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AJI Report 14 – Brian Lagunas on XAML and Windows 8

- by Jeff Julian

We sat down with Brian at the Iowa Code Camp to talk about his sessions, WPF, Application Design, and what Infragistics has to offer developers. Infragistics is a huge supporter of regional events like Iowa Code Camp and we want to thank them for their support of the Midwest region. Brian is a sharp guy and it was great to meet him and learn more about what makes him tick. Brian Lagunas is an INETA Community Speaker, co-leader of the Boise .Net Developers User Group (NETDUG), and original author of the Extended WPF Toolkit. He is a multi-recipient of the Microsoft Community Contributor Award and can be found speaking at a variety of user groups and code camps around the nation. Brian currently works at Infragistics as a Product Manager for the award winning NetAdvantage for WPF and Silverlight components. Before geeking out, Brian served his country in the United States Army as an infantryman and later served his local community as a deputy sheriff. Listen to the Show Site: http://brianlagunas.com Twitter: @BrianLagunas

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Best Of 2010

- by Mike Dietrich

Hi there, in Australia, Japan, Singapore and many other countries it's already 2011 - but Germany and the US is still some time until midnight :-) To round up the year you'll find a few off-topic pictures from 2010. You might click on the pictures to get a better resolution. Enjoy ... Moscow - Red Square Tokyo Train - Cell Phone Mania Great Chinese Wall near Beijing Hong Kong by Night Yearing Station Winery, Yarra - Victoria, Australia Dublin, Ireland - during the ash cloud - no comment - Liberty It's sometime foggy in SF Singapore Opera Stockholm - Gamla Stan Unbelievable white beach at Camps Bay, Clifton, Capetown Words fail me ... Mike

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Microsoft MVP Award – Data Platform Development

- by Dane Morgridge

For those who don't already know, yesterday I received my first Microsoft MVP Award in Data Platform Development. With less than 5,000 MVPs in the world overall and about 20 in the Data Platform category, saying I am honored would be an understatement. From the first time I spoke at a code camp, I was totally hooked and have had a blast travelling around the east coast speaking at code camps and users groups. I'd like to take the time to thank Dani Diaz (@danidiaz) for the nomination and everyone who supported me, especially my wife Lisa for letting me travel and speak as much as I have and putting up with me for late nights and such. Roska Digital, my employer, also deserves a shout out for supporting me and giving me the necessary time off to get to speaking engagements. With any luck, the next year will be at least as fun if not more than the last one has. I hope to see you at a code camp or user group meeting soon! I would also like to send a congratulations to the other new Philly Area MVPs: John Angelini (@johnangelini) & Ned Ames (@nedames) You can find out more about the Microsoft MVP Award at https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/

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Red Gate in the Community

- by Nick Harrison

Much has been said recently about Red Gate's community involvement and commitment to the DotNet community. Much of this has been unduly negative. Before you start throwing stones and spewing obscenities, consider some additional facts: Red Gate's software is actually very good. I have worked on many projects where Red Gate's software was instrumental in finishing successfully. Red Gate is VERY good to the community. I have spoken at many user groups and code camps where Red Gate has been a sponsor. Red Gate consistently offers up money to pay for the venue or food, and they will often give away licenses as door prizes. There are many such community events that would not take place without Red Gate's support. All I have ever seen them ask for is to have their products mentioned or be listed as a sponsor. They don't insist on anyone following a specific script. They don't monitor how their products are showcased. They let their products speak for themselves. Red Gate sponsors the Simple Talk web site. I publish there regularly. Red Gate has never exerted editorial pressure on me. No one has ever told me we can't publish this unless you mention Red Gate products. No one has ever said, you need to say nice things about Red Gate products in order to be published. They have told me, "you need to make this less academic, so you don't alienate too many readers. "You need to actually write an introduction so people will know what you are talking about". "You need to write this so that someone who isn't a reflection nut will follow what you are trying to say." In short, they have been good editors worried about the quality of the content and what the readers are likely to be interested in. For me personally, Red Gate and Simple Talk have both been excellent to work with. As for the developer outrage… I am a little embarrassed by so much of the response that I am seeing. So much of the complaints remind me of little children whining "but you promised" Semantics aside. A promise is just a promise. It's not like they "pinky sweared". Sadly no amount name calling or "double dog daring" will change the economics of the situation. Red Gate is not a multibillion dollar corporation. They are a mid size company doing the best they can. Without a doubt, their pockets are not as deep as Microsoft's. I honestly believe that they did try to make the "freemium" model work. Sadly it did not. I have no doubt that they intended for it to work and that they tried to make it work. I also have no doubt that they labored over making this decision. This could not have been an easy decision to make. Many people are gleefully proclaiming a massive backlash against Red Gate swearing off their wonderful products and promising to bash them at every opportunity from now on. This is childish behavior that does not represent professionals. This type of behavior is more in line with bullies in the school yard than professionals in a professional community. Now for my own prediction… This back lash against Red Gate is not likely to last very long. We will all realize that we still need their products. We may look around for alternatives, but realize that they really do have the best in class for every product that they produce, and that they really are not exorbitantly priced. We will see them sponsoring Code Camps and User Groups and be reminded, "hey this isn't such a bad company". On the other hand, software shops like Red Gate, will remember this back lash and give a second thought to supporting open source projects. They will worry about getting involved when an individual wants to turn over control for a product that they developed but can no longer support alone. Who wants to run the risk of not being able to follow through on their best intentions. In the end we may all suffer, even the toddlers among us throwing the temper tantrum, "BUT YOU PROMISED!" Disclaimer Before anyone asks or jumps to conclusions, I do not get paid by Red Gate to say any of this. I have often written about their products, and I have long thought that they are a wonderful company with amazing products. If they ever open an office in the SE United States, I will be one of the first to apply.

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Microsoft Sponsored - Give Camp

- by Ken Lovely, MCSE, MCDBA, MCTS

Are you ready to connect with the local tech community for a good cause? GiveCamp needs your support. For one weekend in June, we’ll take on the technology wish lists of 20 non-profit organizations, and we’re looking for about 100 volunteers, both technical and non-technical, to help us do it. A typical GiveCamp draws 75 to 100 volunteers. Individuals can work with their colleagues in company teams, or they can opt to be matched with fellow volunteers who have complementary skill sets. Everyone is welcome to head home for the evenings – but there are always the diehards who work from Friday kickoff straight through Sunday afternoon. Food and drinks, especially of the caffeinated variety, are provided, along with game systems for breaks. Technical volunteers We're looking for graphic or UX designers, developers with .NET/Java/LAMP/Open Source/CMS experience, project managers, system/network administrators, DBAs, and non-profit technical consultants and web strategists. Non-technical volunteers Beyond the technology, there are many other aspects that make GiveCamp a success. We need non-technical volunteers to run errands, help with setting up and cleaning up, and everything in between. Whether you can offer a couple hours of your time or join GiveCamp for a couple days, your support is needed Sign up at; http://www.eventbrite.com/event/650615007 Feel free to contact me or Dani Diaz of Microsoft for more information

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Embracing Community

- by Chris Williams

I just put the finishing touches on another article for my Code Magazine column: Embracing Community. You won't see this one until around July, but it focuses on a subject near and dear to my heart: Code Camps! At the end of the article, I mention that I'm interested in hearing some of your war stories about community and what you do to be a part of it. I'll be talking to people at Tech Ed 2010 and Codestock, but I would also like to hear from some of you that read this blog. If you have an interesting story to share, drop me a line (via this blog) and tell me about it. You never know, it just might end up in my column.

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Spending the summer at camp Web Camp, that is

Microsoft is sponsoring a series of Web Camps this summer. Theyre a series of free two day events being held worldwide, and Im really excited about being taking part. The camp is targeted at a broad range of developer background and experience. Content builds from 101 level introductory material to 200-300 level coverage, but we hit some advanced bits (e.g. MVC 2 features, jQuery templating, IIS 7 features, etc.) that advanced developers may not yet have seen. We start with a lap around ASP.NET...Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.

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Community Branching

- by Dane Morgridge

As some may have noticed, I have taken a liking to Ruby (and Rails in particular) quite a bit recently. This last weekend I spoke at the NYC Code Camp on a comparison of ASP.NET and Rails as well as an intro to Entity Framework talk. I am speaking at RubyNation in April and have submitted to other ruby conferences around the area and I am also doing a Rails and MongoDB talk at the Philly Code Camp in April. Before you start to think this is my "I'm leaving .NET post", which it isn't so I need to clarify. I am not, nor do I intend to any time in the near future plan on abandoning .NET. I am simply branching out into another community based on a development technology that I very much enjoy. If you look at my twitter bio, you will see that I am into Entity Framework, Ruby on Rails, C++ and ASP.NET MVC, and not necessarily in that order. I know you're probably thinking to your self that I am crazy, which is probably true on several levels (especially the C++ part). I was actually crazy enough at the NYC Code Camp to show up wearing a Linux t-shirt, presenting with my MacBook Pro on Entity Framework, ASP.NET MVC and Rails. (I did get pelted in the head with candy by Rachel Appel for it though) At all of the code camps I am submitting to this year, i will be submitting sessions on likely all four topics, and some sessions will be a combination of 2 or more. For example, my "ASP.NET MVC: A Gateway To Rails?" talk touches ASP.NET MVC, Entity Framework Code First and Rails. Simply put (and I talk about this in my MVC & Rails talk) is that learning and using Rails has made me a better ASP.NET MVC developer. Just one example of this is helper methods. When I started working with ASP.NET MVC, I didn't really want to use helpers and preferred to just use standard html tags, especially where links were concerned. It was just me being stubborn and not really seeing all of the benefit of the helpers. To my defense, coming from WebForms, I wanted to be as bare metal as possible and it seemed at first like a lot of the helpers were an unnecessary abstraction. I took my first look at Rails back in v1 and didn't spend very much time with it so I dismissed it and went on my merry ASP.NET WebForms way. Then I picked up ASP.NET MVC and grasped the MVC pattern itself much better. After this, I took another look at Rails and everything made sense. I decided then to learn Rails. (I think it is important for developers to learn new languages and platforms regularly so it was a natural progression for me) I wanted to learn it the right way, so when I dug into code, everyone used helpers everywhere for pretty much everything possible. I took some time to dig in and found out how helpful they were and subsequently realized how awesome they were in ASP.NET MVC also and started using them. In short, I love Rails (and Ruby in general). I also love ASP.NET MVC and Entity Framework and yes I still love C++. I have varying degrees of love for them individually at any given moment and it is likely to shift based on the current project I am working on. I know you're thinking it so before you ask the question. "Which do I use when?", I'm going to give the standard developer answer of: It depends. There are a lot of factors that I am not going to even go into that would go into a decision. The most basic question I would ask though is, does this project depend on .NET? If it does, then I'd say that ASP.NET MVC is probably going to be the more logical choice and I am going to leave it at that. I am working on projects right now in both technologies and I don't see that changing anytime soon (one project even uses both). With all that being said, you'll find me at code camps, conferences and user groups presenting on .NET, Ruby or both, writing about .NET and Ruby and I will likely be blogging on both in the future. I know of others that have successfully branched out to other communities and with any luck I'll be successful at it too. On a (sorta) side note, I read a post by Justin Etheredge the other day that pretty much sums up my feelings about Ruby as a language. I highly recommend checking it out: What Is So Great About Ruby?

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FREE Windows Azure Boot camp – Raleigh Wednesday June 23, 2010

- by Jim Duffy

Just want to be sure you don’t miss out on an opportunity to take advantage of some free Windows Azure training. Microsoft Developer Evangelist Brian Hitney and I will be presenting a one-day Windows Azure boot camp on June 23rd in Raleigh, NC at the Microsoft RTP offices. For more information on content, what to bring, directions, etc. just click here to go to the information and registration page for the Raleigh event. To find other dates and locations for the Windows Azure boot camps head over to the Windows Azure Boot Camp page. Brian and I hope to see you there! Have a day. :-|

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Windows Azure Boot camp – Raleigh Wednesday June 23, 2010 * FREE*

- by Jim Duffy

Yes I know this is my second blog post about the free one-day Windows Azure boot camp on June 23rd in Raleigh, NC. What can I say I don’t want anyone to miss out on an opportunity to take advantage of some free Windows Azure training. Microsoft Developer Evangelist Brian Hitney and I will be presenting a one-day Windows Azure boot camp on June 23rd in Raleigh, NC at the Microsoft RTP offices. For more information on content, what to bring, directions, etc. just click here to go to the information and registration page for the Raleigh event. To find other dates and locations for the Windows Azure boot camps head over to the Windows Azure Boot Camp page. Brian and I hope to see you there! Have a day. :-|

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Tips for a first year CS student looking for a summer internship to gain experience?

- by Matt

Hello all, I am a first year CS student and my programming experience is only what I have obtained in my computer programming I and II classes this school year. (console applications in C++) I want to find a summer job/internship that would help me build my skill set. Being that I am still such a beginner pay is not a concern, minimum wage would be nice, but as long as I am learning, I really don't care. My current resume just lists a bunch of random jobs i've had in the past (burger king, summer camps, best buy, etc.) Does anyone have any tips (places to look? things to put on resume?) that might help me?

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Windows Azure : suivez le streaming du Dev Camp en direct sur Developpez.com

Le 20 juin aura lieu la journée Dev Camp consacrée à Azure. [IMG]http://i.msdn.microsoft.com/hh868108.azure-camps(fr-fr,MSDN.10).png[/IMG] Cette journée est l'occasion de découvrir tous les services Cloud d'Azure (SQL Azure, Stockage avec Windows Azure Storage, Back-end, etc.), d'apprendre comment réaliser des projets et héberger des applications ? ou des sites webs - sur la plateforme. L'Azure Dev Camp abordera également les applications multi-tiers et la manière de « migrer, intégrer et étendre votre code et vos applications existantes grâce à Windows Azure ». Cette journée abordera aussi la construction d'APIs Web pour enrichir des applications mobiles iOS, Android et bien sûr Windows Phone. Enfin, le rendez-vous...

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Is type safety worth the trade-offs?

- by Prof Plum

I began coding in in Python primarily where there is no type safety, then moved to C# and Java where there is. I found that I could work a bit more quickly and with less headaches in Python, but then again, my C# and Java apps are at much higher level of complexity so I have never given Python a true stress test I suppose. The Java and C# camps make it sound like without the type safety in place, most people would be running into all sorts of horrible bugs left an right and it would be more trouble than its worth. This is not a language comparison, so please do not address issues like compiled vs interpreted. Is type safety worth the hit to speed of development and flexibilty? WHY? to the people who wanted an example of the opinion that dynamic typing is faster: "Use a dynamically typed language during development. It gives you faster feedback, turn-around time, and development speed." - http://blog.jayway.com/2010/04/14/static-typing-is-the-root-of-all-evil/

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Speaking at SW FL Code Camp Sept 8th 2012

- by Nikita Polyakov

It’s always a great time when it’s a Code Camp! I will be presenting “Windows [Phone] Live Tiles & Push Notifications“ at this year’s South West Florida Code Camp 2012 on September 8th. As with many Code Camps – it’s going to be a trick to pick which session to go to at each time slot, and that’s how you know it’s a good one – so much content – so many great speakers! Hope to see you there! Details & Registration: http://codecamp.swfldev.net Code Camp 2012 will take place at: Hodges University 2649 Professional Circle Naples, Florida 34119 Don’t forget about these two great events coming up as well: http://www.TampaCodeCamp.com and http://itprocamp.com/tampa/

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MVC 2 in 2 Minutes!

- by Steve Michelotti

In a couple of recent Code Camps, I’ve given my presentation: Top 10 Ways MVC 2 Will Boost Your Productivity. In the presentation, I cover all major new features introduced in MVC 2 with a focus on productivity enhancements. To drive the point home, I conclude with a final demo where I build a couple of screens from scratch highlighting many (but not all) of the features previously covered in the talk. A couple of weeks ago, I was asked to make it available online so here it is. In 2 minutes the demo builds a couple screens from scratch that provide a goal setting tracker for a user. MVC 2 features included in the video are: Template Helpers / Editor Templates Server-side/Client-side Validation Model Metadata for View Model HTML Encoding Syntax Dependency Injection Abstract Controllers Custom T4 Templates Custom MVC Visual Studio 2010 Code Snippets The complete code samples and slide deck can be downloaded here: Top 10 Ways MVC 2 Will Boost Your Productivity. Enjoy! (Right-click and Zoom to view in full screen) Click here for Direct link to video

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Just Finished My Presentation at SLO! (Central Coast Code Camp At Cal Poly)

I love code camps! This is my first time to San Luis Obispos Central Coast Code Camp and Im really enjoying it. It started last night with the presenters dinner at a great local steak... This site is a resource for asp.net web programming. It has examples by Peter Kellner of techniques for high performance programming...Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.

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Windows Azure : J-2 avant le dev camp en direct sur Developpez.com, réservez votre mercredi

Le 20 juin aura lieu la journée Dev Camp consacrée à Azure. [IMG]http://i.msdn.microsoft.com/hh868108.azure-camps(fr-fr,MSDN.10).png[/IMG] Cette journée est l'occasion de découvrir tous les services Cloud d'Azure (SQL Azure, Stockage avec Windows Azure Storage, Back-end, etc.), d'apprendre comment réaliser des projets et héberger des applications ? ou des sites webs - sur la plateforme. L'Azure Dev Camp abordera également les applications multi-tiers et la manière de « migrer, intégrer et étendre votre code et vos applications existantes grâce à Windows Azure ». Cette journée abordera aussi la construction d'APIs Web pour enrichir des applications mobiles iOS, Android et bien sûr Windows Phone. Enfin, le rendez-vous...

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Is Oracle a threat to Java? [closed]

- by Deadlocked_Thread

Java is one of the best language, but after Oracle has bought Sun it might try to go for some standardization (Like MS) and it might take Java away from programmers. Java is popular because it has no limits and i think Oracle is gonna set the limits to get some standards. Oracle is no longer supporting Eclipse (IBM) and political game is being played be both camps: 1. What is the future of Java? 2. Do you think it will be in same class as .NET family (C# etc.)? 3. Will MS get benefits from this internal fight?

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"Apprendre un langage de programmation c'est comme apprendre une nouvelle langue" : vrai ou faux ?

"Apprendre un langage de programmation c'est comme apprendre une nouvelle langue" : vrai ou faux ? Apprendre un langage de programmation, c'est comme apprendre un autre langage. C'est pareil. Voilà le genre d'analogie qui l'on peut entendre et lire très fréquemment. Même des professeurs d'informatique emploient de tels propos. Mais vous, qu'en pensez-vous ? Je connais par exemple certains développeurs très doués pour jongler d'une langage à l'autre, mais qui par ailleurs sont inconpétents lorsqu'il s'agit d'apprendre une langue étrangère (la plus facile soit elle). Les différences entre langages formels et naturels sont en effet de taille. Deux camps s'affrontent...

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Dev'Camps : Microsoft décortique Windows Azure le 20 juin lors d'une session gratuite sur sa plateforme Cloud pour les développeurs

Dev'Camps: Microsoft décortique Windows Azure le 20 juin lors d'une session gratuite sur sa plateforme Cloud pour les développeurs Microsoft organise une série d'événements à travers la France sur ses plateformes et technologies du moment. Ces Dev'Camps sont un nouveau format d'évènements, 100% développement, en direct avec les experts Microsoft, pour vous aider dans vos projets applicatifs. Un des événements les plus attendus de cette série est l'Azure Camp, qui se tiendra la mercredi 20 juin, au siège de Microsoft à Issy-Les-Moulineaux. Les Azure Camps permettront en effet d'approfondir rapidement ses connaissances sur le nouvel outil phare de Microsoft ...

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MEA Oracle University Partner Enablement Update (22nd March)

- by swalker

Become an Oracle GoldenGate 10 Certified Implementation Specialist Let Oracle University help you become an Oracle GoldenGate 10 Certified Implementation Specialist. The following Boot Camp has been scheduled so that you can gain the required knowledge not only to develop and implement solutions that will drive your customers’ organizations to make better decisions, take informed actions, and run more-efficient business processes but also for you to pass the associated exam and get yourself specialized: Boot Camp Dates Location OPN Only Oracle GoldenGate 10 Implementation Boot Camp 26-28 Mar Dubai Oracle University OPN Only Boot Camps are co-funded by Oracle Alliances and Channels so are offered to you at very attractive prices. For prices, more information and assistance with registering please contact: Ion Georgescu eMail: [email protected] Telephone: +40 21.367.93.72

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Silicon Valley Code Camp 2012 - Submit Your Talks

- by arungupta

Silicon Valley Code Camp follows three rules: Given by/for the community Always free Never occur during work hours I've spoken there at 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, and 2007 and have again submitted a talk this year as well, and will submit more! Its one of the best organically grown code camps with the attendance constantly growing over the past 6 years. Here is a chart that shows how the number of conferences attendees that registered and attended and the sessions delivered over past 6 years. If you wonder why there is such a big gap between "registered" and "attended" that's because this event is FREE! Yes, 100% free. If you are in and around Silicon Valley then you have no reason to not participate/speak at SVCC. You have the opportunity to meet all the local JUG leaders and the community "rockstars" :-) Date: Oct 6/7, 2012 Venue: Foothill College, 12345, El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills, CA Submit today or register!

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Windows Azure : le dev camp arrive, venez découvrir la page dédiée a l'évènement sur Developpez !

Le 20 juin aura lieu la journée Dev Camp consacrée à Azure. [IMG]http://i.msdn.microsoft.com/hh868108.azure-camps(fr-fr,MSDN.10).png[/IMG] Cette journée est l'occasion de découvrir tous les services Cloud d'Azure (SQL Azure, Stockage avec Windows Azure Storage, Back-end, etc.), d'apprendre comment réaliser des projets et héberger des applications ? ou des sites webs - sur la plateforme. L'Azure Dev Camp abordera également les applications multi-tiers et la manière de « migrer, intégrer et étendre votre code et vos applications existantes grâce à Windows Azure ». Cette journée abordera aussi la construction d'APIs Web pour enrichir des applications mobiles iOS, Android et bien sûr Windows Phone. Enfin, le rendez-vous...

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Windows Azure : Le contenu du Dev camp et les Quizz sont en lignes, venez vous former et gagner des goodies

Edit du 3 Juillet: Le contenu des sessions est en ligne, ainsi que les Quizz, venez découvrir les sessions, et gagnez des cadeaux Le 20 juin aura lieu la journée Dev Camp consacrée à Azure. [IMG]http://i.msdn.microsoft.com/hh868108.azure-camps(fr-fr,MSDN.10).png[/IMG] Cette journée est l'occasion de découvrir tous les services Cloud d'Azure (SQL Azure, Stockage avec Windows Azure Storage, Back-end, etc.), d'apprendre comment réaliser des projets et héberger des applications ? ou des sites webs - sur la plateforme. L'Azure Dev Camp abordera également les applications multi-tiers et la manière de « migrer, intégrer...

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Headspring training: What would you like to see?

Since January of 2008, Headspring has offered small, very advanced boot camp trainings. These have been 3 days long and very fast-paced. Everyone who has come through these training classes has proclaimed that they are the best organized courses they have ever taken. Our approach to any of the boot camps is to team the practices that we employ while creating software for our clients. We have an ASP.NET MVC Boot Camp coming up on 5/26 as well as an Agile Boot Camp on 5/19. First...Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.

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