The Future of Web Development Panel
Recorded live at Devreach in Sofia, Bulgaria, this is a discussion with Miguel Castro, Todd Anglin, Shawn Wildermuth, and Steven Smith. Mark Dunn filled in for Richard.
Guests:
Miguel Castro
Whether playing on the local Radio Shack’s TRS-80 or designing systems for clients around the globe, Miguel has been writing software since he was 12 years old. He insists on staying heavily involved and up-to-date on all aspects of software application design & development, and projects that diversity onto the type of training and consulting he provides to his customers and believes that it’s never just about understand the technologies, but how technologies work together. In fact, it is on this concept that Miguel based two of his Pluralsight courses, Building End-to-End Multi-Client Service Oriented Applications, which was #1 for several weeks, and Developing Extensible Software. Miguel is a Microsoft MVP since 2005 and when he’s not consulting or training, Miguel speaks at conferences around the world, practices combining on-stage tech and comedy, and never misses a Formula 1 race. But best of all, he’s the proud father of a very tech-savvy 10 year old girl, and a proud husband to the woman that homeschools her.
Todd Anglin
Todd Anglin is Executive Vice President of Cross-Platform Tools & Services for Telerik, a provider of tools and solutions for web, desktop and mobile application development. In his role Todd is responsible for teams focused on cross-platform solutions, which include the company’s popular HTML/JavaScript framework, Kendo UI, as well as Icenium, the easiest way to build hybrid mobile apps. Todd is an author and frequent speaker on HTML5 and web standards development. Follow Todd @toddanglin for his latest writings and industry insights.
Shawn Wildermuth
Shawn Wildermuth has been tinkering with computers and software since he got a Vic-20 back in the early ‘80s. As a Microsoft MVP since 2003, he’s also involved with Microsoft as an ASP.NET Insider and ClientDev Insider. You may have taken one of his more than twenty courses on Pluralsight (http://shawnw.me/psauthor). He’s authored eight books and innumerable articles on software development. You can also see him at one of the local and international conferences he’s regularly attends. He is one of the Wilder Minds. You can reach him at his blog at http://wildermuth.com. He’s released his first film, a feature-length, documentary about software developers today called “Hello World: The Film”. You can see more about it at http://twainfilms.com
Steven Smith
Ardalis (Steve Smith) is an entrepreneur and software developer with a passion for building quality software as effectively as possible. Ardalis has published several courses on Pluralsight and Dometrain, covering DDD, SOLID, design patterns, and software architecture. He's a Microsoft ASP.NET MVP and Insider, a frequent speaker at developer conferences, an author, and a trainer. Ardalis works with companies through his company, NimblePros. They help teams who want to avoid the trap of technical debt to deliver better software, faster. Ardalis and his team have been described by clients as a "force multiplier", amplifying the value of existing development teams. His client list includes Microsoft, Quicken Loans, WWF, and many other satisfied customers.
Mark Dunn
Mark has over 20 years of experience in the disciplines of software engineering, database administration, and project management. Software that Mark developed for the radio industry is still in use today. He was a lead developer on the team that created Tapscan, a well-known Arbritron ratings analysis package that has dominated that industry for many years.
Microsoft recently honored Mark by awarding him MVP status for his contributions to the Visual Studio .NET community. Mark also co-founded .NET Rocks!, an Internet radio program for .NET developers recognized in over 80 countries and now hosted by Microsoft on the MSDN site.
Mark is a Microsoft Certified Trainer, Application Developer, Solution Developer for .NET, and Database Administrator.