*Words of Wisdom From The Elder

Today is the key word, if you are reading this on Sunday or at a later date, sorry.

The Software Engineering 101 workshop is going on today.  Here is how to join RIGHT NOW.  That’s right, it is going on RIGHT NOW.

First thing is you need to have Live Meeting installed.  You can get Live Meeting here:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/CD102447411033.aspx?ofcresset=1You’ll

After the client is installed go to this URL:

http://www.livemeeting.com/cc/microsoft

After the site opens up, click this link:

When the link is clicked this window will open:

Enter the following Meeting ID and Entry Code:

MEETING ID =W3FQMB
ENTRY CODE=65?4mKN3D

After you get the client up BE SURE that your microphone is muted, it should be red.

Also follow along using the Twitter hashtag #swe101. 

 
http://deepfriedbytes.com/podcast/episode-46-using-powershell-to-be-more-productive-with-steven-murawski/

.NET developers have had the .NET Framework to themselves long enough. Why not let the ITPros have some fun and productivity that comes with using .NET? That is why we now have PowerShell. In this episode, we sat down with Steve Murawski to discuss PowerShell for the ITPro and .NET developer communities. We discussed the many ways to use PowerShell and how it can save time and sanity for highly productive developers and IT folks.

 
http://deepfriedbytes.com/podcast/episode-45-making-sense-of-what-was-oslo-with-lars-corneliussen/

At PDC 2009 Oslo was renamed to SQL Modeling and it left a lot of developers scratching their heads.  What better way to sort it all out than to talk with someone deep into the stack.  We sat down with Lars Corneliussen to see how this is all going to turn out and what it means for developers.  Definitely an interesting show as it paints a different picture about where things are going with M, M Grammar, SQL modeling, Entity Framework, Quadrant and so on.

 
http://deepfriedbytes.com/podcast/episode-44-soft-skills-every-developer-needs-with-brian-prince/

According to Wikipedia the definition for Soft skills is a sociological term relating to a person’s “EQ” (Emotional Intelligence Quotient), the cluster of personality traits, social graces, communication, language, personal habits, friendliness, and optimism that characterize relationships with other people. Soft skills complement hard skills (part of a person’s IQ), which are the occupational requirements of a job and many other activities. In this episode.

In this episode we sat down with Brian Prince, Developer/Architect Evangelist for Microsoft, to discuss the soft skills developers and software engineers need.  Brian has been speaking at conferences about soft skills for many years.  In true Deep Fried fashion this show is chalk full of stories.  We discuss tips for handling one’s career as well as life work balance, sales and communication.

Behind the Scenes

What was great about this show is we wound up recording over two and a half hours of audio. Yes over two hours!  Brian has been a long time friend of the show and even appeared on show #2 on Interview War Stories. We recorded the show from Brian’s hotel while he was visiting Grand Rapids, MI where Woody lives.  Woody drove over to the hotel and setup some gear.  We also setup a camera so I could see Brian and Woody from Mississippi.  Being able to see each other really helped in the dynamics of the show.  I bet if I hadn’t said anything, most would have thought we were sitting in the same room. It is a great show, we hope you enjoy it.

I committed a major faux pas as far as speakers go.  I woke up this morning and realized I had never published my slide decks for the full day Precompiler I did at Codemash 2010 on Back to The Bascis with .NET.  To correct this travesty I immediately grabbed the folder, compressed it and uploaded it to my site for the world to enjoy (or print copies of and burn, either way).  You can find all five decks along with some of the demos at the following URL:

http://keithelder.net/Presentations/BackToBasics/Codmash2010-BackToBasics.zip

Abstract: This all-day session is targeted to anyone new to .NET. You’ll start out with basic “What is .NET?” and move through building applications on in various .NET technologies. Topics covered include:

• What is .NET? Discusses the fundamentals of the .NET platform, what it is, where it can be used, and a few myths about .NET.
• How to Use Your Hammer – Visual Studio Walks you through how to use Visual Studio features like Intellisense, Source Control integration, debugging, and other critical foundational skills.
• A Programmer’s Primer Programming in C# Covers the basics of the C# language from 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.
• Client Applications Covers standard Windows applications, Windows mobile applications and newer Windows applications based on Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF).
• Web ApplicationsCovers the variety of ways to build web-based applications in .NET. standard ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, Silverlight and Web Services.