Christian Wenz

Christian Wenz is an author, consultant and trainer focussing on web technologies and web application security. He wrote or co-wrote over 100 books, is a fixture at international developer conferences since 2001, and is the lead author of the Zend PHP certification. His day job at Arrabiata Solutions includes conducting security audits, migrating old code bases, implementing complex web applications and helping companies choose the right mix of web technologies.

Montreal 2025 sessions

Life as an Adult: What's New in React 19

English session - Intermediate

Meta's wildly popular single-page application framework React is only increasing the major version number when there is really something new. It’s time: React 19 is there, and it comes with several new features, such as server components and new hooks. However, the new release is also breaking backwards compatibility in a few places, deprecating APIs. This session will guide you through the major new possibilities of React 19, demos included.

What's New in ASP.NET Core 9 and Blazor 9

English session - Intermediate

On November 12, 2024 .NET 9 was released. As a part of this new version with 1.5 years of support, the web frameworks ASP.NET Core and Blazor were updated. This session will showcase the major new features that were added, including many live demos. Especially when currently using .NET 8, an upgrade to .NET 9 is optional due to the shorter support window, so you should know whether the new possibilities are worth the migration.