I was thrilled to be able to attend TechEd North America 2014 in Houston last week. I got to go to Orlando in 2008, and since then I’ve had to settle for watching the sessions online (which ain’t bad – They’re all available on Channel 9 for streaming or downloading. Here are links to the Developer Track sessions and to the sessions from all tracks.)
The sessions I attended (with my favorites bolded) were:
Shiny new stuff
- The Microsoft Application Platform for Developers: Create Applications That Span Devices and Services
- INTRODUCING: The Future of .NET on the Server
- DEEP DIVE: The Future of .NET on the Server
- ASP.NET: Building Web Application Using ASP.NET and Visual Studio
- The Next Generation of .NET for Building Applications
- The Future of Visual Basic and C#
Stuff you can use now
- Building Rich Apps with AngularJS on ASP.NET
- Get the Most Out of Your Code Maps
- SignalR: Building Real-Time Applications with ASP.NET SignalR
- Performance Optimize Your ASP.NET Web App
- Modern Web and Visual Studio
- Visual Studio Power User: Tips and Tricks
- Debugging Tips and Tricks in Visual Studio 2013
In a world where the whole company uses TFS…
- Using Functional, Exploratory and Acceptance Testing to Release with Confidence
- A Practical View of Release Management for Visual Studio 2013
- From Vanity to Value, Metrics That Matter: Improving Lean and Agile, Kanban, and Scrum
Ain’t Nobody Got Time for That
As usual, there were some time slots with nothing of interest and others with 5 things I wanted to see at the same time. Here are the sessions I’m still planning to watch…
- Getting Started with TypeScript
- Building a Large Scale JavaScript Application in TypeScript
- Modern Application Lifecycle Management
- Why a Hacker Can Own Your Web Servers in a Day!
- Async Best Practices for C# and Visual Basic
- Building Multi-Device Apps with the New Visual Studio Tooling for Apache Cordova
- Applying S.O.L.I.D. Principles in .NET/C#
- Native Mobile Application Development for iOS, Android, and Windows in C# and Visual Studio Using Xamarin
- Latest Innovations in Developing ASP.NET MVC Web Applications
- Zero to Hero: Untested to Tested with Microsoft Fakes Using Visual Studio
- Cool and Elegant ASP.NET Web Forms with HTML 5 for the Modern Web
- The Present and Future of .NET in a World of Devices and Services