Building a Better Web
June 11–12, 2018: Training
June 12–14, 2018: Tutorials & Conference
San Jose, CA

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Build a better web. Deliver the best user experiences.

Developers, software engineers, designers, and web performance professionals flock to Fluent in pursuit of a common goal: building a better web. That means delivering fast, secure, accessible experiences to users and customers.

Fluent covers a broad range of technologies and topics to provide web programming professionals with the skills, connections, and inspiration needed to build better online and mobile experiences. This year’s program is organized around three thematic tracks:

You’ll leave Fluent armed with new ideas, fresh insights, proven best practices, meaningful research, and an expanded network of peers and innovators to help you tackle your next web project and advance your career. If you’d like to learn from some of today’s most successful and innovative minds working on the web, make plans to join us at Fluent, June 11–14, at the San Jose Convention Center.

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Join your community

At Fluent, you’ll find multiple ways to expand your network and become better acquainted with your community.

  • Meet with your peers, O’Reilly authors, and Fluent speakers at a variety of intimate events—a mix of structured networking and free-form fun—including Topics Tables, Speed Networking, Dine-Around, Diversity Networking lunch, author signings, and our infamous Hallway Track.
  • Join the crowd at larger gatherings like Ignite, the 5k Fun Run/Walk, the Expo Hall Reception, and the Better Together Block Party.

For the full-on Fluent experience, immerse yourself in these opportunities to establish lasting connections and build community.

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Next week in San Jose, we’re building a better web and a stronger community. Join us at Fluent!

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What sets Fluent apart?

Breadth: Unlike other web programming conferences that focus on just one community, platform or language, Fluent offers a comprehensive approach to the modern web, so you can both broaden your skill set and delve deeper into the tools you use.

Insights-driven: Fluent is a forward-thinking web programming and web performance conference; you’ll find solutions for the problems of today while exploring what's next.

Expert access: You’ll meet senior technologists from leading companies as well independents who are moving the web forward with new libraries, platforms, tools, and open source projects.

Intensive training courses

Immerse yourself in two days of in-depth education on critical web programming topics at Fluent. Each training course takes place June 11-12 and is limited in size to maintain a high level of learning and instructor interaction.

Venue

The conference will take place at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center, located in the center of charming and historic Downtown San Jose.

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