Daren May
Director of Development at Kahua
Denver, Colorado, United States
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With over 25 years of experience in software development, enterprise architecture, and technical training, I am a seasoned and versatile leader in the technology industry. I have a passion for creating innovative and quality solutions that meet the needs of diverse clients and users, as well as empowering and mentoring other developers to achieve their full potential.
As the Director of Development at Kahua, I oversee the design, development, and delivery of cloud-based applications for the construction industry, leveraging Microsoft's .NET and Azure technologies.
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Bringing Modern XAML to the Enterprise
In this one day course, join Jerry Nixon and Daren May, as they continue training developers and guide you and your team through modern XAML building blocks and patterns for creating your enterprise solutions. XAML is declarative presentation technology common to WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) and UWP (Universal Windows Platform). This course, while relevant to WPF, will primary focus on the innovations in UWP - the latest iteration of the XAML platform. In this course, you will learn about core patterns, fundamental controls, and techniques to control data quality and user experience. You will build a sample application exploring these concepts in a practical way. Leave with the knowledge, the sample code, and the industry relationships you can use today; get started with confidence.
Light Up Your App with Windows 10 Fall Creators Update
This session will demonstrate many of the rich capabilities introduced in Windows 10 Fall Creators Update edition that can really take your app experience to the next level.
We will explore cool transitions between applications views, how lighting and materials can change up the look of your app, and how we can co-ordinate a number of animations to achieve remarkable results
UWP in the Enterprise
With the release of Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, UWP has matured to the point of being a truly viable platform for the development of Line of Business applications. In this session, we will explore the capabilities of UWP and why it is a good choice for your business.
.NET Core 3, IoT and Alexa!
Let's build a home automation solution in C# and .NET Core 3 running on Raspberry PI running Raspbian. During this session we will be using Visual Studio Code Remote development to build a .NET Core 3 console application that leverages the NuGet "System.Device.Gpio" package to interact with sensors to control a Lamp via Alexa.
Enhance Win Forms and WPF with UWP Controls on Windows 10
Due to the work on XAML Islands it is possible to host modern UI controls designed to exploit the capabilities of Windows 10 within Windows Forms and WPF. This session will demonstrate the capabilities of controls delivered in the Window Community Toolkit and how you can host controls within your desktop platform of choice.
C# 8...?
What are some of the interesting language features being proposed for C# 8? In this session we will take a look at interesting candidate features such as nullable reference types
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