Tuesday
Building a Full CRUD Application in Excel with VBA and SQL Integration
Presented by: Derek Mulhausen
Time: Tuesday 1:00 PM - 5:00 PMIn this talk, we will build a full application from scratch in Excel to store customer discounts in Excel. We will start with recording a macro to quickly prototype some of our actions and then dig into the underlying code to polish the formatting and produce a product that can be put into...
Room: Salon ETrack: UI/DesignFormat: PreCompilerLevel: IntermediateWednesday
Building an educational game with .NET Core and Unity3D (Workshop)
Presented by: Johnny Hooyberghs
Time: Wednesday 8:00 AM - 12:00 PMIf you are waiting for a deep dive into .NET Core, the Microsoft Compiler Platform and Unity3D this workshop is for you! No high-level tech demos, but a real-life application that is used in schools. Building an educational game, with robots fighting to the death, from scratch, will be a blast. This...
Room: ZambeziTrack: ArchitectureFormat: PreCompilerLevel: IntermediateGet Progressive with it
Presented by: Matthew LaForest
Time: Wednesday 8:00 AM - 12:00 PMResponsive web design! Mobile first! Hybrid apps! We are continuously bombarded with new ideas about the best way to develop a new application. For a small team, effectively delivering across many platforms can be a problem, but delivering a hybrid app frequently falls into an uncanny valley...
Room: OrangeTrack: Web/Front-EndFormat: PreCompilerLevel: IntermediateThursday
The UX of Configuration Files
Presented by: Eemeli Aro
Time: Thursday 8:00 AM - 9:00 AMDevelopers are people too, and should be your primary concern when designing an interface for them to configure your tools and libraries. In other words, there are better options than JSON available, but they each come with associated costs and limitations. How well do JSON5, YAML and TOML play with...
Room: Sagewood / ZebrawoodTrack: UI/DesignFormat: General SessionLevel: IntermediateUsability Starts With Accessibility
Presented by: Patrick McSweeny
Time: Thursday 9:15 AM - 10:15 AMFor many web developers, accessibility is an afterthought, if they even think about it at all. What they fail to realize is that planning for accessibility from the beginning can actually enhance the design process rather than hindering it, with the end result being more usable by everyone. This...
Room: Salon HTrack: UI/DesignFormat: General SessionLevel: IntermediateMake More 💰 Money with Less 🛠Effort: 🧪 Experimentation Before Implementation
Presented by: Scott Showalter
Time: Thursday 10:30 AM - 11:30 AMDeveloping apps is time consuming, with little guarantee of success. The Web, App Store, Google Play and beyond are littered with apps making low or no revenue because they don't solve problems people actually care about. Before you build your “killer” ap, how can you truly know beyond the...
Room: Portia/WisteriaTrack: MobileFormat: General SessionLevel: IntermediateThe Agile Designer: Aligning Dual-track UX and Development to Balance the Tactical and Strategic, Mi
Presented by: Jenna Chamra
Time: Thursday 1:00 PM - 2:00 PMProduct teams everywhere are embracing Agile. It’s no wonder why: Agile creates better transparency, alignment and speed to market. The problem is, Agile was originally created for software developers. Design teams which try to adopt Agile often find themselves falling into “Faux-gile” or...
Room: Salon HTrack: UI/DesignFormat: General SessionLevel: IntermediateSay No To Accidental Architecture! Code Your Design Systems Instead
Presented by: Burton Smith
Time: Thursday 3:30 PM - 4:30 PMAre you still rockin' a single "styles.css" file in or project or have styles scattered throughout your project? Do you find yourself fighting to override styles or throw the "!important" property around a lot? Does your project have 20 different kinds of buttons and you don't know why or even where...
Room: Portia/WisteriaTrack: ArchitectureFormat: General SessionLevel: IntermediateTwelve Spins on User Experience
Presented by: Keith Instone
Time: Thursday 4:45 PM - 5:45 PMWhat is “user experience,” really? Sure, it’s that feeling people get when they interact with your software, but the term UX is being used for more than that, in confusing ways. “We need some UX magic before we launch” “The UX team just gave us the designs, so let’s start...
Room: CypressTrack: UI/DesignFormat: General SessionLevel: IntermediateApp Deco - Applied Design Thinking for Secure Development
Presented by: Wolfgang Goerlich
Time: Thursday 4:45 PM - 5:45 PMUsability versus security is stupid. It forces us to choose one or the other. It excuses security breaches under the guise of usability. It automatically pits us against them, builders against breakers, developers against defenders. A better approach is to view security like usability: they happen...
Room: Aloeswood / LeopardwoodTrack: SecurityFormat: General SessionLevel: IntermediateTesting your UI Components
Presented by: Avindra Fernando
Time: Thursday 4:45 PM - 5:45 PMWhen our clients give us kudos for releasing high quality applications, it makes us happy. To achieve great levels of quality, we need to thoroughly test our applications. But we know that some forms of testing can be expensive and tedious at times. Unit and integration tests help overcome some of...
Room: RosewoodTrack: Web/Front-EndFormat: General SessionLevel: Intermediate