Date for Desert Code Camp - 2019 Saturday, October 12, 2019 8:00:00 AM - Saturday, October 12, 2019 6:00:00 PM

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.NET

The .NET Framework is a popular development platform for building apps for Windows, Windows Store, Windows Phone, Windows Server, and Windows Azure. The .NET Framework platform includes the C# and Visual Basic programming languages, the common language runtime, and an extensive class library.

State	Interested	Session
		Clean Code - Best Practices	More Info
		Clean Code – The Art of Decoupling	More Info
		Elegant Objects in C#	More Info
		HTTPS in ASP.NET Core in Docker Linux Containers Deep Dive	More Info
		JetBrains Rider Tips and Tricks: Getting more out of your development time	More Info
		Rock Your Code: Code & App Performance for Microsoft .NET	More Info
		Rock Your Code: Defensive Programming for Microsoft .NET	More Info
		Using Visual Studio 2019 with code automation to auto-generate customized service layers in a Contract-Driven Architecture	More Info

Agile

Talks on Agile practices such as SCRUM, Lean and eXtreme programming, software craftsmanship

State	Interested	Session
		Adopting SAFe	More Info
		Architecture and Complex Software Solutions	More Info
		Data-Driven Continuous Improvements	More Info
		Fact or Crap: Self Organizing Teams Work	More Info
		Relative Sizing	More Info
		Why is Implementing Requirements So hard?	More Info

Artifical Intelligence (AI)

Artifical Intelligence

State	Interested	Session
		Amazing Algorithms for Solving Problems in Software	More Info
		Deep Learning Basics	More Info
		Exploring Neural Word Embeddings with Python	More Info
		Intro to Azure Cognitive Services - Computer Vision	More Info
		Intro to Deep Reinforcement Learning with Retro Video Games	More Info
		ML Hands On: Optical Character Recognition	More Info
		Offline ML with Rust	More Info

ASP.NET

State	Interested	Session
		Blazor - Life after the introduction Demo	More Info
		Blazor Basics	More Info
		Getting Started with Asp.Net Core Signal R	More Info

Cloud

Azure, Amazon, Oracle, etc.

State	Interested	Session
		AKS Hybrid Integration	More Info
		Automate AWS with the CLI and Shell Scripting	More Info
		Automated routing of messages with IoT Hub	More Info
		Automatically Create and Deploy Asp.Net Core Angular Applications with a CLI	More Info
		Automating your day job with Infrastructure as Code	More Info
		AWS, Go, Docker Blob Storage File Server	More Info
		Azure Governance	More Info
		Become a Linux Command Line Guru	More Info
		Building your Data Lake on AWS	More Info
		Dockerizing Applications	More Info
		How to make the most of Kubernetes as a developer	More Info
		Policy-as-Code using Azure DevOps	More Info
		Rock Your Code: Real World Cloud App From Start to Finish (Part 1)	More Info
		Rock Your Code: Real World Cloud App From Start to Finish (Part 2)	More Info
		Running Docker images in AWS Fargate	More Info
		With the gig economy even web servers are becoming gig workers.	More Info

Database (SQL/NoSQL)

State	Interested	Session
		SQL (Why ‘Little Bobby Tables’ is funny)	More Info

Design (UX/UI)

State	Interested	Session
		Practical Accessibility	More Info
		Why StorybookJS?	More Info

DevOps/System Administration

State	Interested	Session
		Database DevOps with Containers	More Info
		DevOps and DevSecOps (DevOps with Security in Mind)	More Info
		DevOps Pipelines Overview	More Info

Functional Programming

Programming with Haskell, Clojure, F#, and other functional programming languages

State	Interested	Session
		Intro to Clojure	More Info
		Really Simple Functional Programming	More Info
		User interfaces in Elm	More Info

HTML/CSS

State	Interested	Session
		Email templates 101	More Info
		Responsive Layouts with Flexbox and CSS Grid	More Info

Identity Management

State	Interested	Session
		Discussion: Identity Management Professional Meetup	More Info
		Getting Started with Azure Active Directory	More Info
		Non-coding elements of Identity Governance program: maturity, ownership and human factor cost	More Info

Java

Java allows you to play online games, chat with people around the world, calculate your mortgage interest, and view images in 3D, just to name a few. It's also integral to the intranet applications and other e-business solutions that are the foundation of corporate computing.

State	Interested	Session
		GraphQL	More Info

Javascript/Node.js

JavaScript (JS) is an interpreted computer programming language.^[5] It was originally implemented as part of web browsers so that client-side scripts couldinteract with the user, control the browser, communicate asynchronously, and alter the document content that was displayed.^[5] More recently, however, it has become common in server-side programming, game development and the creation of desktop applications.

State	Interested	Session
		A Javascript padawan's expedition into AWS DynamoDB - the journey begins.	More Info
		API Testing with Jest	More Info
		Build App with Angular	More Info
		Building SVG with React - What I learned while building a little project	More Info
		Cypress: Where Automated Web UI Testing Isn’t Just for QA Anymore	More Info
		Introduction to Functional Programming in JavaScript	More Info
		JavaScript for Beginners: Your First Lines of Code	More Info
		Mobile App Development with JavaScript	More Info
		React Hooks	More Info
		React Native Mobile Development	More Info
		TDD with Javascript	More Info
		WASM: Practical uses today.	More Info

Mobile (Android/iOS/Microsoft)

State	Interested	Session
		A Look at iOS ARKit 3.0 : Augmented Reality Session	More Info
		Cavassing blocks for voter registration using Campaign Sidekick	More Info
		Kotlin Coroutines for Android Development	More Info
		Let's Talk About Text	More Info
		What’s New and Upcoming with Xamarin	More Info
		Xamarin Mobile Development - Advanced	More Info
		Xamarin Mobile Development For Beginners	More Info

Other

State	Interested	Session
		A Gentle (re)Introduction to Object Oriented Programming	More Info
		Adding Avro to your Kafka streams to meet your messaging needs	More Info
		Applied OOP Design Patterns: Rolling with the Punches	More Info
		Build and Launch a Startup	More Info
		C++20: The new stuff you need to know about	More Info
		C+20: From STL to Ranges - Using Ranges Effectively	More Info
		Catching and Handling Windows Exceptions in C++	More Info
		Content Management Systems	More Info
		Event-Driven Architectures with Apache Kafka	More Info
		How to Migrate to Modern C++	More Info
		Information Hiding with Opaque Pointers in C	More Info
		Intro to Rust	More Info
		Intro to the Go Language	More Info
		It All Starts with Git...	More Info
		Landing Pages 101 and Workshop	More Info
		Mojolicious: A Modern Web Framework	More Info
		QUANTUM COMPUTING AND OUR IMMINENT BRAVE NEW WORLD	More Info
		Really Simple Reactive Programming (Java and C#.NET)	More Info
		Security	More Info
		Security / pentesting	More Info
		Seventy years of computer history in about Twenty minutes	More Info
		THE ETHICS OF SOFTWARE ENGINEERING	More Info
		Unblock Blockchain	More Info
		Using Go to Call Unsupported Syscalls	More Info
		Visual Design for Tech Geeks	More Info
		What is Robin Hood Hashing?	More Info
		WTF is Context in Go?	More Info
		You should adopt Kafka now, tips for getting Kafka apps to market fast	More Info

PHP

State	Interested	Session
		Stop putting frontend in your backend	More Info
		What's New in PHP 7.4?	More Info
		Writing Secure Code	More Info

Python

Python is a programming language that lets you work more quickly and integrate your systems more effectively. You can learn to use Python and see almost immediate gains in productivity and lower maintenance costs.

State	Interested	Session
		Intro to Python Part 1 - The Core Language	More Info
		Intro to Python Part 2 - The Ecosystem	More Info
		Python for Cyber Security	More Info
		Web Scraping with Python	More Info

QA/Testing

State	Interested	Session
		"A Bugs Life" - QA 101 with The Exterminator	More Info
		How Quality Assurance Makes an Impact in the Software Development Life-cycle	More Info
		TDD Live!	More Info

REST

State	Interested	Session
		Really Simple Event-Driven REST APIs	More Info
		Writing REST API's in C	More Info

Soft Skills

Soft skills are the personal attributes you need to succeed in the workplace. These are often related to how you work with others – in other words, these are people skills. Soft skills are different from hard skills, which are directly relevant to the job you are applying for. These are often more quantifiable, and easier to learn. A hard skill for a carpenter, for example, might be the ability to operate a power saw or use framing squares.

State	Interested	Session
		16 Ways to Tell You're Not a Beginning Programmer Anymore	More Info
		Accidentally Manager – A Survival Guide for First-Time Engineering Managers	More Info
		Effective Communication: Talk Smarter, Not Harder	More Info
		How to be a tech lead	More Info
		How to Be an MVP	More Info
		How to get through the awkwardness of networking	More Info
		Let us Learn to Say NO	More Info
		Ultimate Presentation Formula for Nerds	More Info