Building and Deploying a New Cloud App from Scratch

In this workshop, we are going to build and deploy a modern cloud application from scratch! Using Visual Studio and Azure you will learn how to build a modern application from the ground up and deploy it to the cloud using the latest techniques. We will look at best practices in designing and building the application, testing your code, and deploying the application so you are set up for success later. After this workshop, you will have an established pattern to follow for future applications and in case you need to change the infrastructure of your application.

Joseph Guadagno

Director, Technology at Rocket Mortgage

Joe Guadagno is a Director of Engineering at Rocket Mortgage, the nation’s largest mortgage lender, which is based in Detroit, Michigan. He has been writing software for over 20 years and has been an active member of the .NET community, serving as a Microsoft MVP in .NET for over 10 years. At Rocket Mortgage, I lead three software development teams building and modernizing our internal services. He has spoken through the United States and at international events on topics ranging from Microsoft .NET, Microsoft Azure, Ionic, Bootstrap, and many others. You can see the complete list at https://www.josephguadagno.net/presentations. When not sitting at a computer Joe loves to hang out with his family and play games. When not playing games with the family, Joe is checking out the latest in Home Automation. You can connect with Joe on Twitter at @jguadagno, Facebook at JosephGuadagnoNet, and on his blog at https://www.josephguadagno.net.

Gotcha Where I Want 'Cha: Building a React Native App with a GraphQL API

Most mobile applications need to use a backend API to connect its users to its services.

Building these types of applications often involves separate developers, one for the front-end mobile code and one for the backend server code. The hand-off point for the API needs to handled delicately so the developers do not block each other.

In this workshop, we will review how we built Gotcha, a mobile React Native application that gets conference attendees to meet each other in the real world through a mobile application.

The mobile application was built in React Native with the data coming from a custom GraphQL API built in the Elixir web framework, Phoenix. We will show you how a frontend mobile developer and a backend Elixir developer worked through API contracts to collaborate efficiently.

Jamie Wright

I am the one who knocks

Jamie Wright is a maker of internet things with a love/hate relationship for Redbull™, standing desks, and paintball guns. He has a love only relationship with teaching, learning, and building bots. Jamie runs Tatsu, a software bot that helps teams save time by performing standup meetings over Slack.

To be determined

Due to a scheduling conflict, we are selecting another workshop to fill this slot.

TBD

Workshop Duo:

K3s - Half the Size, Twice as Awesome: Lightweight Kubernetes

Getting started with Kubernetes is a daunting task. Everyone you talked to said it was a pain to get started, but it eventually paid off. What if I told you there was a solution to the startup pain? What if it was something to get your feet wet with, cut your teeth on -- but just as conformant and production ready? Enter K3s – a lightweight Kubernetes distribution for us all.

In this workshop, we will not only get our feet wet with Kubernetes, we will get a production-ready instance of Kubernetes up and running.

(Learning materials will be provided via GitHub. A machine will be required with an up-to-date version of Mac, Windows or Linux)

In advance of this workshop, it is recommended to use the setup instructions available here: https://github.com/choudeshell/techbash-k3s-workshop.

Application Security, Basic, Intermediate, Advanced

Joe will be joining us to teach a dynamic course to help us think like an attacker and give us all the coding tips we need to stop them cold in their tracks. Even the most experienced developers are sure to pick up some new tips and tricks. This hands-on half-day workshop will have something for everyone. Before we start, there will be some setup for labs and tools – so plan some time in advance and bring your Windows, Macintosh, or Linux laptop!

We will cover problems and solutions as they relate to application security and principles of application security, demo a purposefully vulnerable web application, and work with tools. Then we will cover some specifics, at a pace for everyone!

Authentication: Covers all aspects of secure authentication, including building secure login screens, password storage, secure interactions between sites, and an overview of many other topics.

Injection: SQL, command, LDAP injection, just to name a few. Sending your commands to a backend system

Browser attacks: Finding and exploiting cross site scripting vulnerabilities

It will be easier if you bring a basic understanding of HTTP protocols and web applications.

Prior to the session, please install Burp Suite Community Edition from Portswigger.

Chris Houdeshell

VP of Engineering

As VP of Engineering at EnergyCAP Inc, Chris leads the research and technology innovation initiatives at EnergyCAP. Chris fosters emerging technologies to keep EnergyCAP an industry leader. His approach to team leadership and professional development is littered with positive reinforcement and hugs -- believing that technology can serve people and business while at the same time be enjoyable and rewarding.

Joe Kuemerle

Product Security Engineer

Joe Kuemerle is a security engineer, developer and speaker in the greater New York City area specializing in application security, development, database, and application lifecycle topics. Joe is active in the technical community as well as a speaker at local, regional, and national events. Joe blogs at www.kuemerle.com and is on Twitter as @jkuemerle.

Drive Low-code Innovation with Pro-code Enterprise Development

Learn how to integrate enterprise development skills and practices into the low-code movement, which is at the center of business innovation across all industries. Power Platform provides citizen developers, the Subject Matter Experts in your organization, with the tools for quickly building applications that solve business needs with little or no-code required.  Occasionally, not all the required business functionality can be delivered using just this platform.  Those gaps require custom development from a professional developer and critical applications require automated, consistent deployment processes.  In this session, we will focus on the role of the professional developer in creating and supporting these use cases in Power Platform solutions. 

In this session, we’ll discuss, demo, and get hands-on focused on the professional developers' role in building robust solutions on the Power Platform by:

• Understand where enterprise development operationalizes low-code capabilities
• Build a custom connector to collect data from line of business system and use in Power Apps
• Integrate API-Management to surface APIs easily in Power Platform
• Create custom controls with Power Apps Component Framework
• Leverage CI/CD practices for your Power Platform application
• Discuss roadmap for collaborative development and Fusion Teams

We would like you to join us to learn more about these topics related to development with the Power Platform:

• Power Platform Custom Connectors
• Azure API Management and API Development
• Power Apps custom controls
• Testing options for Power Platform
• Power Platform DevOps Practices

Rich Ross

MTC Technology Architect and amateur live-streamer

Rich Ross is Technology Architect at the Microsoft Technology Center (MTC) in Philadelphia. He spends much of his time talking to customers about their challenges, architecting Azure solutions and building innovative applications to highlight technologies. Rich has more than 25 years of business and IT experience in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry. He is a contributor to many local user groups including Philly .NET and Tri-State SharePoint. Rich also helps to organize and run Philly .NET Code Camp, a bi-annual event for developers and businesses in the Mid-Atlantic area.

James Stento

Microsoft Business Applications Technical Architect

James Stento is a Technical Architect at the Microsoft Technology Center (MTC) in Philadelphia. He spends much of his time talking to customers about their business and technical challenges, architecting cloud-based solutions, and building innovative applications and processes to showcase Microsoft technologies. James has more than 30 years of business and IT experience in manufacturing, financial services, healthcare and other industries. He is a contributor to many local Dynamics and Power Platform user groups and participates as a speaker in various Microsoft- and industry-led events for developers and businesses across the country.