We have confirmed three speakers for Xero Summer Seminar Series up until the Xmas! Here’s the line up:
XSSS#2 – Dec 2nd : “Life at the biggest website in New Zealand”
Ever wondered what life is really like at New Zealand’s biggest web company? Jay Nielsen ( @TradeMe_Jay ) (lead developer at FindSomeone) will be leading a panel of colleagues about what it’s really like working at TradeMe. Joining Jay are Daniel McCleland (a testing superstar), David Curlewis (Head of Database) and Richard Rowley (an Awesome API Developer).
XSSS#3 – Dec 9th: Introducing “Sass”
Terrence Wood (@Terrencewood )of Xero is going to introduce Sass, which is an extension to CSS3 that makes CSS easier to manage.
From the Sass website
Sass makes CSS fun again. Sass is an extension of CSS3, adding nested rules, variables, mixins,selector inheritance, and more. It’s translated to well-formatted, standard CSS using the command line tool or a web-framework plugin.
XSSS#4 – Dec 16th: “Introduction to IT Automation using Puppet”
Jeremy Olliver (@static_storm) of AbleTech (And SoT Alumni) will talk about using Puppet to manage deployment of servers and infrastructure. Managing the deployment of servers is always a pain in the ass. Puppet helps make that a thing of the past.
Once again, thanks to Xero for sponsoring this awesome series and to Kiwibank for providing us with a venue!