5 New Workshops at DevFestFlorida.org You Don't Want To Miss

Best Practices for Testing in Postman

Ruby Romeu Solutions Architect @ Postman and Organizer for Oviedo Codes

In this session, learners will see how various kinds of testing are possible within the Postman API development platform. We’ll define and design Functional, Performance, and End-to-End testing for a live API that we can fork and interact with in our own Postman workspaces. We’ll also check out how Postman’s new AI API companion, Postbot, can help us debug and script tests.

Ruby Roméu is a Solutions Architect at Postman and a local in Central Florida. She organizes Oviedo Codes and previously organized Rhode Island Codes. She’s a former kindergarten teacher and sports coach. She’s given talks at universities and tech conferences both virtually and in-person around the world and was named one of 100 Women in Tech to Follow and Learn From by Agile Testing Days.

Workshop: Developing a Multimodal Chat that can generate images using Gemini and Imagen

Henry Ruiz Research Scientist at Texas A&M AgriLife Research, GDE in ML

This workshop will explore the exciting intersection of multimodal AI and image generation, focusing on two powerful models: Google’s Gemini and Imagen. Participants will learn how to leverage these cutting-edge technologies to create a chat interface capable of understanding and generating text and images. By the end of the session, attendees will have hands-on experience integrating these models into a functional multimodal chat application.

Meet Henry: I’m a Research Scientist at Texas A&M AgriLife. My expertise and research interests lie in applying Geophysics tools like Ground-Penetrating Radar (GPR), mathematical and electromagnetism simulations, signal processing, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning. My current research is focused on designing, developing, and implementing end-to-end software solutions and computational algorithms to analyze remote sensing datasets to tackle agricultural challenges ( using state-of-the-art data science, signal processing, and machine learning methods). Beyond my job, I am an open-source advocate deeply committed to community engagement and knowledge sharing. Leveraging on Google’s recognition as a “Google Developer Expert” in Machine Learning and a “Google Cloud Champion,” I do my best to actively contribute to the community by creating and publishing content around Machine Learning, TensorFlow, and related Google Cloud Platform(GCP) services, such as Vertex AI, speaking at developer conferences and meetups, and mentoring students and startups seeking guidance in the space of Machine Learning

Hackathon Heroes: Celebrating Innovation and Growth

Join us for a panel discussion featuring GDG members who showcased their exceptional skills and creativity during our Google I/O hackathon. Discover how these talented individuals turned their ideas into groundbreaking projects. We’ll explore the invaluable role of hackathons in fostering innovation, providing a platform for early-stage developers to gain hands-on experience, and inspiring enterprise teams to embrace a culture of experimentation.

Lean Coffee Session: Community-Driven DevOps Discussions

Join us for an interactive and collaborative lean coffee session where we’ll dive into the most pressing DevOps topics selected by the community. Together, we’ll discuss and explore key challenges, share best practices, and brainstorm innovative solutions to enhance your DevOps processes. Bring your questions, ideas, and experiences to contribute to a meaningful and engaging discussion.

Presented by Orlando Devops Meetup

Learn how to build and deploy a LangChain app on Cloud Run

Michael Rosario Design Interactive, Senior Software Engineer

Unleash your inner AI wizard! Learn to build a fun and interactive LangChain app from scratch. Discover how to harness the power of Large Language Models (LLMs) and the LangChain open-source ecosystem with ease. We’ll guide you through building your app and deploying it on Google Cloud Run. Get ready to create something amazing and share it with the world. Join us for a fun-filled code lab!

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About Michael Rosario: Michael is a senior software engineer at Design Interactive. As an engineer and agile leader, he loves to promote software craftsmanship, learning environments and cultures of innovation. Michael focuses on making apps for the Microsoft HoloLens, mobile devices, and supporting enterprise Angular applications. Michael enjoys serving with the Google Developer Group of Central Florida as a community organizer.