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Looking for intense developer training to help you take your dev career to a new level? VSLive! Training Seminars take our world-class education to you in an intimate virtual setting with an industry expert as your guide. Keep up-to-date on some of the hottest trends in the developer world to drive your career forward. These engaging and high-impact training seminars provide in-depth education and knowledge-share, networking with fellow peers, and one-on-one interaction with a skilled instructor to take what you have learned back to your office.


Who Should Attend?

This technical VSLive! training seminar is tailored for software developers, engineers and architects that design, implement and operate modern distributed cloud-native applications on the Microsoft platform with .NET 6 or later. Experience with container technology is highly recommended to get the most out of your workshop, but not required.

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2-Day Training Seminar:
Building Cloud-native Applications with .NET Aspire

January 28-29, 2025

9:00AM – 5:00PM Central

Level: Intermediate

In this workshop we will look at how you can build scalable, robust and observable cloud-native solutions built with .NET 9 using .NET Aspire. Microsoft has introduced .NET Aspire as an opinionated cloud-ready stack to create distributed application. It addresses cloud-native concerns such as observability, discoverability and composition.

We will start by examining typical distributed applications and their common architecture styles in the cloud, leveraging PaaS services from cloud providers with their resilience and scalability characteristics. After this overview we will introduce the common concerns for distributed applications, such as observability, service discovery and configuration, and how .NET Aspire can help. You will see how you can build your applications with .NET Aspire, by making proper use of the orchestration, components and tooling it offers. We are also covering the .NET Aspire service discovery and connection management, discover the programming model and the developer workflow.

Through hands-on labs, you will experience and practice this yourself. You will enhance an existing application by composing it using the .NET Aspire primitives of projects, containers and cloud resources. With guided exercises you can explore how your application changes with .NET Aspire, the way of working as a developer and DevOps engineer.

Finally, we are going to dive into the inner workings of .NET Aspire and see what happens under the covers during development and in production. This includes the proxy system, internals of components, OpenTelemetry and health checks.

After this two day workshop you will be up to speed and ready to develop cloud-native applications using .NET Aspire.

You will learn:

  • Understanding the technology and architecture of .NET Aspire, it's orchestration, components and tooling.
  • Designing and implementing distributed cloud-native applications with .NET Aspire.
  • Workflow of .NET Aspire for applications from local development to running in production.
  • Implement observability with OpenTelemetry, add health checks and use service discovery.
  • Tips, tricks, insights and strategies for building great .NET Aspire based solutions.

Attendee Workstation Requirements:

You must provide your own computer (Windows or Mac) for this seminar with a camera, Internet connection, speakers, and a microphone.

A laptop with a modern browser is required. We will use GitHub Codespaces to offer a ready-to-use development environment.

Meet Our Speakers

Alex Thissen
Architect, Lead Developer, and Mentor, Xebia

Alex is an application development enthusiast since the late nineties and works as an architect, lead developer and mentor at large enterprises and small companies. He spends his time teaching other developers the details of the Microsoft development platform and frameworks, and coaches architects to design and build modern distributed applications at cloud scale. He has received the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional award for Visual Studio and Development Technologies since 2007. In his spare time Alex likes to participate in all kinds of sport, and loves playing and programming new and retro video games.

Loek Duys
CTO, Xebia

Loek is the CTO at Xebia Microsoft Services NL, Cloud architect, and Microsoft Azure MVP, helping companies modernize their IT all the way; Cloud strategy, SecDevOps practices, and Continuous Delivery. He spends most of his days helping teams by providing advice, hands-on assistance, solving problems and delivering technical training. A couple of times per year, he speaks at international conferences and workshops. By being a consultant, international speaker, trainer, active contributor to open-source projects, and forum participant, he loves to share knowledge with the community.

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Top Reasons to Join Us!

In-Depth Training

If you are a developer, data engineer, architect, IT leader, Chief Data Officer, Chief Technology Officer, or industry professional looking for training, VSLive! Training Seminars provide focused in-depth training with one of the top experts in the field. Attend virtually and learn the steps and design principles to set you on the right path to building modern, cloud-ready applications in .NET and C#.

Networking

With small classes and an expert instructor, the intimate virtual setting of these training courses allows for networking with your peers to learn from their experiences, problem-solve, and brings solutions back to your office.

Get the Most Out of Your Time

If you don’t have time for a full 4, 5, or 6-day conference, look no further. VSLive! Virtual Training Seminars provide in-depth, actionable training in a two-day format to fit in with your busy schedule.

Looking For More? If you are interested in more developer training offerings, check out vslive.com and live360events.com to explore the events, sessions, workshops and hands-on training options we offer.

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Register by January 17 to Save $150

Seminar Pricing

Packages
Early Bird Registration through January 17th
Standard Registration through January 28th
2-day seminar (per attendee)
$1,400
$1,550
Team - 2-Day for Groups of 3 or More (per attendee)
$1,350
$1,500

DISCOUNTS are available for alumni, government employees, and educators. For more information, contact us at sross@converge360.com, or 949.296.9840. Part of a team of 3 or more? Contact us at sross@converge360.com, or 949.296.9840 for more information and pricing.

Questions?
Contact Our Conference Registrar
Sara Ross
Call: 949.296.9840
Email: sross@converge360.com

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