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Register now for I T.A.K.E Unconference 2017!
Software craftsmen from more than 15 countries will meet in the heart of Bucharest, 19-20 May, at I T.A.K.E Unconference! For 2 days, more than 30 speakers will share insights, latest trends, and deliver hands-on sessions.
In Meet the Speakers Part I, Part II, and Part III, we shared more about the speakers who will make this year event a one not to be missed. Below, you can read more about other top-notch practitioners who joined the speakers line-up:
Nicolas Fränkel, Software Architect at hybris software, Switzerland
Come discover mutation testing and make sure your never forget another assert again.
Alexandru Bolboaca, CTO MozaicLabs, Romania
Intro to Microservices (Talk)
Alexandra Marin, Software developer at crossplatform.io, Romania
C# and NUnit tests are essential, but limited. Let’s make our testing toolkit complete with automated UI acceptance testing for common behaviors like pressing buttons, making swipe gestures, entering text and validating inputs.
Ricardo Mendez, Founder at Numergent, Romania
Flexibility through immutability (Talk)
Is immutable data just functional programming snobbery? How could it possibly provide more flexibility than a mutable approach?
Houssam Fakih, Software Engineer at Arolla, France
Boris Gonnot, Head of Feature Development Teams at BISAM, France
Metrics For Good Developers (Talk)
Simple and efficient metrics for developers
Want to challenge the current programming practices as these software craftsmen are doing? Want to experience new techniques, debate on the existing ones or even pair program in the I T.A.K.E Unconference space?
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Stay tuned. We will continue publishing more about the program, speakers and the dynamic learning practices awaiting you.
Thrilled to see you in May!
How we did it: The Story of a Website with Andreas Leidig
Andreas Leidig has broad experience in object oriented software development and agile practices. He started programming years ago with Smalltalk and worked as an agile coach for a few years. Nowadays he is working full-time in developing enterprise software products.
His talk is about how to set up a community project through a professional use of state-of-the-art technologies and collaboration methods: node.js, continuous integration, github, javascript, evolving design, noSql, testing, software craftsmanship, XP. A fly through the architecture, design and specific aspects of their product.
Enjoy his presentation @ I T.A.K.E. Unconference 2014 edition.
Check out more about I T.A.K.E. Unconference 2015 or see directly the Schedule.
Combining AI and IoT. New Industrial Revolution in our houses and in the Universe
Enjoy the following series of interviews with the speakers, top-notch software crafters from across Europe, joining I T.A.K.E Unconference, Bucharest, 11-12 May. Discover the lessons learned and what drives them to challenge the known path in their field.
Karina Popova, Head of Development at Link Mobility, as been working as DevOps Lead last 10 years. At #itakeunconf she will include in her talk a lot of real working IoT use cases and their potential impact of a combination IoT with AI.
#1. Please share with us 5 things you did that helped you grow & become the professional you are today
The five most important thing for my growth includes:
1. Education, I have spent almost 20 years studying and it was a key point in my professional growth.
2. Travelling, meeting people with different culture and observing their solutions.
3. Reading, especially biographies, as history always repeats.
4. Community contribution, to share and to experience diversity of different skills
5. Attending IT events, to learn the basics of new technologies, keep track of trends and have an awesome deep conversations
#2. What challenges will the participants find solutions to during your session at I T.A.K.E Unconference 2017?
Attendees will learn what is the potential impact of AI in the IoT sphere, what real IoT use cases with AI on top have been already implemented and how can we increase the quality of life with the AI+IoT.
#3. Recommend for the participants 3 sources you find inspiration from and would help them better understand you
Three most important sources for inspiration before my talk are the book “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”, the movie “Bicentennial Man” and my Instagram.
I T.A.K.E Unconference 2016 – IInd day videos & slides
And…it’s a wrap: 2 days of intense & complex program, almost 300 participants, +30 sessions & +30 speakers. During the 2nd day of the event, 16 speakers from 11 countries shared their knowledge on Microservices, Autotesting & Design, Quality Practices, Architecture & Technical Leadership.
Watch the videos from the event here. Find below the presentations from day 2. The slides from day 1 are here.
Continous Deployment
Andrey Adamovich – Patterns for infrastructure as a code
Tugberk Ugurlu – Zero Downtime Deployment Golden Rules & Docker Changes the Way You Develop and Release Your Scalable Solutions
Thierry de Pauw – Continuous Delivery is more than just Tooling_Its a Culture
Thomas Sundberg – Definition of Done – Working software in production
Autotesting & Design
Thomas Sundberg – How deep are your tests
Franziska Sauerwein – Introduction to Outside in Test Driven Development (London School)
Alexandra Marin – Error-proof your mobile app
Ricardo Mendez – Flexibility Through Immutability
Quality Practices
Houssam Fakih – Never Develop Alone – always with a partner
Andrey Adamovich – Visualising Codebases
Architecture
Milen Dyankov – Microservices and Modularity
Clement Bouillier, Jean Hellou, Florent Pellet & Emilien Pecoul – Workshop around CQRS & Event sourcing
Technical Leadership
Hugo Messer – How to successfully manage remote teams
Flavius Stef – Is management dead
A few thoughts from the participants
- Very glad I attended, well worth the trip from UK
- It was a very well organised event. I really enjoyed it, the speakers have been inspiring and well prepared 🙂
- It was a pleasant learning environment – I hope you will continue to bring high-quality speakers in the event
