The Goal: To bring the latest hottest topics to the developer community in
South America.
NOTE: By popular demand from the
January 2005 Roadshow, Adam will be returning to present brand new sessions
in South America with *brand new content*.
Microsoft special guest speakers will be flying in from Australia to present the
hottest .NET topics to the .NET community in South America. SSW would like to invite
you to this rare event held in Sao Paulo, Santiago, Buenos Aires and Rio.
For more information and registration details, please visit Microsoft Brazil
or email Sophie Belle.
Schedule - The South American Roadshow October 2005
Session Details
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1: 15 Rules to Better Code + Tools to Keep your Code Healthy
(including FX Cop) (1.5 hours)
- Are you looking to eradicate bugs and ensure consistency? Learn how to take control
of your code, ensuring large, complex source code can be simplified, cleaned and
maintained.
- The focus is on the most popular .NET languages (C#, VB.NET) for both Windows Forms
and ASP.NET; however, you will learn how to maintain quality code in any language.
- As a project or company grows, managing code standards throughout your team becomes
virtually impossible. Consistent code is crucial to future development and maintenance.
Learn how to review your web apps and projects.
- The tools we will explore include FX Cop, SSW Code Auditor, and Re-Sharper.
2: Data Binding in ASP.NET 2005 (1.5 hours)
- Do you want to connect people to your data? You will learn how to unleash the data
binding potential of ASP.NET 2.0 to assist you in creating powerful data-driven
websites in a snap.
- Discover how to utilize the newest ASP.NET 2.0 data-bound controls to give your
users a rich and responsive web experience.
- See how the improved caching works
Lunch (1 hour)
3: The Top 15 tips for Real World Windows Forms Applications
(including "What's new for Whidbey") (1.5 hours)
- Creating solid and flexible windows forms applications, only comes from experience.
Learn the top 15 rules that every developer should follow when making windows applications.
- Adam will demonstrate techniques such as configuration management, the right and
wrong way of making inherited forms and 3rd party controls.
- See how to benefit from user controls and effective exception management.
- See how Windows Forms 2.0 is a giant step forward.
- Learn how Windows Forms 2.0 makes it easy to build professional looking applications
and see demonstrations of the new Grid, ToolBar, Menu and Layout controls.
- Learn how less code is more, and how code reuse really reduces your development
time.
4: Rules to Better User Interfaces (1.5 hours)
- From the user's perspective software is a computer tool for performing tasks quickly,
efficiently, accurately and with a minimum amount of cognitive demand. Aim for the
second one, there's a big difference.
- The whole point of a good GUI (Graphical User Interface) is being able to understand
what is going on without reading every single detail. That is why we use big red
crosses to say "Don't do that you oaf!" instead of a line of text that
says "I think you may want to reconsider your options."
- What is software From a technical perspective, a piece of software comprises forms
for managing, collecting and transmitting data. But that is not what a user thinks.
- Adam Cogan will be speaking about Rules to Better Interfaces, and showing you how
best to structure application workflow.
Afternoon Break (0.5 hours)
5: Favourite 3rd Party Tools (1.5 hours)
- In the big world of Microsoft it's easy to forget that there's a lot of other smart
cookies out there building great programs and utilities.
- You could spend hours scouring the net for the latest .exe or you could save time
and let Adam show you the best new tools around.
- These tools will help you write code quicker, upsize faster than ever before, and
build better HTML pages, along with dozens of other useful tricks that will no doubt
save you time if you're developing in SQL Server, Access, VB.NET and ASP.NET.
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Session Dates
City
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Dates
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Curitiba
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Tuesday 25th October 2005
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Port Algre
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Wednesday 26th October 2005
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Recife
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Friday 28th October 2005
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Brazilia
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Tuesday 1st November 2005
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Rio de Janeiro
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Wednesday 2nd November 2005
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Sao Paulo
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Thursday 3rd November 2005
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About the Speaker
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Adam Cogan
is the Chief Architect at SSW, a Microsoft Certified Partner specializing in Office
and .NET Solutions. At SSW, Adam has been developing custom solutions for businesses
across a range of industries such as Government, banking, insurance and manufacturing
since 1990 for clients such as Microsoft, Quicken, and the Fisheries Research and
Development Corporation. His wealth of experience in the industry and unsurpassed
technical knowledge will ensure you are provided with the very best advice on how
to apply .NET principles to real life situations.
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Acknowledgements
Adam Cogan