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Visual Studio Live! Conference in Las Vegas

Deborah Kurata — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 21:56:43 GMT

There is so much to know these days with all of the new technologies, techniques, and tools in Visual Studio and the .NET framework. How do you even decide which technologies deserve your attention and which you can "give a miss"?

One of the benefits of a technical conference like Visual Studio Live! is to figure out which new things are a "must know", which are a "fun to know", which are a "wait to know", and which are a "never need to know".

My presentations are on "Best Kept Secrets in Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4.0" and "Silverlight, WCF RIA Services, and Your Business Objects".

The first talk covers may of the tips, tricks, and lesser known features of Visual Studio and the .NET Framework. Most of these items should be on your "must know" or "fun to know" list.

The Silverlight talk covers how to communicate between Silverlight and your own business objects or plain old CLR objects (POCOs).

Click here to sign up. Use the promotional code VLSPK15 by February 16th and you'll receive:

The all-access Best Value Conference Package for just $1,495, a savings of $400.00 off the standard price of $1,895.

You must use the priority code VLSPK15 to receive the discount and this is for new reservations only.

Visual Studio Live Las Vegas

Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada

April 18-22, 2011

Event web site: http://vslive.com/lv

Visual Studio Live is five days of practical, Microsoft-supported training for developers to help solve your tough .NET development challenges. You'll find how-to advice and the tips and tricks that you'll be ready to implement as soon as you get back to the office. Our expert faculty - including many Microsoft instructors - makes each session interactive so you can discuss your particular development roadblocks and come away with actionable solutions.

Visual Studio Live Las Vegas offers in-depth training in:

Silverlight / WPF
Programming Practices
Visual Studio 2010 / .NET 4
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
Cloud Computing
Data Management
Web / HTML 5
Simplification Tools
Mobile Development

Visual Studio Live Las Vegas – Expert Solutions for .NET Developers

Hope to see you there!

Microsoft MVP Forum Award Recipient

Deborah Kurata — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 02:30:30 GMT

I was very honored to hear last week that I won one of the Microsoft MVP Forum awards for top answerers.

With 2879 posts last year (2010), I was able to provide 1174 answers in the MSDN forums: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/categories.

I really enjoy working with the developers in the forums. It is fun to see what people are working on and I always learn many new tips and tricks.

My MVP status began in 1994 or 5 (my first certificates don't have a date), but I lost the distinction when I started to focus on books and speaking instead of forum activities. When the requirements for the MVP program changed around 2004, I was very happy to receive the award again and have been an MVP ever since.

So far this year, my attention has been on the Silverlight series I am posting to my blog, but hope to be back in the forums soon.

Enjoy!

Silicon Valley Code Camp 2010

Deborah Kurata — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 17:31:10 GMT

The Silicon Valley Code Camp is coming up again on October 9th and 10th. There are over 190 sessions and over 1500 people registered so far for this FREE code camp.

Topics cover:

.NET
Silverlight
Visual Studio LightSwitch
Agile development technologies
Cloud computing
HTML 5
SharePoint
Web Services
Windows Phone 7

My talks are on Visual Studio/.NET and on Silverlight.

http://siliconvalley-codecamp.com/

See you there!

VSLive! Redmond: Source Code For My Talks

Deborah Kurata — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 16:08:44 GMT

In this prior post, I provided information on registering for the VSLive! conference on August 2-6 in Redmond Washington and on the talks I am presenting at that conference. If you would like a "sneak peak" at the source code for my two talks, you can get it all from my company's Web site.

Enjoy!