Building the Future: Splunk Developer Sessions You Can't Miss at .conf25

Calling all builders, movers, and shakers who want to extend the capabilities of Splunk, a Cisco company, with apps and unique solutions! Join us at .conf25 for an amazing lineup of sessions, activities, and expert staff covering best practices that are tailored to elevate your Splunk development game.

Learn how to build and maintain exemplary next-generation apps for the Splunk Platform and Splunk SOAR, unleash the power of AI, contribute to open source TAs, implement robust CI/CD pipelines, and reach new levels of customization awesomeness. We can’t wait for you to dive into the 19 developer (DEV) sessions this year including three interactive workshops. Here are some highlights:

Harness AI and ML

DEV1666 - AI Agents Unleashed: Build Your Splunk-Powered Sidekick in One Explosive Workshop 

Get hands-on building AI agents using LangChain and LangGraph to interact with Splunk Enterprise Security. 

• Saikrishna Gundeti, CTO, Deslicer
• Daniel Young, Chief Sales Officer, Deslicer
• Roger Lindquist, CEO, Deslicer

DEV1938 - AI Exploration: MLTK, DSDL App, and AI Assistant in Splunk 

Learn how to integrate Splunk with Jupyter notebooks, train/test AI models, use the AI Assistant for SPL generation, and explore data for anomaly detection.

• Patrick King, Developer Documentation, Splunk
• Jay Etching, Machine Learning Architect, Splunk

DEV1812 - From Data to Decisions: Supercharge Splunk by Developing Your Own Data Integrations, ML Visualizations, and Automations to Reduce Energy Costs

See how to push Splunk's boundaries with ML, APIs, and OT Collectors for predictive alerting and anomaly detection in energy management.

• Sophie Dockstader, Principal Consultant and Sustainability Portfolio Lead, Consistent Software Solutions Gmbh
• Marvin Schleiter, Splunk Consultant, Consist Software Solutions Gmbh

Craft Custom Splunk Apps

DEV1390 - From Idea to Seamless Deployment & Publishing: Splunk App Development Insights from ENGIE France Retail 

Follow the full app development journey, covering best practices for performance, security, UI/UX, and the Splunkbase publishing process.

• Hamza Brahmi, Splunk Architect, Engie France Retail
• Amir Khamis, Principal Field Solutions Developer Lead, Splunk

DEV1483 - Splunk UI Toolkit: Custom Problem to Custom Splunk App

A workshop guiding you through building a custom Splunk app using the Splunk UI Toolkit (react packages) to solve a real-life business problem.

• Matt Stokes, Product Manager, Splunk
• Roger Triantafilo, Cyber Intel Analyst, Lockheed Martin

DEV1913 - SPL2 Apps: The New Kid In Town 

Learn what's possible with SPL2-based apps, including chained/branched searches, data masking, custom functions, and handling JSON data.

• Laura Stewart, Principal Technical Writer, Splunk

Power Up Your Development Skills

DEV1601 - Mastering Splunk Add-Ons

Contribute and collaborate efficiently. Learn about the contribution process for Add-ons, including best practices and CI/CD tooling.

• Weronika Burman, Senior Product Manager, Splunk

DEV2058 - Meet the Splunk Extension for Visual Studio Code

A builder's best friend: See how the VS Code extension can streamline your workflow for debugging apps, editing config files, and using SPL/SPL2 notebooks.

• Tim Pavlik, Principal Software Engineer, Splunk

DEV1495 - Introducing the New Splunk SOAR SDK

Discover the new SDK for quickly building, testing, and publishing connectors for Splunk SOAR, including best practices for unit testing and CI/CD.

• Scott Odle, Senior Software Engineer, Splunk

Engage, Learn, and Build Some More

But that’s not all! We invite you to continue your learning journey at the Builder Bar in the Pavillion. Join us in this vibrant space where Splunk platform app developers, SPL2 pioneers, SOAR developers, OTel instrumentation developers — and any Splunk user who builds searches, dashboards, and integrations — unite to exchange ideas, explore best practices, and discuss new use cases. 

Talk to us about the brand new Splunk Developer Program, Splunkbase, Developer Tools, TAs, and more! Get your builder swag and expert assistance from the newly formed Developer Advisory and Support team.

We hope that you’ll walk away with a ton of new skills and ideas to tackle your next big project. Check out the full .conf25 session catalog and start planning your schedule today. 

Here’s to turbocharging your Splunk development arsenal on the road to greater digital resilience. We can't wait to see what you build!

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