Announcing Silverlight in the Enterprise
For a long time now I have been an avid supporter of Silverlight and WPF, even more so in enterprise settings where rich user experience is becoming increasingly important. While HTML5 is coming it is not coming to replace Silverlight at least not in the next 5 years. Consider that HTML5 will only run on IE9 and most large companies still run IE6. They still do this because the cost of rewriting applications designed to run on IE6 is steep at times. Silverlight can run on IE6 and deliver a rich user experiences today. The fortunes 500s that are working to move off of IE6 are not typically looking to move to IE9 they are looking to move to IE7 or IE8 neither of which support HTML5.
I have decided to start talking about in a more public forum building applications in Silverlight and my employer (Capax Global) has decided to in cooperation with Microsoft support me in this. To that end I have started an effort I am calling Silverlight in the Enterprise www.slinenterprise.com and on twitter @slinenterprise. I am going to get some of my fellow Silverlight enthusiasts friends to blog about how they are using Silverlight to build real applications. We are also going to start doing some high profile events to help people learn about this great platform. The first of these events is Nov 18th at the Microsoft Manhattan office in NYC and will feature full day of Silverlight related awesomeness. You can register for this event on Eventbright here Now you must be asking yourself how much would I have to pay for this? (it’s ok if you weren’t) The answer is nothing, not one single penny. But wait there is more. Not only do you get a full day of Silverlight related sessions with top-notch speakers, we are also providing a free breakfast, lunch, and chances to win great prizes including:
- Xbox 360 with Kinect
- Several Infragistics Net Advantage Ultimate licenses
- More to come.
Presenting at VT Code Camp Tomorrow
Tomorrow morning nice and early I'll be heading up to VT to be a part of their code camp. I'll be presenting on MEF and software consulting. If your in that area swing by and check it out.
Presentation at Islin group canceled
So I got a call about an hour ago and the presentation tonight is canceled.
Presenting at Islin, NJ User Group tomorrow
Everyone in the Islin, NJ area come on down to the user group meeting tomorrow night and check out my presentation on MVVM. This is my third presentation at the Islin user group this year! Presentation is on 6/2/2011 at 6pm. I will also be presenting at the Scranton user group 6/16 (I believe need to confirm the date time and place still) doing a 200-300 level talk on developing with the XAML platform.
Heading to fladotnet code camp
I am really excited to be heading down to the fladotnet code camp, apart from the fact that it is a great camp by reputation it is also the furthest that I have gone to speak so far. I am currently sitting in Philly international about to board my plane. I will be presenting two session one for the first time (and first slot of the day at that). I think (and hope) that some of what I will be showing in my strong typed RIA Services talk will get people to try to use RIA Services in a manner other than just right out of box blindly. I will be putting up this API that I put together on codeplex when I get home from this event. If you are reading this and were at the event please give me some feedback.
My second talk is also aimed at getting people to consider different solutions that they could make work with the XAML platform. I have a few pretty interesting concepts that I will be demonstrating with attached dependency properties.
For anyone that knows me you know that I am a big silverlight guy so if your down at this event this Saturday please track me down and we can talk.
Presentation for Lambda Expressions
So I gave this talk about Lambda Expressions in C# today and people seemed to like it... In fact it was standing room only and the event organizer asked me to do a repeat this afternoon at the 2:30pm time slot. For all those that are interested here is the presentation that I gave as well as the VS2010 project sample
Presentation at NYC Code Camp v4
Make sure to come check out my presentation at the NYC Code Camp on March 6th. I will be discussing how to use Lambda Expressions in your code to get more done with less effort.
SQL Azure Presentation recap by SQLRockstar
So at SQL Saturday I presented a session on SQL Saturday that had several parts that required the internet for my demonstration. But, alas my tubes were clogged and as we are all aware the internet is not a truck. So as SQLRockstar points out that perhaps the epic fail that occurred with my connection illustrated a valuable lesson to consider when talking about moving you mission critical data to the Clouds. What happens when for any given reason I (or an entire building/city/state/country/region) can't talk to the clouds?
The clear solution is to have local servers that can work as fail overs but with SQL Azure not currently supporting mirroring to local databases any sync between local and cloud is DIY.
SQL Saturday #34 Boston – Presentation Materials
Also for those of you that are instrested in Pivot check out http://pivotcollectiontools.codeplex.com/ & http://pivotcollectionmaker.codeplex.com/.
Speaking at Philly.Net Monthly Meeting
February 10th I will be speaking at the Microsoft Malvern, PA office for the monthly Philly.net meeting. I will be going over what I have learned and how I use Silverlight after working with it almost daily for over a year now. This is a tips and tricks session for Silverlight check it out if your considering using Silverlight in your projects. Its from 5:30 - 8:30 with free food. I am the first session and after me is a talk about C# 4.0.
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