wwDotnetBridge lets you call just about any .NET code directly from FoxPro and helps overcome most of the limitations of regular .NET COM interop. Using this small library opens up a number of opportunities to interface with .NET functionality that wouldn't otherwise be available. In this talk, you'll see 10 (or more, depending on time) small, ready to use and practical examples that demonstrate how you can integrate with .NET and use many open source libraries that are available for performing a host of useful everyday tasks that would be difficult or impossible to achieve natively in FoxPro.
Distributed version control systems: You’ve heard about them. You’ve read about them. You’ve attended some conference sessions. Maybe you’ve downloaded and installed one, and perhaps you’re actually even using it. But for a lot of developers, version control systems are still a strange and scary place when you get past the basics, especially when it comes to branching and merging. What you really want is a hands-on educational experience where you can learn by doing instead of just by watching and listening. If this describes your current relationship with version control, this pre-conference session is for you! Bring your laptop and be ready to work through a series of structured exercises designed to ease your fears and take you to a whole new level of comfort and proficiency with your version control system.
Power BI (Business Intelligence) is Microsoft’s newest suite of tools for transforming your data into reports and visual presentations. It’s available both as an online service and as a Windows desktop application, and works with a wide variety of data sources. Tools such as Power Pivot, Power Query, and Power View are integrated with Microsoft Excel, making it easy for almost anyone to get started. But beyond the basics, non-technical users will likely turn to software developers and consultants for help. The Power BI REST API enables developers to push data from an application directly into a Power BI dataset for real-time updates. This session introduces Power BI and explores how you can learn to use it to create great reports and visuals from your data.