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Friday, May 09, 2008 (EST)
- Heroes {Community} Launch
speaker: Chris Dufour and Kate Gegory
location: Whitby Public Library - Room 1B
Click here to Register
3 Sessions - Early Start Time
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Session 1 - Overview
Kate Gregory, Microsoft Regional Director
Our mini launch starts with a sweeping overview of improvements to Windows development including WPF and MFC, web development including Ajax, back end development including WCF and workflow, and application lifecycle management with Team Systems.KD
Session 2 - Web Programming With WCF
Chris Dufour, MVP, MCAD, IBM Certified Database Associate-DB2 UDBv8.1
The web has become a huge set of connected data that adheres to a set of standards and protocols. The foundational aspects of the web are the importance of URI composition, the proliferation of HTTP GET, and the descriptive nature of the Content-Type header. Built on WCF extensibility points in the .NET Framework 3.0, WCF in the .NET Framework 3.5 includes first-class support for building services that embrace these tenets of the web. This includes building and consuming syndications, communicating with AJAX applications, Silverlight, or anything else that understands how to pivots to a detailed discussion of the new Web-centric features of WCF in the .NET Framework 3.5. communicate on the web. This presentation briefly describes the tenets of the web in more detail, then pivots to a detailed discussion of the new Web-centric features of WCF in the .NET Framework 3.5.
Session 3 - What's new in C# and VB
Kate Gregory, Microsoft Regional Director
See the language changes in Visual Basic and C# and how they will make you a more productive programmer. Discover Language Integrated Query (LINQ) and see how to put it to work processing data, XML, and more. Explore IDE improvements in Visual Studio.
Prizes
Heroes Happen {here} NFR Launch Kits - each with the following
1 Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition (1 64-bit and 32-bit)
1 Visual Studio Standard Edition
1 SQL Server 2008 CTP5 (1 64-bit and 32-bit)
1 NFR voucher for SQL Server 2008 Standard redeemable when SQL Server 2008 is Generally Available (GA)
Windows Vista Ultimate
Microsoft Learning Solutions 40% off Exam Vouchers
40% off TechNet Plus Subscriptions with Full Bit/No Technical Time Bomb Product Download/Eval
Location and Agenda
Whitby Public Library - Room 1B
405 Dundas Street West, Whitby, ON, L1N 6A1
Phone: (905) 668-6531
Fax: (905) 668-7445
Email: admin@whitbylibrary.on.ca
Website: http://www.whitbylibrary.on.ca
Event Agenda
| Time |
Title |
| 5:30 - 6:00 |
Socialize, refreshments and Pizza |
| 6:00 - 6:30 |
Session 1 - Overview of VS2008 |
| 6:30 - 6:35 |
Break (5 minutes) |
| 6:35 - 7:50 |
Session 2 - Web Programming with WCF |
| 7:50 - 8:00 |
Break (10 minutes) |
| 8:00 - 9:15 |
Session 3 - What's new in C# and VB |
Speaker Biography
| Chris Dufour, MVP, MCAD, IBM Certified Database Associate-DB2 UDBv8.1 |
| Chris Dufour (MCAD, IBM Certified Database Associate - DB2 UDB V8.1) is a Toronto-based software architect. He is currently working as a software architect for Cyberplex, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and focuses on the development of custom business applications using the Microsoft .NET framework. Chris is passionate about the developer community and has contributed projects like the ‘Code Camp Event Module’ and ‘Extended SQL Data Provider - SqlEx’ to the open source community on CodePlex. He is also the president of the East of Toronto .NET User Group and co-founder and organizer of the Toronto Code Camp and has been recognized as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for his involvement in the developer community. |
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| Kate Gregory, Microsoft Regional Director |
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Kate Gregory is a founding partner of Gregory Consulting Limited (www.gregcons.com), providing consulting and development services throughout North America since 1986. Based in Peterborough, Ontario, the firm develops software, primarily for the web, as well as components for web pages and other applications. Typical projects involve the .NET Framework, XML, Web Services, Visual C++, Visual Basic, C#, ASP, Java, and Perl. A new mentoring service provides an opportunity for firms to speed their adoption times for new technologies dramatically. Migration, conversion, and integration of existing applications are a current focus. Kate is the author of numerous books for Que Books, including four editions of Special Edition Using Visual C++, most recently the .NET edition - www.usingvisualc.net for details. She has a regular column at codeguru.com on Visual C++. Kate teaches (and develops courses on) .NET, XML, UML, C++, Java, and the Internet for a variety of corporate clients. She is in demand as an expert speaker, having completed four cross-country tours for Microsoft Canada in the last fifteen months. Kate is an adjunct faculty member at Trent University and a member of many advisory boards. Since January 2002 she has been the Microsoft Regional Director for Toronto. |
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