Tech Talk Brown Bags Series
IET Application Development is hosting a monthly Tech Talk brown bag series. Initially talks are focused on application development tools, tips and tricks. Come join this informal gathering and tell us what you've been working on and discuss new approaches to designing, building and maintaining applications.
Want to share something at the next tech talk? Email clbray at ucdavis.edu. I'm always looking for speakers!
2014 Series
| Topic: | Firebase: A powerful API to store and sync data in realtime |
| Summary: | Firebase can function as the complete backend for your mobile or web app, and makes building realtime, collaborative apps easy. Ossama and Sara from Firebase will give an overview on how to build an app with Firebase as well as the move to no backend solutions with a focus on Android and web development. They will also risk it all by doing a live coding demo! |
| Speakers: | Sara Robinson, Ossama Alami |
| Date/Time: | June 12, 2014, Noon - 1:30pm |
| Location: | PSL, Redwood conference room |
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Topic: | Drupal for Application Developers |
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Speakers: | Shawn DeArmond, Carson Black and Mark Miller |
Date/Time: | February 19th, 2014, Noon-1:00pm |
Location: | PSL, Redwood conference room |
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Topic: | Introduction to AWS |
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Speaker: | Thomas Amsler |
Date/Time: | January 22nd, 2014, Noon-1:00pm |
Location: | PSL, Redwood conference room |
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2013 Series
Topic: | IAM Data Views via RESTful Web Services |
Summary: | Get an overview of what the new IAM Data Views will provide to your application and see how you can access the views via RESTful web services. A live demo will be provided. |
Speaker: | Brian Donnelly & Gary Sharpe |
Date/Time: | January 23rd, 2013, Noon-1:00pm |
Location: | PSL, Redwood conference room |
Presentation: | TBD |
2012 Series
Topic: |
A Git Crash course |
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What's all this 'Git' stuff about? Come get an overview of the future of source control management - DVCS (Distributed version control systems). Also, learn how IET's development tools will support Git going forward. |
Speaker: |
Brian Donnelly |
Date/Time: |
October 17th, 2012, Noon-1:00pm |
Location: |
PSL, Redwood conference room |
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Topic: |
Testing with Selenium |
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Come see how the IAM and MIV projects have been using the Selenium automated testing tool. We'll see how to drive a browser via scripts or via unit test frameworks. |
Speaker: |
Gary Sharpe & Derek Wolcott |
Date/Time: |
August 29, 2012, Noon-1:00pm |
Location: |
PSL, Redwood conference room |
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Topic: |
Cloud Computing Overview |
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When you hear about the "cloud" you often hear terms like SaaS, PasS, IaaS. What's with this alphabet soup? Come hear an overview and see some demos of some cloud providers like Atlassian, SalesForce, AWS and Heroku. |
Speaker: |
Curtis Bray |
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July 18, 2012, Noon-1:00pm |
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PSL, Redwood conference room |
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June 13, 2012, Noon-1:00pm |
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PSL, Redwood conference room |
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An Overview of Scrum |
Summary: |
Introduction to the agile processes of Scrum. |
Speaker: |
Curtis Bray, IET Application Development Manager |
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May 16, 2012, Noon-1:15pm |
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PSL, Redwood conference room |
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MongoDB |
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Introduction to MongoDB |
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April 12, 2012, Noon-1:30pm |
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PSL, Redwood conference room |
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Intro to mobile development |
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Giving an overview of mobile development strategies, and frameworks. |
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Feb 15, 2012, Noon-1pm |
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PSL, Redwood conference room |
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