheffield @frontendsheff.bsky.social · Jun 6

We're pretty busy organising @frontendnorth.bsky.social at the mo, so for this month's Front End Sheff we're going to take it easy and have a social at Department (fka Kommune). No talks, but come along for food, drinks and chat about all things front end.

Details at www.meetup.com/front-end-sh...

Front End Sheffield: June 2025 - Social only, Thu, Jun 26, 2025, 6:30 PM | Meetup

We're just having a social this month. The organisers are so busy with our conference: **Front End North**. It's on the 10th of July 2025 and you should consider buying a t

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Front End North @frontendnorth.bsky.social · Jun 2

Incase you missed the news, we have announced our full lineup of speakers!

Tickets are £75 and include access to our evening social at the National Videogame Museum

🎟️ frontendnorth.com

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Front End Sheffield @frontendsheff.bsky.social · May 27

It's the @sheffield.digital two-headed #mentoring special this Thursday, complete with @frontendnorth.bsky.social ticket giveaway.

🎟️ Tickets still available: www.meetup.com/front-end-sh...

Front End Sheffield: May 2025, Thu, May 29, 2025, 6:15 PM | Meetup

We're back at SHU in Room 12.4.12 at the **Charles Street Building**, Sheffield Hallam University, 120 Charles St, Sheffield, S1 2NE Look for the FES signs up into the lif

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Front End North @frontendnorth.bsky.social · May 22

📢 "Inclusive by design: Creating ways to verify identity without photo ID"

Join @amyrogers.design at Front End North 2025! Explore the problem of identity poverty and how using AI deliberately and carefully can help increase access to critical services.

🔗 frontendnorth.com/speakers/amy...

Amy Rogers | Front End North Conference

Inclusive by design: Strong identity checks are now a standard part of many government services. But around one million people in Scotland don’t have...

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Front End Sheffield @frontendsheff.bsky.social · May 20

Next week's #FrontEndSheff is all about mentoring! Join us on Thurs 29th to hear all about the @sheffield.digital mentorship scheme.

Plus, we'll be giving away a ticket to this year's @frontendnorth.bsky.social conference to one lucky attendee!

Sign up at www.meetup.com/front-end-sh...

Front End Sheffield: May 2025, Thu, May 29, 2025, 6:15 PM | Meetup

We're back at SHU in Room 12.4.12 at the **Charles Street Building**, Sheffield Hallam University, 120 Charles St, Sheffield, S1 2NE Look for the FES signs up into the lif

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Sheffield.Digital @sheffield.digital · May 16

This month's @frontendsheff.bsky.social is a Sheffield Digital special!

Sarah @abouttheadventure.com and Paul Solecki, one of the mentors, will be talking about the Sheffield Digital Mentoring Scheme - www.meetup.com/front-end-sh...

@helpsheffield.co.uk #SheffEvents

Front End Sheffield: May 2025, Thu, May 29, 2025, 6:15 PM | Meetup

We're back at SHU in Room 12.4.12 at the **Charles Street Building**, Sheffield Hallam University, 120 Charles St, Sheffield, S1 2NE Look for the FES signs up into the lif

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Andy Carter @andycarter.dev · May 8

I'm taking part in next week's @a11ynorth.com GAAD panel. Come join me in Leeds on Wednesday evening.

www.meetup.com/a11y-north/e...

#accessibility #a11y #GAAD

A11y North #7 | GAAD Celebration Interactive Panel | Happy Birthday A11y North!, Wed, May 14, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup

Location **TBC, Leeds.** Join A11y North's esteemed panellists, [Charlie Turrell](https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlie-turrell-8779aa119?miniProfileUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afs_miniPr

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Sheffield.Digital @sheffield.digital · May 5

Take a look at events coming up in May 👀

And we have more details and events on our website: sheffield.digital/events/

Let us know if you have an event to add!

@helpsheffield.co.uk #SheffEvents @frontendsheff.bsky.social

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Katie Fenn @katiefenn.bsky.social · Apr 30

Tickets still available for a lovely conference in Leeds tomorrow, in a great venue!

@heypresents.com

heypresents.com/conferences/...

All Day Hey! 2025

A curated single-track conference for developers, designers, and technology leaders.

heypresents.com

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Katie Fenn @katiefenn.bsky.social · Apr 29

It’s @heypresents.com All Day Hey on Thursday! There’s still time to snag the last of the tickets!

heypresents.com/conferences/...

All Day Hey! 2025

A curated single-track conference for developers, designers, and technology leaders.

heypresents.com

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