NDC Conferences Courses

Push it - Push it Real Good

A visual tour of Git branching, merging, conflict recovery, and release workflows, with terminal commands that clarify what Git GUIs do.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 7 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Machine Learning for Gamers - Dungeon Forecasts & Dragon Regressions

Uses tabletop role-playing scenarios to show how machine learning can answer questions about characters, encounters, and dragon treasure.

• YouTube
• 47 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Dependency Injection Revisited

A functional approach to controlling nondeterministic behavior, and whether those solutions can also work in object-oriented code.

• YouTube
• 54 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

An Opinionated Approach to ASP.NET Core

Explore an opinionated way to organize ASP.NET Core projects and improve application architecture, data access, testing, and MVC design.

• YouTube
• 57 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

How to Parse a File

Explore how parsers turn files into syntax trees, including how IDE parsing differs from compiler parsing and how IDEs recover from errors as you type.

• YouTube
• 59 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Anchor Modelling - Sixth Normal Form Databases

Explore how Anchor Modelling uses sixth normal form to support additive, agile databases while providing third normal form views for everyday use.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 7 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Pilot Decision Management

A pilot’s TDODAR model for assessing situations, weighing options, assigning tasks, and reaching safe outcomes under time pressure.

• YouTube
• 59 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Painless Visual Testing

Explore how approval testing, cloud functions, and image analysis can make visual acceptance and regression tests easier to write, run, and maintain.

• YouTube
• 53 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Nginx for .NET Developers

Learn how Nginx works as a reverse proxy in front of Kestrel, including its role in load balancing .NET Core deployments.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 3 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Testing in Production

Gel Goldsby explores testing in production to shorten feedback loops, increase release cadence, and learn from real users while managing risk.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 3 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Inclusive Design Series - How to Stop Worrying and Love Accessible Forms

Learn how visual design, interaction, and front-end choices can make online forms more accessible and usable for people with disabilities.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 7 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

The Psychology of Social Engineering

A look at how everyday persuasion and scams exploit human behavior, from advertising and pricing tactics to spear phishing and SMS deception.

• YouTube
• 53 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

How to Win with Automation and Influence People

A team experience report on replacing fragmented acceptance-test frameworks with a shared, layered automation approach that teams and senior management could support.

• YouTube
• 52 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

The Data Dichotomy - Rethinking Data and Services with Streams

Ben Stopford examines how shared immutable event streams and stream processors can join data across services while preserving service autonomy.

• YouTube
• 55 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Observability - It's Not Just an Ops Thing

Observability belongs in software engineering from the start: learn how to prioritize instrumentation and use traces, events, and metrics as systems evolve.

• YouTube
• 52 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk