See Keyhole at Nebraska.Code() 2018 – Sponsoring & Speaking

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Keyhole Software is excited to once again be a Gold sponsor of the Nebraska.Code() Conference.

The 2018 conference is Wednesday through Friday, June 6th-8th with excellent technical talks on the schedule. Wednesday will consist of half and full-day workshops, while Thursday and Friday will consist of 100+ one-hour breakout sessions. This year, the conference has moved to the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs, IA, right across the river from Omaha, NE.

Sessions To Watch
Numerous conference sessions will be led by Keyhole Software team members on a myriad of technical topics. Make sure to attend the following Keyhole sessions when setting your own personal conference calendar…

Keyhole Sponsoring Azure Dev Days Kansas City 2018

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We are excited to announce Keyhole’s partnership with Microsoft to sponsorย Azure Dev Days, a one-day workshop in Kansas City on Wednesday, April 25, 2018. This is a free community event to provide education on application modernization, microservices, and Microsoftย Azure topics.

In addition to providing technical educators for this workshop, Keyhole Software will sponsor food and beverages. The topics Keyhole will champion include Microservices and Containers, as well as App Services.

Each technical session will be followed by a hands-on Azure lab and a whiteboard design exercise. This workshop will help attendees gain a thorough understanding of the components of Azure and how you can take advantage of them as a developer.

This is a traveling community event, with other events available to attend in St. Louis and Oklahoma City. The event will be held at the Microsoft offices in Overland Park…

Keyhole Announces Platinum KCDC 2018 Sponsorship & Speakers

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We are pleased to announce that Keyhole Software is a Platinum Sponsor of the 2018 Kansas City Developer Conference! 2018 is Keyhole’s sixth year as a KCDC conference sponsor.

The Kansas City Developer Conference is a Kansas City-based, non-profit software developer conference. The 10th annual KCDC conference will be held from July 11-14th, 2018. Main conference days are Thursday & Friday, July 12th and 13th.

Day one of the conference, Wednesday, July 11th, will be a day of “Pre-Compilers” – optional, full-day, hands-on workshops on a specific topic. July 12th and 13th, the main conference days, will feature one-hour breakout sessions. Additionally, July 14th will host a KC Kids Conference (KC)2….ย 

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Technical Debt โ€“ Observe, React, Prevent

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The term โ€œtechnical debtโ€ was coined over a decade ago to help highlight a common problem in software development. Generally you can think of technical debt like this:

The cost of additional rework created by choosing an easy, shortcut solution now instead of the better approach that would take longer.

Delivering software to meet deadlines or functional goals that are wrought with technical debt is like buying items before you can afford them. Both practices can drastically affect your ability to reach your future goals, both long term and short term.

This article is a gentle reminder to recognize, fix, and avoid technical debt in your software projects.

See Keyhole at Dev Up 2017

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We are pleased to announce that Keyhole Software is a Platinum Sponsor of the 2017 Dev Up Conference.

Formerly known as the St. Louis Days of .NET andย rebranded as Dev Up during the 2015 conference, the 10th annual editionย will bring together regional and national IT experts to share their knowledge for technology.

Two speakers from the Keyhole Software team will present topics at this year’s event: Chase Aucoin & Billy Korando….ย