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ASP.NET 5 and MVC 6, Where’s my cheese? | Dev Superpowers Episode #15 | Ben Cull
The introduction of ASP.NET 5 and MVC 6 has brought with it a range of technologies that are brand new to the .NET world. In this episode, Ben Cull fires up a brand new MVC 6 site and walks us through using all the new technologies, as well as implementing some familiar functionality that you…
Read MoreConsuming REST APIs, for all interpretations of REST | Darrel Miller at DDD Melbourne 2015
SSW TV recorded this years’ DDD conference in Melbourne. In this session, Darrel Miller – an independent consultant and Microsoft Integration MVP – starts of the conference in this keynote about the REST API. From the presentation description: There is a growing API economy. Almost every software business is either starting to consume APIs or…
Read More3 Minutes with ASP.NET 5: Where’s my Cheese?
ASP.NET 5 (formerly known as ASP.NET vNext), along with .NET Core, is Microsoft’s ground-up rewrite of the .NET Framework. It is designed specifically for modern cross-platform web-application development and involves a number of breaking changes and new concepts that the .NET developer will need to be aware of. Configuration The first major change that most…
Read MoreGoing Hardcore on your Business Intelligence with Power BI – Adam Cogan
Book Adam Now Microsoft‘s Power BI is one of the best products to come out of Microsoft in the last 10 years. It’s a great time to start exploring some of the advanced functionality Power BI offers. In this session Adam Cogan will quickly bring you up-to-speed with Power BI, then get straight into the…
Read MoreHow to build your own Visual Studio Extension | Dev Superpowers Episode #14 | Danijel Malik
Visual Studio is an awesome development tool, but what really makes it great are the extensions you can find in the Visual Studio Gallery. You’ve at least heard about ReSharper, WebEssentials, JustCode and tools that can make your life a little bit simpler. Now what if you wanted to write something of your own, where…
Read MoreThe story of Octopus Deploy | Paul Stovell at DDD Melbourne 2015
Paul Stovell tells us about the story of Octopus Deploy. From the description: In 2011, while stuck in a meeting, I started hacking on an idea. The idea became a prototype, and then a product. It is now used by thousands of customers around the world, and employs 8 people. In this presentation, I’ll take you…
Read MoreThe Power of a Great API – the case for writing API-first applications | Damian Brady at DDD Melbourne 2015
SSW TV recorded this years’ DDD conference in Melbourne. In this video, Damian Brady – a Solution Architect for Octopus Deploy – tells us you should be focused on ‘API first’ when developing your application. From the presentation description: Good developers try to make their jobs as easy as possible. We know our application will evolve, so we…
Read MoreHow to become an front end developer with Justin Schwartzenberger
Learn how to become a front end developer with Justin Schwartzenberger the Pluralsight author of the Front End Web Development Career Kickstart course. Duncan and Justin discuss the course which is a guide to kick-starting a career in front end web development that addresses the need-to-know terms, topics, and concepts for an industry professional. The…
Read MoreWhy React really is different | Jake Ginnivan at DDD Melbourne 2015
SSW TV was proud the cover this years’ DDD conference in Melbourne. In this video, Jake Ginnivan – a Senior Consultant at Readify – takes us through the React framework. From the presentation description: There has been a heap of talk about web frameworks recently, React is one which is particularly interesting. React takes a…
Read MoreAngularJS in the Enterprise – 10 Lessons from the trenches | Duncan Hunter
In this talk Duncan covers the 10 main questions any developer will have to ask themselves when making an Angular application in .NET today. The talk covers the following: A brief introduction to Angular and why it has dominated the front end framework space. The top ten questions you need to ask yourself when starting…
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