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Un événement de haut calibre, ici à Montréal

ConFoo est bien plus qu’une conférence. C’est une rencontre annuelle de passionnés, de conférenciers et de professionnels qui façonnent le monde technologique. À travers cette série d’articles, nous vous partageons les points de vue de celles et ceux qui vivent ConFoo de l’intérieur. Pourquoi ils reviennent année après année, ce qu’ils recommandent aux participants et ce qui rend cet événement unique à Montréal.

From the Alps to Montréal

Why do veteran speakers keep coming back to ConFoo? We sat down with Marcus Bointon to talk about community, creativity, and what makes ConFoo feel like home for developers.

Think Ahead, Code Smarter: Carl’s Take on ConFoo

Think Ahead, Code Smarter: Carl’s Take on ConFoo Are you planning your next big move as a developer? Carl Fontaine, Quality Advisor at Desjardins, shares why ConFoo 2026 is at the top of his list. From cutting edge topics to invaluable networking opportunities, discover how this conference helps professionals stay ahead and why Carl didn’t hesitate to book his spot.

On Storing Passwords: A Better Way?

Our guest author Chad Rikansrud discusses an alternative approach to storing passwords and checking for previously stored passwords.

David Buchmann on Symfony

We interviewed David Buchmann, who is one of our speakers at ConFoo Vancouver 2016. His presentation is titled “Symfony Introduction”. David Buchmann works at Liip AG in Switzerland as project lead and Symfony coach. He is an open source enthusiast and active contributor to many PHP libraries. He lives in Switzerland.

Liam Wiltshire on Regular Expressions

We interviewed Liam Wiltshire, who is one of our speakers at ConFoo Vancouver 2016. His presentation is titled “RegEx Is Your Friend”. Liam is a senior developer and business manager. He currently focuses on providing gCommerce platforms for multiplayer sandbox games. He lives in the United Kingdom.

Ben Ilegbodu on ES6

We interviewed Ben Ilegbodu, who is one of our speakers at ConFoo Vancouver 2016. His presentation is titled “Sweet ES6”. Ben is a senior UI engineer at Eventbrite with more than ten years of web development experience. He lives in San Francisco.

Brittany Martin on Employing Junior Developers

We interviewed Brittany Martin, who is one of our speakers at ConFoo Vancouver 2016. Her presentation is titled “How to Employ All of the New Junior Developers” Brittany is a lead Ruby developer and a mentor. She lives in Pittsburgh, United States.

Dror Helper on Unit Testing

We interviewed Dror Helper, who is one of our speakers at ConFoo Vancouver 2016. His presentation is titled “5 Unit Testing Facts I Wish I’d Known 7 Years Ago” Dror is a senior consultant and evangelist. He mentors developers, speaks at conferences, and teaches clean code, unit testing and TDD. He lives in Israel.

Hanneli Tavante on Cassandra

We interviewed Hanneli Tavante, who is one of our speakers at ConFoo Vancouver 2016. Her presentation is titled “Cassandra - Crash Course” Hanneli is a developer and Open Source contributor. She organizes various community meetups. She is also passionate about mathematics and machine learning. She lives in Brazil.

Ariel Ben Horesh on Cross-Platform Development

We interviewed Ariel Ben Horesh, who is one of our speakers at ConFoo Vancouver 2016. His presentation is titled “Can We Build Whatsapp with Xamarin and Azure in 60 Minutes? .” Ariel is a software architect and expert mobile developer. He is also the leader of .NET User Group and ALT.NET. He lives in Israel.We interviewed Ariel Ben Horesh, who is one of our speakers at ConFoo Vancouver 2016. His presentation is titled “Can We Build Whatsapp with Xamarin and Azure in 60 Minutes? .” Ariel is a software architect and expert mobile developer. He is also the leader of .NET User Group and ALT.NET. He lives in Israel.

Jan Schaumann on Threat Modeling

We interviewed Jan Schaumann, who is one of our speakers at ConFoo Vancouver 2016. His presentation is titled “Know your Enemy - An Introduction to Threat Modeling.” Mr. Schaumann helps companies with their security and infrastructure, and also teaches. He lives in New York.

Rotem Hermon on Coding Changes

We interviewed Rotem Hermon, who is one of our speakers at ConFoo Vancouver 2016. His presentation is titled “Coding Changes” Rotem is a VP of architecture and a long-time backend developer. He lives in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Clint Swigart on Documentation and Audits

We interviewed Clint Swigart, who is a speaker at ConFoo Vancouver 2016. His presentation is titled “Documentation with an Audit Mindset” Mr. Swigart is an accountant and auditor. He is passionate about technology and sharing his experience. He lives in Tampa, United States.

Christian Wenz on Content Security Policy

We interviewed Christian Wenz, who is a speaker at ConFoo Vancouver 2016. His presentation is titled “Content Security Policy (CSP): Rest in Peace, XSS!” Mr. Wenz is a frequent conference speaker, co-author of over 100 books, a consultant, a trainer and is an expert on web security. He lives in Germany.