Keith Franklin:
Keith Franklin, the General Manager of the Midwest District of Magenic
Technologies, was recently appointed a Microsoft MVP for his commitment to the
technical community. Keith is also a regular speaker at VSLive!, DevDays, and
the Chicago .NET Users Group, which he founded and directs. His close
relationship with members of the Microsoft .NET Team(s), publishers, speakers,
and user group community led to his appointment to the Board of Directors of
the International .NET Association (INETA) in September 2001. He authored one
of the first Visual Basic books devoted to the .NET Framework. He has also
authored numerous articles published by Visual Studio Magazine, .NET
Magazine and Visual Basic Programmers Journal and recently
was named to the Editorial Board of the .NET Developers Journal ..
Dave Bost:
Dave Bost is the Director of Technology for Solution Partners, a Chicago-based
consulting company and Microsoft Solution Provider Partner. From the earlier
days of Visual Basic and COM to the present times with .NET and distributed
architectures, Dave has spent the past 10 years specializing in designing and
implementing Microsoft software solutions. Dave is a large contributor to the
Chicago .NET development community and has been a frequent speaker at some of
the industries leading conferences including VSLive and Microsoft’s Developer
Days. You read what’s on his mind lately at www.davebost.com
.
Chris Mayo:
Chris Mayo is the Developer Evangelist for the Midwest specializing in Visual
Studio .NET and the .NET platform. Chris has over 12 years experience
developing enterprise software as both a developer and as an architect. Chris’
development experience dates back to the days of VB 2.0 and includes
development on the Win DNA/COM(+), .NET and J2EE platforms. Chris speaks at
numerous developer conferences, including INETA user groups, MSDN events (both
live and on the web), launch events for Visual Studio .NET 2002 and 2003 as
well as conferences such as VSLive! and DevDays. Chris has authored articles
for .NET Developer Journal on SQL Server CE and Compact Framework development.
Chris can be reached at cmayo@microsoft.com.
Derek Ferguson
Speaker bio coming soon.
Jason Beres
Jason Beres is the Chief Technical Evangelist for Infragistics, Inc, a
Microsoft Visual Studio Integration Partner. Jason is a recognized
international speaker, a Microsoft .NET MVP, is on the INETA Speakers Bureau
(http://www.ineta.org) and is the Chairman of the INETA Academic Committee.
Jason is the author of Teach Yourself Visual Studio .NET 2003 in 21 Days from
Sams, the co-author of the Visual Basic .NET Bible from Wiley, the C# Bible
from Wiley and he writes a monthly column for Visual Studio Magazine.
Rod Paddock
Rod is president and founder of Dash Point Software, Inc. DPSI is an award
winning software company based in Seattle WA. Dash Point Software specializes
in application architecture, development and software training. Dash Point
specializes in Visual Studio .NET, VB 6, Visual FoxPro, and SQL Server
development. Rod has been a very popular speaker at a wide variety of developer
conferences in North America and Europe since 1995. His most recent speaking
appearance was at the DevTeach 2004 conference in June 2004. Rod is the editor
for CoDe Magazine and his writing credits include articles for database
publications such as CoDe Magazine, Data Based Advisor, Smart Access, Visual
Basic Programmers Journal and others. He has also authored a number of books
including Visual Basic 5 for Web Development, Visual Basic 6 for Web
Development, and Visual FoxPro 6.0 Enterprise Development. Rod is also the V.P.
of Technology for Red Matrix Technologies and the architectural visionary
behind the DataClas middle-tier component and SQLAudit product lines.
Marc Gusmano
Marc Gusmano is a Partner and the Director of Emerging Technologies for The
Information Management Group, a Consulting and Education Services firm based in
Chicago, Illinois. Marc has been involved in systems integration and software
development since 1984, focusing on building Microsoft-centric solutions using
technologies such as Visual Basic, SQL Server, ASP.NET, the .NET Framework,
Commerce Server 2002, and BizTalk Server 2004. Marc is a frequent speaker at
industry conferences, including ADVISOR DEVCON, ComDex, Microsoft TechEd and
Microsoft Developer Days. Marc is also a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional
(MVP) . marcg@imginc.com
Raj Das
Speaker bio coming soon.
Shawn Wildermuth
Shawn Wildermuth, a Senior Consultant with Magenic Techologies, Inc., has over
eighteen years of experience as a software architect, developer and visionary.
He is a nationally known author and speaker as well as a Microsoft C# MVP, an
INETA speaker, and editor of O'Reilly's .NET Website (ondotnet.com).
He is the author of "Pragmatic ADO.NET" for Addison-Wesley, co-author of the
forthcoming "Programming SQL Server 2005" for O'Reilly, as well as an author of
numerous articles for a variety of magazines and websites. He founded
ADOGuy.com to help developers around the world by answering their database
development questions. In his years developing and architecting applications,
he has worked in the varied fields of accounting, real estate, Internet, and
medicine. Shawn is a proved leader in the software field and his ability to
write and speak to the software field exemplifies his ability to communicate,
both verbally and written. He has specific experience understanding the issues
of working with teams of development, both local and distributed. In addition,
he has specific experience working with teams outside the country and the needs
of managing the new challenges of what development looks like in the
twenty-first century.
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| Time |
Track 1 |
| 8:30 - 9:00 |
Keynote Welcome and Overview of Day of
.NET
Keith Franklin - Magenic Technologies |
| 9:00 - 10:15 |
NUnit - Test Driven Development
Keith Franklin and Dave Bost - Solution Partners
Finding code design issues is a key component of the quality assurance process.
Traditionally this has been a software development task that is done after the
coding is complete (often months later). Agile development processes move a
great deal of this task to the beginning—sometimes prior to actual coding.
Learn how to improve the quality of your code by utilizing Test-Driven
Development with the .NET Framework and NUnit and related tools. You will be
introduced to NUnit and tools that take Test-Driven Development to the team as
well as the individual programmer. |
| 10:30 - 11:45 |
Build Management - Continuous Integration
Keith Franklin and Dave Bost
Session description |
| 11:45 - 12:45 |
Lunch |
| 12:45 - 1:45 |
Overview of Visual Studio 2005
Chris Mayo - Microsoft
In this session, we’ll take a look at what’s new in Visual Studio 2005. First,
we’ll take a look at Visual Studio 2005 and the new tools and features that
will make you more productive when developing software. Secondly, we’ll take a
look at Visual Basic .NET and the new language features such as the My object
and the new application events. Finally, we’ll take a look at what’s new in
Visual C#, including the new generics support, anonymous method support and
some new syntax features that make code focused RAD a great way to develop .NET
projects. |
| 2:00 - 3:00 |
Building Professional Looking Smart
Clients with VS 2005
Chris Mayo
In this session, we’ll take a look at some of the great new features in Win
Forms development with Visual Studio 2005, including:
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How the ToolStrip, MenuStrip, and StatusStrip controls can be used to create
flexible and customizable interfaces.
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Learn how the SplitPanel improves upon previous splitter technologies.
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Learn how new layout controls such as FlowLayoutPanel and TableLayoutPanel
provide new options for control positioning.
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Understand how new properties such as AutoResize and AutoRelocate support
localization scenarios.
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See how AutoComplete allows users to easily access lists of values from within
input controls.
|
| 3:15 - 4:15 |
What's new in ASP.NET 2.0
Marc Gusmano -
|
| 4:15 |
Giveaway & Raffle |
| Time |
Track 2 |
| 8:30 - 9:00 |
Keynote Welcome and Overview of Day of
.NET - Keith Franklin |
| 9:00 - 10:15 |
Introduction to .NET Compact
Framework 2.0
Derek Ferguson
Session description |
| 10:30 - 11:45 |
Introduction to Windows Forms
Jason Beres
In this presentation, you will learn about Windows Forms technology in the .NET
Framework. Since the dawn of .NET, ASP.NET and the Web have gotten much of the
spotlight, even though Windows Forms is an equally powerful and more
user-friendly platform for delivering applications. You will gain an
understanding of Single and Multiple Document Interface applications, how
windows interact with each other, how to use controls on forms, different
deployment scenarios in Windows Forms, and why Windows Forms should be the
platform of choice for application development. By the end of this
presentation, you will be able to create a basic Windows Forms application, you
will understand controls and forms, and you will be able to effectively argue
why Windows Forms should be the best choice for new application development,
now and in the future. |
| 11:45 - 12:45 |
Lunch |
| 12:45 - 1:45 |
ASP.NET 1.1 Advanced
Jacob Cynamon
Session description |
| 2:00 - 3:00 |
Introduction to ADO.NET
Rod Paddock
Session description |
| 3:15 - 4:15 |
ADO.NET DeMystifying the DataSet
Shawn Wildermuth - Magenic Technologies
Session description |
| 4:15 |
Giveaway & Raffle |
| Time |
Track 3 |
| 8:30 - 9:00 |
Keynote Welcome and Overview of Day of
.NET
Keith Franklin |
| 9:00 - 10:15 |
A Developers Introduction to BizTalk
Server 2004 - Part 1
Marc Gusmano - Information Management Group
This two part session will provide an overview for developers on how to build
the next generation of e-business integration solutions using BizTalk Server
2004. The sessions will focus on:
-
An Introduction to BizTalk Server 2004 which will introduce the core features
of BizTalk Server 2004 and how messaging and orchestration services work.
- Creating
and Configuring BizTalk Schemas which will demonstrate how to use the BizTalk
Editor in Visual Studio .NET to create and manage XML schemas.
- Creating
Schema Maps in BizTalk Server 2004 which will demonstrate how to create maps
and use functoids to perform mapping operations.
- Configuring BizTalk
Messaging which will demonstrate how to use BizTalk to route and processes
messages.
- Creating BizTalk Orchestrations which will demonstrate how to use the
BizTalk Orchestration Designer in Visual Studio .NET to define business
processes.
|
| 10:30 - 11:45 |
A Developers Introduction to BizTalk
Server 2004 - Part 2
Marc Gusmano
Session description |
| 11:45 - 12:45 |
Lunch |
| 12:45 - 1:45 |
A Developers Introduction to Sharepoint
Portal Server 2003
Raj Das - Magenic Technologies
Session description |
| 2:00 - 3:00 |
A Developers Introduction to SQL Server
2005
Shawn Wildermuth - Magenic Technologies
Session description
|
| 4:15 |
Giveaway & Raffle |
|