Update 9/23/2007: Due to an unexpected family matter, I regretfully am unable to attend DevTeach. Glenn Block from Microsoft was kind enough to take my place and present the topics.
I will be speaking at DevTeach Vancouver November 26 - 30, 2007 on Enterprise Library, Web Client Software Factory, and Smart Client Software Factory. The focus is on using the application blocks and software factories to build web and smart client applications quicker using proven practices.
If you are interested in building end-to-end applications using guidance from Microsoft Patterns & Practices, this is a good chance to see all of these technologies, application blocks, and software factories in action.
Here are my session abstracts for DevTeach:
Using Enterprise Library
Stop writing the same old boring, tedious, and time-consuming plumbing in your applications! Instead, re-use existing application blocks in Enterprise Library to do data access, logging, exception handling, validation, security, etc. This session will show you how to leverage the reusable application blocks in Enterprise Library to make you more productive and create better applications faster. The recently released v3.1 of Enterprise Library has numerous new features for .NET 3.0 as well as two new application blocks, Validation Application Block and Policy Injection Application Block, that will change the way you build applications. We will also discuss the use of Enterprise Library with software factories and new technologies in Orcas to show how Enterprise Library will help you build applications today and in the future.
Using the Web Client Software Factory
Building web applications using proven practices, agile methodologies, and new technologies in .NET 3.0 / 3.5 is challenging and time-consuming. The Web Client Software Factory from Microsoft Patterns & Practices hides the complexity by guiding you through the development process using simple-to-use wizards. It also makes you more productive by generating code in the form of solutions, projects, classes, and configuration information from within Visual Studio. This session demonstrates 1) the wonderful productivity features of the Web Client Software Factory to create a rich developer experience, 2) all the new AJAX features in the latest version that help create a rich end-user experience, and 3) services and guidance to help create more maintainable and better applications using today's proven practices around Workflow, Security, Model-View-Presenter, Dependency-Injection, and unit testing. Integration with Enterprise Library will be shown to demonstrate how Patterns & Practices solutions offer end-to-end guidance and functionality in your applications.
Using the Smart Client Software Factory
Create smart client applications faster and using proven practices using the Smart Client Software Factory by Microsoft Patterns & Practices. The software factory provides both a reusable framework that hides much of the development complexity as well as reusable wizards and recipes that automate common tasks in smart client development. The combination of reusable assets and productivity features allow you to spend less time on the plumbing of the application and more time on the business logic, UI, and services that are specific to the application. This session demonstrates 1) the productivity features of the Smart Client Software Factory to create a rich developer experience, 2) new features in the latest version for WPF and occasionally connected clients, and 3) services and guidance to help create more maintainable and better smart clients using today's proven practices around Model-View-Presenter, Dependency-Injection, pluggable modules, and unit testing. Integration with Enterprise Library and other software factories will be shown to demonstrate how Patterns & Practices solutions offer end-to-end guidance and functionality in your applications.
See you at DevTeach.