Technical Content part #2
Well, I got some good feedback from my last post, seems like I've finally got some readers! :)
I've since seen some really well done presentations. One that currently rates as #1 on my list was the .NET Compact Framework (DEV308), extremely well done.
I didn't think I would get much out of it, as I've been 'playing' with .NETCF for a while now, and had a pretty good grasp... but after hearing Peter Stanski talk, I'm almost wishing I could go to his UNI classes!
He had a lot of material to cover (next year give this man 2 or 3 session slots!!), and although the early stuff was an introduction I didn't feel like he was insulting my intelligence like I have at other sessions. He provided a host of great links, lots of hints and tips, guidelines etc. A really good section on the Performance issues you might encounter and how to overcome them.
Next he went into using compression when using web services, with links to libraries like this (HTTPZip) for the server, as well as this (zHTTP) and this (SharpZipLib) for the client.
The session on SQL Reporting (DAT207) was pretty good too, I definately want to have a play with that, I've often had to build reporting solutions and have been aching for a better way.
Adam's talk was a riot, kept the audience laughing most of the way through, and was daring enough to do live demo's! He hit a few little glitches, like when his sound started going crazy, but he recovered smoothly.
He provided us with some great tools to give WinForms developers something akin to the Validation controls that we've enjoyed in ASP.NET, unfortunately he didn't have much time left to go over some Data Binding stuff, maybe I can convince him to setup a Web Log to explain it and get feedback! :P
Anyway, gotta run off to another session on BizTalk, here's hoping it's not “just another re-hash”, or I might pass out from boredom!
Talk to you all soon.