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TDD Designer Style: Styleguide Driven Development
Presented by: Matthew LaForest
Time: Thursday 8:00 AM - 9:00 AMDevelopers have adopted a number of techniques to help speed development of their products. Leveraging tests to help them design the interfaces to their underlying pieces (classes, functions, components, etc.). For a long time the interface between designers and developers has been a continual rough...
Room: Salon ETrack: Web/Front-EndFormat: General SessionLevel: Introductory and overviewBuilding a Custom CSS Framework Was Easier Than I Thought
Presented by: Nate Taylor
Time: Thursday 10:30 AM - 11:30 AMIf you're like me, you've used several different front end frameworks such as Bootstrap, SemanticUI and others. You've enjoyed that they give you consistent components and layout. But perhaps you've been frustrated by those same tools. It could be that every site you have created with them looks...
Room: NileTrack: UI/DesignFormat: General SessionLevel: Introductory and overviewHobby Projects Are Awesome!
Presented by: Joel Byler
Time: Thursday 11:45 AM - 12:45 PMThere you are, enjoying a hobby that you love. One that gets you away from your screens and keyboard. Then out of nowhere an idea comes to mind, maybe its spurred by a problem that you encountered or a way that you could improve on a technique, you pull from your experiences and decide to start a...
Room: OrangeTrack: Programming PrinciplesFormat: General SessionLevel: Introductory and overviewImpress Your Boss with Interactive Visualizations
Presented by: Tim Garvin
Time: Thursday 11:45 AM - 12:45 PMWe all have little troves of data lying around, begging to be analyzed. In this session, we’ll talk about how to visualize your data to tell the story you want. Whether you’re trying to decide what support ticket to work on next, convincing your team it’s safe to let you rewrite a module, or...
Room: Salon DTrack: UI/DesignFormat: General SessionLevel: Introductory and overviewThe Immutable Laws of Software and Life: Code Accordingly
Presented by: Cory House
Time: Thursday 3:30 PM - 4:30 PMThe first Law of Ecology: you can never merely do one thing. Actions have side-effects. In this session, we'll explore how changes in software design can have unexpected, profound impacts. In this story-based session, I'll reference both popular and little-known "laws" of computing and life. I'll...
Room: ZambeziTrack: Programming PrinciplesFormat: General SessionLevel: Introductory and overview[CANCELLED] Usability Testing and User Acceptance Testing: Do You Really Need Both?
Presented by: Trent Nguyen
Time: Thursday 4:45 PM - 5:45 PMThis session has been cancelled. We apologize for any trouble this causes.
Room: Portia/WisteriaTrack: Software QualityFormat: General SessionLevel: Introductory and overviewFriday
Azure Kinect DK: Artificial Intelligence + Computer Vision = Your Next Generation Development Today!
Presented by: Lance Larsen
Time: Friday 8:30 AM - 9:30 AMAzure Kinect DK is most advanced Computer Vision device available for developers today! Combining advanced depth sensor, spatial microphone array, video cameras with sophisticated computer vision and speech AI models, the Kinect is gives us an unparalleled tool for building cutting edge computer...
Room: MangroveTrack: HardwareFormat: General SessionLevel: Introductory and overviewBeyond Alt-Text: Trends in Online Accessibility
Presented by: Ian Forrest
Time: Friday 9:45 AM - 10:45 AMIf you're like the 2016 version of me, then you think you have a decent handle on web accessibility. You put alt attributes on all your images (though you don't give much thought to the actual text) and you make sure your sites can be used with a keyboard (except for overlays sometimes). Then the...
Room: OrangeTrack: UI/DesignFormat: General SessionLevel: Introductory and overviewThe Dark Side of UX
Presented by: Courtney Heitman
Time: Friday 11:00 AM - 12:00 PMUser experience design brings clarity, removes obstacles. It rewards - makes us feel accomplished, successful, happy. Users are confident when using a well-designed application - as easy as turning on a light switch: [Buy] Don't make me think: did I opt in? Don't make me think: was that a hidden...
Room: Salon HTrack: UI/DesignFormat: General SessionLevel: Introductory and overviewWalking A Mile In Your Users' Shoes
Presented by: Jameson Hampton
Time: Friday 2:45 PM - 3:45 PMDeveloping apps for users in different demographics is inherently differently than developing apps just for ourselves and for other programmers. Understanding the needs of our users and learning to foster empathy for them is just as much of a skill as learning Rails or ActiveRecord — and it’s a...
Room: Portia/WisteriaTrack: UI/DesignFormat: General SessionLevel: Introductory and overview