LDNUG June 2024 with Nathaniel Okenwa and Mike James

For our June meetup, we're at FundApps NEW offices in HYLO, Bunhill Row, with guest speakers Nathaniel Okenwa talking about new approaches to multi-factor authentication, and Mike James talking about modernising .NET application using Avalonia.

⚠️ FUNDAPPS HAS MOVED OFFICES! NOTE THE NEW ADDRESS!

Nathaniel Okenwa: 2FA2Furious: The Sequel

The more users you get, the better, right? Well, this is not always true. You certainly want to keep bots and fraudulent users out of your app. It's a common practice to add a second factor and send a verification code. However, there's a new villain in town and 2FA has to evolve to keep up. Done incorrectly, this can hurt your customer onboarding experience and be a costly mistake. Join this session to learn about a new approach to layering multi factor authentication to keep your applications secure.

Nathaniel is a Developer Evangelist at Twilio working to create magical moments for developers with their products. His life goals are to have Batman's brains, Deadpool's humour, T'Challa's fashion sense, Killmonger's Wokeness, and Thanos' determination! He serves the Javascript community in the UK and the rest of Europe.

Mike James: Strategies for Modernising .NET Applications with Avalonia

Avalonia is the best-kept secret in the .NET community, and this session aims to shed light on why so many have fallen in love with it! I'll walk you through the competitive landscape of .NET UI technologies and how you can take your .NET applications to Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android and the Web.

We'll start with a look at our open-source, cross-platform UI framework, Avalonia. We'll explore why industry leaders, including AMD, KLM, Unity, and GitHub, have adopted it, how you can get started with it and what makes it unique. Once we've covered Avalonia, we'll dig into how we made a binary-compatible cross-platform WPF and our exciting plans for the future.

Mike is a champion of cross-platform development in the .NET ecosystem. His career path mirrors the evolution of modern development: from Xamarin's early days through its Microsoft acquisition, and now at the forefront of Avalonia. Mike empowers .NET developers to build amazing apps for all platforms.