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   The Web Camps team has been busy working on organizing new events around the world and we’ve got a bunch of new events to share with you!  We’ve also been getting reports in on the first Web Camps where developers have been getting free training on how to build web applications using cutting edge [...] Read More...

"This was the best training I've ever had, this was even more useful than TechEd" – Gabriel Cruz Last Friday, Phil Haack , Jon Galloway and I ventured to Los Angeles to deliver a Web Camp at the downtown Microsoft office.  Photo – “What do you mean you drive on the other side of the road in the USA?” Agenda and Content After we got to the venue safely, we delivered an agenda on the following topics: ASP.NET MVC 2 Fundamentals Entity Framework (including a sneak peak of code-first) Validation, Localization ASP.NET MVC + jQuery, jQuery Templating, jQuery Globalization ASP.NET MVC 3 and Razor NEWS – You can now get the Web Camps Training Kit – September Edition!  This includes much of the content we covered at the event...

The Web Camp in Los Angeles was a great success last Friday with Phil Haack , Jon Galloway and myself imparting a raft of knowledge on ASP.NET MVC 2, jQuery, Entity Framework Code-first, ASP.NET MVC 3 and Razor.  However, there’s little time to pat ourselves on the back – because this week marks the launch of the September Edition of the Web Camps Training Kit!  Online and available as a download The previous version of the Web Camps Training Kit was only available as a download, but we listened to your feedback and are now publishing it online too!  Choose your flavor below:   Browse the content online   Download it Now What’s new in the Web Camps Training Kit - September edition? The goal for Web Camps is to provide...

For the Web Camp in LA we asked you what you wanted to hear about at the event.  This is always a bit risky because you end up not being able to please everyone but it was clear that there were some popular topics out there.  Here are the results: Phil, Jon and I spend time last week to come up with an agenda that attempts to combine some of the most popular topics, like jQuery, MVC 101, Data Access and Modelling as well as Ajax, and Client-side Validation.  We think we’ve done that pretty well and I’m please to present the agenda for Web Camps LA: Timing Session 08:30-09:00 Arrival & Registration 09:00-10:00 ASP.NET MVC Fundamentals: MVC 101 10:00-11:00 ASP.NET MVC Fundamentals: Data Access and Modeling with Entity Framework...

****UPDATED 8/27/2010 2:20pm**** We have upgraded to a bigger room and there are currently tickets available for the Web Camp in LA. If you were on the wait list you will be automatically assigned a ticket.  If you’ve not yet signed up – make sure you do quickly ! We released the tickets just under 48 hours ago and Web Camp LA is sold out!  That’s good and bad news, right?! For those of you who haven’t yet signed up, don’t be too distressed.  We are currently looking for a bigger room so that we can release some more tickets .  I’ll post an update once we’ve secured the room – fingers crossed! Remember we are crowdsourcing the agenda – here’s the poll results so far.  Looks like jQuery and ASP.NET MVC 101 is out in front...

Today, we are releasing the Web Camps Training Kit: July 2010 Edition – Download it here . The kit includes all the content we presented around the world at the recent Web Camps events; presentations, demos, labs and more.  Inside the new kit you’ll find content that covers the following technologies: ASP.NET MVC 2 ASP.NET 4 Web Forms jQuery Entity Framework Visual Studio 2010 Deployment We’ve also included the agenda so if you want to run your own Web Camp with some of our content, you can do that. Let the team know if you are planning to run your own – we’ll help get the word out (webcamps [at] microsoft.com). As a bonus we’ve also included scenario based content which comes in the form of complimentary slides, demos, demo scripts and...

What’s New? I’ve just published an update to our Web Application Toolkits!   If you’re not familiar with Web Application Toolkits (WATs) then here’s a summary: FREE Web App Toolkits help ASP.NET web developers complete common web development tasks and quickly add new features to your apps. Whether it’s Bing Maps integration or adding social capabilities to your site, there’s a toolkit for you. For the full list of Web Application Toolkits check out this website. Here is a summary of the work we’ve done in this release: Added a new Social API Web Application Toolkit Updated all the WATs to be compatible with Visual Studio 2010 Introducing the Social API Web Application Toolkit Summary As social networking Web sites are becoming more and...

Over the past 3 months we’ve visited 12 cities across the world delivering free training and fun on the Microsoft Web Platform.  It’s been an awesome experience to see so many talented and passionate developers, from universities, startups, large businesses across the globe – all learning to build cool web apps on the Microsoft Web Platform.  On Day 1 , everyone got to hear about the latest developments in ASP.NET including a tour of ASP.NET 4 Web Forms, ASP.NET MVC 2, Entity Framework, Visual Studio 2010, Deployment and jQuery.  There was a lot to cover in one day and we’ll be looking at how we can slim the content down a little bit so we can drill into more details on the most popular sections. On Day 2 , the building day, people...