Monday, 8:30 AM

Architectural Katas

Nicolet A

Awesome C#: Unit Testing

Cadillac A | .net, unit testing, tdd

Become a User Experience Designer for a Day

Duluth A | user experience, ux, interface design, agile

Intro to Game Development in Unity3D

Joliet B | unity, unity3d, games, gamedev

Introduction to ASP.NET Core Hands on Workshop

Marquette B | asp.net core

Scrum 101: The Do's and Do Not's of this Popular Methodology

Cadillac B | agile, scrum, software

Up and Running with Angular

Nicolet B | angular, javascript

Tuesday, 8:30 AM

5 Principles for Software that Works

Cadillac A | user_experience, ux, design, frontend

A Primer on Neural Networks

Duluth B | machine-learning, neural-networks, bigdata, predictive-analytics

Ahead of the Pack: Guidelines for an Agile Architecture

Cadillac B | agile, architecture, functional programming

Automating Docker-based Tasks in the Cloud using AWS Batch

Joliet A | aws, docker, serverless

Building a Slack bot using Azure and ASP.NET Web API

Duluth A | azure, asp.net, slack, automation

Establishing a SOLID Foundation – An Introduction to Software Design

Joliet B | fundamentals, software design

Rebooting the ASP.NET Franchise

Nicolet A | asp.net core, asp.net

Strategies for learning React

Nicolet B | javascript, react, front-end, learning

The Secrets of LINQ: the modern day Houdini

Marquette B | c#, linq, funcs, actions, expression trees

Website Performance: Profiling ASP.NET Server Side Code Effectively

Marquette A | performance, asp.net, profiling

Tuesday, 9:45 AM

A Gentle Introduction To The Basics Of Functional Programming

Marquette A | functional_programming, introductory

Advanced Features in Web APIs

Nicolet A | web api, rest, odata

Build mobile apps for iOS, Android, and Windows using JavaScript

Joliet A | ionic, mobile, visual studio, cross platform, cordova

LINQPad: More than a Scratchpad

Marquette B | .net, productivity, linqpad

Liven Up With Logic Apps

Duluth A | azure, node, workflow

Microsoft Cognitive Services: Making AI Easy

Duluth B | machine learning, cloud, bots, data science, language-agnostic

Principles, Systems and Tools (AKA Why Hammers Don't Fix Every Problem)

Cadillac B | agile, lean, principles, systems, tools

Programming Paradigms in JavaScript

Nicolet B | functional programming, javascript, oop

The Hitchhiker's Guide to Azure Mobile Apps

Joliet B | azure, cloud computing, ios, android, mobile development

User Experience is Included at Every Level

Cadillac A | user experience, company culture, ui/ux, business management

Tuesday, 11:00 AM

5 Popular Choices for NoSQL on a Microsoft Platform

Marquette B | nosql, database, azure, microsoft

Become a Remote Working Pro

Cadillac A | soft skills, productivity

Bitcoin: What makes it Secure?

Duluth A | bitcoin, crypto, hashing, security

From Legacy MVC to Modern MVC: An ASP.NET Core Migration Path

Nicolet A | visual studio, asp.net core, .net core

I'm hungry! What's for dinner? How to get ChatBots to feed you

Duluth B | microsoft, .net, chatbots, bots, conversation as a platform

Introduction to Amazon AWS

Marquette A | amazon aws, s3, sqs, sns, cloud

JavaScript Futures: ES2017 and the Road Ahead

Nicolet B | javascript, language features, standards

Scaling Scrum to the Enterprise

Cadillac B

Site Reliability Engineering for Growing Organizations

Joliet B | sre, operations, devops, practices

Xamarin Forms: Writing one app to rule all your platforms

Joliet A | c#, mobile, xamarin, cross-platform

Tuesday, 1:00 PM

Angular2 with an ASP.NET Core backend, happiness ensues...

Nicolet A | angular2, asp.net core, c#, typescript, spa

Are You Really Using Kanban, or Just Making a List of Issues?

Cadillac B | devops, kanban, agile

Basics of Elixir and Phoenix

Nicolet B | elixir, phoenix

Design for Non-Designers from a Non-Designer

Cadillac A | design, fundamentals

From Developer to Data Scientist

Duluth B | data science, machine learning, artificial intelligence, big data, predictive analytics

How Functional Programming Made Me A Better Developer

Marquette A | functional programming, retrospective

NoSQL for Mobile in Practice

Joliet A | database, mobile, offline first, nosql

Speak To Me: Voice Development Practices

Duluth A | voice, nlp, voice interfaces, voice development, voice architecture

Towards Elastic Scalability

Marquette B | scalable, cloud, .net

Unit Testing Makes Me Faster: Convincing Your Boss, Your Co-Workers, and Yourself

Joliet B | testing, coding practices

Tuesday, 2:15 PM

Breaking Into Bots

Duluth B | node, conversational bots, azure

Building Reusable UI Components in ASP.NET Core MVC

Nicolet A | visual studio, asp.net core, .net core

Communication: Developing words into Solutions

Cadillac A

Connecting the Physical World to the Digital World: or How we Automated the Speak Easy with IoT, Python, and Rust

Duluth A | python, iot, rust, internet of things, micropython

Cool SQL Server Features Everyone Should Know About

Marquette B | data analysis, sql server, developer

Demystifying Dependency Injection

Joliet B | dependency injection, best practices, software design

Micro-Services: What we learned from 2016

Marquette A | micro-services, services, system-thinking

Why you should use React Native for your next mobile app

Joliet A | javascript, react, react native

Write Better JavaScript with TDD

Nicolet B | javascript, tdd

Tuesday, 3:30 PM

Busy Developer's Guide to TypeScript

Nicolet B | typescript, javascript

Creating an artificially intelligent chat bot (meme bot) powered by Node.js

Duluth A | node.js, artificial intelligence, chat bot, business automation, emerging technologies

Deployed in 60 Seconds: Up and Running Quickly with the Angular CLI

Nicolet A

Entity Framework performance monitoring and tuning

Marquette A | ef

Hands Free Mobile UI Testing

Joliet A | c#, xamarin, testing, ui, mobile

How to talk to designers (to get them to finally understand!)

Cadillac A | ui, ux, design, collaboration, development

I Am An Enoughionist

Cadillac B | agile, lean, mvp, enoughionist

JSON Data Modeling in Document Databases

Marquette B | nosql, json, database, modeling, design patterns

Level Up From Hardware Noob to Hardware Node

Duluth B | hardware, node, arduino, robotics

What is DevOps?

Joliet B | devops, communication

Wednesday, 8:30 AM

.NET Standard explained

Cadillac A | .net, .net standard, cross-platform

Adventures with TDD and Paired Programming

Joliet B

Big Data Solutions in Azure

Duluth A | cloud computing, azure, big data, hadoop

Gulping All the Things

Nicolet B | frontend, web, gulp, javascript, performance

How to Upgrade Your Interface Designs (and Reduce Stupid Mistakes)

Marquette A | user experience, ux, error reduction, interface design

Intro to Azure Machine Learning: Predict Who Survives the Titanic

Duluth B | machine learning, cloud, azure, data science

Leveraging DynamoDB in a Node.js Environment

Marquette B | node.js, dynamodb, aws lambda, nosql, javascript

Unboxing ASP.NET CORE

Nicolet A | asp.net core, open source, core, cross platform, web dev

Using Analytics to Improve you Mobile App

Joliet A | analytics, data, mobile app, ios, android

Wednesday, 9:45 AM

Building a Multi-User Todo App with React Native, Swagger, and Couchbase Mobile

Joliet A | react native, swagger, nosql, couchbase mobile

Design Patterns: Not Just for Architects

Joliet B | design patterns, programming practices

Keep Yourself Alive - Stopping the effects of Burnout

Cadillac A | culture, entrepreneurship, work, wellness, work-life balance

Lightweight Pub/Sub for Web Applications using MQTT

Marquette A | mqtt, pubsub, javascript, iot

Machine Learning with R

Duluth A | machine learning, r, data analysis, predictive analytics

Never RESTing - RESTful API Design Best Practices Using ASP.NET Web API

Nicolet A | rest, web api, asp.net

Tools and Procedures for Securing .Net Applications

Marquette B | security, best practices

Understand Asynchronous Programming in JavaScript

Nicolet B | javascript

Using IoT and Cognitive Services to protect your home

Duluth B | hardware, iot, cognitive services, intelligence, raspberrypi

Wednesday, 11:00 AM

A feature based approach to software development

Joliet B | architecture, .net, javascript, methodology

Apply Software Development Practice to Application Configuration

Joliet A | devops, agile, system configuration, lean, application configuration

Build a Skill for Alexa with Web API and Azure

Duluth B | iot, azure, alexa, web api, saas

Busy Architect's Guide to OWASP

Marquette A

Create your own Language-Driven Application Utilizing Google Cloud Speech API & Node.JS

Duluth A | node.js, google cloud speech api, alexa, api, interactive applications

Getting started with Entity Framework Core

Nicolet A | ef, entity framework, core

HoloLens Mixed Reality for Fun & Profit

Cadillac B | mixed reality, augmented reality, hololens, virtual reality, unity

My Team Is Awesome and Yours Is Too

Cadillac A | project management, software development

Which way do I go? Which way do I go?: Understanding the Angular(2+) Router

Nicolet B | angularjs

You are not your user

Marquette B | human centered design, ux, ui, user testing, product development

Wednesday, 1:00 PM

Advanced TDD with Mocks

Marquette A | tdd

Block__Element--Magic: CSS Modularity for the masses.

Nicolet B | css, ui, bem, web, developer

Choice is Overrated - Designing Products That Know What You Want Before You Do

Marquette B | ui/ux, design, predictive modeling, anticipatory

Creating a Solid Web Application Architecture Using Angular (2+) and ASP.NET Core Web API

Nicolet A | angularjs, asp.net core, web api

F# in 60 Minutes

Joliet B | functional programming, f#, .net

Fun with Mind Reading: Using EEG and Machine Learning To Perform Lie Detection

Duluth A | cloud, machine learning, data science, azure, iot

HoloLens Hands-On Demos (every 5 min)

Cadillac B | hololens, mixed reality, augmented reality, virtual reality, microsoft

Leadership Journey: From Software Developer to Leader

Cadillac A | leadership, soft skills, communication

Practical Patterns for the Progressing Programmer

Joliet A | software design, best practices, software patterns

Unit Testing Strategies & Patterns in C#

Duluth B | c#, .net, unit testing

Wednesday, 2:15 PM

Building a Magic Mirror w/ .NET

Duluth B | .net, c#, uwp, windows 10 iot core, raspberry pi

Data Science for Developers: The Big Picture

Duluth A | data science, internet of things, big data, machine learning

Deconstructing TypeScript’s Type System

Nicolet B | javascript, typescript

How We Built a Highly Scalable Encryption Platform at Quicken Loans

Marquette B | security, encryption, performance, scalability, architecture

Introduction to Asynchronous Code in .NET

Nicolet A | c#, .net, asynchronous

Introduction to developing with Microsoft Service Fabric

Marquette A | azure, .net, visual studio, cloud

The Impact of Leveraging Open Source

Joliet B | open source, licensing, legal, development practices

What Every Developer Should Know About SQL Server Performance

Joliet A | sql server, performance, sql

Wednesday, 3:30 PM

A Look at Code Obfuscators

Marquette B | development, .net, security

ASP.NET MVC & Identity: The Things You Were Never Told

Nicolet A | asp.net mvc, asp.net identity, security, authorization

Breaking up the Monolith: It's not all unicorns and rainbows!

Marquette A | microservices, software architecture

Coding Naked - Unit Testing those hard to reach places

Joliet B

Firebase Alexa

Duluth B | alexa, firebase, nodejs, voice

It's Dangerous To Go Alone. Take This!

Cadillac A | mentorship

Rapid REST API Development with Node and Sails

Nicolet B | api, node, sails

Testing Embedded Code

Duluth A | tdd, embedded, c

Why advanced search is NOT really advanced?

Joliet A | elasticsearch, information retrieval, web application, full-text search, autocomplete