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This time on XXI DevClub.lv:

• Indrek Sünter from Tartu Observatory will talk about “ESTCube-1 firmware upgrades and testing”
  (Language – English)
  Steps involved in ESTCube-1 firmware upgrades – from cross-platform development on PC to three stages of testing on satellite hardware.
  The talk highlights differences between the development of typical software vs. software for embedded systems.
  Tags: satellite, embedded, testing

  Indrek Sünter is an embedded software engineer and an electrical engineer in the Space Technology department of Tartu Observatory.
  He took part in the hardware design of ESTCube-1 command and data handling subsystem, currently he is developing software for the subsystem.
  He is also involved in the development of attitude determination and control software on-board ESTCube-1.

• Karlis Berkolds from RTU Robotics club will talk about “LEGO Mindstorm robots” (20 min)
  (Language – Latvian)
  Brief introduction to LEGO Mindstorm robots: overview of hardware and software used in LEGO Mindstorm robots, possibilities and restrictions, demonstration of programming LEGO Mindstorm robots. What are the pros and cons of using LEGO Mindstorm sets compared to real robots and programming education.
  Tags: robotics, lego robots, education

  Karlis Berkolds is a member of RTU robotics club where he educates new robot builders, organizes workshops for students about robotics and works on his own projects. He is currently studying for a master’s degree in Intellectual robotic systems and works at Ogre technical college as Electronics teacher and leads a robotics hobby group.

• Alla Babkina will talk about “Microeconomics for Engineering Decisions”
  (Language – English)
  Every day, many times a day, software engineers face the challenge of making choices that affect the quality of the end product they deliver. While all focus on optimizing their technical solutions at some point (this talk will not be about system optimization), few bother to make choices optimal from the business perspective. I will show some good ways to do that that come from college level microeconomics and some examples of how that works in practice.
  Tags: professionalism, solutions, architecture, agile

  Alla is a software engineer and analyst with 5 years of experience as a lawyer in banking and corporate finance and correspondent banking. She has experienced the ups and downs of software engineering from both the business/customer and engineer perspectives and believes that the best results come from carefully balancing the two points of view every single day.

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This time on XX DevClub.lv:

• Janis Zaharans from RTU Robotikas klubs will talk about “Robotics is cool”
  (Language – Latvian)
  An introduction to robotics – neccessary knowledges and skills to build a robot, what components do a robot consist of, and things to consider when building a robot.
  An overview of robots that have been built by RTU robotics club and their accomplishments in robot tournaments all over the world.
  Tags: robotics, sumo robots

  Janis Zaharans is an enthusiast interested in robots and everything related to electronics and embedded system design. At the moment he works in his company Raksts Design and in Institut of Atomic physics and Spectroscopy as an electrical engineer. Janis also is a member of RTU Robotics club where he and other members build different robots and compete with them in both local and international tournaments. He is also into spreading his knowledge and skills to others by running a robotics club in Riga State gymnasium No.1.

• Andrejs Olins from Accenture Latvia will talk about: “Start IT and Schools”
  (Language – Latvian)
  Strart(IT) educational programme for schools in Latvia – IT education in Latvia, problems faced, attempts to solve them, how well did we?
  The talk will be about the approach, technical solutions and marketing experience of this project. The project can be treated as a start-up, so there will be couple of insights of working with end users and leveraging their influence.
  Tags: education

  Andrejs Olins is a Java developer with 10 years experience and an IT teacher since 2000. He works at Accenture Latvia as a technical lead and combines it with Start(IT) and also programming tutoring for scholars.

• Eduards Sizovs from Craftsman’s Passion will talk about “Software Craftsmanship Essentials”
  (Language – Russian)
  Are you doing all you can to further your career as a software developer? With today’s rapidly changing and ever-expanding technologies, being successful requires more than technical expertise. In this talk Eduards outlines the practices used by software craftsmen to maintain their professional ethics and simple Dos and Don’ts for teams who want to be considered professional craftsmen.
  Tags: software craftsmanship, professionalism, clean code, tdd

  Eduards is software craftsman passionate about every aspect of software development. During his IT journey towards mastery he’s been walking in programmer’s, architect’s, technical leader’s and IT manager’s shoes, attacking the most pressing issues of huge enterprises and cozy start-ups. Eduards strongly believes that mix of right attitude, mastery and vision can make software industry flourish. Eduards runs his small software consultancy house in Riga, actively contributes to open source projects, speaks on conferences and consults various teams around the world on technical and organisational aspects of software development.

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This time on XIX DevClub.lv:

• Philip Torchinsky from JetBrains will talk about “Hidden Gems in IntelliJ IDEA and Android Studio”
  (Language – Russian)
  “My talk is about some less known features of IntelliJ IDEA and Android Studio, introducing new practices for Android developers such as Layout Editing with a new plugin, work with SQLite database directly from the IDE (IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate), and showing some more new features that are not well known yet.”
  Tags: intellij, android, java, mobile

  Philip Torchinsky is a technology evangelist at JetBrains. His main specialization is UNIX technologies, his main interests at the moment are cloud technologies, issue trackers, and other developer tools. Philip has led trainings for IT specialists since 1993, wrote two books on UNIX, and used to work at Sun Microsystems before he joined JetBrains.

• Dmitri Nesteruk from JetBrains will talk about “Coding at the Speed of Thought”
  (Language – Russian)
  How quickly do we solve problems? Do the tools really help us with that? In this talk, I’ll demonstrate some of the ways that modern software development tools and practices ease the burden of code creation and manipulation.
  Tags: resharper, intellij, productivity, code generation, domain modeling

  Dmitri Nesteruk is a developer, podcaster and frequent speaker at developer conferences. His passions include modern software development patterns and practices and efficient use of both software and hardware resources in solving challenging problems in IT. Dmitri has been a Microsoft MVP (C#) since 2009. He works as a developer evangelist for JetBrains. He currently resides in Stockholm, Sweden.

• Philip Torchinsky or/and Dmitri Nesteruk will talk about “YouTrack 101”
  (Language – Russian)
  This is an introductory talk on YouTrack. We’re going to see some of its features, take a look at developing for YouTrack, and look at its support for agile methodologies.
  Tags: issue tracking, bug tracking, agile

And you know what? JetBrains guys will raffle 1 ReSharper and 1 IntelliJ IDEA licence!

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