About JetBrains

 

JetBrains delivers intelligent software that makes professional developers more productive by simplifying their challenging tasks, automating the routine ones and establishing the best development practices. Our renowned tools include ReSharper, dotTrace, dotCover and dotPeek for .NET developers; IntelliJ IDEA for JVM developers; as well as TeamCity and YouTrack for teams.

Announcing 11th DevClub.lv

Speakers for 11th DevClub.lv:

  • Arvids Godjuks, Senior Web Architect from Voipclub will talk about "E-Currencies – the hidden worl of processing"
    (Language – Russian)
    Most of the people think that working with e-currencies is straight forward – they are wrong, fundamentaly. In my line of work I have learned that in grand scheme of things banking systems are easier to sustain, despite their initial ridicilous corporate technological stack, weird logic and occasional realisation, that WEB tools we are used to sometimes do not have a reliable implementation of certain tech. All in all – it's a giant mine field and only years of experience can save you from blowing up yourself to pieces.
    Tags: server side, e-currency, banking, payment processing

    Arvids is a WEB application architect with 8+ years of experience in PHP and MySQL, organizer of "WebConf Riga" and numerous "WEB Beerfests" (as he calls them) in Riga. He primaraly works with Yii Framework (PHP) and MySQL, takes a semi-active role in "php-internals" mailing list and probably should have taken ZCE years ago.

  • Surprise
  • Hanno Jarvet from Devtraining will talk about "Killing Agile"
    (Language – English)
    "If you know the weaknesses of a system, you will be better at protecting it. Taking a system hacker's perspective will help you to do just that. I will present examples from my own consulting practice and give recipes for both disaster and rescue."
    Tags: agile

    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 and organizes regular agile conferences in Estonia. He is a senator and past national president of Junior Chamber Estonia.

Devtraining is having Javascript and HTML5 training in June by Aleksandr Jastremski in Riga.

And C.T.Co are welcoming new Project Manager (with Java background) to join their friendly team.

Can you say for yourself "Challenge accepted"? Until 3rd June you can prove your coding master skills by taking our friends latest Skype Challenge and become the proud owner of a brand new Nokia Lumia 920.

We are thankful to our great sponsors who help us to make DevClub.lv events: Devtraining, 4FINANCE Group, C.T.Co, Skype and JetBrains.

Announcing 10th DevClub.lv

Speakers for 10th DevClub.lv:

  • Dmitri Nesteruk developer evangelist from JetBrains will talk about "Fast Code Craft"
    (Language – English)
    This is a talk about the principle of Fast Code Craft – a paradigm which posits that self-evident code should be created quickly and easily. In this demonstration participants will see how diverse approaches to creating code quickly can boost productivity and effectiveness.
    Tags: productivity, code generation, resharper, intellij idea

    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.

  • Vasily Popov from C.T.Co will talk about "Difference between web applications and mobile applications from the user experience and uder interface point of view"
    (Language – Russian)
    Fingers are not mouse cursors, mobile devices screens are smaller than desktop monitors. This seems obvious for many, but yet we continue to see the same design mistakes over and over again in mobile apps. Developers are trying to squeeze old applications into smaller screens thinking that's enough, but it's not a straightforward task, mobile UI and UX design calls for starting from a blank slate.
    Tags: Mobile, Design, UI, UX

    Vasiliy Popov is the Head of User Experience and Mobile in C.T.Co, passionate about mobile development and good design; eager in finding new ways to solve old problems.

Did you know that Devtraining is bringing Gojko Adzic, the author of 2nd place book of Top 100 Agile books 2012, to Riga in May with a Specification by Example training?

And our friends C.T.Co is having a new hot offer: GWT Developer position.

Try to take this challenge: Skype is celebrating our partnership and running a new unique challenge for all attendees to be completed by 3rd June. Impress us with your coding wizardry and you could be the proud owner of a brand new Nokia Lumia 920!

We would also like to thank our sponsors: Devtraining, 4FINANCE Group, C.T.Co., Skype and JetBrains.

Highlights from Skype

Skype is for doing things together, whenever you’re apart. Our text, voice and video make it simple to share experiences with the people that matter to you, wherever they are. This holiday season will see millions of people using Skype products to spend time with friends and family all over the world. To make this possible we hire brilliant minds who are passionate about changing the world.

A Skype eye view: “I joined the Skype family in March 2012. It was a great opportunity and a serious challenge for me. I had been working as a software developer within different companies for the last 6 years, so I was really excited to become a part of Skype family. Being a part of Skype has allowed me to follow the latest trends in software, platforms and hardware devices, expand my experience in new emerging technologies and take part in the creation of innovative solutions. Skype actively facilitates self-development through different trainings and also supports university studies, which is especially important for me, as currently I am doing my PhD in Information and Communication Technology at Tallinn University of Technology.”

Inna Shvartsman, Software Development Engineer in Test 2, Root Tools & Porting, Core QE, MSc in Informatics, Tallinn University of Technology (2009)

Skype Challenge: To celebrate our partnership with DevClub, we’re running a unique challenge for all attendees to be completed by 3rd June. Impress us with your coding wizardry and you could be the proud owner of abrand new Nokia Lumia 920. Enter here to take part – Skype Challenge

Announcing 9th DevClub.lv

At 9th DevClub.lv we will have following speakers:

  • Dmitry Buzdin from Java User Group vs. Andrejs Mamontovs from .NET User Group will have a battle Java vs. .NET
    (Language – Russian)
    Java and. NET – two similar platforms in concept, two different worlds in reality. On stage we will cover similarities, significant differences, strengths and weaknesses of each platform. What tools are available for beginners from both sides. What's new we will see in the few month. And most importantly, we will try to share insight about way in which information is exchanged to provide constant platform improvements to provide excelent choice.
    Tags: Java, .NET, Battle

    Dmitry Buzdin – freelance software architect. Java User Group Latvia and Agile Latvia co-founder.

    Andrejs Mamontovs is .NET developer.

  • Marc Evers and Willem van den Ende from QWAN will talk about "Promise is Debt"
    (Language – English)
    Most teams run into technical debt sooner or later – suboptimal code, design, and tests accumulate over time. The team slows down more andmore. It's a dilemma: do you tackle the issues right now? That willdelay the feature or defect you're working on. Create a workaround? Then you can finish your task, but in the long term, it will only make things worse… In this presentation, you will gain insight into the underlying dynamics of technical debt and you will learn some ways to break the vicious cycles.
    Tags: Technical debt, QWAN

    Marc works as an independent coach, trainer and consultant in the field of (agile) software development and software processes. Marc develops true learning organizations that focus on continuous reflection and improvement: apply, inspect, adapt. Marc is also co-founder of the Agile Open and XP Days Benelux conferences.

    Willem van den Ende is a Dutch eXtreme Programming pioneer. Since 1999 he guides organisations in the introduction of Agile Software development as an all-hands person: coach, developer and facilitator. Always active in the local and international community, he currently servers as host of systemsthinking.net, the European AgileOpen conferences, open space host of XP Days London and co-programme chair of Software Practice Advancement.

Skype loves to challenge and check out who's the winner of the previous challenge!

We would also like to thank our sponsors: Devtraining, 4FINANCE Group, C.T.Co. and Skype.

Skype DevClub Challenge March 2013 Winner

 

A big thanks to all who participated in the 2nd Skype DevClub Challenge. We hope that you all enjoyed taking part and attempting to code your way to owning a new Nokia Lumia 920.
 
After reviewing all submissions (several times as it was extremely close!) we are happy to announce that our 1st DevClub Code Master is Karl-Aksel Puulmann from Tartu. Congratulations Karl, we will contact you separately to arrange receipt of your brand new device.
 
For those wishing to take part in future challenges we will be running DevClub challenges each quarter with completely new brain teasers each time.
 

Announcing 8th DevClub.lv

At 8th DevClub.lv we will have following presentations:

  • Eduards Sizovs from 4finance will talk about "SOLID principles"
    (Language – English)
    SOLID is a mnemonic acronym introduced by Michael Feathers for the "first five principles" identified by Robert C. Martin in the early 2000s that stands for five basic principles of object-oriented programming and design. The principles when applied together intend to make it more likely that a programmer will create a system that is easy to maintain and extend over time. Join to hear what SOLID is about and make it indispensable part of your daily toolbox.
    Tags: SOLID, Clean Code, Craftsmanship, OOAD

    Eduards Sizovs – Software Architect at 4finance is responsible for building a premier kick-ass financial platform speaking Java, running in the form of various products around the globe.

  • Girts Laudaks from Mykoob will talk about Team, Technology and Product
    (Language – English)
    Which is a bigger challenge in development process – working with technology or working with people? Lessons learned throughout development of Mykoob. How team and technology influence the product. What happens when human boundaries are reached and technology is failing?
    Tags: Team, Technology, Product, Collaboration

    Girts Laudaks – Co-founder of Mykoob. Go-to guy. Friend. Boss. In the middle of technology and people.

  • Maksims Rebrovs from Skype will talk about "NoSQL datastorage – myths and truths"
    (Language – English)
    Main points: What is NoSQL? What's the difference between using NoSQL and your old reliable SQL DB? When to use NoSQL? When not to use it? What problems you will be facing migrating from SQL to NoSQL? What NoSQL solutions exist out there? How to chose one?
    Tags: NoSQL, DB, Cloud, Scalability

    Maksims Rebrovs is a Senior Software Developer Engineer at Skype, member of Skype Calling team, developing and maintaining all Skype call-related features and components, including client-side logic, server-side components, DBs, gateways, cloud services etc. NoSQL datastorage is a crucial part of the cloud services his team is working on.

Don't forget to win Nokia Lumia 920 at Skype Challenge, it will be active until 4th March. And did you heard about C.T.Co's invitation for a tasty cup of coffee?

We would also like to thank our sponsors: Devtraining, 4FINANCE Group, C.T.Co. and Skype.