Previous talks

2026

• Your Backlog Has 300 Items. Do You Still Know Why? – BASTA! Autumn 2026, Mainz
• .NET MAUI 10: The Rebel Spirit Is Back – BASTA! Autumn 2026, Mainz
• "Why Are We Actually Building This?" – From Backlog Chaos to a Shared Picture with User Story Mapping – BASTA! Autumn 2026, Mainz (Workshop)
• .NET MAUI 10: Finally Grown Up – Hybrid, AI and the Return of the .NET Cross-Platform Dream – DWX Developer Week 2026, Mannheim
• User Story Mapping in Practice: From Chaos to a Clear Backlog – BASTA 2026
• From Requirements Chaos to MVP – User Story Mapping Workshop in Practice – BASTA 2026
• .NET MAUI 10: Hybrid, AI & Quality for Next-Level Apps – BASTA 2026

2025

• Escaping the Maintenance Trap: Modernizing WinForms and WPF Legacy Applications – DDC 2025
• One Codebase for All Platforms: Blazor in Web, Desktop, and App Stores – BASTA!
• .NET MAUI, Uno Platform, and Avalonia Compared – BASTA!
• What s New in Cross-Platform Development with .NET MAUI 10.0 – better Code
• .NET MAUI, Uno Platform, and Avalonia Compared – DWX 2025
• One code for all platforms: Blazor in web, desktop, and app stores – BASTA! Fall 2025
• Comparison of .NET MAUI, Uno Platform, and Avalonia – BASTA! 2025
• Real-world app development with .NET MAUI – BASTA! Spring 2025
• One code for all platforms: Blazor in web, desktop, and app stores – BASTA! Spring 2025
• Comparison of .NET MAUI, Uno Platform, and Avalonia – BASTA! Spring 2025

2024

• What s New in Cross-Platform Development with .NET MAUI 9.0 – better Code
• The Truth About App Development With Dotnet Maui Myths vs Reality – BASTA!
• Workshop: Real-World App Development with .NET MAUI – BASTA!
• .NET MAUI 8 in Practice: Potentials and Limits of Cross-Platform App Development – BASTA!
• Migrate Xamarin.Forms Projects to .NET MAUI Before It’s Too Late – BASTA!

2023

• What s New in Cross-Platform Development with .NET MAUI 8.0 – better Code
• .NET MAUI: Cross-Platform App Development with C# and .NET 7 – BASTA!
• Time Is Ticking! How to Migrate Your Xamarin Apps to .NET MAUI Before It’s Too Late! – BASTA!
• From Xamarin.Forms to .NET MAUI – What to Consider During Migration – BASTA!
• Cross-Platform App Development with .NET MAUI in .NET 7 – BASTA!

2022

• Cross-Platform Development with .NET Multi-Platform App UI (MAUI) – better Code

2021

• Cross-Platform Development with .NET Multi-Platform App UI – better Code

2020

• Mobile Development with .NET 5 – better Code

2017

• ASP.NET Security – DDC .NET Developer Conference
• Xamarin.Forms – Xamarin Dev Days - Koblenz
• Introduction to Xamarin – Xamarin Dev Days - Koblenz
• Develop Android apps with Xamarin – BASTA!
• Using Entity Framework Core in Xamarin – BASTA!
• Local data storage in Xamarin apps – DWX-Developer Week
• Cross-platform app development with Visual Studio 2015: Xamarin and Cordova – Magdeburger Developer Days
• Local data storage in Xamarin apps – Dotnet Cologne
• Local data storage in Xamarin apps – BASTA! Spring
• Develop Android apps with Xamarin – BASTA! Spring

2016

• Aurelia, the lightweight alternative to Angular 2 – BASTA! 2016
• HTML5 performance: How to make your app run fast and keep your users from running away – BASTA! 2016
• Entity Framework behind the scenes – BASTA! 2016
• Performance despite Entity Framework – BASTA! Spring
• Cross-platform app development with Visual Studio 2015: Xamarin and Cordova – dotnet Cologne 2016
• Cross-platform app development with Visual Studio 2015: Xamarin and Cordova – BASTA!

2015

• Stop complaining and use it properly! - Performance despite Entity Framework – NRWConf 2015
• How much performance does Entity Framework cost? – BASTA! 2015
• Easy and efficient .NET data access with Micro ORMs – Developer Week
• Software architectures with O/R mappers – BASTA! Spring
• Five reasons why you might also have a memory leak in your application – BASTA! Spring
• Central document generation with the Open XML SDK – BASTA! Spring

2014

• Central document generation with the Open XML SDK 2014 – BASTA!
• The repository pattern and the O/R mapper: Ingenious combination or wasted effort? – BASTA!
• Windows 8 look and feel in web applications with WinJS – BASTA!
• Arc42 – the template for documenting software architectures – BASTA! Spring
• Easy and efficient data access with Micro ORMs – BASTA! Spring

2013

• Productivity with NHibernate? – BASTA!
• Windows 8 app development for web developers – BASTA!
• Estimate expenses instead of guessing – Developer Week
• Windows 8 for web developers – Developer Week
• Windows Store Apps with HTML and JavaScript – Visual Studio Templates Explained – BASTA! Spring

2012

• A heart for JavaScript – DotNet DevCon
• JavaScript – BASTA! Spring

2011

• Development of exemplary web parts – ShareConf

2010

• Development of exemplary web parts – dotnetCologne

2009

• Estimating instead of guessing – ways to accurately estimate effort – BASTA! Spring