DevWeek 2009 Presentations

DevWeek this year is on between the 23rd and 27th March 2009 at the Barbican Centre in London. I'll be presenting a number of sessions there:-

  • Microsoft Source Analysis (or How To Start A Fight)
    In May 2008 Microsoft finally released Source Analysis (aka StyleCop). Source Analysis does for C# source code what FxCop does for assemblies ? it applies ?good practice? rules to your source code. This means all those controversial code beauty issues like spaces, where to put curly braces, how and when to use blank lines and over 200 similar rules. This session gets you started using Source Analysis, investigates a selection of rules, shows how to integrate Source Analysis into Visual Studio and your build process and finally shows how to write your own custom rules. This is a low tech session on an essential tool that all C# developers should be using.
  • Automating Testing With Virtual Server
    Virtual Server 2005 is a free virtualization download from Microsoft. It allows you to run and maintain multiple virtual machines running different Microsoft operating systems in different configurations. Virtual Machines allow you to test your software in different configurations without the need for buying and maintaining separate physical machines. Virtual Server 2005 includes an API for programmatically controlling these virtual machines. This session describes this API and shows you how to use it to run automated tests on multiple platforms.
  • Visual Studio 2008 IDE Tips and Tricks
    Visual Studio is a treasure trove of functionality and productivity. The problem is that many developers don?t know what?s there. In this session we will cover some simple and not so simple tips and tricks and improve your productivity and enjoyment of Visual Studio. The majority of tips and tricks are common to both Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Studio 2008.
  • Internationalizing WPF And Silverlight Applications
    The .NET Framework has supported internationalization since 1.0 but with each new UI platform comes a new approach and new challenges. Unlike Windows Forms and ASP.NET, WPF does not offer one standard solution to localization. Instead it offers choices. This session shows how to localize WPF applications using standard .resx files and how to localize ?post-build? using LocBaml with and without Resource Dictionaries. In addition you will see how to localize a Silverlight application using .resx files and we will consider issues that are specific to Silverlight. We will evaluate the pros and cons of each approach and arm you with the information required to form a localization strategy for your applications.
The early bird price is still available until 27th February 2009 and there's the usual list of fabulous speakers including Aaron Skonnard, Fritz Onion, Tim Ewald, Dave Wheeler, Mike Taulty, Eric Nelson, Mike Ormond and Neal Ford so book it now and I'll see you there.

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