TechEd India 2009

ASP.NET Sessions at Tech.Ed India 2009

Harish Ranganathan — Tue, 19 May 2009 06:18:10 GMT

I am back from delivering Tech.Ed India 2009, particularly the web platform track where I delivered three sessions across 2 days. In addition, we also had Stephen Walther from the ASP.NET Team deliver sessions on ASP.NET 4.0, ASP.NET MVC and ASP.NET AJAX.

Over the next few posts, I would like to get all the content that we discussed during Tech.Ed India and possible videos so that even if you missed the action over there, you could benefit right here. To begin with, the sessions focussing on ASP.NET were

ASP.NET 4.0 by Stephen Walther
ASP.NET MVC by Stephen Walther
ASP.NET Dynamic Data by Harish Ranganathan (that’s me)
IIS 7.5, Server Core with ASP.NET – Windows Server 2008 R2 by Praveen Srivatsa
ASP.NET AJAX by Stephen Walther
VS 2010 Web Deployment features by Harish Ranganathan
ASP.NET – A day in the life of an ASP.NET Request by Harish Ranganathan

While bulk of the above require VS 2010 bits, to begin with, lets pick up the sessions which don’t require ex.- The session on ASP.NET Dynamic Data. In this post, I would specify the things to get started and cover up the actual content in the next post.

Pre-requisites for this sample

1. Visual Studio 2008 SP1 & .NET 3.5 SP1

2. Dynamic Data Preview (CodePlex)

3. .NET RIA Services

4. SQL Server 2008/2005 or Express Editions

5. Northwind Sample Database

Also, you need a bunch of DLLs that you get from the above download (Dynamic Data Preview)

In the following posts, we will examine, how you can take the Dynamic Data Preview, .NET RIA Service Domain Data Source controls to build your 3 tier architecture website which uses/doesn't use Dynamic Data features.

To sum it up, Dynamic Data and Domain Data Source controls are mutually exclusive and can be used selectively according to your requirement.

Cheers !!!

Twenty 20 Action in my Tech Ed Sessions

Harish Ranganathan — Tue, 12 May 2009 19:45:41 GMT

Twenty 20 is the happening thing at the moment and most of you attending Tech Ed might worry on missing out watching it, although majority of the matches would happen only in the late evening and you can still catch up after attending TechEd.

However, to keep your Twenty20 interests alive, I am planning to maintain the theme for my sessions around Twenty20.

Although you wouldnt be able to see live matches, you would still deal with the raw data that you keep analyzing over and over again from websites and post match analysis.

That much I can ensure that your Twenty20 experience doesnt get spoiled by attending TechEd.

Well, thats like revealing too much of information and killing the suspense, but if you are regular follower of my blog, you deserve to know it upfront than the less fortuned, who dont

See you at Tech Ed India

Cheers !!!

My sessions at Tech Ed India

Harish Ranganathan — Fri, 08 May 2009 08:03:57 GMT

If something has been keeping me busy of late, its Tech Ed India preparation. I am delivering four sessions - three in the Web Platform Track and one in the Middle Tier Platform Track. Just to recollect, Tech Ed India is happening this year at Hyderabad - May 13 - 15 with keynote by Steve Ballmer.

Precisely, I am talking on the following

ASP.NET Dynamic Data - Creating data driven websites at the speed of your thinking
Web Deployment with Visual Studio 2010
A day in the life of an ASP.NET Request
ADO.NET Data Services - Whats in it today and future with real world examples.

Needless to say, these are topics which are very useful for web developers and I am sure you would benefit from these sessions. In addition, I would also be around in the Community Track whenever I am not delivering sessions. I have worked on certain areas where I received feedback over the past events as well as previous Tech Eds and this provides an opportunity to refine my skills as well.

If you like to read more on the agenda and other details, please visit www.msteched.in

I look forward to seeing you at Tech Ed and if you happen to spot me, just stop me and we will have a chat.

Cheers !!!

Tech Ed India – Developer Tracks

Harish Ranganathan — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 03:30:47 GMT

I am sure you might have heard that Tech Ed India is happening this year. If you haven’t please check out the MSDN India Blog Post You can even follow Tech Ed India on twitter at http://twitter.com/techedindia2009

I wanted to ensure that in this Tech Ed we provide the best content possible to you so that you can equip yourself to meet the tough challenges in these days and also go back and use them for creating the best applications for your Customers.

I own the Developer Content for Tech Ed India and have designed tracks around .NET Fundamentals, Web Development ( 3 days including Silverlight), Client Development, Azure, Service Layer Technologies etc., so that it fits the spectrum of tenets you work on.

There is UI Layer, rich UI Layer for Web, Data and Services Layer, Cloud based architecture etc.,

And even the Tracks are designed across the days in a particular order. For example, if you simply chose Web Development Track you can get all that you want to know about ASP.NET 4.0 and Visual Studio 2010 for Web Developers as well as Silverlight 3.

If you switch to the Services Track on Day 2, you can get to hear on the Middle Tier Tools and Technologies.

You can of course switch to the Data Track or back to the Web Track based on your work area.

Similar themes go around the Office and Collaboration Suite, Visual Studio Team System track etc.,

While I would keep posting on the stuff I use to prepare for Tech Ed India, I would like to hear from you on what you would want to get covered. Please drop a line using the Feedback form or put it up in the comments below.

For registering for Tech Ed India, visit www.msteched.in

Cheers !!!