Automated Builds: How to UppercuT Your Code!

“Build – it’s not just for F5 anymore.” How you build your code and verify quality is something that is usually not thought of at the beginning of a project, but is one of the most important things you can add to code! During this session we will go over the conventions in building and verifying code quality. We will see a project that is using automated builds and how all of the conventions are applied. We are going to see UppercuT and how well suited it is for automated builds. UppercuT is a build framework (based in NAnt) that allows rapid and powerful use of NAnt without having to understand the intricacies of NAnt. The last thing we will do is apply UppercuT to a project to show you how fast you can go from F5 to automated builds!

level

100

speaker

Rob Reynolds

Basics of Analyzing Dumpfiles for .NET Developers

Dumpfiles are one of those amazingly handy things that you need to understand how to use with your diagnostics toolset. In this talk, Scott will walk you through how to walk through the memory snapshot and learn what was going on at the time of the dump. You will see how to attach to Microsoft’s Symbol Server, learn what is going on in memory, how to analyze specific object types, and other skills needed to do basic troubleshooting.

level

100

speaker

Scott Seely

Building a UI using webOS Widgets

This session will go over the basics of working with user interface components (widgets) in webOS. It will cover the basic widgets you will use in almost every application and will also cover some of the advanced widgets you will need.

level

200

speaker

Torey Maerz,Justin Musgrove

Coding Session - Develop Your Mobile AppCoding Session - Develop Your Mobile App

Do you have an idea for a mobile app you want to create with webOS? Do you want to get to know other developers interested in webOS? If so then this session if for you. We will be collecting ideas for apps to create throughout the day and then begin to develop the app in this session. All types of developers, designers, testers are welcome. Bring what you know, connect with a team and end with an app for the Pre. We will be there along the way to help teams through snags and offer support when needed.

level

200

speaker

Torey Maerz,Justin Musgrove

Common Lisp - An Introduction

Common Lisp is a multi-paradigm programming language that has been around for awhile. With a number of libraries, the use of Lisp can be very practical in today's world - including web development, gui development, and so on. This talk would concentrate on an introduction to Common Lisp as a language

level

200

speaker

David Thole

Creating WPF User Controls for Complex data

Data. It is something we all deal with in our applications. And, it doesn't always come in simple, trivial formats that work well with the stock controls. The WPF framework brings numerous new concepts to developers the enable us to create elaborate user controls that can bring a superior user experience to our business applications. In this code-centric presentation we will learn how the new concepts in WPF can be used to tailor your user experience to the complexities of your environment's data.

level

100

speaker

Greg Wilson

Developing Peer to Peer Applications with .NET

Explore the world of Peer-to-Peer programming. In this session, attendees will be introduced to the powerful peer-to-peer infrastructure that is present in the Windows platform. Starting with an overview of peer-to-peer networks including graphing, grouping, and secure nodes, the talk will move into examples of building peer-to-peer applications. It will include demonstrations on how to use the PeerChannel infrastructure in WCF to build an appand how to tap into the Peer APIs directly to harness the full power of the P2P platform.

level

200

speaker

Jeff Brand

Dynamic .NET Demystified

Dynamic .NET is going mainstream with the upcoming promotion of the Dynamic Language Runtime into .NET 4.0. This session will provide an overview of the DLR and look at how it interacts with C# 4.0 and Visual Basic 10. You will also see how these features can be used to solve real-world problems.

level

200

speaker

Keith Dahlby

Getting Started With Behavior Driven Development

Behavior Driven Development has been getting a lot of press lately in the community. We'll look at why you should care, how it's different from, and the same as TDD. We'll even look at some tools that will help get you started with BDD

level

100

speaker

Lee Brandt

Gettn' Data with webOS and Mojo services

All applications need data and webOS applications are no exception to that rule. In this session you will learn several types of ways to retrieve and work with data within your webOS application. This will include working with local storage as well as retrieving data asynchronously from servers. And let's face it, it would suck to develop on phones that don't give you access to their cool services like GPS, the address book, calendar and other things. Thankfully you can access these things and more using Mojo's services via webOS calls. This session will cover the basics of making service calls

level

200

speaker

Torey Maerz,Justin Musgrove

Git – Distributed Version Control Tool

Git is a distributed version control tool; we will cover how git works internally, how to use git, various git workflows and why you might consider git over other version control tools currently available.

level

200/300

speaker

Nick Parker

Going from 0 to 100 dollars an hour with the .NET you didn't know

This session focuses on powerful language features of the C# language that help differentiate basic and advanced language knowledge. Topics discussed, with full implemetnation examples include Anonymous Methods, Delegates, Closures, lambdas, advanced generics and proper exception handling.

level

200/300

speaker

Mitchel Sellers

How to do Virtually Anything with jQuery

When it comes to web site interactivity, jQuery is king. I've never run into a problem I haven't been able to solve... yet! There's so much you can do with it and many clever plug-ins are created all the time. This isn't an intro course, you'll want to know how to use jQuery to get something out of this, I'm going to go over some complex examples that will hopefully ignite your brain when it comes to solving problems that occur within a dynamic web interface.

level

200

speaker

Chris Missal

Introduction to Ruby on Rails

Ruby on Rails is a open source web framework with an emphasis on uninterrupted productivity.

A hands on tutorial for the Ruby on Rails. A little knowledge of Ruby is a prerequisite. (See David Body’s Introduction to Ruby talk)

level

100

speaker

Luke Amdor

Intro to webOS

webOS is the newest mobile development platform. Specifically for the Palm pre, webOS is a mobile development framework based strictly on JavaScript, CSS and HTML. If you have used any of these in the past then you have a head start on developing in webOS. If you want to really jump into webOS or you want a glimpse of what developing in webOS is like, this session is for you. This intro to webOS will cover the basics of the framework, how to get started and the major points you need to know to get off on the right foot.

level

100

speaker

Torey Maerz,Justin Musgrove

Introduction to AOP with Post#

Starting with an example of how things are done using normal techniques. Then install Post# and then step by step refactor to using Aspects to replace things like logging, validation, security and/or transactions. Finally give a brief history of the Post# product and references to more info and alternative toolsets.

level

100

speaker

Michael Hall

Introduction to Ruby

Ruby is a dynamic, open source programming language with a focus on simplicity and productivity. This session is for developers who have heard about Ruby but haven't had a chance to work with it.

We'll start with an introduction to the Ruby language and highlight some of the language features that differentiate Ruby from traditional languages like Java and C#.

This session is recommended background for the session by Luke Amdor entitled Introduction to Ruby on Rails. We will assume attendees are experienced with other languages, but we won't assume any prior knowledge of Ruby or dynamic languages.

level

100

speaker

David Body

Inversion of Control

Never heard of it? Heard of it but wonder what these uber nerds are talking about? Will make sure you plan to attend this discussion about how this obtusely named principle is not only easy to implement but will lead to better code (defined as more testable, better communicates its needs, and is more flexible due to the ability to change)

level

100

speaker

Dru Sellers

An Introduction to ASP.NET MVC

ASP.NET MVC is Microsoft's implementation of an old design pattern, which fits web development better than ASP.NET does. It simplifies multiple aspects of web development that were complex in ASP.NET. It also gives ASP.NET developers a better and more accurate abstraction layer over the web. For example it doesn't use the problematic ViewState object. It removes most of the overly complex page lifecycle and it simplifies the ability to unit test web requests.

In this presentation we'll explain the MVC terminology and then we'll explore how to work with Controllers, Actions, Views and your Model. Then we'll walk though a real but simple ASP.NET MVC site so you can leave this session with enough knowledge to start a new ASP.NET MVC project.

level

200

speaker

Chris Sutton

Leveraging Social Networking / Social Media tools in your applications

Social networking sites, such as LinkedIn, BrightKite, Facebook & Twitter are growing at an incredible rate. In this talk, we'll take a brief look at some various forms of social networking tools and their respective APIs. I'll also demo building a Twitter client app using VB .NET, WPF and the Twitter API.

level

200

speaker

Chris Williams

Load testing your Web application

In this session you’ll learn how to answer the following questions: How many concurrent users my application can support? How many pages are responding according to my expectations? Will my server crash?

level

200

speaker

Eduardo Bottcher

Lost in translation: What really happens when you run that query?

Ever wonder what happens after a request leaves your application and heads to the database server and before the results come back? This chalk talk will walk you through the basics performed by a database server to service a request. Along the way, we'll also touch on why your DBA says some of those frustrating and inscrutable things that sometimes contribute to a love/hate relationship between developers and DBAs.

level

200

speaker

Chris Leonard

My experience learning NHibernate

This session will be centered around the learning experience I had w/ NHibernate this year and why I felt it was time to make a shift.

level

100

speaker

Toran Billups

Programming with Kids

Getting kids interested in programming. Discuss coding environments that are good for kids. I'll have some open-source installs for Linux, Mac, and Windows if you want to hack along. This is a discussion/experimentation session for adults who want to introduce programming to kids they know, but kids are welcome as well.

level

100

speaker

David Mitchell

Rage Against the Management

Discussion on how to grow as a developer in an environment that may not allow access to the latest-and-greatest technology.Presenter lead, audience driven session on how developers can:

• implement common practices into their code (SOLID principles, for example)
• organize code for better maintainability
• write code to avoid common upgrade pitfalls (you may not be writing MVC now, but what can you do to make that transition easier in the future)
• justify new technology purchases/platforms (software/hardware, IDE/runtime versions).

level

100

speaker

Dustin Thostenson

Silverlight for the WPF developer

if you are a WPF developer, you are also a Silverlight developer!! Learn how your existing WPF knowledge will ease your transition to Silverlight. In this session we will start with a basic WPF application and end with a Silverlight app!

level

100

speaker

Kirstin Juhl

Software Craftsmanship

Your career is your responsibility, not your employer’s responsibility. Learn how you can take charge of your own direction in your own career.

level

100

speaker

Luke Amdor

SOLID Development

Demonstrate the 5 SOLID principles by refactoring a Big Ball of Mud in to SOLID code. If you don't know the SOLID principles or how to practically apply them to your project than this is the presentation for you.

level

100

speaker

Tim Gifford

Stop Programming Javascript by Luck

There are many differences between JavaScript and more mainstream languages like C#, Ruby, VB and even Java. Unfortunately many of these differences are ignored by web developers and can lead to seemingly unexplainable bugs or, worse, inappropriate blaming on the language itself and its eventual dismissal as real language.

By writing JavaScript code using techniques from other languages, many times developers will incur in code that is bug-prone and flat out embarrassing in JavaScript. The worst part is that the script seems to work fine – until it doesn’t.

In this talk we will highlight some of the most important differences that can cause tricky bugs to be introduced in your JavaScript. In the process we will learn a great deal about how JavaScript operates and feel much more comfortable when tackling such bugs.

Beware, you may not be able to sleep after seeing this talk until you can back to your code to fix it.

level

200

speaker

Sergio Pereira

Taming the Database: Version Control

We all hold our code near and dear. We wouldn’t dream of having it anywhere but in version control. Why don’t we value our database the same?

Tired of putting off generating change scripts until the very last minute? Have developers stepping on each other’s toes with database changes? Ever wonder who changed that table and why?!?

Come hear why you need to get your database under version control! We’ll cover the general process, some of the common obstacles and tools that can help.

Once we have the database under version control, we’ll look at how we can leverage it in our Continuous Integration environment to execute integration tests and auto-deploys that, dare I say, include database upgrades!

level

200

speaker

Wesley McClure

Visual Studio Tips and Tricks

For nearly all .NET developers, regardless of the types of applications you are building or the company you build them for, Visual Studio.NET is the tool around which you base your careers. Since its release in 2002 this tool has evolved into a very powerful development environment supporting many languages, plug-ins, application types, designers, and other features. On top of all of these capabilities and features Microsoft has built an enormous amount of configurability into the tool itself.

During this session we will cover dozens of Visual Studio.NET 2008 tips and tricks ranging from editor configuration settings to keyboard shortcuts to optimizing searching and navigation to customizing the layout and development experience. Plus, we will also share and demo some of our favorite (and FREE) Visual Studio.NET plug-ins which we use every day to help us be more productive. We’ll also share some other freely available developer tools we use outside of VS.NET.

If getting the most productivity out of your development environment is important to you or if you are just interested in what might save you time, then this is the session for you. This is also a great chance to share your own tips and tricks while getting ideas from your peers. So come ready to interact and share your own knowledge and we promise that everyone will leave with numerous ideas of how be more productive as a developer.

level

100

speaker

Kevin Grossnicklaus

What Will Pex Do?

Pex is a tool that, at first glance, looks like it's all about testing your code in ways you never dreamed of. However, there's a lot more to Pex than that. In this session, we'll cover the testing capabilities of Pex along with exploring the advanced technologies that come with Pex, such as Stubs (a mocking framework), Extended Reflection, and Z3.

level

200/300

speaker

Jason Bock

Windows Communication Foundation Diagnostics

WCF might seem like a black box, but the WCF team put a lot of effort into making things as transparent as possible. Scott was part of the team that added tracing, message logging, WMI, diagnostic integration with IIS, and other diagnostic/manageability features to v3.0 of WCF. Spend an hour with him as he shows you how to use the diagnostics in ways you didn’t even know were possible.

level

200

speaker

Scott Seely