Maximiliano Firtman
Independent Consultant
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Maximiliano Firtman
Independent Consultant
Max Firtman works as an independent free-lance consultant. He is a mobile + web developer, trainer, speaker, and writer. He has authored many books, including Programming the Mobile Web and High Performance Mobile Web published by O’Reilly Media. He is a frequent speaker at conferences worldwide and he has been widely recognized for his work in the mobile-web community. He teaches mobile (Android & iOS), HTML5, PWA and web performance trainings. He has been working in the Web since 1996 and in the mobile app space since 2001.
Workshops with Maximiliano Firtman
Practical Web App Patterns with Vanilla JS
Spend a full day with Maximiliano Firtman learning about design patterns and applying them in frontend projects using JavaScript. Understand advantages, challenges and how to implement many design patterns to improve readability, reusability, modularity and scalability of your Vanilla JavaScript projects.
PWAs: You Don't Need That App Store
Maximiliano Firtman
Independent Consultant
Spend a full day with Maximiliano Firtman and discover how to harness the power of the Web Platform to create installable, offline-capable, and standalone apps for mobile devices and desktop computers. Learn how to deploy these apps directly to users without the need for an app store, providing a seamless and intuitive experience across all devices and platforms.
PHP Fundamentals
Maximiliano Firtman
Independent Consultant
Spend a full day with Maximiliano Firtman learning the fundamentals of the PHP programming language and how to use it for Backend web development. Understand its syntax, key concepts, and best practices for writing efficient and scalable programs in PHP.
Maximiliano Firtman's Courses
Professional JS: Features You Need to Know
Maximiliano Firtman
Independent Consultant
Upgrade your JavaScript knowledge with post-ES6 features. Learn modern syntax, async programming, and advanced JavaScript features.
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Basics of Go
Maximiliano Firtman
Independent Consultant
Get a quick introduction to Go. Learn basic syntax like variables, constants, data types, and creating and importing packages. You’ll get hands-on with all the necessary features of Go to get up to speed with the language quickly!
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Web App Performance
Maximiliano Firtman
Independent Consultant
Learn to identify and resolve performance issues in your web apps! Learn about performance issues, metrics, HTTP, browser cache, and service workers. Discover basic to advanced optimization techniques and performance APIs.
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First Look: ChatGPT API for Web Developers
Maximiliano Firtman
Independent Consultant
Quickly understand the essentials of AI in web development. Learn about large language models, chatbots, APIs, and more. Build a ChatGPT Clone project and delve into advanced topics like context maintenance, prompt engineering, and using the Image API.
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A Tour of Web Capabilities
Maximiliano Firtman
Independent Consultant
Explore what is possible with new Web APIs! Browsers can do so much now, including speech recognition, geolocation, OS integration, face detection, augmented reality, and reading from sensors, external hardware, and devices!
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Vanilla JS: You Might Not Need a Framework
Maximiliano Firtman
Independent Consultant
Explore Vanilla JavaScript, understand core concepts, work with the DOM API, handle events, and build a web application from scratch. Delve into advanced topics like SPA routing, web components, and reactive programming.
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Web Storage APIs
Maximiliano Firtman
Independent Consultant
Go beyond localStorage to use newer and more performant APIs like IndexedDB for storing JSON, CacheStorage for caching requests, and the FileSystem API for accessing the local file system.
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Web Authentication APIs
Maximiliano Firtman
Independent Consultant
Learn basic password logins to using Google to log in. Then, use WebAuthn API and Passkeys to use FaceID and biometrics to make passwordless web apps!
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JavaScript in the Background
Maximiliano Firtman
Independent Consultant
Explore new web app capabilities to detect when your web app is in the background to execute code later, even when your web app isn’t in focus.
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Cross-Platform Mobile Apps with Flutter
Maximiliano Firtman
Independent Consultant
Create your first multi-platform application using Dart, including native apps for iOS, Android, desktop computers, and Progressive Web Apps.
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Introduction to Kotlin and Android Development
Maximiliano Firtman
Independent Consultant
Create your first Android native application using Jetpack Compose and Android Studio.
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iOS App Development with Swift
Maximiliano Firtman
Independent Consultant
Create your first iOS native application using SwiftUI and Xcode for deployment in the iOS and iPad Apple App store.
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Build Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) from Scratch
Maximiliano Firtman
Independent Consultant
Build offline-capable Progressive Web Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript: Service workers give you access to the cache storage while App Manifests allow you to be distributed on the Google Play store and Apple App Store.
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What They're Saying
🚀 Just wrapped up an insightful course learning web app performance with Frontend Masters!
🌐 Key Takeaways:
- Metrics like First Paint and Time to Interactive are crucial.
- Optimize for mobile performance for significant impact.
- Tools like PageSpeed Insights and WebPageTest are essential for audits.
- Frontend optimizations deliver the most gains.
- Advanced techniques include inline critical resources and modern image formats.
- APIs like Performance & Navigation Timing offer precise data.
- Prioritize user interaction with techniques like requestIdleCallback.
- Foster a culture of continuous performance improvement.
Highly recommend this course for anyone serious about performance optimization!
Rohan Shakya
Rohan Shakya
I just completed "Vanilla JS: You Might Not Need a Framework" by Max Firtman on Frontend Masters! Vanilla is a good flavor that stands the test of time.
noah
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Just completed "Cross-Platform Mobile Apps with Flutter" by Max Firtman on Frontend Masters! It was extremely helpful as I am trying to transfer my React Native knowledge to Flutter.
Sadman Yasar Sayem
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I just finished watching Max Firtman's Basics of Go course on Frontend Masters. It's one of the best, full of easy-to-understand examples, helpful tips, and best practices! It was my first interaction with Go and I can't wait to dive deeper into the waters of Go! Thank You!
Samuel Hovančák
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I just completed "Build Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) from Scratch" by Max Firtman on Frontend Masters! It was a amazing🚀
Ravi
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"Go fundamentals" by Max Firtman on Frontend Masters was the best Go course. Gave me a strong foundation and then went on to build stuff on my own.
Vinayak Goyal
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