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PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS

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AGILE

SOFTWARE

ARHICTECTURE

SKETCHES

AND NOUML

SHAREPOINT

2013

DEVELOPERS’

OVERVIEW

IOS CRASH

COURSE

NODE.JS FOR

DEVELOPERS

EXCEL 2013 –

SELF-SERVICE

BI AND DATA

QUALITY

Agility

is about

moving fast

and this

requires

good communication.

A consistent, shared vision is

essential in order for teams to

push in the same direction,

but it’s surprising that many

agile teams struggle to

effectively communicate the

architecture of the software

they are building.

As an industry, we do

have the Unified Modeling

Language (UML), yet many

people favour informal

“boxes and lines” sketches

instead. The problem is that

such diagrams rarely make

any sense, usually need a

narrative to accompany

them and ultimately slow

the team down.

Although we can argue

whether UML offers an

effective way to communicate

software architecture, that’s

often irrelevant because many

teams have already thrown

out UML or simply don’t know

it. Abandoning UML is one

thing but, in the race for agility,

many software development

teams have lost the ability to

communicate visually.

This hands-on

workshop is aimed at

everybody involved in the

software development

process and is about

improving architectural

communication. Brown

will demonstrate some

patterns and anti-patterns

related to NoUML

diagrams, and you’ll learn

some simple techniques

for communicating

software architecture

using informal sketches.

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WORKSHOP REF: M5 WORKSHOP REF: M6

SharePoint

2013 – I

bet you’ve

heard of it.

Yeah, it’s that

big, complex platform that

seems to be quite in demand.

This workshop includes

everything you need to get

rolling in the SharePoint

world, making it the

perfect introduction to

SharePoint for a .NET

developer.

In this workshop, Malik

covers a basic introduction,

and touches almost every

important topic in SharePoint.

And don’t worry, you need no

prior SharePoint experience

or knowledge to attend. The

intended audience for this

session is .NET developers

who are interested in learning

more about SharePoint

development.

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WORKSHOP REF: M7

It is without

doubt that

iOS is one

of the most

popular

mobile operating systems out

there. And with version 7, it

moves on to a whole new level.

In this workshop, join

Ardeleanu for a full day of

iOS geekness, where you’ll

learn how to plan, build,

debug and release iOS 7

apps. This workshop is

mainly for programmers

who want to dabble into

iOS and learn enough to

“become dangerous”.

Topics will include: a gentle

introduction to Objective-C;

exploring Xcode 5 (IDE,

Simulator, Instruments);

iOS 7’s new UI; how to migrate

from iOS 6 to iOS 7; using

storyboards to build user

interfaces fast; design patterns

(Model View Controller,

Singleton, Delegation,

Observer, Decorator); data

persistence using plists, sqlite

and Core Data; web services

(inc. RESTful APIs); in-app

purchases using the Store Kit

framework; new frameworks

(Sprite Kit, JavaScript Core);

storing user data security

with the iOS keychain;

debugging and optimisation;

and App Store and Ad-hoc

distribution.

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WORKSHOP REF: M8

It seems

as if the

world has

gone mad.

For years,

we have been straggling

JavaScript on the client side,

and now, all of a sudden,

people can’t get enough of it

on the server side. They claim

it is “fun”.

This is not a fringe

phenomenon; Node.js is being

used by giants such as eBay,

LinkedIn and Microsoft.

In this workshop,

Rodenski will show how

to embrace the zen of

Node.js.

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WORKSHOP REF: M9

You have

probably

already

heard

for the

term “self-service business

intelligence (BI)”. In

Microsoft products, Excel

is the tool for doing your

own advanced analysis. It

is powerful out of the box;

however, the real power

comes from free add-ons,

providing help with data

preparation and data quality.

In this workshop,

Sarka will show how to

use Excel efficiently for

analysis. You will learn

how to use it as a client

tool for Analysis Services;

and how to retrieve data

from a relational source,

such as SQL Server, or

from a big data source,

such as HDInsight server.

Sarka will introduce the

full Power BI suite: Power

Pivot, Power View, Power

Map and Power Query. In

addition, he will show how to

use data-mining add-ons for

the most advanced analysis.

The Master Data Services

(MDS) add-on converts Excel

into a powerful MDS client.

And you can also use the

Data Quality Services (DQS)

matching algorithms with

this add-on. What’s more,

with the Fuzzy Lookup add-

on, you can do approximate

matching of huge amounts

of data, with much better

accuracy and performance

than with the DQS matching.

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Sahil

Malik

Simon

Brown

Yaniv

Rodenski

Paul

Ardeleanu

Dejan

Sarka

DAY 1 AGENDA: ALL-DAY PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS

Today, we are in danger of not only

over-designing but also of designing

solutions to the wrong problems.

EEWEI CHEN

HOW TO DESIGN STUFF THAT MATTERS, FAST!

®8 8.30 Coffee & registration^ | ®11.00 Coffee break | 13.00 Lunch break | ®15.30 Coffee break

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