Unit Testing Makes Me Faster: Convincing Your Boss, Your Co-Workers, and Yourself

Bosses hate unit testing. They see it as code that doesn't contribute to the final product. But here's the truth: unit testing makes us faster. We'll look at specific examples of how unit tests save time in the development process, whether we're creating UI-based applications or server-side libraries. With this in hand, we can show our boss how testing makes us faster and lets us move forward confidently and quickly.

Speaker: Jeremy Clark (@JeremyBytes)

Jeremy Clark makes developers better. By drawing on over 15 years of experience in application development, he helps developers take a step up in their skillset with a focus on making complex topics approachable regardless of skill level. He is a Microsoft MVP for Visual C#, and he has authored seven courses for Pluralsight, including "C# Interfaces", a course aimed at giving developers a clear understanding of abstraction. Jeremy lives in Southern California with 2 cats and a banjo. For more information, visit www.jeremybytes.com.

Spotlight: SignalR - Carolyn Schroeder (@carolynlschroed)

I will be presenting an Image Gallery in ASP.NET 5 Thumbnails shown in the gallery are produced by middleware. A Facebook-like Like button is included. This is possible using SignalR. SignalR enables real-time communication between clients and the server to recreate a Facebook experience.

Sponsor: Paige Technologies - Andrew Alldredge (@AlldredgeAndrew)