Announcing 4th DevClub.lv

It’s time for 4th DevClub.lv to get input from each other and our speakers.

The venue and time has changed! This time the event will happen on 20.09.2012 18:30 at Microsoft Latvia located at Zala street 1, 4th floor.

  • Tautvydas Dagys from Microsoft will talk about "Windows Azure – what it can do for a small web project and big scalable systems"
    (Language – English)
    Windows Azure is scalable PaaS, IaaS platform for developers and Enterprises. It supports tons of scenarios and technologies: .NET, PHP, Java, node.JS; Come and learn how it could be suitable for you from technical part and business part.
    Tags: Windows Azure, PaaS, IaaS, Cloud Computing

    Tautvydas is Technical Evangelist at Microsoft Baltics. He takes care of Developers and IT Pros in the region. Tautvydas is always on the edge of newest technologies: Windows Phone 8, Windows 8, New Office, Visual Studio 2012, …. Before Microsoft Tautvydas used to work many years as developer, team leader and unit manager in variuos IT companies.

  • Hanno Jarvet from Devtraining will talk about "Waterfall vs Agile vs Lean Start-up: useful stories from real life"
    (Language – English)
    In these three worlds a developer has very different roles and responsibilities. Changing your viewpoint will help you foresee the future of your employer/customer and live a happier life. 
    We will look at how development teams and companies have changed or not changed and their respective results.
    Tags: Waterfall, Agile, Lean Start-up, examples from life

    Hanno is an independent consultant who helps companies to improve performance. Since 2009 he has helped more than a dozen companies and software teams to improve their processes and productivity. During this time he has also co-founded Agile Estonia non-profit organization that organizes regular agile conferences in Estonia. He is a senator and past national president of Junior Chamber Estonia.

  • Aleksandr Jastremski from Danske bank will talk about "Bots, application automation"
    (Language – English or Russian)
    Do we play games or do games play us? What to do when you cross the line? Write your bot and let him play when you are spending time with your friends and family. Or go even deeper and write the bot that will do a job instead of you. It is possible and I will show you how…
    Tags: Bots, C#

    Aleksandr is skilled .NET programmer, he hates routine and gets rid of it by using programs since he was six years old. Aleksandr had played computer games a lot. When he noticed that games became routine he began to write programs playing for him.

We would also like to thank our sponsors: Devtraining, DPA, Microsoft and C.T.Co.