{"id":3942,"date":"2018-10-20T18:08:03","date_gmt":"2018-10-20T18:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nikola-breznjak.com\/blog\/?p=3942"},"modified":"2018-10-20T18:13:57","modified_gmt":"2018-10-20T18:13:57","slug":"ekobit-devarena-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nikola-breznjak.com\/blog\/miscellaneou\/ekobit-devarena-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Ekobit DevArena 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>TL;DR<\/h3>\n<p>In this post, I&#8217;ll show you some pictures and notes from the Ekobit DevArena 2018 conference.<\/p>\n<h3>Previous conferences<\/h3>\n<p>In case you&#8217;re interested, here are the posts from the previous&nbsp;four that I attended:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nikola-breznjak.com\/blog\/miscellaneou\/ekobit-devarena-2017\">DevArena 2017<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nikola-breznjak.com\/blog\/miscellaneou\/ekobit-devarena-2016\/\">DevArena 2016<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nikola-breznjak.com\/blog\/miscellaneou\/ekobit-devarena-10-2015\/\">DevArena 2015<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nikola-breznjak.com\/blog\/miscellaneou\/ekobit-devarena-2014\/\">DevArena 2014<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Breakfast<\/h3>\n<p>is the most important meal of the day&nbsp;?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/AmUgg0vl.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>This is how the accreditation looked like on the back side, with the list of presentations per each track:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/qcrCLzel.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/p>\n<h3>Conference&nbsp;opening<\/h3>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/xUBy3xll.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/h3>\n<h3>Awards<\/h3>\n<p>This year I was the fastest &#8216;painter&#8217;:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/La4BSDOl.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/p>\n<p>and for that I got a Sony phone:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/apJacWkl.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/p>\n<p>Anyone wanna buy a phone? ?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/3eeBBArl.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/p>\n<p>As always, if you were active on the talks, you could get one of these:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/BJsOYnSl.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/p>\n<p>Which would then go to the drawing pot, for a chance to win yet another set of great prizes at the end of the conference&#8230;<\/p>\n<h3>Keynote<\/h3>\n<p>The presenter was young&nbsp;Albert Gaj\u0161ak who is the author of the awesome <a href=\"https:\/\/www.makerbuino.com\">MAKERbuino<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/albertgajsak\/makerphone-an-educational-diy-mobile-phone\">MAKERphone<\/a>&nbsp;that just went live on Kickstarter&nbsp;a few days ago and already has $165k out of a $15k goal. Congrats!<\/p>\n<p>[ngg_images source=&#8221;galleries&#8221; container_ids=&#8221;37&#8243; override_thumbnail_settings=&#8221;0&#8243; thumbnail_width=&#8221;120&#8243; thumbnail_height=&#8221;90&#8243; thumbnail_crop=&#8221;1&#8243; images_per_page=&#8221;20&#8243; number_of_columns=&#8221;0&#8243; ajax_pagination=&#8221;0&#8243; show_all_in_lightbox=&#8221;0&#8243; use_imagebrowser_effect=&#8221;0&#8243; show_slideshow_link=&#8221;1&#8243; slideshow_link_text=&#8221;[Show as slideshow]&#8221; order_by=&#8221;sortorder&#8221; order_direction=&#8221;ASC&#8221; returns=&#8221;included&#8221; maximum_entity_count=&#8221;500&#8243; display_type=&#8221;photocrati-nextgen_basic_thumbnails&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>NativeScript<\/h3>\n<p>Julian Steiner spoke about NativeScript. As many of you know, I&#8217;m a die-hard Ionic\/Cordova\/Hybrid fan (for when it makes sense) so this looked interesting because it&#8217;s not hybrid in a way that you have a web-view. Instead, you can access all the native API directly via JavaScript.<\/p>\n<p>[ngg_images source=&#8221;galleries&#8221; container_ids=&#8221;38&#8243; override_thumbnail_settings=&#8221;0&#8243; thumbnail_width=&#8221;120&#8243; thumbnail_height=&#8221;90&#8243; thumbnail_crop=&#8221;1&#8243; images_per_page=&#8221;20&#8243; number_of_columns=&#8221;0&#8243; ajax_pagination=&#8221;0&#8243; show_all_in_lightbox=&#8221;0&#8243; use_imagebrowser_effect=&#8221;0&#8243; show_slideshow_link=&#8221;1&#8243; slideshow_link_text=&#8221;[Show as slideshow]&#8221; order_by=&#8221;sortorder&#8221; order_direction=&#8221;ASC&#8221; returns=&#8221;included&#8221; maximum_entity_count=&#8221;500&#8243; display_type=&#8221;photocrati-nextgen_basic_thumbnails&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>Serverless architecture<\/h3>\n<p>Standardly awesome Ratko \u0106osi\u0107 spoke about the serverless architecture:<\/p>\n<p>[ngg_images source=&#8221;galleries&#8221; container_ids=&#8221;39&#8243; override_thumbnail_settings=&#8221;0&#8243; thumbnail_width=&#8221;120&#8243; thumbnail_height=&#8221;90&#8243; thumbnail_crop=&#8221;1&#8243; images_per_page=&#8221;20&#8243; number_of_columns=&#8221;0&#8243; ajax_pagination=&#8221;0&#8243; show_all_in_lightbox=&#8221;0&#8243; use_imagebrowser_effect=&#8221;0&#8243; show_slideshow_link=&#8221;1&#8243; slideshow_link_text=&#8221;[Show as slideshow]&#8221; order_by=&#8221;sortorder&#8221; order_direction=&#8221;ASC&#8221; returns=&#8221;included&#8221; maximum_entity_count=&#8221;500&#8243; display_type=&#8221;photocrati-nextgen_basic_thumbnails&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>Machine learning<\/h3>\n<p>An excellent talk by Valentin Solina from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aether-signum.hr\/\">Aether-Signum<\/a> on how they used machine learning in some real-life projects.<\/p>\n<p>[ngg_images source=&#8221;galleries&#8221; container_ids=&#8221;40&#8243; override_thumbnail_settings=&#8221;0&#8243; thumbnail_width=&#8221;120&#8243; thumbnail_height=&#8221;90&#8243; thumbnail_crop=&#8221;1&#8243; images_per_page=&#8221;20&#8243; number_of_columns=&#8221;0&#8243; ajax_pagination=&#8221;0&#8243; show_all_in_lightbox=&#8221;0&#8243; use_imagebrowser_effect=&#8221;0&#8243; show_slideshow_link=&#8221;1&#8243; slideshow_link_text=&#8221;[Show as slideshow]&#8221; order_by=&#8221;sortorder&#8221; order_direction=&#8221;ASC&#8221; returns=&#8221;included&#8221; maximum_entity_count=&#8221;500&#8243; display_type=&#8221;photocrati-nextgen_basic_thumbnails&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>Motivation<\/h3>\n<p>Danijela Toki\u0107 \u0160antak gave a very interesting talk on what motivates knowledge workers these days.<\/p>\n<p>[ngg_images source=&#8221;galleries&#8221; container_ids=&#8221;42&#8243; override_thumbnail_settings=&#8221;0&#8243; thumbnail_width=&#8221;120&#8243; thumbnail_height=&#8221;90&#8243; thumbnail_crop=&#8221;1&#8243; images_per_page=&#8221;20&#8243; number_of_columns=&#8221;0&#8243; ajax_pagination=&#8221;0&#8243; show_all_in_lightbox=&#8221;0&#8243; use_imagebrowser_effect=&#8221;0&#8243; show_slideshow_link=&#8221;1&#8243; slideshow_link_text=&#8221;[Show as slideshow]&#8221; order_by=&#8221;sortorder&#8221; order_direction=&#8221;ASC&#8221; returns=&#8221;included&#8221; maximum_entity_count=&#8221;500&#8243; display_type=&#8221;photocrati-nextgen_basic_thumbnails&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>Flutter<\/h3>\n<p>Mislav Star\u017eik talked about Flutter, an open-source mobile application development SDK created by Google. Seems interesting, but why&nbsp;Dart&nbsp;?<\/p>\n<p>[ngg_images source=&#8221;galleries&#8221; container_ids=&#8221;43&#8243; override_thumbnail_settings=&#8221;0&#8243; thumbnail_width=&#8221;120&#8243; thumbnail_height=&#8221;90&#8243; thumbnail_crop=&#8221;1&#8243; images_per_page=&#8221;20&#8243; number_of_columns=&#8221;0&#8243; ajax_pagination=&#8221;0&#8243; show_all_in_lightbox=&#8221;0&#8243; use_imagebrowser_effect=&#8221;0&#8243; show_slideshow_link=&#8221;1&#8243; slideshow_link_text=&#8221;[Show as slideshow]&#8221; order_by=&#8221;sortorder&#8221; order_direction=&#8221;ASC&#8221; returns=&#8221;included&#8221; maximum_entity_count=&#8221;500&#8243; display_type=&#8221;photocrati-nextgen_basic_thumbnails&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>Phaser<\/h3>\n<p>Standardly awesome Ratko \u0106osi\u0107&nbsp;showed off the game called <a href=\"http:\/\/dice-and-roll2.azurewebsites.net\/\">Dice and Roll<\/a> that he made with his family&nbsp;?<\/p>\n<p>[ngg_images source=&#8221;galleries&#8221; container_ids=&#8221;41&#8243; override_thumbnail_settings=&#8221;0&#8243; thumbnail_width=&#8221;120&#8243; thumbnail_height=&#8221;90&#8243; thumbnail_crop=&#8221;1&#8243; images_per_page=&#8221;20&#8243; number_of_columns=&#8221;0&#8243; ajax_pagination=&#8221;0&#8243; show_all_in_lightbox=&#8221;0&#8243; use_imagebrowser_effect=&#8221;0&#8243; show_slideshow_link=&#8221;1&#8243; slideshow_link_text=&#8221;[Show as slideshow]&#8221; order_by=&#8221;sortorder&#8221; order_direction=&#8221;ASC&#8221; returns=&#8221;included&#8221; maximum_entity_count=&#8221;500&#8243; display_type=&#8221;photocrati-nextgen_basic_thumbnails&#8221;]All in all, yet another great conference!<\/p>\n<p>Till next time, drink lots of \u2615!&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DevArena?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DevArena<\/a> 2018 was ?Here are some notes and pics: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/syTVafhEX7\">https:\/\/t.co\/syTVafhEX7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nikola Bre\u017enjak (@HitmanHR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HitmanHR\/status\/1053710727620542464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TL;DR In this post, I&#8217;ll show you some pictures and notes from the Ekobit DevArena 2018 conference. 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