Blogs - kreekman


TechDays 2010: What's new in ASP.NET 4.0 [MP4] [1:08:43] [2010/04/16]
This talk will take a look at the set of new features added to the upcoming 4.0 release of ASP.NET. We will start with a look at changes in Visual Studio 2010 for web development including minimized…


TechDays 2010: Understanding the Model-View-ViewModel pattern[MP4] [1:13:22] [2010/04/16]
The Model-View-ViewModel pattern (also called MVVM) is a hot topic in today’s Silverlight and WPF world. This pattern facilitates modern development techniques such as separation of concerns…


TechDays 2010: ASP.NET Ajax 4.0 [MP4] [0:57:47] [2010/04/15]
This talk looks at the next version of ASP.NET Ajax (4.0) and how it improves your client-side development experience. Specifically, it will cover the new client-side template and data binding model,…


TechDays 2010: Visual Studio 2010 IDE Tips [MP4] [1:06:53] [2010/04/15]
Performance improvements begin by speeding up the simple task you do every minute of every hour of every day you use Visual Studio. Just like a coin jar where you place your spare change, you’ll see…


TechDays 2010: Software Testing with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 [MP4] [1:10:52] [2010/04/15]
Are you tired of spending hours trying to reproduce and diagnose bugs? Do you have a hard time getting testers and developers to talk to each other? Is it difficult to determine which tests are most…


TechDays 2010: Modern Programming with C++0x[MP4] [1:11:58] [2010/04/14]
Why wait for the C++ committee to finish the specification when you can enjoy some of the power of C++0x today! Visual C++ 2010 provides many of the features of the biggest…


TechDays 2010: Developing for Workflow 4 [MP4] [1:05:09] [2010/04/14]
So what is workflow 4? Why did Microsoft build a new framework? Learn about developing workflows, including building services with workflow foundation, content based correlation, tracing and…


TechDays 2010: ORM with ADO.NET Entity Framework in .NET 4.0 [MP4] [1:21:37] [2010/04/14]
This session will be delivered by Kurt Claeys and Hans Verbeeck. If you are not using Object Relational Mapping yet, you probably should reconsider quickly. The upcoming release of VS2010/.NET 4.0…


TechDays 2010: C# 4.0 and beyond [MP4] [1:10:52] [2010/04/14]
In this talk Microsoft Technical Fellow and C# Chief Architect Anders Hejlsberg gives an overview of the new features in C# 4.0, including dynamic typing, co- and contra-variance, named and optional…


TechDays 2010: A Lap Around Visual Studio 2010 Application Lifecycle Management [MP4] [1:08:05] [2010/04/14]
In this demo-rich session we will take a tour of many of the new capabilities of Visual Studio 2010 for application lifecycle management. This includes a look at the new build automation, project…


TechDays 2010: Silverlight 4 tour de force, with a little WPF 4 sauce on top [MP4] [1:15:26] [2010/04/14]
2007... Silverlight 1.0 is released. 2010... Silverlight 4 is almost upon us. Did you lose track of all the new features that are in the platform right now? And how does Silverlight 4 compare to WPF…


TechDays 2010: Deepdive into Windows Azure [MP4] [1:18:19] [2010/04/14]
Get up close and personal with Windows Azure, get a ring side view on its evolution and the key capabilities it provides for developing internet scale services. Speaker : Sumit Mehrotra


TechDays 2010: Making your blog suck less [MP4] [0:33:27] [2010/04/14]
Join Scott Hanselman as he talks about why you should blog and how you should do it. How much effort should you put into your Personal Brand online? Is Social Networking appropriate for Developers or…


TechDays 2010: XNAsteroids: How to develop the asteroids game in 30 minutes with the XNA framework [MP4] [0:29:29] [2010/04/14]
Join us for a fun gaming development session where Timothy Vanherberghen, 2nd prize winner in the 2008 Microsoft Imagine Cup, walks us through the steps needed to build the asteroids game with the XNA…


TechDays 2010: Integrating External Data in SharePoint 2010 with Business Connectivity Services[MP4] [1:06:52] [2010/04/14]
Business Connectivity Services, formerly known as the Business Data Catalog in SharePoint 2007, enables the integration with external business applications. In this talk you will learn how to create…


TechDays 2010: Best Practices for Sandboxed Solution Development [MP4] [1:10:35] [2010/04/14]
SharePoint 2010 introduces a new paradigm for feature development known as Sandboxed Solutions. While the Sandboxed Solutions paradigm contributes significantly to overall farm stability, it also…


TechDays 2010: Put your existing application in the cloud[MP4] [1:11:56] [2010/04/14]
So you want to make use of the Windows Azure cloud platform and are not sure how your existing, in-premise application can be hosted in the cloud… Learn all about getting your application ready for…


TechDays 2010: Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) through Silverlight [MP4] [1:12:11] [2010/04/13]
Extensibility is a key design point for many applications such as the Microsoft Office applications with their plug-in model for extensibility. Silverlight 4 ships with a new framework, the Managed…


TechDays 2010: 5 Things SQL Server does different from what many developers expect [MP4] [1:16:23] [2010/04/13]
This talk is intended for the developer who knows about inner and outer joins, and knows how to write a T-SQL stored procedure. But sometimes developers bump into ‘weird’ behavior of SQL Server. This…


TechDays 2010: Building the next generation of applications using SQL Server 2008 R2[MP4] [1:13:41] [2010/04/13]
New features in SQL Server 2008 R2 create new paradigms for designing and developing applications. This session will introduce you to 3 exciting new features and the types of application…