Custom Web Controls Everywhere - Many developers have been in the situation where they've wished a custom control had been implemented early on. You'll learn which ASP.NET controls should be inherited in every project and how to create and use your custom controls in place of the standard ASP.NET controls. This approach will allow you to more easily maintain your applications and implement application-wide logic very quickly. We will also have a short discussion on how this approach will alter slightly with ASP.NET 2.0's skinning. However, you'll learn why skinning is not an alternative to creating custom controls, but more of a compliment to the approach.
Jeff Handley is a Software Architect at Business Integration Group, a Cincinnati-based consulting company focused on the Microsoft .NET platform. Jeff has been professionally developing web applications for nearly 10 years and he's been using the Microsoft platform since 1998 (ASP.NET since Beta 1). As Jeff has led teams ranging in sizes from 1 to 15 developers, he's strived to develop application architectures that allow for simple development and maintenance.
The meeting is May 17th at 6:00 PM at Max Technical Training. We will have lots of giveaways and of course free pizza and drinks! Hope to see you there.