Discount on SmashingConf Freiburg for Fronteers members
Fronteers members get a 20% discount on tickets to SmashingConf Freiburg, the friendly front-end conference in the heart of the Black Forest, from 7 to 10 September.
Welcome to Fronteers
We are a professional association for front-end developers in the Netherlands and Belgium. Since 2007, we have been working to promote the profession of front-end development. We organize meetups to share knowledge and connect people. To help you be the best you can be!
Upcoming activities
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SmashingConf Freiburg 2026
Please note: This is an event that is not organised by Fronteers.
A discount to this event is available exclusively for Fronteers members. Please contact the board of Fronteers for more information through bestuur@fronteers.nl.
A friendly front-end conference in the heart of the Black Forest. With design systems, AI, accessibility, CSS and animation.
SmashingConf Freiburg 2026 returns to the city where Smashing Magazine began. A friendly, inclusive conference for front-end developers and designers, with two single-track conference days and optional workshop days before and after. Topics include design systems, AI, accessibility, CSS, animation and cutting-edge front-end techniques, with speakers such as Jake Archibald, Hidde de Vries, Marie van Driessche and Vitaly Friedman.
Dates: September 7–10, 2026
Location: Historisches Kaufhaus, Freiburg, GermanyFronteers members receive a 20% discount. Contact the board for the required information!
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Frontend Fiesta - Fronteers & Capgemini Utrecht
Six lightning talks, food and drinks at Capgemini in Utrecht — co-hosted by Fronteers and Capgemini.
Join us for the Frontend Fiesta at Capgemini in Utrecht! Good food, drinks, lovely people — and two rounds of fun, energetic lightning talks.
Evening programme
- 17:30 — Doors open, networking and food
- 18:30 — Introduction by Fronteers NL & Capgemini
- 18:40 — Round 1 lightning talks: Sanne Peters, Nisha Patil, Daan Bouws
- 19:25 — Break
- 19:45 — Round 2 lightning talks: Rowdy Rabouw, Mohamad Shiralizadeh, Rik van der Sar
- 20:30 — Drinks and networking
- 21:00 — End
Sign up
Read more and register on the Meetup page.
Lightning talks
Tailwind ain't so bad… — Sanne Peters
There are only three kinds of people in the world: people who like Tailwind, people who don't care, and people who wake up in the morning, drink their beverage of preference, go into the Fronteers chat and proclaim their hatred for Tailwind. Sanne will try to convince the last two groups that Tailwind ain't so bad.
Sanne studied bio-engineering and bio-informatics, but soon rolled into front-end development, information design and design systems — and has been doing that since 2008. Her love for science, math and complexity runs through everything she does, from data visualisations to dashboard design and generative concepts. Off the clock she grows trees, makes bonsai and paints.
Why your UI works with a mouse but fails with a keyboard — Nisha Patil
We design UIs for a "default user" — just like products labelled "right-hand only." That's why apps work with a mouse but break with a keyboard. Try using Tab, Enter and Escape alone and you'll see what we silently exclude. Keyboard accessibility improves usability for everyone.
Nisha is a Test Automation Engineer with a focus on accessibility. She acts as a thought leader for accessibility in her testing practice — running workshops and presentations to help teams build more inclusive digital products.
Form guy — Daan Bouws
Forms no longer have to be boring to be WCAG-compliant. Front-end development and game development come together in the new HTML-in-Canvas feature in Chrome Canary, which lets you render a little character inside your form that follows your focus as you navigate through the fields.
Daan is a full-stack developer at Capgemini with a background in robotics and e-commerce. He currently works in the public sector and is a big advocate of test-driven development and continuous delivery.
Mamma Mia, It's Instant! Mastering the Speculation Rules API — Rowdy Rabouw
What if your site could finish loading the next page before the user even decides to click? Rowdy tackles navigation latency with the Speculation Rules API — prefetching and prerendering for near-instant page loads. In 10 minutes you'll learn the cheat codes for anticipating user intent.
Rowdy Rabouw is a Google Developer Expert in Web Technologies with 30 years of experience in HTML, CSS and JavaScript. He works as a front-end-focused Senior DevOps Engineer on Vue, Node and NestJS projects, with a focus on usability and accessibility.
Real-Time Image Processing in the Browser — Mohamad Shiralizadeh
Build fast, private and interactive image processing apps right in the browser. Using TensorFlow.js and modern Web APIs, you can run AI models client-side with zero server round-trips.
Mohamad is a passionate developer focused on engineering technologies aligned with the latest trends. He currently works at ING and enjoys speaking at conferences, contributing to open source and helping people in communities.
Deploying professional full stack AI powered webapps with the V0, Next.js, React and Vercel tech stack — Rik van der Sar
Building and deploying modern, production-ready web applications with V0 for UI creation, React and Next.js as the foundation, and Vercel for fast, scalable deployments — from concept to global production.
Rik is a front-end developer with about four years of experience, focused on React, Next.js and the Vercel tech stack.
About Capgemini
Capgemini partners with companies to transform and manage their business by unlocking the value of technology. Working at Capgemini also means working in the international heart of innovation — with sustainability, diversity and inclusion playing key roles.
About Fronteers
Fronteers is a Dutch community for front-end professionals. Our goal is to foster an inclusive and welcoming environment. If you have witnessed or experienced any unacceptable behaviour or remarks at one of our events, please reach out to someone on our team of event hosts and organisers.
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NodeConf.eu 2026
Please note: This is an event that is not organised by Fronteers.
A community-driven Node.js conference in Bologna, Italy — with a 15% discount for Dutch/Belgian front-enders.
If JavaScript and Node.js are your thing, take a look at NodeConf.eu — a community-driven event in beautiful Bologna, Italy, on 29 and 30 September 2026.
Expect two days of talks on Node.js applications, runtimes, tooling, observability, architecture and production systems — with enough breathing room between sessions for the hallway track. On the evening of 29 September, the whole conference sits down together for a proper Bolognese evening of food, wine and conversation. It's included in your ticket.
Many of us still have fond memories of travelling to Bologna years ago for From the Front. It's a wonderful city: amazing food, beautiful streets and a fantastic atmosphere.
Dates: 29–30 September 2026
Location: Hotel Savoia Regency, Bologna, Italy
Tickets: €437.98 incl. VAT (regular price)Discount for front-enders in the Netherlands and Belgium
The organisers reached out to us, and this is a discount we've been able to get for our front-end community — an exclusive 15% discount:
- €372.28 instead of €437.98 (including VAT)
- Use our community discount link
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Fronteers Dark Mode 2026
A cozy, single-track afterwork front-end conference with Harry Roberts, Cyd Stumpel, Barry Pollard, Anjana Vakil, Heydon Pickering and MC Jake Archibald
Fronteers Dark Mode is a cozy, single-track afterwork front-end conference by and for the community.
Date: October 2nd, 2026
Location: Filmtheater De Witt, DordrechtSpeakers
- Harry Roberts — Build for the web, build on the web, build with the web
- Cyd Stumpel — You might not need JS
- Barry Pollard — Declarative Partial Updates: Rethinking How the Web Streams HTML
- Anjana Vakil — Making Waves with the Web: Audio Synthesis and Data Sonification with the WebAudio API
- Heydon Pickering — Making HTML Make Music
- Jake Archibald — Master of Ceremonies
See Fronteers: Dark Mode or fronteersconf.org for tickets and the full schedule.
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FrontKon 2026
Please note: This is an event that is not organised by Fronteers.
Prague’s frontend conference returns for its fifth edition with three stages, international speakers, and a strong community atmosphere.
FrontKon returns for its fifth edition in Prague, bringing together frontend developers, designers, and web professionals for a day of deep technical talks, community connections, and inspiration. The conference features three stages, international speakers, and a programme that goes far beyond the basics of frontend development.
Organized by the Frontendisti.cz community, FrontKon combines high-end content with a welcoming community atmosphere and plenty of opportunities to meet the people shaping the future of frontend development. In 2026, the event becomes even more international with an English-friendly format and speakers from across Europe and beyond.
- Date: Monday 5th & Tuesday 6th of October 2026
- Location: O2 Universum, Prague, Czech Republic
- Expected attendance: 900 attendees
- Format: Three stages with talks in Czech and English
- Website: frontkon.tech
