Tuesday
Putting the D&D in TDD
Presented by: George Walters II, Guy Royse
Time: Tuesday 8:00 AM - 12:00 PMAre you tired of TDD workshops that make you do boring things like calculating bowling scores and prime factors or demonstrate how to win the game of life? If so, this is the session for you! In this TDD workshop, we will be building the domain model for EverCraft -- a new MMORPG from Blizzards of...
Room: Sagewood / ZebrawoodTrack: Software QualityFormat: PreCompilerLevel: Introductory and overviewKidzMash: Human 3D Printer: a social STEM learning experiment
Time: Tuesday 8:00 AM - 9:00 AMAfter a brief overview where we explain what the teams will do, we will be dividing into 3 teams. A CAD team, a SLICER team, and a 3D printer team. The teams will try to manually replicate with the team each piece of the 3D object development and replication process! The CAD team will model the...
Room: Guava / TamarindKidzMash: A Kid’s World of 3D printing
Time: Tuesday 9:00 AM - 10:00 AMThis session is targeted for children. All ages of children are welcome (with a responsible adult). We will tour the maker lab and talk about the exciting world of 3D printing. We will look at the printers as well as models made on them and pass around lots of things. We will also go over basics of...
Room: Guava / TamarindKidzMash: A Kid’s introduction to 3D Modeling
Time: Tuesday 10:00 AM - 12:00 PMThis second session we will work with a fully-featured CAD application called Rhino3d and walk through the process of building a basic model from geometric shapes. We will explain the XYZ coordinate system, and what the different views are for. We will also spend some time playing with the transform...
Room: Guava / TamarindKidzMash: Preschool Art Time
Time: Tuesday 11:00 AM - 12:00 PMSimple exploratory art projects that teach creative thinking for the littler attendees. Ages: 2-5 *Projects require some assistance from an adult!*
Room: IronwoodiOS Application Security Testing
Presented by: Hans Weisheimer
Time: Tuesday 1:00 PM - 5:00 PMThis hands-on session is aimed at mobile app developers, QA testers, aspiring security testers, and other suspicious persons. Modern mobile app development abstracts away most low-level interaction with the operating system. It is common to rely on third-party modules to handle sensitive data or...
Room: Aloeswood / LeopardwoodTrack: SecurityFormat: PreCompilerLevel: IntermediateFrom idea to physical series: A basic overview of the world of CAD and 3D printing
Time: Tuesday 1:00 PM - 2:00 PMThis session will talk about the exciting world of 3D printing with a bit of the history of the technology. We will look at the lab’s printers as well as models made on them. We’ll then cover choosing a CAD app and will briefly cover using curated 3D printer object libraries and different CAD...
Room: Guava / TamarindFrom idea to physical: A demo of how to make CAD models in Rhino3d
Time: Tuesday 2:00 PM - 4:00 PMThis lab is intended to be a fast-paced technology walk-through of the process of creating a 3D printed object. We will focus in on the process of using CAD to create our model with a NURBS modeler called Rhino3D and will walk through the UI and how Rhino uses basic curves and shapes to create more...
Room: Guava / TamarindFrom idea to physical series: Additional Castle project walk-through Rhino project
Time: Tuesday 4:00 PM - 5:00 PMCan’t get enough model building? Want to make something more advanced than your basic cups/keychains/challenge coins? We’ve noticed we have some repeat students each year on our kids track that just love to build models, and we’ve also run several years of our introductory track for adults. We...
Room: Guava / TamarindKidzMash: How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Time: Tuesday 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM1h 44m: PG
Room: AcaciaWednesday
Application Security, Basic, Intermediate, Advanced
Presented by: Bill Sempf
Time: Wednesday 8:00 AM - 12:00 PMBill will be joining us to teach a dynamic course to help us think like an attacker and give us all the coding tips we need to stop them cold in their tracks. Even the most experienced developers are sure to pick up some new tips and tricks. This hands-on half-day workshop will have something for...
Room: Aloeswood / LeopardwoodTrack: SecurityFormat: PreCompilerLevel: IntermediateBuilding Quality JavaScript With Test-Driven Development
Presented by: Steven Hicks
Time: Wednesday 8:00 AM - 12:00 PMLearning Test-Driven Development (TDD) is frustrating. The first couple tests feel strange - you wonder why you're writing tests that fail on purpose. Before long, you find yourself behind schedule from spending so much time on tests. You abandon unit testing completely. You'll write them...
Room: Sagewood / ZebrawoodTrack: Software QualityFormat: PreCompilerLevel: Introductory and overviewKidzMash: Human 3D Printer: a social STEM learning experiment
Time: Wednesday 8:00 AM - 9:00 AMAfter a brief overview where we explain what the teams will do, we will be dividing into 3 teams. A CAD team, a SLICER team, and a 3D printer team. The teams will try to manually replicate with the team each piece of the 3D object development and replication process! The CAD team will model the...
Room: Guava / TamarindKidzMash: A Kid’s World of 3D printing
Time: Wednesday 9:00 AM - 10:00 AMThis session is targeted for children. All ages of children are welcome (with a responsible adult). We will tour the maker lab and talk about the exciting world of 3D printing. We will look at the printers as well as models made on them and pass around lots of things. We will also go over basics of...
Room: Guava / TamarindKidzMash: A Kid’s introduction to 3D Modeling
Time: Wednesday 10:00 AM - 12:00 PMThis second session we will work with a fully-featured CAD application called Rhino3d and walk through the process of building a basic model from geometric shapes. We will explain the XYZ coordinate system, and what the different views are for. We will also spend some time playing with the transform...
Room: Guava / TamarindKidzMash: Preschool Art Time
Time: Wednesday 12:00 PM - 1:00 PMSimple exploratory art projects that teach creative thinking for the littler attendees. Ages: 2-5 *Projects require some assistance from an adult!*
Room: IronwoodEnsure Your Users Experience - A Trip Around User Validation Tools
Presented by: Rick Clymer, Aaron Glass
Time: Wednesday 1:00 PM - 5:00 PMIn today’s fast feedback world, getting our product in front of users often is incredibly important. But how do we know our product is ready to go in front of our users. Sure, we have 1,000’s of unit and integration tests on each of our microservices, but what happens when we put them all...
Room: Sagewood / ZebrawoodTrack: Software QualityFormat: PreCompilerLevel: IntermediateFrom idea to physical series: A basic overview of the world of CAD and 3D printing
Time: Wednesday 1:00 PM - 2:00 PMThis session will talk about the exciting world of 3D printing with a bit of the history of the technology. We will look at the lab’s printers as well as models made on them. We’ll then cover choosing a CAD app and will briefly cover using curated 3D printer object libraries and different CAD...
Room: Guava / TamarindFrom idea to physical: A demo of how to make CAD models in Rhino3d
Time: Wednesday 2:00 PM - 4:00 PMThis lab is intended to be a fast-paced technology walk-through of the process of creating a 3D printed object. We will focus in on the process of using CAD to create our model with a NURBS modeler called Rhino3D and will walk through the UI and how Rhino uses basic curves and shapes to create more...
Room: Guava / TamarindFrom idea to physical series: Additional Castle project walk-through Rhino project
Time: Wednesday 4:00 PM - 5:00 PMCan’t get enough model building? Want to make something more advanced than your basic cups/keychains/challenge coins? We’ve noticed we have some repeat students each year on our kids track that just love to build models, and we’ve also run several years of our introductory track for adults. We...
Room: Guava / Tamarind“How would you print that?” interactive panel
Time: Wednesday 5:00 PM - 6:00 PMWe have a wealth of different perspectives reflected with our 3D printing room staff- including tinkering hobbyists, hardcore makers, and even that of using multiple printer types repeatably in a small business setting. We thought it would be fun to share these various perspectives on how we...
Room: Guava / TamarindLightning Talks
Time: Wednesday 7:00 PM - 9:00 PMThese are a series of (usually) really interesting talks, all of which are only 6 minutes each!
Room: Suite 1 / Suite 6Welcome Reception
Time: Wednesday 8:00 PM - 10:30 PMThe Welcome Reception is in and around Marrakesh (the bar/restaurant area in the Convention Center). It will sprawl into the hallway as well
Room: Grand HallThursday
Threat Modeling on the Family Road Trip and Other Strategies for Delivering Secure Applications
Presented by: Angela Pinney
Time: Thursday 8:00 AM - 9:00 AMGene Spafford said: “The only truly secure system is one that is powered off...” Everyone wants secure applications, but creating them is hard, and we don't all have security certifications. How do you know where to start when "security" is not your full-time job? And how do you get the rest of...
Room: Aloeswood / LeopardwoodTrack: SecurityFormat: General SessionLevel: Introductory and overviewTDD 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 overviewKidzMash: Human 3D Printer: a social STEM learning experiment
Time: Thursday 8:00 AM - 9:00 AMAfter a brief overview where we explain what the teams will do, we will be dividing into 3 teams. A CAD team, a SLICER team, and a 3D printer team. The teams will try to manually replicate with the team each piece of the 3D object development and replication process! The CAD team will model the...
Room: Guava / TamarindKidzMash: A Kid’s World of 3D printing
Time: Thursday 9:00 AM - 10:00 AMThis session is targeted for children. All ages of children are welcome (with a responsible adult). We will tour the maker lab and talk about the exciting world of 3D printing. We will look at the printers as well as models made on them and pass around lots of things. We will also go over basics of...
Room: Guava / TamarindKM: Alexa Scavenger Hunt
Time: Thursday 9:00 AM - 12:00 AMReady for a digital adventure? There is an Alexa Scavenger Hunt throughout the Kalahari that you can play using your phone or tablet, and your voice! The hunt starts at the giant bronze gorilla (at the entrance to the convention center). You can do it entirely at your own pace or schedule, and there...
Room: Giant Bronze GorillaSuper Sleuth Testers: Unlocking the Power of Browser Developer Tools
Presented by: Hilary Weaver-Robb
Time: Thursday 9:15 AM - 10:15 AMThere’s a tool to aid our testing that we all have access to all the time. It’s hidden in plain sight, you just have to know the secret code to get to it. This secret tool? The browser’s developer tools, of course! Learn how the developer tools in your browser can give you insight into what...
Room: Salon ATrack: Software QualityFormat: General SessionLevel: Introductory and overviewKidzMash: A Kid’s introduction to 3D Modeling
Time: Thursday 10:00 AM - 12:00 PMThis second session we will work with a fully-featured CAD application called Rhino3d and walk through the process of building a basic model from geometric shapes. We will explain the XYZ coordinate system, and what the different views are for. We will also spend some time playing with the transform...
Room: Guava / TamarindKM: Sponsor Scavenger Hunt
Time: Thursday 10:00 AM - 2:00 PMPick up a Scavenger Hunt Sheet In Hangoutz / Crown Palm and walk through the sponsor booths to find the answers. Remember this is not a race! Once completed return to check your answers. All of the answers are names of Sponsors. All of the Answer Sponsors who participated volunteered to be a part of...
Room: HangoutzMake 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: IntermediateBringing Order to Chaos
Presented by: Scott Connerly
Time: Thursday 11:45 AM - 12:45 PMSo, you find yourself coding in a code base that has some warts. OK, let's be honest, its a steaming pile of gum and toothpicks you're afraid to touch lest it might fall apart. How do you get from there to ... anywhere, let alone viable, architecturally useful, and stable? In this talk, we'll...
Room: NileTrack: ArchitectureFormat: General SessionLevel: IntermediateTests Your Pipeline Might Be Missing
Presented by: Gene Gotimer
Time: Thursday 11:45 AM - 12:45 PMDeveloping a delivery pipeline means more than just adding automated deploys to the development cycle. It’s about gaining confidence that your builds are viable candidates for release or production. For development to be successful, tests of all types must be incorporated throughout the process to...
Room: MangroveTrack: Software QualityFormat: General SessionLevel: Introductory and overviewHelp! My Client Needs a VPAT and other Accessibility Questions
Presented by: Courtney Heitman
Time: Thursday 11:45 AM - 12:45 PMWhat is a VPAT? Why do my clients keep asking about them? These questions are becoming more and more common with the rise of accessibility lawsuits. VPATs (Voluntary Product Accessibility Template) are the common ask for companies to make sure they are buying software that is accessible. This talk...
Room: RosewoodTrack: Web/Front-EndFormat: General SessionLevel: AdvancedKidzMash: Preschool Art Time
Time: Thursday 12:00 PM - 1:00 PMSimple exploratory art projects that teach creative thinking for the littler attendees. Ages: 2-5 *Projects require some assistance from an adult!*
Room: IronwoodPostman Delivers! A Deep Dive into API Testing.
Presented by: Bob Crowley
Time: Thursday 1:00 PM - 2:00 PMWhether you are a tester or a developer of HTTP API’s, chances are you are already using Postman to some degree. Chances are also that you are missing out on some of the advanced goodness. Using only features of the free version, this session introduces you to effective use of these features to...
Room: OrangeTrack: Software QualityFormat: General SessionLevel: IntermediateSell Yourself With a Software Quality Portfolio
Presented by: Aaron Glass
Time: Thursday 1:00 PM - 2:00 PMFinding new job opportunities can be stressful and intimidating. Talking about yourself might not be in your domain. Questions of uncertainty may arise. How do I make myself more marketable? How do I separate myself from the rest of the pack? How do I keep myself fresh? The goal of this talk is...
Room: Salon ETrack: Software QualityFormat: General SessionLevel: IntermediateBy Our Powers Combined: Observability for Developers
Presented by: Aaron Aldrich
Time: Thursday 1:00 PM - 2:00 PMThe world of maintaining applications is shifting. Our Systems Administrators aren't monitoring our application servers, it's the SREs determining SLIs and SLOs for our Micro-Services and making sure our Cloud-Distributed systems are Observable in near-real time. It's enough for buzzword burnout....
Room: Portia/WisteriaTrack: DevOpsFormat: General SessionLevel: IntermediateFrom idea to physical series: A basic overview of the world of CAD and 3D printing
Time: Thursday 1:00 PM - 2:00 PMThis session will talk about the exciting world of 3D printing with a bit of the history of the technology. We will look at the lab’s printers as well as models made on them. We’ll then cover choosing a CAD app and will briefly cover using curated 3D printer object libraries and different CAD...
Room: Guava / TamarindFrom idea to physical: A demo of how to make CAD models in Rhino3d
Time: Thursday 2:00 PM - 4:00 PMThis lab is intended to be a fast-paced technology walk-through of the process of creating a 3D printed object. We will focus in on the process of using CAD to create our model with a NURBS modeler called Rhino3D and will walk through the UI and how Rhino uses basic curves and shapes to create more...
Room: Guava / TamarindDigging In: Getting Familiar With The Code To Be A Better Tester
Presented by: Hilary Weaver-Robb
Time: Thursday 3:30 PM - 4:30 PMMaybe you’ve been testing the same application for a while, and your rate of finding new bugs has slowed. Or you’re trying to find more ways to figure out what your devs are doing day to day. You have the tools at your disposal, you just need to dig in! In this talk, Hilary Weaver-Robb shares...
Room: NileTrack: Software QualityFormat: General SessionLevel: Introductory and overviewFrom idea to physical series: Additional Castle project walk-through Rhino project.
Time: Thursday 4:00 PM - 5:00 PMCan’t get enough model building? Want to make something more advanced than your basic cups/keychains/challenge coins? We’ve noticed we have some repeat students each year on our kids track that just love to build models, and we’ve also run several years of our introductory track for adults. We...
Room: Guava / TamarindMutation Testing to the rescue of your Tests
Presented by: Nicolas Fränkel
Time: Thursday 4:45 PM - 5:45 PMUnit testing ensures your production code is relevant. But what does ensure your testing code is relevant? Come discover mutation testing and make sure your never forget another assert again. In the realm of testing, the code coverage metrics is the most often talked about. However, it doesn’t...
Room: OrangeTrack: Software QualityFormat: 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 overviewTesting 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“How would you print that?” interactive panel
Time: Thursday 5:00 PM - 6:00 PMWe have a wealth of different perspectives reflected with our 3D printing room staff- including tinkering hobbyists, hardcore makers, and even that of using multiple printer types repeatably in a small business setting. We thought it would be fun to share these various perspectives on how we...
Room: Guava / TamarindSuper Smash Bros Ultimate Tournament
Time: Thursday 7:00 PM - 11:00 PMA tournament... where folks play Super Smash Bros
Room: IronwoodDessert Bar, Karaoke, and Photo Booth
Time: Thursday 8:00 PM - 11:00 PMDessert Bar is only until 9PM
Room: Grand HallWaterpark Party
Time: Thursday 10:00 PM - 1:00 AMIf you still have energy, come on down to the Waterpark Party! Swimming is optional. Having fun is mandatory. Sherwin-Williams is hosting a Waterpark Cabana, located near the wave pool! Late night snacks and drinks will be available while they last. Come by and grab a slice or two and meet some new...
Room: WaterparkFriday
KM: Alexa Scavenger Hunt
Time: Friday 7:00 AM - 1:00 PMReady for a digital adventure? There is an Alexa Scavenger Hunt throughout the Kalahari that you can play using your phone or tablet, and your voice! The hunt starts at the giant bronze gorilla (at the entrance to the convention center). You can do it entirely at your own pace or schedule, and there...
Room: Giant Bronze GorillaFrom Manual Testing to Automation Suite: A Guide For Everyone
Presented by: Mike Roznik
Time: Friday 8:30 AM - 9:30 AMDo you start with automation? Manual tests? Should you always consider both? What about working with developers, can they help? Learn some easy stepping stones to go from manual testing to getting your feet wet with automation to writing full automation suites. In this talk you can expect lots of...
Room: NileTrack: Software QualityFormat: General SessionLevel: Introductory and overviewHack Your App - Intro to Mobile Security Testing
Presented by: Hans Weisheimer
Time: Friday 8:30 AM - 9:30 AMYour phone really doesn’t want you to see what’s going on under the hood - it’s a feature. Many of the introspection capabilities that exist for web development are absent by default on mobile platforms. This is particularly frustrating when you need to validate assumptions or security...
Room: Aloeswood / LeopardwoodTrack: SecurityFormat: General SessionLevel: Introductory and overviewKidzMash: A Kid’s World of 3D printing
Time: Friday 9:00 AM - 10:00 AMThis session is targeted for children. All ages of children are welcome (with a responsible adult). We will tour the maker lab and talk about the exciting world of 3D printing. We will look at the printers as well as models made on them and pass around lots of things. We will also go over basics of...
Room: Guava / TamarindContinuous Security
Presented by: Craig Hills
Time: Friday 9:45 AM - 10:45 AMA presentation on how to build security testing into your CI/CD pipeline. The primary goal is to think about what the appropriate level of testing is for your project, and determine how to make the most significant improvements to your security, while being cost effective.
Room: Aloeswood / LeopardwoodTrack: SecurityFormat: General SessionLevel: Introductory and overviewKidzMash: A Kid’s introduction to 3D Modeling
Time: Friday 10:00 AM - 12:00 PMThis second session we will work with a fully-featured CAD application called Rhino3d and walk through the process of building a basic model from geometric shapes. We will explain the XYZ coordinate system, and what the different views are for. We will also spend some time playing with the transform...
Room: Guava / TamarindA Lifecycle Of Code Under Test
Presented by: Bob Fornal
Time: Friday 11:00 AM - 12:00 PMWhen thinking about tests against code, have you "done enough?" How do you know that the code is covered appropriately, that odd bugs aren't going to crop up? Did you cover all the use cases and what if someone changes the code down-the-road? This session is about the unit and integration tests...
Room: Salon DTrack: Software QualityFormat: General SessionLevel: Introductory and overviewHey, You Got Your TDD in my SQL DB!
Presented by: Jeff McKenzie
Time: Friday 12:15 PM - 1:15 PMWhen should we test our data? From an application development perspective, a unit test against a database isn't a unit test at all. Which makes sense -- connected systems introduce overhead and dependency, both of which reduce stability and decrease productivity during test-driven development (TDD)....
Room: Sagewood / ZebrawoodTrack: Software QualityFormat: General SessionLevel: IntermediateKidzMash: Preschool Art Time
Time: Friday 1:00 PM - 2:00 PMSimple exploratory art projects that teach creative thinking for the littler attendees. Ages: 2-5 *Projects require some assistance from an adult!*
Room: IronwoodKidzMash: Mad Science
Time: Friday 4:00 PM - 5:00 PMIt is always sad to come to the end. To ease our parting Mad Science is coming to the close and bringing Fire and Ice! One last scientific exploration into matter and pressure before we send you home until 2021
Room: Suite 1 / Suite 6Test-driven development: save your time, save your sanity, write great code fast
Presented by: Paul Roub
Time: Friday 4:00 PM - 5:00 PMFor the skeptical: Both new and more-seasoned devs -- especially solo practitioners -- can have a lot of misconceptions about TDD. Mostly of the "it's extra work, it's extra code, I can't ship tests, why would I test something simple and obvious" variety. But magic happens when the light bulb...
Room: Indigo BayTrack: Programming PrinciplesFormat: General SessionLevel: IntermediateStraying From the Happy Path: Taking Control of Errors in Swift
Presented by: Jeff Kelley
Time: Friday 4:00 PM - 5:00 PMHave you ever seen a code comment saying “this should never happen”? Have you ever wondered what would happen if it did? Swift has a diverse set of error-handling capabilities, from using throw to send errors up the stack to using a Result to handle errors in asynchronous methods. In this talk,...
Room: CypressTrack: MobileFormat: General SessionLevel: Introductory and overviewExample Mapping: The New Three Amigos
Presented by: Thomas Haver
Time: Friday 4:00 PM - 5:00 PMExample Mapping is a collaboration technique used by teams to help refine requirements. Every team should have a set of “ready” criteria that includes some kind of workshop between development team members to establish a shared understanding. In a time-boxed Example Mapping session, rules will...
Room: NileTrack: Software QualityFormat: General SessionLevel: Introductory and overviewThe Case of the Tenacious Tester: How Using Your Words Improves QA Work
Presented by: Katrina Ohlemacher
Time: Friday 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM"Never trust to general impressions, my boy, but concentrate yourself upon details." So says Sherlock Holmes in “A Case of Identity.” The Great Detective has a lot to say that applies to software testing: pay attention to detail, never make assumptions, use your imagination. We wouldn’t have...
Room: Salon HTrack: Software QualityFormat: General SessionLevel: Introductory and overviewAccessibility Audits in Chrome: Easy Steps toward an Inclusive Internet
Presented by: Maranda Provance
Time: Friday 4:00 PM - 5:00 PMDo you want to help make the internet a better place for all people? In this talk, you’ll be introduced to the accessibility audits built into Chrome’s dev tools. We’ll walk through the automated tests they provide as well as the helpful information they give on manual testing. By the end of...
Room: Salon DTrack: Web/Front-EndFormat: General SessionLevel: Introductory and overview