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Leadership, Team Dynamics, Productivity

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Everybody wants to be a leader. Everybody wants to be the Drum Major out in front leading the band. How many actually know how to be a leader?

To help each other become better leaders, let's examine a kids joke and see how meany leadership lessons we can extract from it. (Spoiler Alert: More than you think) :)

About Cal

Many moons ago, at the tender age of 14, Cal touched his first computer. (We’re using the term “computer” loosely here, it was a TRS-80 Model 1) Since then his life has never been the same. He graduated from TRS-80s to Commodores and eventually to IBM PC’s.For the past 15 years Cal has worked with PHP and MySQL on Linux, OSX, and Windows. He has built a variety of projects ranging in size from simple web pages to multi-million dollar web applications.

When not banging his head on his monitor, attempting a blood sacrifice to get a particular piece of code working, he enjoys building and managing development teams using his widely imitated but never patented management style of “management by wandering around”.

These days, when not working with PHP, Cal can be found working on a variety of projects like Day Camp 4 Developers. He gives motivational talks to developers around the world. If you happen to meet him at a conference, don’t be afraid to buy him a shot of Rum.

Cal is based in West Palm Beach, FL – US where he is happily married to wife 1.35, the lovely and talented Kathy. Together they have 2 wonderful kids who were both smart enough not to pursue a job in IT.

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Docker, Development Environments, Containerization

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Though it's the common use case, deploying your application using docker may seem a bit daunting at first, and require some changes you're not ready to make.

But if you want to get started with docker, there are plenty of uses that aren't deployment. In this 99% Yak-Shaving™ Free session, we'll focus on the ones that require little (or no) setup. You might even be using them before I stop talking.

About Tim

Tim likes making things, is a lover of well built APIs, and hates the top reply.

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Testing, Unit Testing, TDD, BDD

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Some of us come to software careers with engineering degrees, others find our way through bootcamps and night classes, and more still are self-taught do-it-yourselfers. No matter what your educational path to software development, one question unites us all. “How do I make sure any of this actually works?” This talk, an introduction to a wide variety of testing topics, seeks to arm attendees with enough practical examples to be successful now and enough theory to keep growing. Topics covered include: Unit Testing, Behavior Testing, Double Loop Refactoring & more.

About Tim

Born and raised in the blistering heat of Phoenix, Arizona USA, Tim Klever has been breaking builds since he was a young boy. A self-described "testing zealot", Tim brings with him a passion for automation and spreads the good word of software craftsmanship to the teams he's blessed to work with. When he's not working on software or discussing testing at length, he can be found on the mats practicing Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.

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OOP, SOLID, PHP7

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Your code is perfect! Well, at least until the next set of requirements come in and tries to "sweep the leg" of your beautiful codebase. However, by following the SOLID object-oriented design principles, you can minimize the churn or hacks needed as your code is forcefully evolved. Let's learn the concepts of SOLID in the context of some real code.

About Jeremy

Principle Software Engineer at McGraw-Hill Education. Tenor. Father of 3. Maker of funny faces.

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API Design, REST, HATEOAS, GraphQL

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The greatest show on earth this is not — but prepared to be bedazzled with API Best Practices ranging from API design to implementation to security musts — all surrounded by horrible puns (the kind that would make any dad proud), and the type of magic you can only find at the 2nd grade talent show. There may (or may not) be juggling, sword swallowing, mind tricks, card tricks, and even a funny joke or two — but be assured you are guaranteed to learn a thing or two about RESTful APIs from the very guy who wrote a book on API design as he couldn't find a steady job as a comedian, a magician, a model, or an actor.

About Mike

Despite being on National TV on numerous shows, playing a lead role in Sharkatraz, and being in both San Andreas and the new Steve Jobs movie, you've probably never heard of Mike unless you’ve picked up his book Undisturbed REST: a Guide to Designing the Perfect API. That's OK, in fact that's the entire purpose of this bio. With over 15 years engineering experience, Mike has put his focus on API design and community building - serving as the Head of Developer Marketing (again, a failed actor) for RingCentral and having spoken at numerous API and PHP conferences around the world.

You can also find his work on APIs featured on DZone, InfoQ, Nordic APIs, and more, view his past talks online at http://mikestowe.com/videos, or follow him (PLEASE, HE NEEDS OUR SUPPORT) on Twitter: @mikegstowe

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APIs, API Security, Authorization, Security

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In the last decade, APIs have become fundamental to our teams, partners, and customers. While we’d like to believe it all happened as a carefully executed plan, let’s be honest... there’s as much luck as foresight in the mix. Luckily, success drives success so we’ve seen things explode in great ways. Unfortunately, that very success has cost us too.
APIs are becoming a consistent and devastating attack vector for applications that store everything from financial records to passport information to what you’re looking for in a date. In this session, we’ll reconsider some our earliest assumptions and lay out some strategies for bringing our APIs out of the shadows and protecting ourselves, our partners, and our customers.

About Keith

Keith Casey currently serves on the Platform Team at Okta working on Identity and Authentication APIs. Previously, he served as an early Developer Evangelist at Twilio and before that worked on the Ultimate Geek Question at the Library of Congress. His underlying goal is to get good technology into the hands of good people to do great things. In his spare time, he helps build and support the Austin tech community, blogs at CaseySoftware.com and is fascinated by monkeys. He is also a co-author of “A Practical Approach to API Design” from Leanpub.

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Event Sourcing, CQRS, Architecture, DDD

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Event Sourcing can cause as many problems as it solves. Join Evan as he explains the pros and cons of this decades-old technique that has been regaining popularity among developers in recent years.

About Evan

Founder of Roave; lover of dogs, aviation, and coding.

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Internet, PHP, DNS, HTTP, Browsers, History

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The theory, history, architecture, and future of the Internet and World Wide Web.

About Elizabeth

Breaker of things, doer of things that should not be done, history buff.

Possible prizes include a tech gear, plush elePHPants, and technical books/courses.