The IT world is in the throes of yet another seismic shift, this time very much led by the consumer. It has led to the rise of mobile and tablet computing, cloud based applications, corporations adopting the ‘bring your own hardware’ approach, touch based interfaces and the demand by users for rapid, if not continual updates to the applications and services they consume. 

This consumer led revolution isn’t just impacting developers writing software for the consumer market, it is also affecting the expectations and attitudes of the corporate market and raising the bar for what people are expecting from their internal systems.

In such a world the tools and approaches needed to develop modern applications also need to change. 

With the launch of Visual Studio 2012, Microsoft is providing tooling that targets the new Windows 8 platform and HTML5 based web applications in addition to providing support for existing development platforms.

Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 also delivers comprehensive tooling for a modern agile application lifecycle, supporting continual delivery and improvement.

This session will take you through the steps of just how this can be done, and how a development team can build modern applications with great user experiences targeting the latest technology platforms.

PRESENTERS:

GRAEME FOSTER

Principal Consultant, Readify

Graeme is a Principal Consultant with over 13 years of commercial experience. He has consulted for a wide range of corporate clients including Ernst & Young, Rio Tinto, British Telecom and the UK Prime Minister’s Office, and has consistently produced software exceeding expectations.

He has presented Readify’s .Net 3.5 and Professional WCF courses, spoken at Readify RDNs, and achieved Certified Scrum Master certification.

He is passionate at improving software processes and has taken the reigns to introduce procedures such as Continuous Integration, Unit Testing and Automated Build and Deployment at recent customers. He is also a keen follower of emerging technologies. 

ROBERT MOORE

Senior Consultant, Readify

Robert specialises in C#, ASP.NET and Windows Azure. He has extensive experience with web-based software development in a variety of different web stacks having been a professional web developer since 2005.

Robert introduced Agile software development to Curtin University IT Services by creating the Rapid Application Development team at the beginning of 2011 and has since worked to spread Agile and Lean thinking wider within that organisation. He is also an active participant in the Agile Perth user group.