Developer Academy 3 Session List – First Draft

Developer Academy 3 Session List – First Draft

ALM301 - Web Sites Testing with Visual Studio Team System (Level 300)

Visual Studio Team System makes your site better and more robust with its Web Testing capabilities. In this session we will see how to test your web application in various ways, how to extend the out-of-the-box rules and how to integrate it in the daily build.

ALM302 - Implementing Test Driven Development (TDD) with Visual Studio Team System (Level 300)

Unit Testing assures that your code behaves as it should. In this session we will implement Test Driven Development using Visual Studio and Team System, for the application code and for the Stored Procedures in the database.

ALM303 - Professional Developer Tools in Visual Studio Team System (Level 300)

Visual Studio Team System is not all about source control, and contains many tools for the developer. In this demo-driven session we will see tools such as Code Metrics, Hot Pathing, Code Analysis, Performance Run, Schema Compare & more.

ARC202 - Architecting Real-World Enterprise Application – Considerations and Dilemmas (Level 200)

From choosing a Data Access Layer, Caching and Logging, up to Authentication, Offline support and more architectural aspects in a real-world medical application in the IDF.

ARC301 - Speed it up with Distributed Cache using “Velocity” (Level 300)

Make a difference in your projects with a distributed in-memory application cache platform for developing scalable, high-performance applications. Use partitioned and local cache, use various access ways to your data, take advantage of ASP.NET integration and much more…

DEV301 - HTTP Web Services with Windows Communication Foundation 3.5 (Level 300)

In this session we will see how to use WCF 3.5 to build REST Web Services that agents can interact with using simple HTTP verbs. We will also look into how ADO.Net Data Services were implemented.

DEV302 - Building Your First Great Silverlight 2 Application (Level 300)

You have seen how exciting Silverlight applications are, now you want to do it yourself. With 50 minutes of demo-time you'll learn how to build Silverlight applications, give them a little style, and connect them to services and their data.

DEV303 - Integrating Silverlight 2 into Existing Web Sites (Level 300)

After we have seen how to build a simple standalone Silverlight 2 application we will see how to integrate it into existing sites, and how to communicate with DOM elements and JavaScript functions.

DEV305 - Leverage SQL Server 2008 in Your .Net Code with Visual Studio 2008 SP1 (Level 300)

Visual Studio 2008 SP1 lets you leverage the new features in SQL Server 2008 such as Table Valued Parameters, Change Tracking, FILESTREAM and the new Date and Time types. In this session we'll see how easy they are to use, and how you can do it today.

DEV306 - Windows Azure: Building Web Sites and Services in the Cloud (Level 300)

Learn about the cloud services that enable developers to easily create or extend their applications and services. In this session we take a tour of Windows Azure by building and running a simple service using the platform SDK. This is a demo-heavy session.

DEV308 - Internet Explorer 8: What's New for Developers? (Level 300)

Internet Explorer 8 brings new enhancements for the web developer. From CSS standards, through the new development tools and the new features, we will see how you can benefit from them all.

DEV309 - Building Web Sites with ASP.NET MVC Framework (Level 300)

In this session we will introduce another way for building great web applications. We will talk about the new ASP.NET MVC Framework, take a Look at each layer, and the new routing mechanism.

DEV311 - Building Windows 7 and Windows Vista Compatible Applications (Level 300)

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DEV312 - Dynamic Languages and the .Net Framework (Level 300)

Dynamic languages (Python, Ruby, etc.) have been receiving bigger slices of the dev cycle pie. Microsoft joins the ride and future frameworks will incorporate more dynamic capabilities. Come and see how dynamic languages will effect application development in various programming environments.

DEV313 - Building Composite Applications in WPF (Level 300)

In this session we will talk about the challenges of Composite UI development, and learn how to leverage Composite Application Guidance for WPF on behalf of WPF for implementing modern enterprise applications UI.

DEV314 - Design Patterns – Learn From the Experience of Others (Level 300)

You don’t want to reinvent the wheel, so you look for design patterns –lessons learnt by those who've faced same software design problems before. In this session we will look at key OO design principles and dive into design patters such as Decorator, Strategy, Façade and others.

DEV401 - ASP.NET Ajax Internals (Level 400)

In this talk we will deep dive into the client side and server side of ASP.NET Ajax, discussing JavaScript extensions, object orientation and code compilation, HTTP modules and handlers that support the partial page rendering and Extender controls.

DEV402 - Concurrent Programming: From Thread Pool to Parallel Extensions (Level 400)

We must develop concurrent applications today, but with concurrency come data races, contention and deadlocks. From System.Thread, the thread pool, through the Parallel Extensions for .NET – we will analyze design patterns specific to concurrent applications and learn to avoid common pitfalls.

DEV403 - A Deep Dive into LINQ (Level 400)

Many developers already use LINQ on a daily basis, but most only scratch the surface of what’s possible. In this session we will dive more deeply into LINQ and see how it works behind the scenes, share tips, tricks and common pitfalls.

DEV404 - Hardcore C#: Hidden Power and Flexibility (Level 400)

This almost demo-only session will explore the powerful, but less known capabilities of the C# language. Topics include partial classes & methods, expression trees & lambda expressions, dynamic delegates, extension methods, elegant iterators, anonymous delegates and more advanced stuff. Will be fun!

Enjoy!