Presentations

Microsoft Teams Revealed – Getting a Group of People to Work Together

Take charge of communication in your Team and get started with Microsoft Teams. This video will guide you through your first few steps with Teams using the simple example of a building at 81 Military Road. Teams offers a great solution to collaboration using the Office 365 platform. Get ready for a productivity boost, better…

Rapidly Producing Real World IoT Projects – presented by Peter Cole [Microsoft]

Peter was given the challenge of producing a low cost customer tracking solution for the Microsoft Technology Centre in Sydney. The team was astounded at how he made a working prototype in just 3 days, using open source technology, RFID tags and Azure IoT services. Watch this presentation and see how you can do it…

Avoiding Agile Anti-patterns with #NoProjects and #AgileManagementTransformation

Agile project methodologies are widely adopted by the IT industry, but the project failure rates remain consistent. John will share his experience of common Systemic Agile anti-patterns, examine the underlying causes of these failures and present remedies in order to #MakeAgileGreatAgain.

Azure Functions and the future of Serverless in the Enterprise | Jeff Hollan [Microsoft]

Serverless hit the ground running with plenty of excitement, skepticism, and conversation. Hear from the product manager lead for the Azure Functions runtime on where serverless has succeeded today, it’s shortcomings, and where it is headed for tomorrow.

Build the Real-time Web with SignalR Core and Azure SignalR Service | Anthony Chu [Microsoft]

Azure SignalR is a fully managed real-time messaging service. Learn how it integrates with ASP.NET, ASP.NET Core, and Azure Functions to add real-time capabilities using WebSocket to your applications.

Clean Architecture with ASP.NET Core 2.1 | Jason Taylor at DDD Sydney 2018

The explosive growth of web frameworks and the demands of users have changed the approach to building web applications. Many challenges exist, and getting started can be a daunting prospect. Let’s change that now. This talk provides practical guidance and recommendations. We will cover architecture, technologies, tools, and frameworks. We will examine strategies for organizing…

Making unit tests simple again with .Net Core and EF Core | Jernej Kavka at DDD Sydney 2018

Unit testing can be hard especially when databases are involved. In this talk, JK will teach you how to include EF Core to simplify testing of “Will this actually work on a real DB” while keeping the tests self-contained and repeatable. You’ll also walk away knowing how cool the combination of EF Core in-memory and…

Full Stack Rx – Using Redux Patterns on the Server Side with .Net Core, and SignalR | Brendan Richards at DDD Sydney 2018

Imagine you had something really important to tell everyone but weren’t allowed to speak up until asked. That’s how all web servers and WebAPIs with their HTTP Request/Response cycle operate. SignalR, built on WebSockets, changes this client-server relationship from “speak only when spoken to” to a fully bi-directional communication. This is amazing, but can also…

Modern testing for modern developers | Amanda Dean at DDD Sydney 2018

Just like development tries to move away from ineffective and inefficient approaches, testing has evolved since the days of heavyweight, formal test cases, and large test teams working in isolation. Testing is no longer the exclusive task of testers, but instead is becoming a whole team responsibility, perhaps with the assistance of a test coach.…