Reactive Bots!

The fuss about Bots?Martin Kearn (https://twitter.com/martinkearn)

Bots are a new type of App. One which will fundamentally change we the way we interact with our devices. Bots will lead to a world where we are using natural language to interact with device and services. Microsoft are investing heavily in bots with the Microsoft Bot Framework. In this talk we'll look at what a bot is, design patterns for bots and the Microsoft Bot Framework which lets you write a single bot that is published to multiple social channels such as Skype, Facebook and Slack.

Martin is a technical evangelist for Microsoft based in the UK. In his role, Martin talks with customers, partners, start-ups and anyone who is willing to listen about developing applications on the Microsoft platform. This includes Windows, Office, Microsoft Azure and Web technologies including ASP.net and the Edge browser. Martin has been working with Microsoft development technologies since the late 90's and has been working for Microsoft directly since 2005.

Introduction to Reactive Extensions in .NET (and elsewhere)James World (https://twitter.com/jamesw0rld)

Streams of data are everywhere - from the latest stock price to the movements of a mouse. There is a reason why Reactive Extensions (Rx) has been translated from its origins in .NET to almost every major programming language; its design affords an elegant approach to tackling the complex problems that can arise when handling streams of data. In this talk, I'll show you why its such a powerful platform and get you started on your reactive journey!