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                                                                        Adam's 2018 in review
                                                                        2018 was a whirlwind year and one that I'm very
                                                                        proud of. It's fun to look back on and share
                                                                        with you all. This year SSW launched 2 new user
                                                                        groups, hit our highest utilisation rates for
                                                                        client bookings, and ran dozens of sold-out
                                                                        training courses around Australia.
                                                                     
                                                                        On a more personal level, I was lucky enough to
                                                                        be renewed as a Microsoft MVP for more than the
                                                                        15th time, presented at a bunch of conferences,
                                                                        both in Australia and abroad, and spent several
                                                                        months living and working in Hangzhou, China
                                                                        with my little one, Ruby. Then, the whole family
                                                                        joined me at the end of the year in December.
                                                                     
                                                                        
                                                                            Click through to see a cool infographic
                                                                            about what Adam and SSW got up to in 2018.
                                                                        
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                                                                                        VIDEO: How to Deal With a Bad
                                                                                        Boss and Improve Your Work Life
                                                                                    
                                                                                        Workplace happiness expert Kylie
                                                                                        Hunt explains how to effectively
                                                                                        deal with a 'bad boss' at work.
                                                                                     
                                                                                        
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                                                                                                        1-Day Azure
                                                                                                        courseThis one-day
                                                                                                        event is
                                                                                                        designed to
                                                                                                        bring developers
                                                                                                        up-to-speed on
                                                                                                        the new features
                                                                                                        and benefits of
                                                                                                        using Microsoft
                                                                                                        Azure to build
                                                                                                        awesome
                                                                                                        cloud-based
                                                                                                        applications.
                                                                                                     At SSW we have
                                                                                                        already gone
                                                                                                        through the hard
                                                                                                        work of learning
                                                                                                        how to implement
                                                                                                        apps on Azure
                                                                                                        and we will be
                                                                                                        showing you
                                                                                                        everything you
                                                                                                        need to know in
                                                                                                        a day to get
                                                                                                        started.
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                                                                                                    1-Day Angular course
                                                                                                
                                                                                                    Come watch our best
                                                                                                    Angular devs build
                                                                                                    an Angular
                                                                                                    application from
                                                                                                    scratch and take it
                                                                                                    all the way to an
                                                                                                    enterprise
                                                                                                    application using
                                                                                                    all the best tools
                                                                                                    and practices we
                                                                                                    use.
                                                                                                 Don't waste weeks
                                                                                                    learning Angular,
                                                                                                    the Angular CLI,
                                                                                                    RxJS, TypeScript,
                                                                                                    ngrx, NPM, WebPack,
                                                                                                    end to end testing
                                                                                                    and unit testing.
                                                                                                    Get jump started in
                                                                                                    just one day.
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                                                                                                    2-Day Angular
                                                                                                    workshopIn this workshop
                                                                                                    we will
                                                                                                    build
                                                                                                    a CRM
                                                                                                    application
                                                                                                    with
                                                                                                    Angular
                                                                                                    using
                                                                                                    components,
                                                                                                    services,
                                                                                                    dependency
                                                                                                    injection,
                                                                                                    forms,
                                                                                                    Angular
                                                                                                    modules
                                                                                                    and lazy
                                                                                                    loaded
                                                                                                    routes.
                                                                                                    We will
                                                                                                    then cover unit
                                                                                                    tests and using the
                                                                                                    redux pattern with
                                                                                                    the ngrx library.
                                                                                                 
                                                                                                    By the end of this
                                                                                                    workshop you will
                                                                                                    have built a working
                                                                                                    Angular applications
                                                                                                    you can extend into
                                                                                                    a working enterprise
                                                                                                    application.
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                                                                                            | With the latest release
                                                                                                of Angular, there's even
                                                                                                more to learn and love.
                                                                                                Angular Hack Days are
                                                                                                free events for beginner
                                                                                                and
                                                                                                pros alike
                                                                                                to come and
                                                                                                share the
                                                                                                thrill of
                                                                                                creating
                                                                                                something
                                                                                                beautiful
                                                                                                in a supportive
                                                                                                and friendly
                                                                                                environment.
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                                                                                            | Xamarin Hack Days are
                                                                                                free events that make it
                                                                                                easy for anyone to learn
                                                                                                cross-platform
                                                                                                development using
                                                                                                Xamarin, a product
                                                                                                that allows
                                                                                                you to use
                                                                                                .NET/C# to
                                                                                                create native
                                                                                                apps that
                                                                                                will run
                                                                                                across Android,
                                                                                                iOS, and
                                                                                                Windows.
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                                                                .NET User Group: Real-time Face Recognition With
                                                                Microsoft Cognitive Services - presented by Jernej "JK"
                                                                Kavka
                                                            
                                                                This session is all about Microsoft Face API in
                                                                practice!
                                                             
                                                                JK, the man behind sswSophie.com,
                                                                will cover what it means to use Microsoft Cognitive
                                                                Services in real-time, why offline detection libraries
                                                                are essential and why you should use infrared and depth
                                                                cameras like Kinect and Intel RealSense in your
                                                                applications.
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                                                                                About the presenter
                                                                                With around 10 years of experience in
                                                                                software engineering, Jernej has worked
                                                                                on full-stack .NET development, mobile
                                                                                applications, and Microsoft Cognitive
                                                                                Services. He worked for some of
                                                                                Australia's largest corporations, with
                                                                                great customer satisfaction.
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                                        Full Stack User Group: Vue FTW
 
                                        Talk #1: Vue FTW: Beyond the basics - presented by Thiago Passos 
                                     
                                        Building on the basicsStart using Vue CLIAdvanced componentsRoutingDebugging in VS CodeVue.js Style GuideSimple forms 
                                        Talk #2: State management with Vuex - presented by Jason Taylor 
                                     
                                        Overview of the problemFull coverage of the patternDetailed walk-through of the solution |  
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                                                        About the presenters
                                                        Thiago Passos is passionate about technology, learning new
                                                        skills and sharing what he’s learnt over the years. He's got
                                                        over 15 years of experience, specially within the Microsoft
                                                        stack. He’s a solution architect by day, blogger and meetup
                                                        organizer by night. He’s specialized in .NET Core, Angular,
                                                        Vue.js and Azure.
                                                     
                                                        Jason Taylor is a solution architect, trainer, mentor, and full
                                                        stack developer with almost 20 years professional experience.
                                                        Currently, Jason specializes in teaching and building enterprise
                                                        applications utilizing .NET Core, Angular, Vue.js, and Azure.
                                                        Jason loves a challenge and is skilled at progressing from a
                                                        simple proposal into a well-defined, coded, and tested solution.
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