Happy New Year!
Welcome to 2026! Fronteers has a lot in store for you this year.
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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Web Day Out 2026
Please note: This is an event that is not organised by Fronteers.
A one-day seaside conference in Brighton covering front-end architecture, UX strategy, accessibility, design systems and product thinking.
Web Day Out is a one-day seaside conference covering front-end architecture, UX strategy, accessibility, design systems and product thinking — with talks grounded in real-world experience.
- Date: 12 March 2026
- Location: Brighton
- Price: £270
- Website: webdayout.com
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Meetup bij Craftzing in Gent
On Thursday 12 March, we're kicking off the Fronteers Belgium meetups again!
For this first edition we are being hosted by Craftzing, a digital business consultancy bureau that assists organizations with their digital transformation. From strategy to successful digital products and services.
Evening Program
Time Activity 18h00 🚪 Doors open & start of networking + food 19h00 🙋♀️ Introduction by Fronteers BE & Craftzing 19h20 Talk #1: TBA 20h00 🍷 ----- Break ----- 🥤 20h20 Talk #2: TBA 21h00 🥤 Drinks and networking till the end of the event -
Drinks in Utrecht
Come and share a beverage during Fronteers' drinks!
In the cafe, you can recognise the group by the discussions. For example tabs, spaces or no indenting. You can gossip about upcoming browser features. Gain insights into the depths of devtools. Be accessible for inquiries about new accessibility regulations.
Please register or unregister as needed via meetup.com, so we can confirm the headcount for the bar reservation. The first round is on Fronteers.
When? Thursday March 12th, from 18:00.
Where? Het Gegeven Paard, Utrecht
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Escapekoffer Digitale Inclusie
Please note: This is an event that is not organised by Fronteers.
Play the Escapekoffer Digitale Inclusie during Escapekoffer Monday in the Week of Health Inequalities.
During the Week of Health Inequalities, you can play the Escapekoffer Digitale Inclusie on Monday 16 March at Digitaal Toegankelijk on Plompetorengracht 4 in Utrecht.
After playing the game, you'll understand what it's like when digital care is made too difficult for you. Curious about last year's edition? Watch the video!
- Date: Monday 16 March 2026
- Location: Digitaal Toegankelijk, Plompetorengracht 4, Utrecht
- Sign up: Via this link
On the Week of Health Inequalities website you can find more events throughout the Netherlands.
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Fronteers Lunchmeeting with Mark Teekman
Mark Teekman will tell us about his Accessible Astro Starter!
Fronteers lunchmeetings are online meetings during lunch that you can follow from behind your desk (but also from your couch or in the park). Fronteers team member Edwin Martin is your host!
This Fronteers lunchmeeting features Mark Teekman! Mark has built an accessible starter theme for the Astro framework (Accessible Astro Starter).
From our blog
Get to know our members
Whilst majoring in Computer Science, Derk-Jan worked in Silicon Valley and gained valuable experience at incubators, accelerators, and various star...
Specialties:
accessibilityjavascriptgdprrubysoftwaretypescriptux design
Specialties:
Front-endHTML/CSSReact/Next.JSVueAngularAccessibility
Edwin is an old hand in the business and has been making websites since 1994. First with Perl and then PHP. After the rise of JavaScript and CSS, h...