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SSW is proud of another project - Brisbane Catholic Education Case Study

Brisbane Catholic Education (BCE) has a great track record building solutions on the Microsoft stack and are, in fact, one of the largest users of SharePoint in the Southern Hemisphere. BCE engaged SSW to build a strategic planning tool that would be super powerful, flexible, and easy to use for all of their schools administrators across Queensland.

Having engaged other software development companies previously, BCE told me how stunned they were by the rate at which SSW developers were able to convert ideas into quality working software. This was the first experience BCE had working with a Scrum team and I’m glad it was a good one. I care the guys gather feedback, make changes and release to production. They went beyond this and were able to get the software into production each sprint. I congratulate the SSW team comprised of Brendan Richards, Ben Cull, Adam Stephensen, Damian Brady and Igor Goldobin on a great job.

Since collaborating on Project Sparrow, BCE have successfully applied the knowledge and practices they learnt from SSW across many other projects for various divisions of the organisation.

-Adam Cogan, SSW

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Webinar: Dev Superpowers - Jumping into Windows 10 and the Internet of Things

IoT development using the Universal App Platform

Cost: No Charge

In this presentation, Chris Briggs will teach you how to jump head first into Windows Internet of Things (IoT) development by using the Universal Windows Platform (UWP), allowing developers to build one solution across Microsoft hardware platforms.

You will learn the basics of Windows Universal app development with a focus on building apps for devices running Windows 10 IoT Core, through to how to integrate the solution with Windows Azure.

You will see Chris build a simple Universal app, deploy it to Raspberry Pi 2, then expand upon the application to read input from sensors and finally establish communication with Azure. This will demonstrate how to take a simple "hello world" thing and make it a useful citizen of IoT.

Windows IoT development using Universal apps will make it obvious that there is no better time as a .NET developer to jump into IoT!

Teaching Points

• What you need to know about the breadboard and GPIO
• How make the sensors sing
• How to dance with Azure

About the presenter:

Become a Full Stack Web Developer in just 9 weeks with FireBootCamp!

Special Intensive Course

Redmond, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, San Francisco

The FireBootCamp program is an intensive, full-time, 9-week program. Participants learn, work and code together for 10-12 hours per day, 5 days a week. Apart from exercise and food breaks, the guys in the program are hands on learning all day every day.

The program focuses on real world skills including Agile software development practices, enterprise architecture, application life cycle, end-to-end testing and user interface design. The technology stack covers .NET MVC, AngularJS, TypeScript, jQuery, Windows Azure and uses Microsoft Visual Studio 2015.

Xamarin Hack Days around the world

Learn and love Xamarin

Xamarin is a product that allows you to use .NET/C# to create native apps that will run across Android, iOS, and Windows. While there is always a learning curve when using a new product, Xamarin Hack Days make it easy for anyone who wants to learn cross-platform development in a supportive and friendly environment.

There will be something for everyone - experienced Xamarin developers can share ideas with other experienced developers, and if you're a beginner then there's plenty to learn on the day. Best of all, it's totally free.

Sydney .NET User Group

The best place to learn .NET for free in Sydney

Note: location and time have changed. User group is now being held at 6.30pm at Microsoft Sydney - 1 Epping Road, North Ryde.

"Onion Architecture Without the Tears" - Brendan Richards

"In spaghetti code the relations between the pieces of code are so tangled that it is nearly impossible to add or change something without unpredictably breaking something somewhere else."

This talk explores techniques in avoiding spaghetti code including Onion Architecture, the Repository Pattern, and Dependency Injection followed by how to effectively apply these principles to your persistence layer.

Finally, Brendan will introduce SSW Data Onion – a free library developed to speed up the day-to-day development of Data-Driven enterprise web applications using Entity Framework Code First.

About the presenter:

To see more details and RSVP, please visit our Facebook .NET Group, our LinkedIn .NET Group or our Meetup Group.

Can't make it to the Sydney .NET User Group?

Watch the Live stream!

Tune in from anywhere! Sydney .NET User Group Live 17th June 2015 6:30PM AEST (UTC+10) The team at SSW TV are now streaming our User Group sessions live. Each session will also be published on the SSW TV site after the event so you can review what was said in the sessions.

Then join us at the NerdDinner

Where nerds meet and eat

SSW and Octopus Deploy invite you to join us for pizza after the session. It's a fun and delicious opportunity for networking with peers and sharing thoughts after the Sydney .NET User Group presentation.

Canberra .NET User Group

The best place to learn .NET for free in Canberra

Canberra .NET User Group Monday 15th June 2015 6:00pm - 8:00pm Microsoft Canberra Branch Level 4, 6 National Circuit, Barton, Australia

"Onion Architecture Without the Tears" - Brendan Richards

"In spaghetti code the relations between the pieces of code are so tangled that it is nearly impossible to add or change something without unpredictably breaking something somewhere else."

This talk explores techniques in avoiding spaghetti code including Onion Architecture, the Repository Pattern, and Dependency Injection followed by how to effectively apply these principles to your persistence layer.

Finally, Brendan will introduce SSW Data Onion – a free library developed to speed up the day-to-day development of Data-Driven enterprise web applications using Entity Framework Code First.

About the presenter:

To see more details and RSVP, please visit our Facebook .NET Group, our LinkedIn .NET Group or our Meetup Group.

Advertise with SSW

If you would like to advertise your product or service with SSW or would like to find out more about various advertising opportunities, please email your enquiry to info@ssw.com.au or call: +61 2 9953 3000.

Employment

Senior SharePoint + Web Developer
SSW Brisbane

SSW is looking for an experienced and talented SharePoint developer who is passionate about implementing awesome SharePoint solutions. This role requires great communication skills and solid experience delivering production-ready SharePoint solutions.

• Australian Citizenship or Permanent Residency
• Commercial SharePoint 2007, 2010, and/or 2013 experience
• ASP.NET MVC using Razor and C#
• An IT degree or equivalent experience
• A keen interest in the development community including technological trends, news, people and innovations

Chief Architect
SSW Beijing

The chief architect will be in charge of the company's daily operations, including implementing sales plans, developing marketing plans, and leading project teams.

• Must be a strong, fluent communicator in both English and Mandarin
• A background in software engineering
• Enjoy working with a team who has strong technical skills in Microsoft technologies
• A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or Business Management
• Strong influencing impact - the applicant should be able to engage on an executive level
• Must be living in or willing to relocate to Beijing, China

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