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💻Official Event Page: https://aka.ms/netconf23/studentpage
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🏆Foundational C# Certification with freeCodeCamp: https://aka.ms/csharp-certification
As part of .NET Conf this year, we are hosting a .NET Student Zone on Monday, November 13! This is a livestreamed event where experts will introduce you to .NET and and build awesome, follow-along projects. You will walk away with a project portfolio on your very own portfolio website. In total the event will be 4+ hours of content.
We have free content to get you started using C# and .NET!
- Foundational C# Certification with freeCodeCamp - Learn C# with high quality training material. Walk away with a certification that you can put on your LinkedIn.
- .NET training content on Microsoft Learn - Choose from our collection of free, self-paced, .NET tutorials.
- Student Zone Event Page - Find more resources on the .NET Conf Student Zone event page!
Session Title | Topic | Speaker(s) | Session Code | Video | Slides | |
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0 | Welcome to the Student Zone! | Introduction | None | Event Recording | Slides | |
1️ | Building Your Own Course Assistant with AI | Artificial Intelligence, Semantic Kernel | Luis Quintanilla, Kinfey Lo | AI | Event Recording | AI Slides |
2 | Minimal API + SPA, a perfect match | Web Back-end, Minimal APIs | Aaron Powell | Web Back-end | Event Recording | Web Back-end Slides |
3 | Building an intelligent app with Blazor and Azure OpenAI | Web Front-end, Blazor | Justin Yoo | Web Front-end | Event Recording | Web Front-end Slides |
4 | Get started building mobile & desktop apps with .NET | Mobile, .NET MAUI | Becky Buckler, Maddy Montaquila | Mobile | Event Recording | Mobile Slides |
5 | Games in Godot! Let’s make a classic Paddle game with C#! | Gaming, Unity, Godot | Michael Hawker | Godot | Event Recording | Gaming Godot Slides |
6 | .NET Backend Mastery for Game Development | Gaming, Unity | Eric Mwenda | .NET Backend | Event Recording | Gaming .NET Backend Slides |
7 | Coding a Drone Using .NET and ChatGPT AI & Flying in MR! | Gaming, Unity, Mixed Reality | Zaid Zaim | Unity Mixed Reality | Event Recording | Gaming Mixed Reality Slides |
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Luis Quintanilla - Luis is a Program Manager at Microsoft who's passionate about helping others get started building AI solutions in .NET.
Kinfey Lo - Kinfey Lo is Microsoft Senior Cloud Advoate, focus on artificial intelligence and big data applications.
Aaron Powell - Aaron is a Developer Advocate at Microsoft with a passion for JavaScript, .NET, whacky ideas and running long distances.
Justin Yoo - Justin is a Senior Cloud Advocate from Microsoft. He is always looking for easy and convenient ways to build intelligent applications using the cutting-edge technologies with .NET and Azure.
Maddy Montaquila - Maddy Montaquila is a Senior Product Manager on the .NET MAUI team. She loves helping developers be more productive by creating tooling to help them write code!
Becky Buckler - After a decade of teaching math and art, Becky Buckler made the switch into tech. She is currently a Product Manager on the .NET Growth team.
Michael Hawker - Michael Hawker is a Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft. In his spare time, he loves tinkering with board and video game design and programming.
Eric Mwenda - As a seasoned game developer and backend engineer, my creations reflect a blend of engaging gameplay and seamless performance. Using the depth of .NET, I’m actively reshaping how players experience modern gaming.
Zaid Zaim - Zaid Zaim, a Spatial Computing Expert and three-time Microsoft MVP, is known for his innovative work in augmented reality and Metaverse. A celebrated technopreneur, Zaid has spoken at TED Conferences, GITEX, WeAreDevelopers World Congress and is a force at ignore gravity, focused on innovation and solving organizational challenges with advanced technology.
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