Absurd Taco Machine
Presented by: Daniel Pries
This session is geared towards 10-17 years olds in which the audience will participate with the speaker in a guided session of creating a basic platformer video game using Phaser 3 and Typescript. The audience will participate in four, 20 minute sessions growing in complexity from theme to theme. ...
Format: KidzMash DivezLevel: IntermediateAn Introduction to Kubernetes
Presented by: Jason Farrell
Kubernetes has become the defacto tool for orchestrating containerized applications. It changes the way we view deploying and operating applications giving teams immense flexibility which automating many aspects. Yet, it remains difficult to learn and can seem quite foreign to those just getting...
Format: General SessionLevel: IntermediateArchitecting and Building Serverless Solutions in Azure
Presented by: Brian Gorman
This workshop is a guided activity to learn, architect, and implement a real-world, serverless solution in the Microsoft Azure ecosystem. ...
Format: PreCompilerLevel: IntermediateBetter Component Isolation With React, GraphQL, and Relay
Presented by: Steven Hicks
React has reframed how we think about UI. Instead of controllers, we now think in components. It's like we have a crate full of Legos we can use to assemble our app. ...
Format: General SessionLevel: IntermediateBetter Interviews, Better Work
Presented by: John Lange
Being an interviewer for technical jobs is hard. Checking for technical competency can feel impossible. Asking questions that start with "tell me about a time when" can feel like it has no value. And for many people giving interviews, there is no training; you're left to figure it out on your own. ...
Format: General SessionLevel: IntermediateBuild and Ship It!
Presented by: Joseph Guadagno
If you are like me, you have many libraries, helpers, utilities that you have built over time that you use for multiple projects. You've thought about publishing them to NuGet so you can share them with other projects or your team but didn't because they contain secrets, intellectual property, or...
Format: General SessionLevel: IntermediateBuilding APIs at scale - Caching and how to avoid cache stampedes
Presented by: Matt Nedrich
As an API scales, it will likely need caching to remain performant. Cache stampedes are a type of cascading failure that can occur in systems under heavy load, as these systems attempt to service many concurrent requests and also keep their caches up to date. ...
Format: General SessionLevel: IntermediateBuilding rugged DevOps pipelines with GitHub Actions
Presented by: Brian Gorman
This session dives into using GitHub actions to build out robust DevOps pipelines. In the session, we'll implement an architecture to build a temporary dev environment, and then push the code changes through the pipeline to an end release into production. In addition to just getting the CI/CD...
Format: General SessionLevel: IntermediateBuilding Your Own Design System
Presented by: Burton Smith
Design systems are incredible tools that help us craft amazing digital experiences. They improve product quality, team collaboration, provide better user experiences, faster product releases, etc. However, there are a few things to consider before you open your favorite design tool or code editor...
Format: PreCompilerLevel: IntermediateChatOps and DevOps: How to Use Comms as Incident Response
Presented by: PJ Hagerty
The most important tool in your DevOps toolbox is communication. Without it, nothing can be accomplished, especially resolving incidents when they occur. ...
Format: General SessionLevel: IntermediateCSS Houdini - Just what CSS needed, more JavaScript
Presented by: John Lange
Coming soon to a browser near you is a brand new technology that will revolutionize your websites. Finally, JavaScript can be embedded into your CSS! ...
Format: General SessionLevel: IntermediateCypress Testing: Learn once, apply anywhere
Presented by: Devlin Duldulao
How can you be sure the code you ship does what you expect it to do? In this workshop, I will teach you how to add end-to-end tests to Angular, Vue, React, Svelte, or Ember with Cypress. ...
Format: PreCompilerLevel: IntermediateData Science on the JVM with Kotlin and Zeppelin
Presented by: Pratik Patel
The world of Data Science heavily uses Python and Python libraries such as NumPy and Pandas. While Python is a great platform, it does have some drawbacks - one of which is performance. As Java developers, we enjoy the familiarity of the JVM and the constellation of tools and libraries available for...
Format: General SessionLevel: IntermediateDesign Patterns for Loosely Coupled Applications in .NET
Presented by: Barry Stahl
Building loosely coupled applications is critical to creating solutions that follow good object oriented principles. These principles help make sure our applications are testable, maintainable and extensible. In this session we will explore several design patterns that are key to building...
Format: General SessionLevel: IntermediateEffective React State: 7 Years of Lessons Learned
Presented by: Cory House
Managing React state is hard. Why? Because there are so many options to consider! Local state, reducers, custom hooks, context, and over a dozen third-party libraries. In this session, we’ll explore the lessons I’ve learned from managing complex state in React over the last seven years. I’ll...
Format: General SessionLevel: IntermediateEnterprise Cloud Patterns - Data Management
Presented by: Pratik Patel
The Cloud has changed the way developers approach building applications. Whether you're building Monoliths in the Cloud, Microservices, or Cloud Functions, the keys to successful development, deployment, and operations are challenging. ...
Format: General SessionLevel: IntermediateEvent Streaming, Catch of the Day!
Presented by: Barry Tarlton, David Day
Have you heard enough event streaming fish stories to fill a cooler? Are you ready to wade in deeper and lure out some new skillz on event-driven architectures? Come join our catch-of-the-day session to experience first-hand designing and building an event-driven solution from start to finish. We'll...
Format: PreCompilerLevel: IntermediateExtending Spring Data and Spring Data Redis
Presented by: Brian Sam-Bodden
In this session, Brian will take you along for a journey into the codebases of Spring Data and Spring Data Redis to help you understand how to build your own annotation-based Spring Data extensions. Whether you are building a framework or a business/application-specific extension, understanding the...
Format: General SessionLevel: IntermediateGetting started with Kubenetes Policy Development
Presented by: Robert Sirchia
This session is designed to get a user started in writing Kubernetes policies in Rust. We will, touch on what is a policy. How we are going to leverage Rust and Web Assembly to write our policy. What tools you will need to develop a policy. Build out a sample policy and test it on a local...
Format: General SessionLevel: IntermediateHands-On building Cloud Native applications with .NET 6 and Azure
Presented by: Johnny Hooyberghs
Building cloud-native applications and services that will run in the cloud, both public and private, is an important decision to make in order to achieve continuous delivery, reliability, and faster time to market. In this session, we will talk about building cloud-native services for Azure, using...
Format: PreCompilerLevel: IntermediateImplementing an Event Sourcing strategy on Azure
Presented by: Eldert Grootenboer
In recent years the Event Sourcing pattern has become increasingly popular. By storing a history of events it enables us to decouple the storage of data from the implementation of the logic around it. And we can rebuild the state of our data to any point in time, giving us a wide range of...
Format: General SessionLevel: IntermediateImplementing Ethics in Emerging Technologies
Presented by: Carol Smith
Ethics discussions abound, but translating “do no harm” into our work is frustrating at best, and obfuscatory at worst. We can agree that keeping humans safe and in control is important, but implementing ethics is intimidating work. Learn how to wield your preferred technology ethics code to...
Format: General SessionLevel: IntermediateIntroduction to inner-loop security. Shifting left, but better.
Presented by: Josh Wallace
We can barely make it through an AppSec talk or article without hearing about the wonders of “shift left” and how it is the key to solving all of our security problems. Every intro to AppSec talk starts with the cost savings and return on investment associated with discovering security defects...
Format: General SessionLevel: IntermediateJakarta EE 10 is Coming Your Way!
Presented by: Ivar Grimstad
Jakarta EE 9 lowered the barriers of entry and established a foundation for future innovation paving the way for Jakarta EE 10. ...
Format: General SessionLevel: IntermediateKeeping your Kubernetes Cluster Secure
Presented by: Gene Gotimer
Many organizations are shifting to containers and Kubernetes, and that move means learning new ways to secure their environments. Kubernetes clusters have to be hardened at different levels. We have to consider the nodes where the Kubernetes control plane is running. We also need to secure the...
Format: General SessionLevel: IntermediateKidzMash Chase Video Game Workshop
Presented by: Christopher Judd
Playing video games is fun right? How about writing your own? In this session, you will learn how to use the free open source JavaScript Phaser.io game framework to create a basic chase game. You will have a blast creating the game, playing the game and finally adding your own customizations to it...
Format: KidzMash DivezLevel: IntermediateLet’s Play A Game! Computer Hacking and Capture the Flag
Presented by: Joe Kuemerle
Have you ever wanted to know how computer hackers are able to get into systems and find out things that they are not supposed to know? ...
Format: KidzMash DivezLevel: IntermediateLife in the Fastlane: App Store Deployments That Won't Make You Lose Your Mind
Presented by: Keith Kurak
Imagine deploying your shiny new app to the Apple App Store- creating certs, uploading your app to Testflight, adding testers, taking screenshots on four different devices, filling in dozens of fields on the store description, clicking through EULA’s, and resubmitting five times because the...
Format: General SessionLevel: IntermediateMachine Learning's Dirty Little Secret
Presented by: Gary Short
So what is the dirty little secret? Simple; no matter how complicated practitioners make it seem, machine learning is doing one of only 4 things. In this workshop, we'll explore and practice these 4 things so that you'll understand what's going on.
Format: PreCompilerLevel: IntermediateMaster All Frontends in Real-Time with React Native
Presented by: Stephen Shary
Front-end development is fragmented with many different stacks that are tailored to: web, Android, or iOS. We demonstrate live how React Native can be used to develop on all three platforms at the same time. We will show how to kick start a new project, make it run on all three platforms and then...
Format: General SessionLevel: IntermediateMinecraft AI for Good: Prevent Forest Fires
Presented by: Stefano Tempesta
Yes, you read it well. This session is about Minecraft and application of AI technology! A village needs your help to prevent the spread of a nearby forest fire. By starting with an overview of Minecraft Education Edition, you will learn how to develop agents that prevent forest fires: Train agents...
Format: KidzMash SessionzLevel: IntermediateMistaken Identity: SAML and OAuth Security
Presented by: Wolfgang Goerlich
While everyone was focused on credentials, criminals quietly moved to exploiting mistakes in identity. You have a long and strong password? That’s sweet. You’re using all three types of multi-factor? That’s cute. It won’t matter when the adversaries compromise identity protocols after...
Format: General SessionLevel: IntermediateModern Cross-Platform Development with .NET 6
Presented by: Sam Basu
Slated for Nov 2021, .NET 6 ushers in modern development stacks and polished tooling throughout much of the .NET ecosystem. With .NET MAUI, developers get to build native cross-platform apps for mobile & desktop from single codebase. With Blazor component model, C# can power modern web apps on the...
Format: General SessionLevel: IntermediateMonolith Decomposition and Evolutionary Architectures: How to Safely Modernize Legacy Systems
Presented by: Ben Hoffman
Replacing and re-engineering a new system to replace a legacy or monolithic system, in its entirety, is risky. And after significant investment, the new system often suffers from many of the same issues the old system had. When you combine long development times with big-bang-style deployment, the...
Format: General SessionLevel: IntermediateNope, create-react-app is not what you want, and here's why
Presented by: Sara Gibbons
So you're looking to start a new site, have decided React is your framework of choice, but before you npx create-react-app, let's talk. ...
Format: General SessionLevel: IntermediatePerformance tuning for Azure Cosmos DB
Presented by: Hasan Savran
Azure Cosmos DB is a fully managed service that takes database administration off your hands. Fully Managed Database sounds good, but developers end up with some of the database administration work anyway. ...
Format: General SessionLevel: IntermediatePrepare Your ASP.NET Core Application for 🚀 Liftoff: Hardening Your Applications for Production 1/2
Presented by: Kevin Griffin, Kendall Miller
You're about to push your latest project out to the launch pad - nearly every feature is complete, it's quick, and you're excited for launch day. But are you ready to achieve orbit and stay there safely? ...
Format: PreCompilerLevel: IntermediatePrepare Your ASP.NET Core Application for 🚀 Liftoff: Hardening Your Applications for Production 2/2
Presented by: Kevin Griffin, Kendall Miller
Part 2 of "Prepare Your ASP.NET Core Application for 🚀 Liftoff: Hardening Your Applications for Production"
Format: PreCompilerLevel: IntermediatePutting the FUN back in Fundamentals: Data Structures, Algorithms, and More!
Presented by: Matt Williams
In this session, we will bring FUN back to Fundamentals as we: ...
Format: General SessionLevel: IntermediateRealizing The Benefits Of Container DevSecOps With AWS
Presented by: James Strong
Attendees will learn how to set up, harden, & secure a container pipeline in AWS in this workshop using no servers for that pipeline. Please attend, If you’re interested in integrating security and compliance into a container pipeline to realize the benefits of DevSecOps. We will be using these...
Format: PreCompilerLevel: IntermediateRedux Toolkit in React
Presented by: Ruby Jane Cabagnot
Learn how to write a web application using the latest and greatest in the React world. ...
Format: PreCompilerLevel: IntermediateRewriting History With Git
Presented by: Steven Hicks
Git is an amazing tool for version control. One can get a lot done with only a few commands — commit, merge, pull, and push. ...
Format: General SessionLevel: IntermediateRock-Solid Components with TypeScript and GraphQL
Presented by: Mat Warger
Most recent javascript frameworks bring a solid component model to modern web development, but how can you guarantee that your components work correctly? In this session, you learn how the features of TypeScript can be leveraged to bring clarity and dependability when constructing components with...
Format: General SessionLevel: IntermediateScaling Systems: Architectures that grow
Presented by: Kendall Miller
It's harder than ever to predict the load your application will need to handle in advance, so how do you design your architecture so you can afford to implement as you go and be ready for whatever comes your way. It's easy to focus on optimizing each part of your application but your application...
Format: General SessionLevel: IntermediateServerless on Azure
Presented by: Jason Farrell
Azure Functions are the serverless offering from Microsoft on Azure, enabling the fulfillment of many use cases without the need to worry about the servers. By responding to events within the Azure platform, Functions are granted access to a wide variety of use cases and situations. Perhaps their...
Format: General SessionLevel: IntermediateThe Demystifying Docker DOJO
Presented by: Barry Tarlton, Mark Ramsey
Hearing all about the container craze, but haven’t had time to really learn about it yet? Well, this session has you covered. Come roll up your sleeves and get ready to learn all about Docker in this hands on session. There will be no long pontificating about how Docker is better than other...
Format: PreCompilerLevel: IntermediateThe Elegance of “The Simplest Possible Thing”: Applying Simplicity Principles to Complex Problems
Presented by: Nate Berent-Spillson
Software development is complex work. Business requirements, platforms, and technology itself are all complex elements. Through all this complexity, software developers often try to create complex solutions that meet all the requirements at once. Similarly, when faced with a complex problem, they...
Format: General SessionLevel: IntermediateThe Four Basic Principles of Accessibility
Presented by: Homer Gaines
Within the WCAG 2.1, web-accessible content is broken into four principles collectively referred to as POUR. This acronym stands for Perceivable, Operable, Understandable, and Robust. These four areas specifically target areas where users have the most trouble when accessing digital content and...
Format: General SessionLevel: IntermediateThe Mark 3 Exoskeleton
Presented by: Scott Preston
I started building exoskeletons for CodeMash in 2016. The Mark1 and Mark2 were heavy and cumbersome but a lot has changed in the past 5 years thanks to 3D Printers and Hobby Grade CNC machines. ...
Format: General SessionLevel: IntermediateThe Most Tested Login Page Ever
Presented by: Scott Connerly
Automated testing is a mystery to some, an essential fortress to others, and many of the rest of us are somewhere in-between. Sure, you've probably heard of unit tests and API tests. ...
Format: General SessionLevel: IntermediateThe Super Spectacular Interactive Event Driven Light Show
Presented by: Barry Tarlton
The ability to properly design and implement highly resilient event driven systems is critical in our data centric world. But getting one’s mind around the complex choreography of this data driven architecture can be absurdly difficult. By using a Raspberry Pi Kafka Cluster, light bars, and...
Format: General SessionLevel: IntermediateTime traveling in the cloud. Time series analytics with Microsoft Azure.
Presented by: Sam Vanhoutte
The data collected in IoT scenarios are often thought of as a ‘time series”. Through this data it’s possible to understand the past and use this data to anticipate the future. But time traveling is never straight forward. That’s why in this session Sam will walk you through the processing of...
Format: General SessionLevel: IntermediateUsing Python to Develop a Discord Bot
Presented by: Raphael Gotfryd
Discord is the best way to communicate with your gamer friends. But what if I told you that you could create games with it? Well, you can in the form of a Discord bot. In this session we will go over many details about the Discord bot, and have a code along where you can make your own bot game for...
Format: KidzMash DivezLevel: IntermediateVisualizing Code
Presented by: Matt Eland
What happens if we combine the fields of software architecture and data visualization? In this talk, we'll explore what the source code and work item management systems we work with every day can tell us about the evolving nature of software and how we communicate it. ...
Format: General SessionLevel: IntermediateWhat a global pandemic can tell you about better DevOps practices
Presented by: Jeremy Meiss
In early 2020 a global pandemic set in motion events which none of us could predict. With anonymous data collected from 900k+ devs, 25K orgs, and 30m+ builds/mo we found some interesting insights into better DevOps practices. Since then, we've seen even more interesting activities happen, which shed...
Format: General SessionLevel: IntermediateWho’s Afraid of the Big Bad Bluetooth?
Presented by: Leah Vogel
With the buzz around IoT devices, Bluetooth Low Energy technology has become increasingly popular. Apple's CoreBluetooth has been around since iOS 5, and offers a host of utility APIs. ...
Format: General SessionLevel: Intermediate