What we’re about
The mission of Prescott Area Web Developers Group is to provide local web designers and developers with a platform to meet, network, share experiences and learn about emerging trends relevant to the World Wide Web. Students and non-professionals are also welcome.
Who are members?
- Entrepreneurs looking to build their own web-based business
- learn what goes into building and maintaining a website or business
- get feedback and advice on your business, product and plan
- network to find people vital to your business success
- learn about business - legal, HR, finance, licensing, partnerships, …
- learn business strategies
- find beta testers
- find developers
- Business Owners looking to improve their presence on the web
- learn about effective websites
- SEO
- marketing
- advertising
- network to find contractors or employees
- Developers, Designers, Marketers and others looking to network and get involved in a web-based business
- learn different roles in web businesses
- learn how your role functions in the real world
- create your own improvement/learning plan
- network with possible employers
- students learn about the real world
- Hobbyists interested in learning
- learn about web technologies
- improve in my main areas of interest
- maybe my interest turns professional someday, I would like to learn about various professions in the web world
- I may develop an interest in starting a business
If your interests are more technical and centered on software development see our companion group Prescott Coders.
Upcoming events (3)
See all- Web of Trust (2025)Center for the Future, Prescott, AZ
We have a hands-on workshop, so bring your laptop. You will get the most out of it if you can do the recommended reading and complete the prerequisites. But if you can't, you should still come, just sit next to someone and follow along. If you come early we can help you with the prerequisites.
Title: Web of Trust (2025)
By: Matt BorjaSummary: This industry-led session will explore tools, techniques, and procedures for building trust and securing the supply chain.
Objectives:
• Define conditions for trust
• Demonstrate signature verification
• Create a new identity for digital signing using GnuPG
• Share your public key
• Sign others' public key
• Understand the responsibility of auditing signing keysPrerequisites:
• Latest version of GnuPG- Linux: normally has this already installed, so bring linux if you have it
- Mac: if you are familiar with Homebrew, you can install with 'brew install gnupg'
- Windows: find downloads here: https://www.gnupg.org/download/#binary
• GitHub account with two-factor authentication configured (https://github.com)
Recommended reading:
• What does sig!3 mean?
(https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2004-July/022910.html)
• Validating other keys on your public keyring
(https://www.gnupg.org/gph/en/manual/x334.html)
• Sections 2.1, 2.2, 4.1, 4.7, 5.3.1, and optionally privacy considerations in section 8 of Digital Identity Guidelines, NIST SP 800-63A
(https://pages.nist.gov/800-63-3/sp800-63a.html)Please note: Attendees will be required to acknowledge a compliance requirement set forth by U.S. Export Administration Regulations and other U.S. and foreign laws
