Sessions

• Advanced Windows Debugging

  Presented by: Chris Ortman

  How do you deal with issues that happen in production? Error and Event logs are helpful but often they provide little to no help with things...

• An Introduction to Angular

  Presented by: Seth Larson

  Angular is a new JavaScript framework that google has open sourced. This session will cover some of its basic usages.

• An Introduction to Django

  Presented by: Tyler Harms

  Links: Slides

  Django is a Python MVC web framework "that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design." In this presentation, we'll explore ho...

• Fiddler and Your Website

  Presented by: Robert Boedigheimer

  Fiddler is a great free tool for monitoring HTTP traffic between clients and web servers. It is very helpful for troubleshooting web sites ...

• Focused Frontends

  Presented by: Miles Rausch

  As websites and web applications grow in complexity and size, the old days of monolithic, site-wide stylesheets and scripts are over. I'll s...

• Git more done

  Presented by: Kwen Peterson

  Links: Slides

  Is your source control system a hurdle or a boost to your productivity? Have you recently migrated to a distributed version control system b...

• Intro to PowerShell

  Presented by: Joel Kauffman

  If you’re working on Windows and not using PowerShell you’re missing out on a really powerful tool. This session will give an overview of u...

• Learn the Basics: Inversion of Control

  Presented by: Adam Barney

  What is IOC? You’ve no doubt heard the term thrown around by seasoned developers. They sing of its usefulness and power – but when you try t...

• .NET API Frameworks

  Presented by: Joel Kauffman

  A look at the various options to build API’s in the .NET world including ASP.NET Web API, Nancy, Simple.Web, ServiceStack and Open Rasta. We...

• Sticks, Spit, and Duct Tape: Advanced Responsive Layout Techniques

  Presented by: Josh Broton

  Links: Slides

  You’ve made the decision. You’re taking the plunge. It’s responsive or bust. But what happens after the first bit of HTML and CSS is on the ...

• The MEAN stack and its RAD features

  Presented by: Shannon Hofer

  Getting MEAN and having fun. From prototyping to production, having a light stack can simplify and speed up application development. MongoDB...

• There and Back Again: A Microsoft Dev's Journey to the Web Front End

  Presented by: Adam Barney

  As a Microsoft ASP.NET (and ASP.NET MVC) developer, our involvement in a page's lifecycle more or less ended as soon as the constructed HTML...

• Using LogParser to Access Event Logs, IIS Logs, and More

  Presented by: Robert Boedigheimer

  Utilize logParser to read IIS logs and event logs to check system and web site health. LogParser can also read many file types (CSV, XML, e...

• Why fake it when you can FakeItEasy!

  Presented by: Dan Stroh

  An introduction to mocking frameworks and using FakeItEasy to help make .Net developers write better code through better unit tests. The ...

• Win The Day With Web Sockets

  Presented by: Jackson Murtha

  Links: Slides

  Web Sockets are a standardized form of bidirectional communication between the browser and server. They are easy to implement, fun to intact...