Notes from #lwslightning

Architecting for success - Daniel Knell

Architect - primary deliverable is quality
- Code
- Process
- Not losing quality over time
Have to play with all the shiny stuff
5 step plan to better, lazier, more architectural thoughts
- Communication
  - we suck at it
  - Stop thinking in terms of "us and them"
- The Big Picture
  - Efficiency - minimise the amount of work that needs to be done
  - Build for reusability
- Be Prepared
  - Build what is required now, but in a way that's prepared for what's likely to come next
- Optimise: always
  - Be mindful of what you're optimising
  - Don't just focus on cost and speed
  - Developer Agility
- Automation
  - Automate all the things
  - Grunt!
Keep Learning!

Welcome to Academia
Digital Natives
- The internet generation have "brains full of internet"
Constructivism
- If you're gonna learn something, you have to learn it yourself
- Create learning environment for the student
Nice sentiments, but bad UX
'Digital Natives' “My butt!”
Constructivism? "Also, my butt!"
Cognitive Load
- How much you can hold in short-term memory
As UX leads to good teaching
- Direct instruction
- Worked Examples
- Reduce Cognitive Load
Accept your users
Make learning feel better

Don't just look at the "best" sites, look at the relevant ones
Login / Register is the main pinpoint
- Workout if user needs to login or register by analytics
- Simplify registration
- Accept there will be lots of registration errors, help the user out
- Break it down into small steps with feedback loops
Springboards are dead
Different site behaviours for different user behaviours