*Words of Wisdom From The Elder

DevLink – August 5th-7th

I will be at http://devlink.net in August from the 5th – 7th, 2010.  I will be speaking on Windows Communication Foundation.

Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) has gone through two major releases and is now ready for prime time but many enterprise developers are still holding onto ASMX web services. In this session we are going to learn why moving to WCF is a good thing and much easier in .NET 4.0. We’ll also look at many new features in WCF 4.0 such as simplified configuration along with multiple site bindings introduced with the latest release of .NET 4.0.

SQL Saturday Baton Rouge, LA – August 14th

I will be doing a full day track on .NET.  It is a great way to get started with the platform.

This seminar is for anyone who is starting at ground zero with .NET and wants to dive into the platform starting from scratch. It is designed for developers experienced in at least one other language, and starts with the basics of . NET and covers Microsoft Visual Studio, writing code in C#, and how to build applications in various technologies of the platform such as Windows, Web, Microsoft Silverlight, and Windows Mobile. If you are new to writing applications on Microsoft .NET this track is for you!

This is a free event, but you MUST register at http://sqlsatbr2010.eventbrite.com/. 

Today at 6:00 EST I’ll be live on .NET Rocks Live Weekend.  Here is an explanation taken from the .NET Rock Live Weekend web site:

Spend a long weekend interfacing with the .NET Community! Carl and Richard will be broadcasting live conversations with your favorite .NET rock stars 24/7 live from Pwop Studios! Listen to the stream live on your PC or Phone. That’s right, we’re streaming to your phone, no matter what phone you have (so long as it has Internet access and the ability to play streaming audio).

The Live Weekend starts at 8AM Eastern Saturday, June 26 and ends at Midnight Monday, June 28th, 2010, with repeat content continuing until 6PM Tuesday, June 29th. During periods of sleep they will replay content.

You can find the lineup of speakers and more information here:

http://www.dotnetrocks.com/liveweekend.aspx

And listen in live here:

http://mobileencoding.com/live-weekend.php 

I have no idea what I am going to be talking about but it should be fun!

TechEd 2010 was in New Orleans last week and I had the pleasure of doing a full day pre-conf session at TechEd.  Pre-confs are longer sessions where attendees can get into more details.  This year I did “.NET From Scratch” which was a one day session to introduce developers to the .NET platform. 

This seminar is for anyone who is starting at ground zero with .NET and wants a deep dive into the platform starting from scratch. It is designed for developers experienced in at least one other language, and starts with the basics of . NET and covers Microsoft Visual Studio, writing code in C#, and how to build applications in various technologies of the platform such as Windows, Web, Microsoft Silverlight, and Windows Mobile. If you are new to writing applications on Microsoft .NET, what better way to start your Tech·Ed experience?

As promised to the attendees, the slide decks and demos can be downloaded from the following URL:

http://keithelder.net/presentations/NETFromScratch/NETFromScratch.zip

Remember when learning a new platform as large as .NET the main thing to focus on are your immediate needs.  That may be a language and a framework and possibly web programming.  It is impossible to learn or know everything about a platform as large as .NET but knowing what is possible is half of the battle.  As engineers if we know it is possible it is just a matter of research to figure out how to make it happen. 

A big thank you to those that attended the session and I am truly sorry about how cold it was in the room.  If I’d known in advance I’d brought some firewood and blankets.  Enjoy.

 
http://deepfriedbytes.com/podcast/episode-50-behind-the-scenes-of-the-net-languages-with-luca-bolognese/

Ever wonder how your favorite features from C#, VB.NET and F# get selected, implemented and finally reach your fingers? We did too and we found a great person to get the behind the scenes story from Building 41 in Redmond. In this episode, we sat down with Luca Bolognese, former Group Program Manager at Microsoft, to discuss how the languages team decides which features to include in the .NET languages.  We learn also what is coming in NET 4.  Join us for this episode as we uncover some hints on what may be coming in the .NET future, something you don’t want to miss!

 
http://deepfriedbytes.com/podcast/episode-49-getting-the-right-message-about-nservicebus-with-udi-dahan/

In this episode we sat down with Udi Dahan, the creator of NServiceBus, to discuss and learn more about this open source messaging framework for designing distributed .NET enterprise systems. The guys chat about how to work with NServiceBus and the best practices with the framework.