Talks
This is the event where Visual Studio 2010 will be launched. I will be doing a number of talks at this event:
- Building Behaviors for Silverlight 4
- Ninja Data Binding
- Validating Data in Silverlight
- Will It Blend?
No, I don't know swedish but I am looking forward to seeing my Svensk fans. Its a great conference with great speakers. I'll be doing one talk at the event:
3/15/2010:
MIX10
The Designer/Developer/Web conference put on by Microsoft. Always a good time! I will be presenting two talks this year:
- Securing Silverlight
- Debugging Silverlight
(Note that due to overlap between my MVVM Talk and Nikhil Kothari's MVVM talk, I have agreed to switch my talk to one on Silverlight Security).
The Silverlight for SharePoint Workshop is a three-day course on Silverlight 2 and Integration with Sharepoint. It divides the content into three distinct areas: Design, Development and integration with Microsoft™ SharePoint. Students should be able to develop Silverlight 2 applications that will be used inside SharePoint WebParts once attending the workshop.
I am excited to be asked to speak in Berlin this November at TechEd Europe 2009. This event is happening November 9-13th in Berlin, Germany. If you have a chance, it'll be a great time to see and be seen. There are a lot of great speakers that are all a must-see (humbling a bit).
I'll be doing two talks and participating in a panel:
The panel is "Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Microsoft Silverlight, But Were Afraid to Ask" with Tim Heuer, Oliver Scheer and Damir Tomicic (and me!)
Bring your toughest questions...
Come join me in Sweden for this amazing conference with all your favorite speakers. I'll be talking about "What's New in Silverlight 3" as well as "Why Oslo Matters".
Come join me in The Netherlands for some great talks including "Building Behaviors in Silverlight 3", "Why Oslo Matters", "Building your first MGrammar" and "Data Validation in Silverlight 3".
This is my first trip to Poland. If you are in Krakow in October, come join me for a code camp to remember!
Ever want to head to Bulgaria? This is your chance. Telerik does a fabulous job at running this conference with all the great speakers. I'll be there speaking about Silverlight and Oslo!
I will be in Augusta spreading the Silverlight 3 love. Come and see me build an application and show off SketchFlow.
I'll be showing off writing a complete application in sixty minutes at the upcoming Atlanta Silverlight Firestarter. Don't miss it! Only 175 seats are available.
I will be in Nashville, TN in August 13 - 15, 2009 to speak at the DevLink conference. DevLink is a great deal at $75 for three days of technical content. I will be doing sessions on:
Will it Blend?: It’s easy to assume that the Expression toolset is just for designers. It’s even got that cool dark background with a completely non-Windows looking skin. But is that the reality? In this session I will show developers how Blend can be used to make their jobs quite a bit easier, even without a single ounce of artistic talent.
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Silverlight + MVVM = Easy: Building a simple gadget or proof-of-concept in Silverlight is a pleasurable experience. But for larger applications, we should be able to leverage some of the tried and true software development patterns to help us build reliable and robust solutions. One of the most power of these techniques is the model-view-view-model (MVVM) pattern. In this session, I will present a example of building your applications using the MVC pattern to enable testability and separation of concerns.
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In this two day course, students will learn the next level of creating exceptional applications in Silverlight 2. They will be steeped in the tools to build large, scalable applications using techniques like inversion of control, separating concerns, advanced data access, test-driven development (TDD) and custom control development.
We are giving a three-day workshop on Silverlight 2 and 3. I will be walking the students through creating Silverlight from the ground up, including coverage , the Expression Toolset and integration of Silverlight with ASP.NET!
My sessions are in the running for CodeStock in Knoxville, TN. You can help pick which sessions are going to be given (including mine) at this year's CodeStock. How does it work?
You go to CodeStock and register to attend (an incredible deal at $25 for two days), then you can vote on the content that you want! You can register here:
http://codestock.org/Pages/Register.aspx
Voting for the sessions ends on May 15th.
I'll be presenting several talks at this year's DevTeach (Vancouver)! Here's my talks:
- Data in the Clouse
- Silverlight + MVVM == Easy
- Navigating the DMZ between Designers and Developers
- Will It Blend
- *NDA* Topic (I will share this topic once its made available publically)
See you there!
The Silverlight for SharePoint Workshop is a three-day course on Silverlight 2 and Integration with Sharepoint. It divides the content into three distinct areas: Design, Development and integration with Microsoft™ SharePoint. Students should be able to develop Silverlight 2 applications that will be used inside SharePoint WebParts once attending the workshop.
Microsoft's Oslo is trying to change the way that software is designed, developed and delivered. They are introducing a platform for building real, scalable and manageable model-driven applications. Being an early adopter of this platform will prepare you for our changing world.
This course will show you how to build models and domain specific languages and use them all at runtime using the Repository to create great applications for your users.
I will be coming to the GGMUG in May to talk about Silverlight 3. If you are around I'll show off all the new features of Silverlight 3 and answer questions about anything XAML.
We are giving a three-day workshop on Silverlight 2 and 3. I will be walking the students through creating Silverlight from the ground up, including coverage , the Expression Toolset and integration of Silverlight with ASP.NET!
If you're in Atlanta, come by SQL Saturday and hear some of the best SQL Server speakers in the area. I will be there to talk about both of these topics:
Using MSchema in Project Lifecycles
While tools like Visual Studio's Database projects can help build and version databases, Oslo's new MSchema language can provide a powerful abstraction from the minutea of data models. In this talk I will show you how to use MSchema for build/deployment scenarios and using it to version your schemas.
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ADO.NET Data Services for DBAs
The idea of exposing data across the Internet is a scary thought for most DBAs, but ADO.NET Data Services provides the security to allow you to feel better about how its handled. Since so many applications now require the Internet, ADO.NET Data Services represents a sensible way to provide that data. Come to this talk to be talked down from the ledge of fear about the technology.
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I will be talking about SharePoint and Silverlight Integration at Atlanta's upcoming SharePoint Saturday. If you are in Atlanta and want to hear about some of the ways you can use Silverlight in your SharePoint sites, drop by for a listen!
3/18/2009:
MIX09
I'll be in Las Vegas this March for Microsoft's premiere web design event: MIX09. I'll be there to see everything there is new about Silverlight and web development.
I'll be doing a talk on how to develop Silverlight using Eclipse. I hope to see you there!
I'll be talking abou Silverlight and Data at this year's Atlanta Code Camp.
We are giving a three-day workshop on Silverlight 2. I will be walking the students through creating Silverlight from the ground up, including coverage , the Expression Toolset and integration of Silverlight with ASP.NET!
I will be coming to the Twin Cities Developers Guild to talk about everything Silverlight on February 10th, 2009. If you're in town and come by and watch me build a Silverlight application from scratch in 75 minutes. I will be showing off Blend and Visual Studio's mad XAML skills as well as how to retrieve data from the server. Its a fun talk!
We are giving a three-day workshop on Silverlight 2. I will be walking the students through creating Silverlight from the ground up, including coverage , the Expression Toolset and integration of Silverlight with ASP.NET!
Coming December 16, 2008, i'll be at the Atlanta stop of the MSDN Developer Conference to see the PDC content. These events will give you an opportunity to see the Azure platform, Windows 7, Silverlight, F# and even Oslo.
I will be presenting the "Lap Around Oslo" with David Struggs. If you want to learn about the newest stuff coming out of Redmond or just want to show up and argue with me about Domain Specific Languages, show up at the event.
For the nominal $99 fee you get admission, food and the chance to win some fun prizes.
See you there!
We are giving a three-day workshop on Silverlight 2. I will be walking the students through creating Silverlight from the ground up, including coverage , the Expression Toolset and integration of Silverlight with ASP.NET!
Come join me if you are in Florida for Thanksgiving! I'll be giving an
Introduction to Silverlight 2 in West Palm Beach!
We are giving a three-day workshop on Silverlight 2. I will be walking the students through creating Silverlight from the ground up, including coverage , the Expression Toolset and integration of Silverlight with ASP.NET!
We are giving a three-day workshop on Silverlight 2. I will be walking the students through creating Silverlight from the ground up, including coverage , the Expression Toolset and integration of Silverlight with ASP.NET!
We are giving a three-day workshop on Silverlight 2. I will be walking the students through creating Silverlight from the ground up, including coverage , the Expression Toolset and integration of Silverlight with ASP.NET!
DevReach 2008 is in Sofia, Bulgaria on October 13-15th, 2008. The schedule hasn't been finalized so I am not sure yet what I'll be speaking on but you can probably guess the usual Silverlight, ADO.NET Data Services, Entity Framework or DSL stuff I am interested in.
The SDN Conference 2008 is in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on October 6-7th, 2008. I will be speaking on Silverlight 2 Control Customization, Visual State Manager and ADO.NET Data Services. I am excited to see my old adopted home again! Et Lekker!
We are giving a three-day workshop on Silverlight 2. I will be walking the students through creating Silverlight from the ground up, including coverage , the Expression Toolset and integration of Silverlight with ASP.NET!
Come join me at the Manhattan Microsoft office for a day of Silverlight 2. Peter Laudati and I will be giving the keynote!
We are giving a three-day workshop on Silverlight 2. I will be walking the students through creating Silverlight from the ground up, including coverage , the Expression Toolset and integration of Silverlight with ASP.NET!
We are giving a three-day workshop on Silverlight 2. I will be walking the students through creating Silverlight from the ground up, including coverage , the Expression Toolset and integration of Silverlight with ASP.NET!
Next Monday night (July 28th, 2008), i'll be giving the short Q&A session at the Atlanta .NET Users Group. The topic? NHibernate's LINQ and ADO.NET Data Services support. If you're interested in using NHibernate but don't want to give up your LINQ skills, stop by for a listen!
We are giving a three-day workshop on Silverlight 2. I will be walking the students through creating Silverlight from the ground up, including coverage , the Expression Toolset and integration of Silverlight with ASP.NET!
Please join me for a webcast where I will be discussing Siverlight 2's use in Line of Business applications.
We are giving a three-day workshop on Silverlight 2. I will be walking the students through creating Silverlight from the ground up, including coverage , the Expression Toolset and integration of Silverlight with ASP.NET!
I will be presenting at the Atlanta Microsoft Professionals User Group. I will be discussing the Entity Framework and Astoria. So if you're interested in learning where the Entity Framework and Astoria fit into the Microsoft Data Ecosystem, stop by!
We are giving a three-day workshop on Silverlight 2. I will be walking the students through creating Silverlight from the ground up, including coverage , the Expression Toolset and integration of Silverlight with ASP.NET!
We are giving a three-day workshop on Silverlight 2. I will be walking the students through creating Silverlight from the ground up, including coverage , the Expression Toolset and integration of Silverlight with ASP.NET!
We are giving a three-day workshop on Silverlight 2. I will be walking the students through creating Silverlight from the ground up, including coverage , the Expression Toolset and integration of Silverlight with ASP.NET!
Come join me in Atlanta for our code camp. I'll be giving three talks that day...
- Microsoft Expression Blend for Silverlight Developers
- Deep Dive into Deep Zoom
- Consuming Data in Silverlight 2
We are giving a three-day workshop on Silverlight 2. I will be walking the students through creating Silverlight from the ground up, including coverage , the Expression Toolset and integration of Silverlight with ASP.NET!
Come join me in Huntsville, AL for their code camp. I'll be giving four talks that day...whew!
- A Peek at ADO.NET Data Services (AKA Astoria)
- Introducing the Entity Framework
- Getting Ready for Silverlight 2.0
- Microsoft Expression Blend for Silverlight Developers
The Silverlight Tour is proud to announce "A Taste of Silverlight" to be held on February 18, 2008, starting at 1pm in Dallas, TX. we will be holding a free 1/2 day seminar on Silverlight in Dallas, TX. Shawn Wildermuth is bringing his Silverlight chops to Dallas to discuss the big picture of Silverlight and answer the following questions:
- Why should I care about Silverlight
- What is Silverlight?
- When should I use Silverlight?
- What is the Silverlight story on the Server?
- How do developers and designers work together?
There are only 32 seats available for this free event so sign up early! You can see event details and register at www.silverlight-tour.com/freesignup.aspx
Please join us near the Perimeter on January 24th, 2008 at 6:30pm:
5 Seasons Brewery
5600 Roswell Rd NE
Atlanta,GA 30342
USA
(404) 255-5911
Starts at 6:30pm.
Please RSVP here.
We are giving a three-day workshop on Silverlight 2. I will be walking the students through creating Silverlight from the ground up, including coverage , the Expression Toolset and integration of Silverlight with ASP.NET!
Florida in the winter seems like a good idea to me so I am heading down to an INETA Sponsored talk to the Miramar group of Florida .NET. I will be discussing the Entity Framework (and Astoria too).
We are giving a three-day workshop on Silverlight 2. I will be walking the students through creating Silverlight from the ground up, including coverage , the Expression Toolset and integration of Silverlight with ASP.NET!
We are giving a three-day workshop on Microsoft's new web technology: Silverlight. I will be walking the students through creating Silverlight from the ground up, including coverage of Silverlight 1.0 and 1.1, the Expression Toolset and integration of Silverlight with ASP.NET and AJAX!
We are having another Atlanta Geek Dinner on Novemer 29th, 2007 at Max Lager's American Grill & Brewery. This dinner will start at 6:30pm and will be held in Midtown in Atlanta for all you guys that work and/or live intown (like me). You can find Gordon Biersch's at:
Max Lager's American Grill & Brewery (map)
848 Peachtree St NE
Atlanta, GA 30308-1202
Phone: (404) 870-0805
Please RSVP here.
NOTE: Originally this dinner was scheduled with Live.com's Events but it isn't meant to be used for this type of event. If you've registered via that site, please RSVP separately.
We are giving a three-day workshop on Microsoft's new web technology: Silverlight. I will be walking the students through creating Silverlight from the ground up, including coverage of Silverlight 1.0 and 1.1, the Expression Toolset and integration of Silverlight with ASP.NET and AJAX!
We are giving a three-day workshop on Microsoft's new web technology: Silverlight. I will be walking the students through creating Silverlight from the ground up, including coverage of Silverlight 1.0 and 1.1, the Expression Toolset and integration of Silverlight with ASP.NET and AJAX!
After several months of craziness, I am re-starting the Atlanta Geek Dinner. Please join me on October 25th, 2007 (a Thursday night) for beer, eats and lots of gabs. This geek dinner will be in the Perimeter Center area. Please RSVP so I can get a good count for the dinner.
Please RSVP here.
Come see me and Glen Gordon talk at Phipps Plaza in Atlanta about Visual Studio 2008, "Astoria", Entity Framework and Silverlight...and see them working gracefully together!
Click here to register for the event before it fills up.
I'll be speaking at the ReMIX Boston event on October 8-9, 2007. I'll be talking about the Developer/Designer Relationship. Don't miss it.
I will be heading back to Boston for this INETA Sponsored talk for the New England VB Pro group. I don't know what the topic is yet, but i will update this when I do.
In partnership with Dunn Training, we are giving a three-day workshop on Microsoft's new web technology: Silverlight. I will be walking the students through creating Silverlight from the ground up, including coverage of Silverlight 1.0 and 1.1, the Expression Toolset and integration of Silverlight with ASP.NET and AJAX!
I will be presenting on Silverlight with Glen Gordon in Atlanta's MSDN Event!
I will be joining Glen Gordon for a GeekSpeak and discussion Silverlight!
I will be joining Carl and Richard to discuss Silverlight.
In partnership with Dunn Training, we are giving a three-day workshop on Microsoft's new web technology: Silverlight. I will be walking the students through creating Silverlight from the ground up, including coverage of Silverlight 1.0 and 1.1, the Expression Toolset and integration of Silverlight with ASP.NET and AJAX!
The next Atlanta Geek Dinner will be on July 12th!
I'll be appearing again at the Atlanta Cutting Edge .NET group, but will be doing the long talk. I will be discussing Silverlight.
I'll be headed up near our nation's captial to talk about
WPF/E Silverlight
I'll be doing the early talk at the Atlanta Cutting Edge .NET Group. I'll be showing you how to write addin's for MSN Messenger (e.g. Windows Messenger) in .NET.
Come join me talk about ADO.NET v.Next (e.g. Entity Framework).
Come visit me at that Atlanta .NET Users Group and learn about how and when to write Custom WPF Controls.
Come to the illustrious Atlanta Code Camp on January 20th, 2007 to hear me give you the skinny on "WPF/E"!
Come listen to me wax poetically on
WPF/E in a
geekSpeak event hosted by
Glen Gordon and
Susan Wisowaty.
We are giving a three-day workshop on Silverlight 2. I will be walking the students through creating Silverlight from the ground up, including coverage , the Expression Toolset and integration of Silverlight with ASP.NET!
I will finally make it down to Florida in December to talk about
Avalon WPF.
Come and see me talk about
Avalon WPF.
After several months of craziness, I am re-starting the Atlanta Geek Dinner. Please join me on July 20th, 2006 (a Thursday night) for beer, eats and lots of gabs. This geek dinner will be in the Perimeter Center area. Please RSVP so I can get a good count for the dinner.
5600 Roswell Rd NE
Atlanta, GA 30342 
(404) 255-5911
UPDATE: We will start at 6:30pm
Please RSVP here.
Come see be talk about ADO.NET 2.0...the good, the bad...and perhaps the ugly.
Join me at the Atlanta Code Camp. I'll be discussing Windows Workflow!
I'll be in Arlington to talk about Avalon as an INETA speaker.
I am geared up to talk in Dallas about ADO.NET 2.0.
I'll be giving a talk on Avalon (Windows Presentation Foundation) including Cider!
Look for me at the "Ask the Experts" booth!
We will be having a new Geek Dinner on November 17th. We will meet 5 Seasons Brewing Company at 6:30pm on Thursday, November 17th!
I'll be giving my Avalon (MPF) talk in Orlando. If you want to know what its all about, stop by and have some pizza.
I'll be giving my Avalon (MPF) talk in Orlando. If you want to know what its all about, stop by and have some pizza.
I will be in Greenville/Spartanburg to talk about Avalon. If you've never heard of it, come by and i'll let you in on the secret.
I will be in Greenville/Spartanburg to talk about Avalon. If you've never heard of it, come by and i'll let you in on the secret.
Look here for more info on this talk coming soon!
Look here for more info on this talk coming soon!
I will be at Atlanta's Microsoft Database Centric user's group this April. Don't miss it!
I will be at Atlanta's Microsoft Database Centric user's group this April. Don't miss it!
Put this on your calendar. The next Geek Dinner is on March 24th .
I am going to be rotating the restaurants to make it easier for some people who live north of Atlanta. This time, we'll be meeting at Harp Irish Pub in North Roswell. We're meeting there at 6:30pm. They are located here:
Harp Irish Pub
1425 Market Blvd, Suite 1330
Roswell, Georgia 30076
770-645-0118
Put this on your calendar. The next Geek Dinner is on March 24th .
I am going to be rotating the restaurants to make it easier for some people who live north of Atlanta. This time, we'll be meeting at Harp Irish Pub in North Roswell. We're meeting there at 6:30pm. They are located here:
Harp Irish Pub
1425 Market Blvd, Suite 1330
Roswell, Georgia 30076
770-645-0118
I'll be giving a talk on SQL Server CE 2005 at the Atlanta Mobility User's Group. Come an dlisten to what's going on in the CE space.
I'll be giving a talk on SQL Server CE 2005 at the Atlanta Mobility User's Group. Come an dlisten to what's going on in the CE space.
Be seen with the cool, or not so cool crowd!
Be seen with the cool, or not so cool crowd!
Day 3 of my Alabama tour!
Day 3 of my Alabama tour!
Day 2 of my Alabama tour!
Day 2 of my Alabama tour!
Come visit me in the deep south and talk some tech! This is the start of my Alabama tour...
Come visit me in the deep south and talk some tech! This is the start of my Alabama tour...
If you are in Chicago on Halloween weekend, stop by the Chicago .NET User's Group (CNUG)'s Day of .NET Conference. I'll be doing two talks:
ADO.NET Best Practices
A Developers Introduction to SQL Server 2005
If you are in Chicago on Halloween weekend, stop by the Chicago .NET User's Group (CNUG)'s Day of .NET Conference. I'll be doing two talks:
ADO.NET Best Practices
A Developers Introduction to SQL Server 2005
I am looking forward to a day-long talk about ADO.NET in Milwaukee.
I am looking forward to a day-long talk about ADO.NET in Milwaukee.
I'll be giving my popular ADO.NET Best Practices talk in Boston so come on by and argue the nuances of ADO.NET.
I'll be giving my popular ADO.NET Best Practices talk in Boston so come on by and argue the nuances of ADO.NET.
Join me in Hotlanta for a rousing discussion of ADO.NET Best Practices!
Join me in Hotlanta for a rousing discussion of ADO.NET Best Practices!
I am really looking forward to talking about ASP.NET and ADO.NET for this group north of the border.
I am really looking forward to talking about ASP.NET and ADO.NET for this group north of the border.
Nothing like Georgia in the springtime. I will be heading down to the home of REM and the B-52's to talk about ADO.NET.
Nothing like Georgia in the springtime. I will be heading down to the home of REM and the B-52's to talk about ADO.NET.
I will be giving a talk on ADO.NET at this User Group.
I will be giving a talk on ADO.NET at this User Group.
Follow the link for directions to the User Group. I will be discussing ADO.NET Best Practices.
Follow the link for directions to the User Group. I will be discussing ADO.NET Best Practices.
Talking about ADO.NET...ADO.NET...and more ADO.NET. If you're lucky enough to live or be near Cape Cod...come and check it out.
Talking about ADO.NET...ADO.NET...and more ADO.NET. If you're lucky enough to live or be near Cape Cod...come and check it out.
This event has been postponed. I expect them to reschedule it for late winter.
The CCDNUG is sponsoring a hands-on ADO.NET training session. The cost is $100; lunch will be provided for an additional $5. The class will take place in a computer lab at 4C's, main campus, West Barnstable, from 9-4:30 with an hour for lunch. Class will include the following talks, "Why ADO.NET", "Managed Providers", "All about DataSets", and "ADO.NET in Action".
This event has been postponed. I expect them to reschedule it for late winter.
The CCDNUG is sponsoring a hands-on ADO.NET training session. The cost is $100; lunch will be provided for an additional $5. The class will take place in a computer lab at 4C's, main campus, West Barnstable, from 9-4:30 with an hour for lunch. Class will include the following talks, "Why ADO.NET", "Managed Providers", "All about DataSets", and "ADO.NET in Action".
You've probably heard, "In the .NET world, if you need data access, just use ADO.NET". Hmmm...ADO.NET, just a maturation of ADO? Hardly. ADO.NET is a completely different paradigm in data access and manipulation. Understanding when to use this new disconnected model or the higher performing connected model Is the challenge of ADO.NET Whether you are new to database development or are an old ADO user, you will need to understand why ADO.NET was written. This is not your father's ADO.
You've probably heard, "In the .NET world, if you need data access, just use ADO.NET". Hmmm...ADO.NET, just a maturation of ADO? Hardly. ADO.NET is a completely different paradigm in data access and manipulation. Understanding when to use this new disconnected model or the higher performing connected model Is the challenge of ADO.NET Whether you are new to database development or are an old ADO user, you will need to understand why ADO.NET was written. This is not your father's ADO.
Don't believe the rumors. ADO.NET does not have to be that difficult. Shawn Wildermuth will be teaching you the secrets fo getting the most out of ADO.NET in the fewest keystrokes possible. Everything from how to correctly use connection pooling to the magic tricks of the Data Designers.
As the newness of .NET wears off, application developers must move past the “how to” of data access development and start considering the best ways to get things done. In this session, we’ll do just that, starting with an intelligent approach to the DataSet vs. DataReader question followed by discussion of more specialized issues like connection pooling, transactions, handling multiple result sets, and the finer points of typed datasets.
Don't believe the rumors. ADO.NET does not have to be that difficult. Shawn Wildermuth will be teaching you the secrets fo getting the most out of ADO.NET in the fewest keystrokes possible. Everything from how to correctly use connection pooling to the magic tricks of the Data Designers.
As the newness of .NET wears off, application developers must move past the “how to” of data access development and start considering the best ways to get things done. In this session, we’ll do just that, starting with an intelligent approach to the DataSet vs. DataReader question followed by discussion of more specialized issues like connection pooling, transactions, handling multiple result sets, and the finer points of typed datasets.
I am spending the day in Oklahoma City to talk at *both* their luncheon and evening meetings. Come see me twice! I will be talking about ADO.NET and DataBinding for both ASP.NET and Windows Forms.
I am spending the day in Oklahoma City to talk at *both* their luncheon and evening meetings. Come see me twice! I will be talking about ADO.NET and DataBinding for both ASP.NET and Windows Forms.
You've probably heard, "In the .NET world, if you need data access, just use ADO.NET". Hmmm...ADO.NET, just a maturation of ADO? Hardly. ADO.NET is a completely different paradigm in data access and manipulation. Whether you are new to database development or are an old ADO user, you will need to understand why ADO.NET was written. This is not your father's ADO.
You've probably heard, "In the .NET world, if you need data access, just use ADO.NET". Hmmm...ADO.NET, just a maturation of ADO? Hardly. ADO.NET is a completely different paradigm in data access and manipulation. Whether you are new to database development or are an old ADO user, you will need to understand why ADO.NET was written. This is not your father's ADO.
