Techorama 2015: Full Schedule

Techorama 2015

08:45 CEST

The Silver Bullet Syndrome

We love our silver bullets don’t we? Constantly chasing the dream that the next big thing will solve all our past problems. It doesn’t matter if it’s a language, framework, platform or library, we’re out there chasing it. Why? Well because it’s going to solve our needs, it’s going to solve the business needs. Well supposedly it will. And how much is it going to cost? Not that much, especially if we’re not the ones paying the bills.

It’s about time we look at the hard facts and ask those difficult questions. Are we really looking for a silver bullet? Why are we constantly riding the technology bandwagon? Where is the churn going to take us? At what cost? Why?

Speakers

Hadi Hariri

Developer and creator of many things OSS, his passions includes Web Development and Software Architecture. Has authored a couple of books, a few courses and has been speaking at industry events for nearly 15 years. Currently at JetBrains leading the Developer Advocacy team. Spends... Read More →

Tuesday May 12, 2015 08:45 - 09:45 CEST
Room 8

Keynote

Level 200
Tags Keynote

08:45 CEST

The Silver Bullet Syndrome - overflow

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Speakers

Hadi Hariri

Tuesday May 12, 2015 08:45 - 09:45 CEST
Room 9

Keynote

Level 200
Tags Keynote

08:45 CEST

The Silver Bullet Syndrome - overflow

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Speakers

Hadi Hariri

Tuesday May 12, 2015 08:45 - 09:45 CEST
Room 3

Keynote

Level 200
Tags Keynote

11:30 CEST

Using the Cloud-Based Load Testing Service and Application Insights to Find Scale and Performance Bottlenecks in Your Applications

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Do you find it painful to set up an infrastructure to run performance and load tests? Do you think load testing is an expensive affair? Do you have a need for testing your service with a large burst load just before your big launch? Do you want to get a 360 degree of the performance and availability of your application when tested under load conditions? In this session, see how you can use the cloud-based load testing service provided by Visual Studio Online in conjunction with the monitoring and analytics capabilities of Application Insights to quickly run load tests and fix performance bottlenecks.

Speakers

Marcel de Vries

CTO, Xpirit

Marcel is the co-founder and CTO of Xpirit, a high-end consulting firm based in Hilversum, Netherlands. Marcel co-founded Xpirit in 2014 as a spin off from Xebia Netherlands. Together with Xebia they help customers with Digital Transformation, Agile Consulting, and Full Stack development... Read More →

Tuesday May 12, 2015 11:30 - 12:30 CEST
Room 1

ALM & Testing

Level 200
Tags ALM, Testing, Visual Studio

11:30 CEST

The Internet of Your Things

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(session details will be updated once the //BUILD sessions are made public) In this session we’ll take a look at the typical building blocks of an IoT solution, and explain what’s announced at the //BUILD conference. Expect more details from both the “internet” side (Azure IoT services) and the “things” side (Windows on IoT devices) of the Internet of Your Things!

Speakers

Jan Tielens

Technical Evangelist, Microsoft

After several years as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for SharePoint Server, Jan joined Microsoft as a Technology Advisor in the collaboration and social space. Now he’s working at Microsoft as a Technical Evangelist focusing on everything related to apps for Windows... Read More →

Tuesday May 12, 2015 11:30 - 12:30 CEST
Room 3

Buildorama

Level 200
Tags Azure, BUILD, Cloud, Design, IOT

11:30 CEST

The Platform Business Model

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Social media killed the newspaper, taxi drivers go on strike against a startup called Uber, Github is a billion dollar source code repository, Windows Phone has a hard time competing with Android and IPhone, Airbnb is worth 5 times as much as Hilton Hotels. Why? All of these surprising and seemingly unrelated facts actually do have something in common, and it's called the 'platform business model'. In this non-technical session I will explain you how the model works, so that you can use it to attack your rival businesses!

Speakers

Yves Goeleven

Solution Architect, Goeleven BVBA

Yves has been shipping enterprise and cloud software since 2001. He is specialized in the design of distributed software systems using messaging. He works as a Solution Architect for Particular Software (NServiceBus), where he is working on support for the Azure platform. He is one... Read More →

Tuesday May 12, 2015 11:30 - 12:30 CEST
Room 10

Other

Level 200
Tags Personal improvement

11:30 CEST

The Wonderful World That Is Twitter Bootstrap

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So you’re building the web, right? And you’re having fun, right? Inventing the wheel each and every time when you create this “float-right” class, right? Feeling the warmth of a thousand suns when you design yet another form, right? That’s not so fun anymore, eh? Feel sad no more! Twitter Bootstrap is a comprehensive CSS framework that makes all of the usual web design stuff much easier. It’s so good you might enjoy CSS once again! Come to the session to see what Twitter Bootstrap is, why it is so awesome, and how you create smooth looking web sites in a matter of minutes!

Speakers

Shay Friedman

Chuck Norris

Shay Friedman is the founder and web division leader at CodeValue, and also a Microsoft .NET MVP. In the last years, Shay has migrated numerous companies to modern web technologies like angularjs, html5 and css3. He's spoken in lots of international conferences and conducted various... Read More →

Tuesday May 12, 2015 11:30 - 12:30 CEST
Room 2

Web

Level 200
Tags Bootstrap

13:30 CEST

How to live longer and happier with Visual Studio 2015

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Whether you're a Web developer, Mobile developer, developing for Windows or cross-platform, you deserve the best developer experience. Come get a deeper look on the next version of Visual Studio and get a rundown of the new and improved features that can make your life as a developer more productive.

Speakers

Nick Trogh

Technical Evangelist, Microsoft

Nick Trogh is a technical evangelist at Microsoft Belux where he’s helping developers, startups and software companies realize their software dreams on the Microsoft platform. You can find him presenting about cloud and mobile at Microsoft and non-Microsoft events, socializing... Read More →

Tuesday May 12, 2015 13:30 - 14:30 CEST
Room 3

Buildorama

Level 200
Tags BUILD, Visual Studio

13:30 CEST

Apple Swift vs. Microsoft C# - a peek at the other side

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This session will explain how to develop user-friendly mobile apps "The Apple Way". You will learn how Apple's integration strategy differs from Microsoft's and how you should adapt as a developer. You will be introduced to the power of the new programming language Swift. We cover the key features of Swift that makes it different from C# and Objective-C and show you how to use Swift in your existing projects. Attendees will leave this session with a better understanding of how Apple development differs from Microsoft development, and more importantly, where they are similar...

Speakers

Peter Himschoot

Trainer, U2U

Peter Himschoot works as a lead trainer, architect and strategist at U2U. Peter has a wide interest in software development including web, Windows and mobile applications. Peter has trained thousands of developers, is a regular speaker at international conferences and was involved... Read More →

Tuesday May 12, 2015 13:30 - 14:30 CEST
Room 8

Language & Tools

Level 200
Tags C#, iOS

14:45 CEST

Best Practices for Using Open Source Software in the Enterprise

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Most of us understand the benefits of using open source software (OSS) and libraries. Heck, even Microsoft embraces it, so why can’t you adopt it as well in your enterprise? Open source can be a blessing and a curse at the same time. We probably all remember incidents like the “heart bleed” vulnerability in a popular open source implementation of SSL. So, if open source becomes more and more prevalent, how can we cope with the challenges that lay at hand? We will be challenged with all sorts of questions in the enterprise: What are the license implications when I take a dependency on a library with a viral type of license? What version of open source libraries are we using and are they the choice of the generic public or did we select one we now need to maintain ourselves? Are there known vulnerabilities in the libraries we use, and if so, are we affected by that? In this session, we take a practical approach to using open source libraries in product development for the enterprise. We touch briefly on the license types and the ones to look out for. We show you how an artefact repository system can help you to answer a lot of the tough questions. Learn how to integrate a system that is very popular, called Nexus, in your continuous deployment strategy and ensure a frictionless experience for your developers. We show integration with NuGet and how to manage open source dependencies using proxy facilities so you can ensure only a curated set of libraries are used, and meet compliance requirements for your business.

Speakers

Marcel de Vries

CTO, Xpirit

Tuesday May 12, 2015 14:45 - 15:45 CEST
Room 1

ALM & Testing

Level 200
Tags C#, Open source

14:45 CEST

What's new in Windows Phone 10?

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(session details will be updated once the //BUILD sessions are made public)

At //BUILD 2015 we will announce the dev story for Windows 10. Come and see what’s new in the mobile version of Windows 10, and how it fits into the big picture.

Speakers

Stijn Michiels

Stijn is a Technical Evangelist at Microsoft with a strong background in web development and online media. He loves talking about the Windows platform on every type of device and loves to help people do more by using technology.

Tuesday May 12, 2015 14:45 - 15:45 CEST
Room 3

Buildorama

Level 200
Tags Apps, BUILD, Mobile, Windows Phone

16:15 CEST

Package Managers & ASP.NET 5: The forest and the trees.

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Dependency management in ASP.NET evolved from absent to a first-class citizen. You’re likely already using NuGet, so why should you care about other package managers, such as Bower, NPM and Grunt? And what about DNX and the XRE?
Which tool should I use when? What are the pros and cons of my choice? If you’re new to this and no longer can see the forest for the trees, this session will explain the basics and guide you back on track.

Speakers

Xavier Decoster

Founder, MyGet

Xavier Decoster works at Microsoft as a developer on the NuGet team. He is also one of the founders of MyGet, a SaaS offering secure NuGet feeds in the cloud and co-authored the Pro NuGet books. Above all, he wants to reduce development friction.

Tuesday May 12, 2015 16:15 - 17:15 CEST
Room 2

ALM & Testing

Level 200
Tags ASP.NET, NuGet, Visual Studio

17:30 CEST

Back to the Future

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Have you noticed that every app and idea you encounter today seems like a rehashed, recycled, redone version of something else? As we approach the year of Marty McFly's hoverboard, we are going to talk about the current state of mobile and IoT, where the leaders will be in the next 5 years, and how we can start building the next generation of experiences for our users today. You will walk away from this talk with 4 new ideas, and a passion to be the first to solve them.

Speakers

Jeff Blankenburg

Professional Bit Herder, Jeff Blankenburg

Ultra passionate. That’s how Jeff Blankenburg (@jeffblankenburg) describes his relationship with technology. Over the past 10 years, Jeff has enthusiastically applied his technical expertise to build industry-changing websites and marketing efforts for mega brands including Victoria’s... Read More →

Tuesday May 12, 2015 17:30 - 18:30 CEST
Room 10

Mobile & Xamarin

Level 200
Tags Devices, IOT, Mobile

08:45 CEST

Why is Agile putting the Lifecycle into DevOps?

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For many DevOps is used to describe the process of release automation. DevOps is the desire by development to use automation to help build bridges with operations. Model driven deployment coupled with improved reporting and transparency enables operations and development to work together by providing a common language and trusted set of techniques. But the promise of DevOps is so much more than release, it should be about building a strong set of working practices between operations and development that foster trust, cooperation and in so doing so reduce waste and increase value. Agile has provided a framework that allows development teams to collaborate more effectively. Agile has changed the lifecycle and practices development use. But can the Agile lifecycle be employed across to operations, and what would the broader lifecycle look like?

In this talk Dave West, Chief Product Officer at Tasktop describes the challenges and opportunities that Agile + real DevOps affords organizations. He presents a broad view of a Agile+DevOps lifecycle showing all the integration points.

Speakers

Dave West

Chief Product Officer, Tasktop

Dave West is the Chief Product Officer at Tasktop. In this capacity, he engages with customers and partners to drive Tasktop’s product roadmap and market positioning. As a member of the company’s executive management team, he also is instrumental in building Tasktop into a transformative... Read More →

Wednesday May 13, 2015 08:45 - 09:45 CEST
Room 1

ALM & Testing

Level 200
Tags Agile, ALM, Devices

08:45 CEST

Go Mobile with C#, Visual Studio, and Xamarin

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Xamarin enables C# developers to become native iOS, Android, and Windows mobile app developers overnight. In this session, you will learn how to leverage your existing .NET and C# skills to create iOS and Android mobile apps in Visual Studio with Xamarin. In addition to allowing you write your iOS and Android apps in C#, Xamarin lets you reuse existing .NET libraries and share your business logic across iOS, Android, and Windows apps. This session will also give you the tools to determine how much existing C# code can go mobile to iOS and Android, plus help you determine the architecture necessary to support maximum code sharing and reuse. We will also provide guidance and best practices for handling fragmentation across and within each device platform.

During this session we will cover the Xamarin platform and how to create native iOS, Android, and Windows apps in C#. Moreover, we will really focus on the code with several live coding adventures throughout the entire session. When you leave you will have the knowledge to create your first iOS & Android in C# with Xamarin in Visual Studio.

Speakers

Mike James

The most recent addition to the Developer Evangelism team at Xamarin, Mike previously worked within the support department. Before joining Xamarin he worked within the entertainment control industry developing control systems for installations such as the London Eye. His passion grew... Read More →

Wednesday May 13, 2015 08:45 - 09:45 CEST
Room 9

Mobile & Xamarin

Level 200
Tags Android, iOS, Mobile, Windows 10, Windows Phone, Xamarin

11:30 CEST

Xamarin.Forms: Native iOS, Android, and Windows Phone apps from ONE C# Codebase

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Building cross-platform native UIs with one shared codebase was once just a dream. With Xamarin.Forms, this dream is now a reality. Xamarin.Forms allows you to build a native UI for three platforms with one shared C# codebase. Simply put, if you know C# then you already know how to build iOS, Android, and Windows Phone apps. Leverage the .NET Framework to build out your shared business logic including integration with web services and Azure Mobile Services and then build out your shared UI in C# or XAML. Xamarin.Forms also features a built-in two-way data binding, dependency service to help you implement platform-specific code, an advanced cross-platform animation system, support for custom controls, and lots of other powerful features to help you build the best apps possible in the least amount of time.

During this session we will cover the Xamarin platform and the brand new Xamarin.Forms library to share even more code across iOS, Android, and Windows Phone. Moreover, we will really focus on the code with several live coding adventures throughout the entire session. When you leave you will have the knowledge to create your first iOS, Android, and Windows Phone mobile apps in C# with Xamarin and Xamarin.Forms.

Speakers

Mike James

Wednesday May 13, 2015 11:30 - 12:30 CEST
Room 9

Mobile & Xamarin

Level 200
Tags Android, iOS, Mobile, Windows Phone, Xamarin

11:30 CEST

You Have Too Much Time

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In today’s social exchanges, “not having enough time” is a traditional excuse nearly everyone uses. I contend that, in fact, you have too much time, and it’s keeping you from changing the world. In the same way that too many choices forces indecision, having too much time brings its own share of challenges. This talk will address ways you can identify what your real priorities are (vs. what you tell yourself), show you how much of your days are truly wasted, and help you to stop feeling so overwhelmed.

Speakers

Jeff Blankenburg

Professional Bit Herder, Jeff Blankenburg

Wednesday May 13, 2015 11:30 - 12:30 CEST
Room 1

Other

Level 200
Tags Personal improvement

13:30 CEST

Effective Leadership

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Leaders aren't born, they aren't hatched, and they don't apparate. Leadership is a journey, one that involves hard work, practice, and a deep understanding of not only your team members but also yourself. I've led teams large and small throughout my 30 year career, and certainly made plenty of mistakes on the way, But I've learned to fail fast, iterate, and continuously improve to create high performing teams across multiple verticals. In this session I share what I have learned over the years being a leader and being led.

Speakers

Phil Japikse

Principal Software Engineer, Strategic Data Systems, Inc.

A Principal Software Engineer with Strategic Data Systems (http://www.sds-consulting.com), international speaker, Microsoft MVP, ASPInsider, MCSD, CSM, and CSP, and a passionate member of the developer community, Phil Japikse has been working with .NET since the first betas, developing software for over 30 years, and heavily involved in the agile community since 2005... Read More →

Wednesday May 13, 2015 13:30 - 14:30 CEST
Room 3

Keynote

Level 200
Tags Keynote, Personal improvement

13:30 CEST

Making software delivery flow and learning from software innovators

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How many times have you heard a business sponsor ask ‘why can’t you guys deliver software as fast as Google or Facebook or Angry Birds?’ The reality of most organizations is that software development never delivers as fast as the business and for many there is a major difference between their delivery speed and that of the poster children of Silicon Valley. But can that difference in speed and ability to innovate be only attributable to a clear focus on software delivery and the skill and capability of their staff or is there something else that good engineering companies bring to the table? In this talk Dave West, Chief Product Officer and former Forrester analyst describes how modern software organizations connect up their lifecycle and integrate their end to end process. And how, driven by DevOps, Lean Startup and Agile thinking software delivery can be continuous rather than fragmented by silo tools, process and practices. This talk will describe how Lean Thinking can transform your delivery organization not only in terms of the software delivery team but also the PMO and your service desk.

Speakers

Dave West

Chief Product Officer, Tasktop

Wednesday May 13, 2015 13:30 - 14:30 CEST
Room 9

Keynote

Level 200
Tags Agile, DevOps

13:30 CEST

The Engaging User Experience & the Natural User Interface

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The combination of primary tenants of an engaging user experience and the revolution in the Natural User Interface (NUI) provides a great opportunity to enhance the overall user experience of applications. As the world of NUI evolves, and revolutionary devices like Kinect for Windows pave the path for gesture and voice controlled interfaces, there is a demand for developers to create increasingly sophisticated user experiences in their applications. A touch, gesture or voice optimized experience requires developers to think of visual design in a whole new way and demands a new set of usability skills. This demo focused keynote will take an amusing look at the past and take an impressive look at some of the best NUI software being built today and into the immediate future and will even delve into the NUI of the future.

Speakers

Tim Huckaby

Chairman / Founder, InterKnowlogy

Tim Huckaby is focused on Engaging User Experiences, User Interaction Design and the Natural User Interface (NUI) as applied with software in systems of all industries. Mr. Huckaby’s expertise encompasses NUI as Touch, Gesture, Voice and Neural interfaces as applied by a number... Read More →

Wednesday May 13, 2015 13:30 - 14:30 CEST
Room 8

Keynote

Level 200
Tags NUI, UI, UX

16:15 CEST

Teamwork - Playing Well With Others

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When you were younger you may have had the experience of lining up to get picked for teams at school or in the park for a game. The kids who were really skilled at the game got picked first, and then the kids who could work well on a team or were popular came next. Either right or wrong, your adult work life isn't all that much different than back then and almost all of us have to be on a team in which we have to work well with others. There can be a lot of factors that go into being a team member, but this presentation will cover having good communication, not losing sight of the big picture and what to do if you get flagged as the team captain. There will be ideas and thoughts for all members of the team.There will be all sorts of sessions that will help you increase your skills as a developer, come to this talk to learn how be an effective team player and make yourself a first draft pick at work.

Speakers

Mike Wood

Technical Evangelist, Red Gate

Mike Wood is a Technical Evangelist for Cerebrata working with Windows Azure tools and services.He describes himself as a problem solving, outdoorsy, user group advising, dog-loving, blog writing, solution creating, event planning, married, technology speaking, father of one kind... Read More →

Wednesday May 13, 2015 16:15 - 17:15 CEST
Room 3

Other

Level 200
Tags Personal improvement, Soft skills