Agile is hot, there is no denying it. Odds are your IT department has gone agile or seriously considering it. New terminology, tools, and rules; it can be overwhelming. Fortunately, the core idea of Agile is very simple. This session will take you though the "why" that's often over looked...

Get ready for a recursive experience! This presentation is actually a Silverlight 2.0 application which gives a presentation about the features of Silverlight 2.0 and how to use them to build a presentation about Silverlight 2.0. Got that? You'll learn about the XAML elements, dynamic languages,...

Test Driven/Test First Development is more than writing your unit tests first. It requires a very different thought process. We�ll dive into that process with a completely code driven session. Presented by Philip Japikse .Net Application Architect, Developer, and Trainer , currently architecting Commerce...

This session will give attendees a quick tour of Windows Mobile Development in Visual Studio 2008, primarily focusing on developing with the .NET Compact Framework 3.5 against the Windows Mobile API and SQL CE 3.5. See what features are in VS2008 to enable development of Windows Mobile applications for...

The Microsoft Sync Framework (MSF) is a comprehensive synchronization platform that enables synchronization, offline, and collaborative scenarios for services, applications, and devices. This session will discuss MSF, its architecture (including the default providers (Sync Services for ADO.NET, Sync...

Nobody likes writing CRUD. After writing an obscene number of methods and stored procedures you are left with a mountain of repetitive,error-prone,data access code. Wouldn't it be great if you could spend that time writing actual business logic instead of being a plumber and writing the same old...

This presentation happens in two parts. The first is an overview of the new language additions to the C# 3.0 specification and how these features culminate in the formation of LINQ. The second part applies these new concepts in a demonstration of LINQ by creating simple and complex queries to join data...

You've seen the sizzle, but what about the steak? In this presentation I will describe Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) for developers. No reflected images. No animated page flipping transitions. No Expression Blend. No Silverlight. Just Visual Studio 2008 and code to actually do stuff. I'll...

This session answers the question many people are wanting to ask: Why Ruby? Why should I invest in learning another language? There is a lot of talk about IronRuby, and Ruby on Rails, but no one is really giving the compelling answer to this question. In this talk I will walk through the killer features...

So, you've created a slick ASP.NET web application, but the performance isn�t what you were expecting. In this session I will demonstrate tools to help find the bottlenecks and offer advice on resolving them. Presented by Jeff McWherter Jeff McWherter is the Director of Software Development at A...