Announcing 19th DevClub.lv

This time on XIX DevClub.lv:

  • Philip Torchinsky from JetBrains will talk about “Hidden Gems in IntelliJ IDEA and Android Studio”
    (Language – Russian)
    “My talk is about some less known features of IntelliJ IDEA and Android Studio, introducing new practices for Android developers such as Layout Editing with a new plugin, work with SQLite database directly from the IDE (IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate), and showing some more new features that are not well known yet.”
    Tags: intellij, android, java, mobile

    Philip Torchinsky is a technology evangelist at JetBrains. His main specialization is UNIX technologies, his main interests at the moment are cloud technologies, issue trackers, and other developer tools. Philip has led trainings for IT specialists since 1993, wrote two books on UNIX, and used to work at Sun Microsystems before he joined JetBrains.

  • Dmitri Nesteruk from JetBrains will talk about “Coding at the Speed of Thought”
    (Language – Russian)
    How quickly do we solve problems? Do the tools really help us with that? In this talk, I’ll demonstrate some of the ways that modern software development tools and practices ease the burden of code creation and manipulation.
    Tags: resharper, intellij, productivity, code generation, domain modeling

    Dmitri Nesteruk is a developer, podcaster and frequent speaker at developer conferences. His passions include modern software development patterns and practices and efficient use of both software and hardware resources in solving challenging problems in IT. Dmitri has been a Microsoft MVP (C#) since 2009. He works as a developer evangelist for JetBrains. He currently resides in Stockholm, Sweden.

  • Philip Torchinsky or/and Dmitri Nesteruk will talk about “YouTrack 101”
    (Language – Russian)
    This is an introductory talk on YouTrack. We’re going to see some of its features, take a look at developing for YouTrack, and look at its support for agile methodologies.
    Tags: issue tracking, bug tracking, agile

And you know what? JetBrains guys will raffle 1 ReSharper and 1 IntelliJ IDEA licence!

Please vote and write down the topics you would like to hear at our next DevClubs!

C.T.Co is looking for new team members, please take a look!

Kanban in Action! training by Joakim Sunden is on Devtraing’s calendar!

Save the date – next DevConFu will be held on 28th-30th May!More info comming soon.

See the slides and pictures from 12th February’s Devtraining Free Event with Wei-Meng Lee – “Exploring iBeacon and Bluetooth Low Energy in iOS7”.

Thanks to our sponsors: Devtraining, Accenture, C.T.Co and JetBrains – we are able to make DevClub.lv events.

    

Announcing 18th DevClub.lv

This time on XVIII DevClub.lv:

  • Alexey Buzdin will talk about “Mobile Fresh”
    (Language – Russian)
    In this talk Alexey will once again compare Web and Mobile, but this time with a little twist. alexey will be talking about the problems he encountered in Mobile, which does not arise in the Web, and what solutions were found. Talk will have a number of plot twist and will include the following topics:
    – Why Web and Mobile are so different?
    – Common pitfalls in Mobile projects
    – Comparison of Mobile solutions
    – How can we improve Mobile
    Tags: technologies, mobile, android, iOS

    Alexey Buzdin – Java and Android enthusiast working at C.T.Co. Likes to talk and teach Mobile as well as research the newest technologies in that area. Can be seen participating and hosting different activities in many Latvian user groups.

  • Devtraining Library for DevClub.lv book club:
  • Lindards Liepins will talk about “21st century way to develop high-quality software”
    (Language – Latvian or English (depending on attendees))
    In this talk Linards will talk about his experiences in few popular Continuous Integration solutions and will suggest some secrets to use them at the best.
    Common questions will be:
    – Why you need it?
    – When you need it?
    – How you need it?
    – How to always ensure you have made the right choice!
    Tags: DevOps, CI, CD, Technologies, Solutions

    Linards Liepins – Continuous Integration and Delivery enthusiast, working with multiple build scripting technologies like Ant, NAnt, Phing; OOP like Delphi and Java; installation scripting like NSIS and Wise. Can bee seen in various different IT activities and meet-ups.

You can be the next who gets to read one of these books by writing to info@devclub.lv! And you can vote what other books we should have for you to read at our Devtraining Library for DevClub.lv!

Devtraining have different Mobile training on the calendar (iOS, Android, Windows 8)!

C.T.Co company is looking for cool and professional Interaction Designer/UI Developer. Apply or inform C.T.Co if you know someone who fits the requirement.

Save the date – next DevConFu will be held on 28th-30th May!

Another great event to attend – Devtraining Free Community Event: Q&A About Scrum with Jens Ostergaard – the world’s first Certified Scrum Practitioner (CSP) and one of the first Certified Scrum Trainers (CST) worldwide on 27th January in Riga!

Thanks to our sponsors: Devtraining, Accenture, C.T.Co and JetBrains – we are able to make DevClub.lv events.

    

Announcing 17th DevClub.lv

Don’t stay home alone – it’s Christmas DevClub 🙂 with Xmas snacks and hot drinks.

All Xmas heroes are comming:

  • Santa Martin Rand (one of the speakers from DevConFu 2013 ) will talk about “Building a startup – lessons learned”
    (Language – English)
    An exciting story on how to build a startup from zero and what pitfalls for avoid.
    More thoroughly on the topics of:
    – The importance of legal contacts
    – Lessons on how investors think and how to get them commit
    – What to get customer to tell what they want
    – Role of alcohol in a startup
    Tags: investment, start-up

    Martin Rand is Ex Skyper, Co-founder of VitalFields.com a farm management platform. Martin has built up a stratup that is generating a considerable amount of revenue and raised several rounds of financing.

  • Dwarf Maris Tepers will have a talk “About developers from another point of view”
    (Language – Latvian)
    Most professionals have contact with other members of the specialty, but today we will try to take broader look on IT industry here in Latvia. Let’s look which technologies are most popular today and how it change during last years. What programmer values are important in different types of enterprises and wage levels in various technology categories (changes, trends, etc.)
    Tags: developers, companies, technologies, personality, competition, wages, trends

    Maris Tepers: “I’m working in Human Resources (HR) company as Key Account Manager last years. My daily life is talking with different companies and most part of it is about IT positions. I’ve talked to big part of Latvian IT companies and I will share with the known information.”

  • Gingerbread man Shankar Karuppiah will talk about “Why we did, what we did @tawk.to
    (Language – English)
    The talk would be about our insights on the platform and technologies (like: node.js, mongoDB, redis, ElasticSearch, EmberJS and ect.) we used to develop Tawk.to, and why we chose those technologies.
    Tags: node.js, mongoDB, redis, ElasticSearch, EmberJS, start-up

    I’m the CTO and co-founder at Tawk.to. Tawk.to is a free live chat app that lets you monitor and chat with visitors on your website or from a free customizable page. No catch. No spam. No wares. It’s truly free and always will be.

  • Hopefully some Snow Whites also will come 🙂

Info from C.T.Co: Senior Web UI Developer (JavaScript or/and GWT) – we are looking for you!

JetBrains has released new IntelliJ IDEA 13 and an early preview of UI designer plugin for developers for iOS. And those who are waiting for C++ IDE can subscribe to an earky private preview of the IDE.

We have 2 new books from Devtraining Library for DevClub.lv –

You can get the book to read by writing to info@devclub.lv! And you can vote what other books we should have for you to read!

DevConFu – the first big DevClub’s conference – have some videos to share with you from the conference! Enjoy!

Accenture’s open-minded and friendly team is looking for strong FLEX DEVELOPER.

Thanks to our sponsors: Devtraining, Accenture, C.T.Co and JetBrains – we are able to make DevClub.lv events.