Prairie Dev Con 14 Session Materials

I’ll be posting links to session materials here over the next few weeks as I receive them. If you don’t see materials for a session you’re interested in, please let me know and I can reach out to the speaker directly.

Mobile Cross Platform Dev with C# and Xamarin
Nick Landry
http://www.slideshare.net/ActiveNick/

JavaScript Unit Testing
Shabnam Shahfar
http://www.slideshare.net/ShabnamShahfar/j-33297461

Refactoring Workshop
Amir Barylko
http://orthocoders.com/presentations.html

Test Your JavaScript with the help of D&D
Tim G. Thomas
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24036740/js-dnd/index.html

Go Native-ish
Tim G. Thomas
https://speakerdeck.com/timgthomas/go-native-ish-prairiedevcon-2014

Get Functional on the CLR: Intro to Functional Programming with F#
David Alpert
http://www.slideshare.net/davidalpert/pdc14-functionalontheclr

Caching Up Is Hard To Do
Chad McCallum
http://rtigger.com/blog/2014/04/10/caching-up-is-hard-to-do/

Your Design is Only Mostly Dead
Steve Rogalsky
http://www.slideshare.net/SteveRogalsky/your-design-is-only-mostly-dead

Mobile Cross Platform Dev with C# and Xamarin
http://www.slideshare.net/ActiveNick/

Domain Driven Design Primer
and
Design Patterns You Didn’t Know About
Donald Belcham
http://www.igloocoder.com/2657/prairiedevcon-2014-content

More to come!

D’Arcy

PrDC 14 Wednesday Workshop Info

On Wednesday, April 9th Prairie Dev Con is offering day-long workshops. For those who registered here’s the information.

When?
Wednesday, April 9th from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Where?
CanadInns Polo Park (same venue as Prairie Dev Con)

Which Rooms?
Please see the below map for which workshops are in which rooms:

Is Food Provided?
Yes! Continental breakfast at 8:00 AM and a buffet lunch at 12:00 PM.

What do I Need to Bring?
The DDD and ALM/TFS workshops do not require a laptop as they are lecture based, but feel free to bring one to take notes on.

The Angular JS workshop is hands on, so a laptop is required for this workshop!

In addition, the Angular JS workshop requires attendees to have the following tools pre-installed:
Node
Grunt
Gulp
Karma

If anyone has questions, please let me know!

Thanks,

D’Arcy

PrDC 14–Attendee Info

Hello Attendees!

Only a few days to Prairie Dev Con! I hope you're as excited as I and the speakers are for the event! I wanted to touch base on a few items before the conference. Please read through all items here, some important stuff for conference and workshop attendees!

Arriving for the Conference on Monday

When you arrive at CanadInns Polo Park (you can get the address for the venue from our website here: http://www.prairiedevcon.com/about), head to the Ambassador Conference Rooms.

There will be a registration table set up for you to pick up your name badge. You can then enter the meal room for breakfast. Breakfast and Registration start at 7:00 AM!

Parking

Parking is free at the CanadInns Polo Park. If there's no space at the front of the hotel, check out the lot behind it.

Food!

Here is the menu for the conference:

Breakfast (both days) - scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, hashbrowns, pastries

Lunch Monday - Pasta Buffet with Alfredo and Marinara sauces and salad

Lunch Tuesday - Roast Beef, Cheese Manicotti (vegetarian), Potato, Vegetable, and Salads

For the workshop attendees on Wednesday:

Breakfast - Continental Breakfast

Lunch - Aalto's Buffet

If anyone has any dietary requirements or preferences please let me know so we can make alternate arrangements for you!

Wi-Fi and Power

CanadInns Polo Park provides free wi-fi. With that said, there will be 150 of us all jumping on to said free wi-fi. If possible please consider using only one device while at the conference (laptop or phone) connected to the wi-fi to ensure everyone has access to it. Power bars will be available in all session rooms and we'll have a power-charging station by the registration area.

Schedule Finalized!

The schedule is now finalized! There was one small change we had to make on Monday morning. Unfortunately we won't have the HTML5/JavaScript workshop sessions with David Wesst on Monday morning. We have booked David Alpert to do an F# talk in one of those slots though, which will be a fantastic session!

Code Retreat Sunday

There's still time to register for our free Code Retreat event happening on Sunday! For more information check out our website: http://www.prairiedevcon.com/CodeRetreat

Workshop Attendees

All workshops on Wednesday, April 9th will be held at the CanadInns Polo Park, with breakfast/registration starting at 8:00 AM and workshops running until 5:00 PM. Lunch will be provided. A separate email will be sent with room location and any other requirements.

Microsoft MVA Contest - You Could Win a $200 Best Buy Gift Card!

We're holding a contest along with Microsoft Virtual Academy and you could win a $200 Best Buy gift card!

Get all the details here:

http://prairiedevcon.blogspot.ca/2014/04/microsoft-mva-contestyou-could-win-200.html

Thanks all!

Thanks for coming out to Prairie Dev Con! If you have any questions please let me know, otherwise we'll see you on Monday!

Thanks,

D'Arcy Lussier

Prairie Dev Con

Microsoft MVA Contest–You Could Win a $200 Best Buy GC!

Prairie Dev Con Winnipeg MVA Contest

We’re running a contest with our friends at Microsoft and the prize is a $200 Best Buy gift card – well, that and some great technology learning! Here’s how it works:

1. Complete two (2) Microsoft Virtual Academy modules from the list below by noon on April 8^th.
2. Print out the MVA transcript showing you completed them and bring them to Microsoft’s Jonathan Rozenblit at the conference.
3. You’ll get a very cool t-shirt and will be entered to win the gift card, which we’ll draw for at lunch on April 8^th!
4. If you happen to watch Prairie Dev Con presenter James Chambers’ MVA videos (found here), you can even get your transcript autographed by James!

Pick your two modules from the list below! Note that you don’t have to complete two full courses, just two modules from any of the below options.

• Windows 8.1 Developer Training: Geek Edition Jump Start
• Windows 8.1 UX Design Jump Start
• What’s New in Visual Studio 2013
• C++: A General Purpose Language and Library
• Porting Unity Games to Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone
• Introduction to C++/DirectX Game Development
• C# Fundamentals: Development for Absolute Beginners
• Programming in C# Jump Start
• Windows Store App Development Essentials with C# Refresh Jump Start
• Advanced Windows Store App Development using C# Refresh Jump Start
• Designing Your XAML UI with Blend Jump Start
• XAML Deep Dive for Windows & Windows Phone Apps Jump Start
• Developing Windows Store Apps with HTML5 Jump Start
• Windows Store Apps with HTML5 Refresh Jump Start
• Advanced Windows Store App Development with HTML5 Jump Start
• Building Windows Store Apps for iOS Developers Jump Start
• Gaming Engines for Windows 8 Jump Start
• Windows Phone 8 Development for Absolute Beginners
• Building Apps for Windows Phone 8 Jump Start
• Build Apps for Both Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 Jump Start
• Applying ALM with Visual Studio 2012 Jump Start
• Administering Visual Studio TFS 2012 Jump Start
• Software Testing with Visual Studio 2012 Jump Start
• Developing ASP.NET MVC4 Web Applications Jump Start
• HTML5 & CSS3 Fundamentals: Development for Absolute Beginners
• Developing in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3 Jump Start
• Building Web Apps with ASP.NET Jump Start
• Developing Windows Azure and Web Services Jump Start
• Windows Azure Web Sites – Deep Dive Jump Start
• Developing Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 Core Solutions
• Developing SharePoint Server Advanced Solutions