Future Tech 202120 Videos

Future Tech 2021: Roelant Dieben & Michiel Hamers – The Power of Automation

As a .NET software developer we are constantly broadening our horizon with the exciting new features that are added to the .NET framework and its extended family. Sometimes new techniques come along that can potentially change everything. The Microsoft Power Platform could be such a game-changer, but should we fear this development, or should we […]

Future Tech 2021: Håkan Silfvernagel – Machine learning in the browser using TensorFlow.js

In order to start out with machine learning you typically would need to learn Python, Tensorflow, Jupyter Notebook etc. But what if you could run your machine learning straight in the browser. This can be done through Tensorflow.js. In this session you will get an introduction so that you can use it in your own […]

Future Tech 2021: Johnny Hooyberghs – Microsoft Q# and Azure Quantum

You’ve probably heard about quantum computing, but it still remains a mystery? In this deep-dive session, specifically targeted to software developers, I will explain important concepts like qubits, superposition, and entanglement. Theoretical knowledge about quantum physics, quantum circuits, quantum gates, and quantum algorithms will be combined with examples using the Microsoft Quantum Developer Kit and […]

Future Tech 2021: Vincent Hendriks – Containerization is improving your dev experience!

Docker has changed IT by making it a lot easier to ship your products, but what about the development experience? In this session i will talk about what containerization can do for the developer itself, teams and organizations. It’s not just about shipping products themselves. Topics I will be talking about are containerized dev environments […]

Future Tech 2021: Donald Hessing & Arin Roy – Introduction to GraphQL – The API for modern apps

GraphQL is a new API standard that provides a more efficient, powerful and flexible alternative to REST. GraphQL enables declarative data fetching where a client can specify exactly what data it needs from an API. Instead of multiple endpoints that return fixed data structures, a GraphQL server only exposes a single endpoint and response with […]

Future Tech 2021: Rick van den Bosch – Get a grip! – Managing your APIs with API Management

This session helps you organize and monetize your data and services by creating an API gateway and developer portal using API Management. Azure API Management is a turnkey solution for publishing APIs to external and internal customers. In this session we’re showing you the ropes on setting up and managing API Management.

Future Tech 2021: Erik Lieben – Serverless EventSourcing for pennies using Azure Functions, Storage, and EventGrid

As developers, we store our code in a system (GIT) that allows us to time travel, compare, work together, and reason about our code. We can go back in time to learn who made a particular change, where a bug originated, or which parts of our code have a high change rate. It stores our […]

Future Tech 2021: Bart Kooijmans – Google and Amazon cloud for the Azure developer

Going to the cloud is a given. Endless possibilities with over 200 managed services, global coverage with datacenters everywhere and you are charged per usage. But which cloud should you use? As a Microsoft developer, you’d choose Azure right?! In this session I’ll show you the similarities between the three major clouds Microsoft Azure, Amazon […]

Future Tech 2021: Michaël Hompus – Achievement unlocked: use .NET to unlock Xbox achievements

While playing the movie trivia game “Scene It?” [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scene_It%3F] on my Xbox 360 back in 2007, I had the feeling that with a camera, computer, and some software, it should be much easier to get the correct answers to the questions in the game. But where to start? Fast forward to today: Now I have lots […]

Future Tech 2021: Menno Jongerius – Introduction to some of the coolest new C#9 features

Whether as a value type in domain driven design or as data transfer object, there are plenty of situations that call for immutable objects. But so far creating them was a hassle in .NET. Not anymore with the introduction of record types in C#9. During this session we will start to have a look at […]