Session 1 - What’s New in SQL Server 2008 for Developers - SQL
Server 2008 adds numerous new capabilities for developers – from
support for Spatial Data types to a storage mechanism for SQL BLOB data
using the NTFS file system, and much, much more. The new release also
delivers several improvements to development-related areas, from T-SQL
to SQLCLR to XML. This presentation will provide a technical dive into
the latest and greatest features you’ll find in SQL Server 2008, while
offering insight into how to effectively apply them to your upcoming
development projects.
Session 2 – Build next generation applications with Silverlight 2.0 - Silverlight
provides a powerful platform for building the next generation of rich
interactive applications on the Internet. In this session, we’ll take a
look at the programming model and tools that developers and designers
can leverage to build these true next generation experiences for
consumers and business, and demonstrate how to build a rich interactive
application (RIA) using Silverlight and Microsoft .NET. We’ll explore
how to use Microsoft Visual Studio to create applications, and networking, how to retrieve data from a Web service, and various other aspects of building Silverlight applications.
Session
3 – Real World Application - How to create an end-to-end Mobile GPS
tracking application using the .NET Compact Framework, WCF, LINQ,
Silverlight, Deep Zoom, and Virtual Earth - Inspired
by a true-story mobility case study recently published on the
Microsoft.com website, this session will walk you through how to create
a mobile GPS tracking application using the .NET Compact Framework,
Windows Mobile SDK, and Compact SQL. At the Web host layer, we
will create a Windows Communication Foundation service and generate a
Compact framework client proxy to send the GPS tracks to a host web
server - where finally, the GPS trail can then be viewed using LINQ,
Silverlight, Deep Zoom, and Virtual Earth.
Optional Session 4 (dependent on available event time) - Power up your Office applications with VSTO - In
this presentation, we’ll focus on the power and productivity of Visual
Studio Tools for the Microsoft Office System (VSTO) – a .NET Smart
Client technology. We’ll give you tips and tricks for designing and
building smart client applications with VSTO, which allows you to
create managed code applications with .NET languages including
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and Visual C#. VSTO also makes it simple to
manifest the functionality of those applications in the rich user
interfaces of Microsoft Office Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio, Outlook
and others from the Office stack. VSTO addresses some of the biggest
challenges that Office solution developers are facing today, including
separation of data and view elements, server-side and offline
scenarios, seamless integration with the Visual Studio tools,
deployment and updating. Join us for this eye-opening session and learn
just how easy it is to build and deploy powerful applications with VSTO.
