The Alabama Code Camp in Montgomery, AL will be held on January 31st, 2009.  I’ll be speaking at the code camp running a full track that is called “Back to the Basics”.  Here is the purpose of the track:

The Back to the Basics series is a primer for anyone that is starting at ground zero with .NET. Each one progressively builds on the previous. The sessions start at the beginning with what .NET is and work all the way up to programming in C# and building various applications. This track is great for Code Camps, Technical Conferences and other venues whereby attendees want to get exposure to .NET and building applications on the platform.

There will be 5 sessions in the Back to the Basics track, and tentatively a discussion panel to close out the day. 

Thus, if you have been looking for a way to get started in .NET and learn about the platform, this is a perfect way to learn about the latest version of .NET along with the C# language and Visual Studio.  Best of all, it will cost you $0.00 to attend (well, not zero, gas and food, but hey, that’s easy).

Putting this together wouldn’t have been possible without the help of INETA, so I and the organizers of the Alabama Code Camp thank them for their continued support in the community. 

Code Camp Info

Directions and Other Info:  http://www.alabamacodecamp.com
Register for Event:  http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=134437
Date:  January 31st, 2009
Where: Montgomery, AL

Back To The Basics Sessions

Back to the Basics: What is .Net?

No other name in history has confused more people on the planet than when Microsoft named their development platform .NET. For a lot of developers .NET remains a mystery and it is often confused with many things. The Back to the Basics series is a primer for anyone that is starting at ground zero with .Net. Each one progressively builds on the previous. This is the first session in the Back to the Basics series. In this session we’ll look at what .Net really is, the benefits of the platform, bust a few myths and show some sound reasons why you should consider it as a platform. At the end of the session, hopefully we’ll answer one of life’s most puzzling questions: What is .NET?

Back to the Basics: How to Use Your Hammer – Visual Studio

Imagine if you were a carpenter that didn’t know how to use a hammer, skill saw, drill, level, or nail gun. Would you be a great carpenter? Probably not! The Back to the Basics series is a primer for anyone that is learning the .NET platform. Each one progressively builds on the previous. This is the second session in the Back to the Basics series. In this session we’ll look at the biggest single tool you’ll use when building applications on the .NET platform, Visual Studio. Visual Studio is a world class IDE with full blown intellisense, debugging, source control, and much more. When the session is over you’ll know the difference between a solution and a project, how to structure your applications and tons of shortcuts to make you more productive with your new jack of all trades tool.

Back to the Basics: A Programmer’s Primer Programming in C#

The C# programming language is the flagship language available to .NET developers. It is fully supported within the toolset and is even the programming language the majority of the .NET platform is built with. The Back to the Basics series is a primer for anyone that is starting at ground zero with .NET. Each one progressively builds on the previous. This is the third session in the Back to the Basics series. In this session we’ll cover as much about the C# language as time will allow starting with the basics of the language, Object Oriented Programming principles all the way to generics, collections, and LINQ. This is a programmer’s primer, which means you should already know at least one language and have some experience programming.

Back to the Basics: The Swiss Army Knife, Part 1 (Winforms/WPF/Mobile)

.NET is a “Swiss Army Knife” because no matter which type of application you want to write (client, web, mobile) you can use one tool (.NET) to do it with. The Back to the Basics series is a primer for anyone that is starting at ground zero with .NET. Each one progressively builds on the previous. This is the fourth session in the Back to the Basics series. In this session we’ll cover how Windows Client applications are built. First we’ll look at classic Winforms and then we’ll look at the newest technology called Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) which provides richer user experiences. Lastly we’ll look at how to write Windows Mobile applications for Smart Phones and Pocket PC.

Back to the Basics: The Swiss Army Knife, Part 2 (Web/Services/Workflow)

.NET is a “Swiss Army Knife” because no matter which type of application you want to write (client, web, mobile) you can use one tool (.NET) to do it with. The Back to the Basics series is a primer for anyone that is starting at ground zero with .NET. Each one progressively builds on the previous. This is the fifth session in the Back to the Basics series. In this session we’ll cover how web applications and web services are built. First we’ll look at WebForms. If you stayed awake in session four you’ll feel right at home with WebForms since the same programming model is applied, the only difference is we are building a web application. Then we’ll look at how to build web services to expose business logic to a multitude of clients (web, windows, mobile) using Windows Communication Foundation. Lastly we’ll touch on Workflow Foundation which helps us to easily build out the complex business logic in a declarative manner.