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SUMMARY:Women Who Code Richmond
DESCRIPTION:Front End Study Night is a collaborative and open environment for us to hone our front-end web dev skills together through dialogue and peer programming. There is no formal project\, but do come prepared to code. This time is for you to work on personal projects\, homework\, or the tutorials you’ve been meaning to get through! \nWe welcome devs of all levels and encourage those with more experience to help out those that are just starting. Please bring your laptop as extra computers will not be available at the event. Each study group will have the following agenda: \n• 6:00pm – Welcome and Setup\n• 6:15 – 6:30pm – Introductions\n• 6:30 – 7:30pm – Code!\n• 7:30 – 7:45pm – Wrap Up \nA huge thanks to our sponsor\, Mobelux\, for providing dinner and event space! \nParking Details:\nPlease feel free to park in the numbered spots that wrap around the sides and the back of the building (there are about 20 total). If none are available\, Lowe’s is an option as well.\nMake sure you come in the front door as the side doors lock automatically.
URL:https://www.smartva.net/event/women-who-code-richmond-2/
LOCATION:Mobulex\, 1635 W. Broad St\, Richmond\, VA\, 23220\, United States
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SUMMARY:ScrumRVA
DESCRIPTION:AGENDA:\n6pm: Pizza & Networking\n6:30pm: ScrumRVA World Cafe\n8pm: Done/Break-down/Networking\n8:30pm: Done\, Done \nUnifying question: What have been the successes and challenges implementing Agile/Scrum projects at your organization. Considering those successes and challenges\, what would you indicate as best practices when leveraging Agile/Scrum. \nWorld Cafe is an easy-to-use method for creating a living network of collaborative dialogue around questions that matter in service to real work. Cafés in different contexts have been named in many ways to meet specific goals\, for example Creative Cafés\, Strategy Cafés\, Leadership Cafés\, and Community Cafés. World Café conversations are based on the principles and format developed by the World Café\, a global movement to support conversations that matter in corporate\, government\, and community settings around the world.
URL:https://www.smartva.net/event/scrumrva/
LOCATION:VA
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200226T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200226T193000
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SUMMARY:RVA Data Engineering
DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, Jason Vondersmith will talk about why security is a special concern for his team. As well as discussing best practices for limiting cloud access to your most sensitive data. \nHere’s our schedule for the night:\n5:30 PM – Doors open for networking and refreshments\n5:50 PM – Announcements\n6:00 PM – Jason’s talk\n7:00 PM – Closing remarks and networking \nThere is street parking and on either side of the building. \nAs always\, pizza and beer will be served as refreshments. \nfor search engine: data engineer\, data analytics\, big data\, data engineers\, data architect\, data services\, data developer\, data analyst
URL:https://www.smartva.net/event/rva-data-engineering/
LOCATION:VA
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200303T180000
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SUMMARY:RVA.js
DESCRIPTION:Custom Specialized Frameworks: An Interactive SVG/TypeScript Exp by Momin Khan\nPresentation Abstract \nWhen would you ever write a framework from scratch? The big web framework are all about general solutions\, but many designs are unusual and don’t fit into a typical workflow. If you’ve ever run into one of those\, you’ll know that React/Angular/etc are not time savers\, and neither is stumbling along with unstructured JS. There is a better way: Custom Specialized Frameworks! This technique is pretty similar to what we do every day as programmers\, but on a broader scale\, and it will empower you to implement any design that comes your way. \nWe’ll see this in action using a recent project I had for an interactive\, responsive\, full-screen SVG homepage with over 5000 objects\, strict requirements\, and many unknowns. I’ll describe a straightforward process for designing and implementing a specialized framework for your specific project\, that does nothing less and nothing more than what you need. We’ll look at the Typescript SVG animation framework I wrote in a very short time\, and how it continually paid off to help me produce a highly tuned and optimized website for the client.
URL:https://www.smartva.net/event/rva-js-3/
LOCATION:unboxed Training & Technology\, 2201 W Broad St suite 202\, Richmond\, VA\, 23220\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200310T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200310T193000
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SUMMARY:RVA Data Engineering
DESCRIPTION:Building a Data and Analytics Platform from scratch is always difficult yet exciting and rewarding. There are many keys to success and getting this off the ground running before you get lost in the myriad of offerings\, tools\, and technologies ranging from Data Orchestration Tools\, ETL / ELT\, Cloud Data Warehouses\, and BI tools. \nDuring this talk\, Peter Choe\, Data Practice Leader at Ippon Technologies will discuss some of the key areas to consider\, tools and important concepts to ensure success in the delivery of a data platform. We’ll walk you through a recent customer success story who decided on using Airflow\, Stitch\, Databricks\, Snowflake\, and Looker\, and walk through some of the key factors into making these decisions and finally discuss some great KPIs and ROIs that was realized very early on. \nSpeaker: Peter Choe\, Data Practice Leader @ Ippon Technologies USA \nHere’s our schedule for the night:\n5:30 PM – Doors open for networking and refreshments\n5:50 PM – Announcements\n6:00 PM – Talk\n7:00 PM – Closing remarks and networking \nThere is street parking and on either side of the building. \nAs always\, food and drink will be served \nfor search engine: data engineer\, data analytics\, big data\, data engineers\, data architect\, data services\, data developer\, data analyst
URL:https://www.smartva.net/event/rva-data-engineering-2/
LOCATION:3431 W Leigh St\, 3431 W Leigh St\, Richmond\, VA
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200311T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200311T200000
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SUMMARY:PyRVA (Python User Group - Richmond\, VA)
DESCRIPTION:The web is rapidly going through changes. What web frameworks are relevant today? Are Django and Flask the way to go? Are there any other frameworks worth considering? What if I don’t want to manage a server\, is there anything that can help me? \nChris May\, one of the PyRVA founders\, python addict\, and long-time web developer\, will share his perspective on the python ecosystem. \nHe’ll address your myriad of options you have when it comes to getting things done on the web. \nCome out\, connect with fellow python users\, and learn something you didn’t know about python!
URL:https://www.smartva.net/event/pyrva-python-user-group-richmond-va-7/
LOCATION:4521 Highwoods Parkway\, 4521 Highwoods Pkwy\, Glen Allen\, VA
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200311T183000
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SUMMARY:Richmond SQL Server Users Group
DESCRIPTION:Have you ever wanted to build an SSRS report but didn’t know where to start? Are you an experienced SSRS report builder but had a difficult time getting information to repeat on every page in a SSRS report? This session will cover how to build a report from scratch like a pro and dive deeper into some more advanced SSRS functionality. This session will also cover some advanced topics that even a Google search is not very helpful with. \nSpeaker Bio\nRobbie Staples has over 15 years of experience writing SQL queries and 5 years working with SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) and SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS). He is a Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) in SQL 2016 Database Development. He has worked in the power\, banking\, transportation\, healthcare and semiconductor industries with most of his experience being in the power industry. He has his Electrical Engineering degree from Virginia Commonwealth University and is a licensed Professional Engineer in Virginia and Texas. He is currently employed by Old Dominion Electric Cooperative as a Software Developer focused on automating manual processes and bringing data to the forefront of the company.
URL:https://www.smartva.net/event/richmond-sql-server-users-group-14/
LOCATION:4600 Cox RD Glen Allen Va\, 4600 Cox Rd\, Glen Allen\, VA\, United States
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SUMMARY:RVA Software Development User Group
DESCRIPTION:Have you been hearing about Google’s Firebase platform? Are you looking for a way to build and deploy a serverless API? This talk will introduce the Firebase platform\, and walk you through how fun (and powerful) it is to use. We will be covering how you can leverage Firebase Cloud Functions to build a serverless API. The talk will include an example project and will walk through CRUD operations. The talk will also cover how you can manage a deployed API with Firebase. The goal of this talk is to introduce how to build APIs with Firebase\, and demonstrate how they can help you in your projects. \nSpeaker: Andrew Evans\nAndrew is a Manager at CapTech Consulting. Andrew’s worked for over 10 years as a Software Engineer on a variety of platforms and projects. Andrew has an active blog and also routinely makes contributions to a variety of publications including Angular-In-Depth and LogRocket. Andrew holds both a Masters Degree in Computer Science from Christopher Newport University\, and an MBA from William and Mary. When not working on Software\, Andrew can be found with his wife and family here in Richmond\, VA.
URL:https://www.smartva.net/event/rva-software-development-user-group-6/
LOCATION:4800 Cox Rd Ste 100\, 4800 Cox Rd Ste 100\, Glen Allen\, VA\, United States
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SUMMARY:RVA.js
DESCRIPTION:Presentation Abstract \nIn this talk\, we’ll explore what observability is\, how to apply it\, and how it can be leveraged to provide quantifiable value to the business. \nWe’ll start with a fictional logistics company whose legacy infrastructure struggles to keep up. We will work through designing a micro-services architecture that seeks to solve their issues\, and then instrument that new system using observability techniques. We will discuss the different layers of instrumentation and how each layer drives us closer to being able to deliver business value. \nNext\, we will talk through in detail the ‘business layer’ – using statsd to collect business-specific metrics that are relevant to the operation and success of the company. We will then build visualizations around this data\, giving us a granular view into the operation of the system. We will then discuss how to interpret this data\, giving us an understanding of how system performance at all levels impact our fictional customer(s) directly. \nFinally\, we will discuss a methodology for instrumenting your own environments to make them observable and the benefits that these can provide to your business – from capacity planning\, to forecasting\, to an observability-driven backlog and more.
URL:https://www.smartva.net/event/rva-js-4/
LOCATION:6802 Paragon Place\, Richmond\, va\, 23230\, 6802 Paragon Place\, Richmond\,\, VA\, 23230
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SUMMARY:ScrumRVA
DESCRIPTION:AGENDA:\n6pm: Pizza & Networking\n6:30pm: ScrumRVA Gathering\n8pm: Done/Break-down/Networking\n8:30pm: Done\, Done \nJoin us for the March ScrumRVA Meetup where Mike Vizdos will help us all\, both seasoned and new Scrum practitioners\, get back to the basics. This will be a highly interactive session during which we dig into real world issues from Scrum implementations. \nMike’s website: https://www.michaelvizdos.com/.
URL:https://www.smartva.net/event/scrumrva-2/
LOCATION:Capital One Bank\, 10700 Capital One Way\, Glen Allen
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200408T173000
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SUMMARY:Richmond AWS User Group
DESCRIPTION:Local ML guru Vida Williams & one of her top engineers will come talk to us about how to think about integrating ML with cloud architecture\, which ML tools do what within AWS\, and how\, as cloud engineers\, we can understand this hairy beast.
URL:https://www.smartva.net/event/richmond-aws-user-group-4/
LOCATION:3431 W Leigh St\, 3431 W Leigh St\, Richmond\, VA
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