Upcoming talks: Microsoft Tech Ed South Africa

In just a couple of weeks I'll be in Durban, South Africa presenting three sessions at Tech Ed. These are the sessions:

WEB304: Introduction to MVC Web Development

Day: Monday, 04 August 2008, 09:15 - 10:30
Location: Session Room 07
One of the benefits of using a MVC methodology is that it helps enforce a clean separation of concerns between the models, views, and controllers within an application. In the very near future, ASP.NET will include support for developing Web applications using an MVC-based architecture. The MVC pattern can also help enable red/green test-driven development (TDD) where you implement automated unit tests, which define and verify the requirements of new code, before you actually write the code itself. Join us for a dive into the new MVC Framework and learn how to leverage this new alternative in your own applications.

WEB306: What's new in Visual Studio 2008 for ASP.NET developers

Day: Monday, 04 August 2008, 16:15 - 17:15
Location: Session Room 08
Check out the latest and greatest with Microsoft Visual Studio 2008. From the CSS designer to JavaScript Intellisense, Visual Studio 2008 packs a powerful punch for building rich web applications. You’ll also see how to use LINQ data access and unit testing in a web application.

WEB307: A Tour of What’s New in ASP.NET 3.5

Day: Tuesday, 05 August 2008, 16:45 - 17:45
Location: Session Room 07
Discover how you can take advantage of the latest enhancements to ASP.NET and Visual Studio 2008 for building Web applications in your real-world applications. Enhance your web application with AJAX, Silverlight, and LINQ data access. You’ll also see how to use ASP.NET Dynamic Data to build a data entry site in a matter of minutes.

* Dates, times, and locations can change, so check your schedules!

I hope to see some of you there, so please stop by and say hi!