Ken Versaw
Software Engineering Manager - Nelnet Business Solutions
Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
I am an Asp.Net Insider and a Software Engineering Manager with over 22 years of software development experience. I am also active in the regional software development community, organizing a monthly software development meetup (Lincoln.Code) and 3 annual software development conferences (Nebraska.Code, Prairie.Code, and Indy.Code).
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Debugging Your Brain
Developing software is akin to magic. What starts as pure thought is transformed into a virtual tool to help users achieve value and results. The most important hardware of that transformation is your brain, which was developed long before computers. What happens when a tool that evolved to help us survive on the plains of Africa is repurposed to create websites and mobile apps? What flaws are present in our brains and how do those flaws cause inefficiencies in our work and personal lives? How can we use these insights to avoid potential pitfalls?
This talk is a light, self-reflective, interactive discussion about metacognition, logical fallacies, and the cognitive biases that we all harbor, and the problems they cause in our daily lives.
Automated Testing in Angular
Automated testing is a key component of code quality and is the base that gives us the freedom and confidence to engage in developer-friendly practices like CI/CD. In this presentation we will discuss:
- What are the different types of automated tests?
- What technologies and frameworks are used in automated testing Angular applications?
- What techniques can we use to ensure that our Angular application is properly tested so we can have confidence in the quality of our code?
Lastly, we will look at an existing component and write tests for it using the points of discussion above. The goal of the session is for every attendee to leave with a greater understanding of automated testing in the Angular ecosystem and the confidence to write their own automated tests.