Join Rockford Lhotka as he shares his experiences in porting the CSLA .NET framework, a large and robust .NET solution supporting .NET, Xamarin, UWP, and now .NET Core into NetStandard 2.0. It turns out that NS2.0 is a very large subset of “full .NET”, so in many cases it is relatively easy to move code to this new model. But not always, and there are some sharp edges to watch for, and some strategies you can use to make the…

Machine learning, which facilitates predictive analytics from large volumes of data by employing algorithms that iteratively learn from that data, is one of the fastest growing areas of computer science. Azure Machine Learning is a cloud-based predictive-analytics service that offers a streamlined experience for data scientists of all skill levels. In this session you will learn about machine learning and how Microsoft has implemented it using Azure Machine Learning. You will also learn how to train a model, apply and…

Business logic is tough. The rules are complex, contradict each other, and change a lot. All the things that we hate about business logic are also the reasons most businesses are in business. We need to accommodate these complexities, adapt to these changes and do it quickly, or our favorite company may not stay in business. Imagine if we could automate creating some of the most complex logic around. Instead of handwriting complex business rules that are going to change…

Apache Storm (http://storm.apache.org) is a free and open source distributed realtime computation system. Storm makes it easy to reliably process unbounded streams of data, doing for realtime processing what Hadoop did for batch processing. Storm is simple, can be used with any programming language, but we will focus on using C# and leveraging the Data Lake tools for Visual Studio. Of course, we'll go through the obligatory introduction to the Storm architecture, but the real goal is to demystify this…

The Azure Bot Framework and Bot Services have come a long way in the past year and is more than ready for prime-time; now, more than ever, Bots are becoming a vital tool for businesses of all types to have a direct relationship to their customers. Unlike web, Bots are uniquely positioned to provide access to users via the tools they already use; SMS, Social Media (Facebook, Skype), Collaboration Platforms (Slack, Teams), etc. In this talk we’ll go over what…