The Polymer Summit 2015 Roundup

Posted by Taylor Savage, Product Manager, Polymer

Yesterday in Amsterdam we kicked off the first ever Polymer Summit, joined live by 800 developers. We focused on three key themes: Develop, Design and Deploy, giving concrete advice on how you can build your web app from start to finish. You can watch a replay of the keynote here.

It has been amazing to see how much the community has grown and how far the project has come: what started as an experiment in a new way of developing on the web platform has steadily grown into the range of tools, product lines, and community contributions we saw presented throughout the Summit. Since Polymer 1.0 launched in May we’ve seen more than 150,000 public facing pages created with Polymer.

In case you missed any of the sessions, we’ve consolidated all of the recordings below:

Develop

• Thinking in Polymer
• End to End with Polymer
• Using ES6 with Polymer
• Testing Polymer Web Components
• Platinum Elements
• There’s an element for that - but what if there isn’t
• A11y with Polymer
• Upgrading to 1.0 with polyup
• Polymers Gesture System

Design

• Adaptive UI with Material Design and Paper Elements
• Polymers Styling System
• Polymers Animation System

Deploy

• Polymer Power Tools
• Polymer Performance Patterns
• Doing a Perf Audit of your Polymer App

Be sure to visit our YouTube channel for the session recordings. For the latest news and upcoming Polymer events, subscribe to the Polymer blog and follow us on Twitter @Polymer.

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Polymer 1 0 Released!

Posted by Taylor Savage, Product Manager, Polymer

Today we released the 1.0 version of the Polymer library. Polymer is a new way of thinking about building web applications - a sugaring layer on top of Web Components, making it easy for you to create interoperable custom elements. These elements can then be put together to create app-like immersive experiences on the web.

Since the “Developer Preview” release, we’ve re-written the library from the ground up, focusing on cross-browser performance while keeping the developer-friendly ergonomics. The new library is about 3x faster on Chrome, 4x faster on Safari, and a third less code than in developer preview. And it’s ready to be used in production applications.

Get started with the new library

We’ve updated the polymer-project.org site with documentation for the 1.0 release. Major new and updated features include:

• Brand-new, fast, and easy-to-use data binding system
• Element theming and styling using custom CSS properties
• Fast and lightweight Shadow DOM shim for non-supporting browsers
• “Behaviors” mechanism for sharing behavior between elements

It’s easier than ever to create high-quality, production-ready elements using Polymer, to use in your app or share with other developers.

Browse, demo, and learn how to use the latest elements built by the Polymer team

Check out the many brand-new element product lines built by the Polymer team with the Polymer elements catalog. There you can browse for elements to help create or add features to your web app - whether you need buttons or layouts, Google maps or push notifications. For just about any problem you might need to solve on the web, there’s an element for that.

Kick off your app with the Polymer Starter Kit

Looking for a fast and easy way to get started building a production-ready web application using Polymer? Use the Polymer starter kit. Packed with the latest elements, ready-to-use boilerplate, and an end-to-end toolchain to use from development through production deployment, the starter kit works out of the box so you can focus on adding features right away.

We’re incredibly excited about this release, and can’t wait to see what you’ll build!

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Get Ready for the Polymer Summit 2015

Posted by Taylor Savage, Product Manager, Polymer

The Polymer Summit is almost here! We’ll officially kick off live from Amsterdam at 9:00AM GMT+2 this coming Tuesday, September 15th. To get the most out of the event, make sure to check out the speaker list and talk schedule on our site.

Can’t join us in person? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered! You can tune into the summit live on www.polymer-project.org/summit. We will stream the keynote and all sessions over the course of the event. If you want us to send you a reminder to tune into the livestream, sign up here. We’ll also be publishing all of the talks as videos on the Chrome Developers YouTube Channel.

We’re looking forward to seeing you in person or remotely on Tuesday. Don’t forget to join the social conversations at #PolymerSummit!

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Polymer Summit Schedule Released!

Posted by Taylor Savage, Product Manager

We’re excited to announce that the full speaker list and talk schedule has been released for the first ever Polymer Summit! Find the latest details on our newly launched site here. Look forward to talks about topics like building full apps with Polymer, Polymer and ES6, adaptive UI with Material Design, and performance patterns in Polymer.

The Polymer Summit will start on Monday, September 14th with an evening of Code Labs, followed by a full day of talks on Tuesday, September 15th. All of this will be happening at the Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ, right on the IJ river in downtown Amsterdam. All tickets to the summit were claimed on the first day, but you can sign up for the waitlist to be notified, should any more tickets become available.

Can’t make it to the summit? Sign up here if you’d like to receive updates on the livestream and tune in live on September 15th on polymer-project.org/summit. We’ll also be publishing all of the talks as videos on the Google Developers YouTube Channel.

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