Day of .NET 2009

The Lost Art of Simplicity

MikeWo — Wed, 06 May 2009 22:31:16 GMT

"Simplicity is a lost art in the application development space. The Wikipedia definition of Simplicity is “Simplicity is the property, condition, or quality of being simple or un-combined. It often denotes beauty, purity or clarity. Simple things are usually easier to explain and understand than complicated ones. Simplicity can mean freedom from hardship, effort or confusion."

This is a beautiful statement that we often lose sight of when we are building our applications. Instead we are on a never ending quest to fill out a checklist of features or to build something clever forgetting about the actual needs of our users to get a specific task done.

This keynote takes complexity to task and challenges you to bring simplicity to the center of your development with some straightforward ideas and guidance.

Given by Josh Holmes

SharePoint IS for Developers

MikeWo — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:49:22 GMT

SharePoint offers a developer the ability to provide very short turn around on production quality collaboration tools for their business. Often, though, SharePoint is considered a business user's tool. We'll talk about why developers love working in SharePoint.

Presented by Rick Kierner

Rick is a passionate technologist. He's interested in solving problems efficiently and doing things the right way. Sporting a cowboy hat and a relaxed personality, Rick is recognizable by far as the most interesting cowboy hat wearing Columbus-ite working in the IT Community...on Tuesdays between 3 and 5 in the morning...in the spring...when it's raining

Web Standards in an ASP.NET World

MikeWo — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:06:22 GMT

For a while, ASP.NET has not been thought of as the platform to use for web standards compliant code. While out of the box ASP.NET does have some downsides on that end, with a few adjustments you can have markup that is cleaner, faster, and will help in areas such as accessibility, SEO, and much more.

Presented by Chris Poteet

I currently work for Mixon Consulting crafting enterprise content management solutions for organizations on the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server Platform. I have a particular interest in maintaing enterprise governance, information architecture, and end-user adoption. I graduated in 2006 with a bachelors in Management Information Systems with an emphasis on Information Architecture. Here is a summary of my professional interests, and you can also download my current resume. Areas of Specialty Information ArchitectureUsabilityCollaborationKnowledge ManagementWeb StandardsContent Management

5 Simple Things You Can Do To Be A Little More Agile

MikeWo — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:04:07 GMT

We all want to be more agile. We want a process that helps us deliver awesome code, but need to drag the rest of IT and the business along with us. How do you stop the nightmare of yesteryear, and sneak agile into your shop, right under the noses of the waterfall guardian trolls? We have five ways to be more agile without officially changing your process, or getting fired.

Presented by Brian Prince

Brian H. Prince is an Architect Evangelist with Microsoft focused on building and educating the architect community in his district. Prior to joining Microsoft in March 2008, he was a Senior Director, Technology Strategy for a major mid-west partner. Further, he is a co-founder of the non-profit organization CodeMash (www.codemash.org). He speaks at various regional and national technology events including TechEd. Brian holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Computer Science and Physics from Capital University, Columbus, Ohio. He is also an avid gamer.

Enabling Test Driven Development with Dependency Injection and Mock Objects

MikeWo — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:54:26 GMT

Dependency injection and mock objects come together to let us write tests with the bare minimum of set-up code. We'll not be focusing on any particular frameworks but on the principles behind these techniques and how they help us write better quality software, faster.

Presented by Len Smith

Leonard Smith is a Senior Software Engineer for Mediacom Interaction. He has been developing software with Microsoft Products for the past ten years.

CSS Layout Made Simple

MikeWo — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:50:40 GMT

Many of us dread the day we have to crack open a style sheet and start laying out a web page. This session will walk you through some of the simple things you can do to make this effort far less painful. We will be creating a 3-column layout, centered in the browser, that is both standards-compliant and cross-browser compatible. This will be a very code-centric presentation.

Presented by Jeff Blankenburg

Jeff Blankenburg is an ultra-passionate web developer who works for Microsoft. As a Developer Evangelist, he has the unique responsibility to consult and advise software developers about the new tools, technologies, and practices available to them. Jeff's previous roles as a software developer allowed him to build industry-changing websites and marketing efforts for Victoria's Secret, Abercrombie & Fitch, Ford Motor Company, Sony, and several major pharmaceutical companies. Through many major speaking engagements and an active, technically-focused blog, Jeff has established himself as a valuable resource to anyone writing software or looking for advice on their next software endeavor.

Query Tuning in SQL Server 2005 and 2008

MikeWo — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:48:36 GMT

The presentation will focus on the steps to tune queries in SQL Server 2005/2008. Some of the topics that will be covered are: • Steps to determining when a query should be tuned. • How to read query plans. • System tables that will help you determine what sql is performing poorly. • Overview of set statements that will help you troubleshoot queries. • Effect of poor performing update or delete queries on overall system performance. • Steps for writing better performing queries. In addition the presentation will cover how to use query hints and when it is appropriate to use them.

Presented by Chris Barth

Mr. Barth possesses over fifteen years of professional experience in application architecture, design, development, and support. His specialties include designing, architecting and tuning DBMS environments, such as very large SQL Server solutions as well as Oracle and PostgreSQL solutions. He has also designed and developed business solutions for the retail, banking, health care and legal industries. Some of his recent experience involves developing a Bankruptcy detection system and a Balance Transfer Credit Card system for a large debt buyer. These projects involved the design and development of Federated databases utilizing T-SQL, XML and the CLR.

Anatomy of an IronPython Application

MikeWo — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:46:44 GMT

You've heard about IronPython and maybe have even taken the time to write the obligatory "Hello, World" application. Now what? The buzz around IronPython continues but there's still little guidance on tools and development processes. This presentation focuses on the basics of interacting with C# and VB.NET libraries using IronPython while introducing useful tools and techniques to get you started. Though experience with .NET is necessary, the samples and discussions are understandable to even beginning Python developers.

Presented by Darrell Hawley

Darrell Hawley, a Microsoft C# MVP, is a Senior Consultant with SRT Solutions where he develops engineering software while researching Python and agile development techniques. He has streamlined business processes as well as administered company networks and SQL Server installations. He also has proficiencies in code generation, web services, ASP.NET, Smart Clients, VB.NET, Visual Basic, VBA, VBScript and ASP. He is a member of the board and the Program Chair of the Ann Arbor .NET Developers Group and frequently speaks at user groups and conferences around Ohio and Michigan.

A Little Bit of Lean With Kanban

MikeWo — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:44:02 GMT

In our industry’s continual effort to find a better way to provide software solutions, Lean software development practices are gaining some momentum. Kanban is one part of Lean, and one I’ve used to provide value to my team and my clients in a very short time. I’ll share some of my experiences with Kanban, and help you generate some ideas on places you can use it.

Presented by Tim Wingfield

Tim has been involved in web design and development for over 10 years. For the last five years Tim has been a developer with the Business Solutions Group at Quick Solutions Inc. in Columbus, OH. Tim has a wide range of knowledge in .Net but focuses on the user interface and the user experience in ASP.Net applications. Recently he has put more time into studying development processes and how to more efficiently create quality software. In what time is left over, Tim enjoys coaching his sons’ hockey teams, playing a little hockey himself, and traveling with his family.

From Zero to XAML

MikeWo — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:41:51 GMT

Windows Presentation Foundation is "the most significant technology to come out of Microsoft. Ever." according to Mark Miller. We've all seen the demos of Visual Studio 2008 with Blend to create breathtaking UIs, but what is under the hood? Is WPF useful to the average developer cranking out WinForms applications for internal corporate use? To answer this question we will take a close look at WPF code - without Design Mode or Blend. Warning: This is a no Technotainment Zone!

Presented by Michael Neel

Michael C. Neel is a Digital Media Developer at Jewelry Television and independent consultant at ViNull Software. He serves as board member and Vice President for the East Tennessee .Net Users Group (ETNUG) in Knoxville, TN and organizes Knoxville's developer conference "CodeStock" (http://CodeStock.org). Michael has been published in asp.netPro magazine and continues to publish .NET focused articles at his website. An active Microsoft MVP, ASPInsider, and speaker, Michael regularly travels to all of the states surrounding Tennessee. You can find out more about Michael at his website http://ViNull.com

Creating Applications using the Model-View-ViewModel Pattern

MikeWo — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:39:37 GMT

Need a new acronym for your resume? The Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) pattern is a variation of Model-View-Presenter (MVP) that is tailored for modern UI development platforms where the View is the responsibility of a designer rather than the developer. This has lead to the pattern becoming very popular with WPF and Silverlight application developers lately. This presentation will walk you through creating a business application from scratch in both WPF and Silverlight using the MVVM pattern.

Presented by Matt Casto:

Matt Casto is a Developer for the Application Development consulting practice at Quick Solutions, Inc. He has been designing and programming web and windows applications on the Microsoft platform for more than 10 years. Recently, Matt has focused on learning all things Silverlight and WPF. You can read Matt's thoughts at http://programwith.net and, much more often, http://twitter.com/mattcasto

Central Ohio Day of .NET 2009 Flyers

MikeWo — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:00:04 GMT

Help us advertise by printing out these flyers and and passing them out at your user groups, development meetings, classes and other geek functions. Heck, pass them out to your family! You never know who would be interested in learning more about programming.

Central Ohio Day of .NET Sponsorship Prospectus (2009)

MikeWo — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:57:18 GMT

If your company is interested in sponsoring the Central Ohio Day of .NET then this is the document for you! We can't put this event on without the help of great sponsors. Whether you want to provide financial help, or provide SWAG, this document explains the benefits of sponsoring the 2009 Central Ohio Day of .NET.

Thanks in advance!