Welcome and Keynote: The Art of Computers
[MP4] [0:35:56] [2020/10/15]Meet your hosts Dona Sarkar and Seth Juarez as they welcome you to Start. Dev. Change! Keynote by Scott Hanselman to follow.
Career Switcher Stories
[MP4] [0:15:36] [2020/10/15]Join this group of inspiring professionals as they share a bit about their personal stories into their exciting tech careers. Panelists: Danny Thomas April SpeightiAsia Brown
"Hello, World!" in 3 Languages
[MP4] [0:25:59] [2020/10/15]Hello, World! Are you new to coding? In this session you'll get a taste for a few popular languages. Compare and contrast C#, Python, and Javascript in one quick session. Take Your First Steps with…
Computer Science Fundamentals with Python
[MP4] [0:30:50] [2020/10/15]It is such an amazing thing to get involved in Computer Science. There is so much happening around various topics like machine learning, privacy, virtual reality, and cloud computing just to name a…
Intro to Visual Studio Code with NodeJS
[MP4] [0:24:19] [2020/10/15]What is a code editor? What is JavaScript and what is NodeJS?! In this session you will learn how to setup and get started with Visual Studio Code (VS Code) and see how you can start building…
Hello Cloud Computing World!
[MP4] [0:24:47] [2020/10/15]"There is no cloud, it's just someone else's computer". Maybe you heard that joke, and of course it's true. But of course when that someone is Microsoft, and the computers are thousands and…
Build a Beautiful Web site the Easy Way Using Azure Static Web Apps
[MP4] [0:26:19] [2020/10/15]Want a quick, painless way to deploy your web sites? Let's learn together how to build out the front end and back end of your web site using Azure Static Web Apps. Together, we'll build a web site and…
Introduction to GitHub
[MP4] [0:25:05] [2020/10/15]Whether you're working on your own project, contributing to an open source project, or working with a team to build something new, GitHub provides you with the support and structure to plan, develop,…
Quickly coding with Codespaces
[MP4] [0:25:33] [2020/10/15]When you start writing code the first thing you normally have to do is configure your computer environment for development. This involves installing tools, updating programming packages, and following…
Intro to Data Concepts and Databases
[MP4] [0:22:12] [2020/10/15]You've probably heard the term "data driven", but what does that even mean? Data is a vital piece of the choices we make, from important business decisions to what we eat for dinner (yes,…
What is an API?
[MP4] [0:25:25] [2020/10/15]When you start coding, you begin to see the word "API" a lot. Which is great. Because that's just what you always wanted - another TLA (three letter acronym). I remember when I first started…
Intro to Cyber Security
[MP4] [0:23:16] [2020/10/15]Our world is more digital now than it has ever been and with that change has come an ever-growing urge to protect ourselves and others while online. This session will introduce you to cybersecurity,…
Rethink the Modern Mobile App: An Intro to Mobile Development
[MP4] [0:27:11] [2020/10/15]Almost half of daily internet access occurs via mobile with the average user engaging with their device over 2500 times per day! And while many have 80+ apps installed, most users engage with…
How to Start Contributing To Open-Source
[MP4] [0:25:46] [2020/10/15]Open-source software has become a foundational piece of modern software engineering, existing as the platform for everything from personal projects to the most successful products. Open-source is…
Working Smarter: 5 Steps to Getting Unstuck
[MP4] [0:19:32] [2020/10/15]A personal story from my first tech job that change my outlook on "there is no such thing as a dumb question." In this session we will learn 5 points with examples of asking effective…
Confusion is the Sweat of Learning
[MP4] [0:27:31] [2020/10/15]Learning a new skill? That means, at some point, you're likely to find yourself confused. That perplexion, the murky and unclear state of being out of sorts, can be daunting. The fear of never being…
Intro to Twitch: Join the Live Coding Community!
[MP4] [0:25:21] [2020/10/15]Have you heard about Twitch.tv? Twitch is a live streaming platform that allows you to connect, ask questions and learn by watching developers code live! It's a great place to join virtual communities…
Ask Me Anything: Career Switchers Panel
[MP4] [0:35:42] [2020/10/15]Tune into this career panel to learn from and talk to people with a variety of tech journeys. They will be there to answer your questions and talk about their path into tech. We have a variety of…
Welcome and Keynotes Day 2
[MP4] [0:50:14] [2020/10/15]Join your hosts Seth and Dona to kick of Day 2 of Start. Dev. Change! Keynotes to follow by Keith Whatling (8:00 to 8:25 AM) and Lauren Taylor (8:30 - 9:00 AM).
4 Tools to Land Your Next Job: Intro to Power Platform
[MP4] [0:25:58] [2020/10/15]As you contemplate switching careers, you need to have the right tools to find the right job for you. Learning the Power Platform is not only helpful in establishing a new, valuable skillset, but you…
My First Power App
[MP4] [0:28:33] [2020/10/15]Power Apps is Microsoft's low code/no code application platform. This session will walk you through the process I took in building my first Power App. Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals
Building Your First Power App From Scratch
[MP4] [0:26:12] [2020/10/15]PowerApps is a low code application development platform – allowing anyone to build web and mobile business applications without writing code. Apps that are built using Power Apps provide rich…
Using Power BI to Decrypt Caesar Ciphers
[MP4] [0:28:30] [2020/10/15]Are you (or want to be a data nerd?) Great news! This session will look at the basics of data manipulation and visualizations inside Power BI by cracking the simplest substitution cipher, the caeser…
How to Build Mixed Reality Power Apps (yeah, for real!)
[MP4] [0:18:36] [2020/10/15]You interested in holograms? You interested in using them in your Power Apps? Of course you are. Join this session to find out how! Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals
Introduction to Microsoft Power Apps With AI Builder
[MP4] [0:17:36] [2020/10/15]Want to learn what this AI is all about in exactly 5 minutes? Join us for this session where we use Power Platform's AI Builder to integrate AI into a Power App with ZERO coding. Bring AI to Your…
AI Builder in Power Apps
[MP4] [0:28:51] [2020/10/15]AI Builder in PowerApps gives everyone in an organization, regardless of technical expertise, the ability to add AI capabilities to the apps they create with PowerApps using Less/No code. Watch Dona…
Charles Lamanna and LaSean Smith
[MP4] [0:25:52] [2020/10/15]Hear LaSean Smith (Director of Upskilling at Microsoft) and Charles Lamanna (VP of Power Platform) talk about why we're having this event, the huge economic opportunity of Power Platform, what…
PowerUp With Power Automate
[MP4] [0:25:16] [2020/10/15]No coding experience? No problem! Join Azure in exploring Power Automate, Microsoft's low/no-code automation program. Increase productivity and communication while cutting down on manual processes and…
Protecting Your Neighborhood With Power Virtual Agent
[MP4] [0:17:35] [2020/10/15]Do you wish a bot could do your work for you? Of course you do. Learn how you can build a bot to save your time, your neighborhood and then...THE WORLD.
Landing a Tech Career by Accident: What it Means to be a "Citizen Developer" at Microsoft
[MP4] [0:29:13] [2020/10/15]"Citizen Developer" might feel like a new term with all the recent buzz, but the concept of empowering knowledge workers to use technology to solve their own business problems is not new. In…
Teams + Power Platform = Your New Superpower
[MP4] [0:24:41] [2020/10/15]So now you know how to build Power Apps. And you know how to use Teams. Did you know that Teams and Power Platform work INCREDIBLY well together AND this is a fantastic resume-building superpower?…
How to be a Rockstar Business Person
[MP4] [0:29:23] [2020/10/15]Are you someone who works in a non-tech role? Do you wish you had some of that technical special sauce that all devs seem to have so you can do your job better and faster? Come and learn some neat…
Power in the Customer Experience: How King County used Dynamics 365 and Power BI to Build a CX…
[MP4] [0:23:30] [2020/10/15]Has your customer experience been impacted due to the COVID-19? This session will cover how a local government at the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic uses the Power Platform to monitor customer…
Building Custom Business Applications with Model Driven Power Apps and the Common Data Service
[MP4] [0:25:49] [2020/10/15]This session is an introduction to the Common Data Service – what it is, how (and why) to use it to build a data model, and Model Driven Power Apps - how to create a fully responsive user interface…
Power Platform as Home Remote Controllers
[MP4] [0:23:59] [2020/10/15]Are you interested in home automation? You can register as many remote controllers as you want to one Power App so that all the registered home appliances can be run on your phone. Sounds interesting?…
Panel Discussion: How I DIY'ed My Career Growth
[MP4] [0:39:16] [2020/10/15]In this panel, you'll learn how these three savvy people DIY'ed their career growth by focusing on the most important skill of all: Upskilling themselves. Panelists: Jonathan SinclairMary ThompsonAna…