Are you a trusted advisor for your clients and peers? Do you know what being a trusted advisor to someone would mean for you and your advisee?

Learn more about some of the concepts behind being a trusted advisor, the commitment required and how it can benefit you personally and professionally.

The presentation is based not only on several significant expert sources but also the personal view of Gary Heusner, one of our client partners and how he is working to become a trusted advisor.

** Update - unfortunately we were unable to record content due to technical difficulties.  We will hopefully have Gary present on this again in the near future.

Here is a link to the slide deck used.

On Thursday March 1^st, Joel Danowitz will be presenting on SignalR.

In preparing for the Restaurant.com project some proof of concept work was done to build a web app that required real-time communication along with an auto-updating client interface.  SignalR is a .Net based library which provides real-time communication between the client and server as well as between clients.  It also supports all major browsers and will degrade for older browsers nicely.

Joel will showcase the app that was built to prove out these concepts, go into details of the code, and show how to spin up a project with SignalR.

The presentation will begin at Noon in the Employee Lounge and it's "BYOL" (Bring Your Own Lunch).  For those who wish to attend remotely please see the below for details.

** Update 

Here are the links to view the presentation:  Streaming   |   Download 
* the file is 42.78 MB and the video is 53 min

Here is a link to the pptx deck

On Tuesday January 31^st, Matt Peters will be giving an informative talk all about Micro ORMs.

What is a Micro ORM? Why would you want to use one over an enterprise relational mapper? What does it mean to your project?  These questions and more will be answered when Matt will discuss his theories on their use and give a demonstration using an actual one (or two) as well as spur some discussion.

The presentation will begin at Noon in the Employee Lounge and it's "BYOL" (Bring Your Own Lunch).  For those who wish to attend remotely please see the below for details.

Visit http://lunchandlearn.geneca.com for more info!
 

** Update 

Here are the links to view the presentation:  Streaming   |   Download 
* the file is 61.03 MB and the video is 1 hr 1 min

Mike Reyes will be giving a talk about creating a web micro service for no money down to start, and minimal costs as your site scales.

A web micro service is essentially an online tool used to fulfill a specific task.  It's considered micro in the sense that it's intended to be used for a single or simple purpose rather than being a suite of tools.  Think of Twitter or Gravatar.

If you like playing with technology or if you have an idea for something that you want out on the cloud, we'll go through how to create one for practically free.  We'll cover:

• How to use freely available tools to write code and work with images
• Managing your code in source control both publicly and privately
• Getting your site up on the cloud easily
• Storing data for your site on the cloud easily

The presentation will begin at Noon in the Employee Lounge and it's "BYOL" (Bring Your Own Lunch)

For those joining remotely please visithttps://geneca.webex.com/geneca for connection info.  The password is learn

** Update

Here is the link to the slide deck on Prezi:  Presentation

Here are the links to view the presentation:  Streaming   |   Download 
* the file is 58.57 MB and the video is 50 min

Chris Johnson will be giving a talk about Groovy.

"Java is a great technology – enterprise grade and time-tested.  Java powers some of the most critical systems in the world.

But, did you know that Java recently had its 15^th birthday?   Groovy is a Java derivative that takes the best parts of Java and adds modern language features like dynamic typing and closures, which improve developer productivity.  It takes nearly zero learning curve for Java developers and integrates seamlessly with existing Java code.  Developers of any language will benefit from hearing about the modern language features that Groovy provides.

It’s time to get Groovy."

** Update 

Thanks to Chris for giving an excellent presentation on Groovy, Grails, and his LeadConnector app.

Here are the links to view the presentation:  Streaming   |   Download 
* the file is 42 MB and the video is 47 min