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NOVA Code Camp 2015 Preview – Bart Loesley

Looking through the sessions that will be presented this coming Saturday at the Northern Virginia Code Camp hosted at the Reston Microsoft Technology Center in Reston, VA gets me pumped to see so many in the community presenting on hot topics that are key to staying relevant in this age of iterating forward with new technology on what seems like a daily basis. All that being said (and all in a single run on sentence no less), I’m stoked to see that Bart Loesley will be presenting on NoSQL as an Application Backend.

So often we tend to find tech groups pointing to MySQL, PostGres, Oracle, Microsoft SQL or some other database platform to be the backend for a technology solution without considering a NoSQL solution. Bart’s session “NoSQL as an Application Backend” looks to be pretty spot on with helping application developers and architects to better understand where these technologies come into play.

NoSQL is a different way of thinking about a database. Relational database models may not be the best solution for all situations.  In this session we’ll introduce what NoSQL is, the various approaches and options for NoSQL platforms, and show an example of how we leveraged Azure Document DB as the backend for a cloud application.  Benefits such as scalability, schema independence and object orientation make your application scalable but it requires some planning that is different than traditional relational databases.

For me, I’m excited to check out this session for a couple of reasons…

  1. NoSQL is a technology that gets overlooked far too often
  2. …
  3. Profit from Bart’s knowledge

Seriously though, Azure’s DocumentDB, which recently became generally available, could probably replace a significant number of application backends operating on other database platforms that don’t require the horsepower of the platform in use, nor do they make use of the functionality, so why not go with something like Azure DocumentDB?

Look forward to seeing you there at NOVA CC for Bart’s session!

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NOVA Code Camp 2015 Preview – Ed Snider

While scrolling through the Sessions for this coming weekends Northern Virginia Code Camp, I came across one session that caught my eye and me glance not once, but twice…

“Creating Apple Watch experiences with WatchKit and Xamarin”

I thought to myself, “What in the world?!?!” But then I remembered that Ed Snider is a genius when it comes to putting together clever solutions that bridge technological platforms, among a lot of other things. The session description looks pretty particularly awesome.

C# and Apple Watch… WHAT?!  Yes!  In this session I’ll show you how Xamarin lets you take your .NET skills to the Apple Watch!

First we’ll take a look at Apple’s WatchKit and the architecture of WatchKit apps.  We’ll also explore the core concepts of WatchKit apps and how they work with and extend iPhone apps, including Glances and Notifications.  And, of course, there will be plenty of code and live demos!”

So if you’re interested in the Apple Watch, and you’re a .NET developer then check this session out – I promise you won’t be disappointed and will walk away with a few more tools in your utility belt to innovate.

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Northern Virginia Code Camp 2015

This coming weekend on 18 April 2015, the Northern Virginia Code Camp will be hosting it’s Spring event at the Reston Microsoft Technology Center with 30 speakers covering various aspects of development across several different technologies and platforms.

The session listing is available here: http://www.novacodecamp.org/Sessions.aspx

If you’re interested in registering for the event, you can do so by hoping over to the registration site here: http://www.nvite.com/novacc15/edda

If you’re interested in updates about the Northern Virginia Code Camp, follow their twitter handle yonder under the name of @novacodecamp

Definitely worth your time on a Saturday morning to learn something new, network with others in the technology community and gather perspective on different ways of approaching technology problems.