Code Camp

For the second 2009 Philly Code Camp, it will be held at the DeVry University campus in Fort Washington, PA on Saturday, October 17 from 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM. If you haven’t signed up please register on the Philly.NET web site. Detailed directions are on the DeVry web site. Check here and here for the latest printable agenda, there will be: Lots of code, just say no to slides! 8 hours of presentations 60 sessions (8:30, 10:00, 12:30, 2:00, 3:30) 12 tracks including two hands-on Beginner rooms and the Bonus Track 600 seats with tables (laptops welcome) Free breakfast, lunch, and afternoon snack (expanded menu!) Raffles and prizes at 5:00 Convenient parking After hours party in Ambler (network with speakers and attendees) All of this is made possible by the Gold partners (Component One, Hosting.com, TEK Systems), Silver partners (Pearson, Redgate, Telerik) and the Platinum site sponsors (DeVry University, Microsoft). ...

Here is my presentation from Code Camp 2009.1: You can download the software seen in this presentation at: Microsoft Visual Studio Express http://www.microsoft.com/express/download Microsoft SQL Server Express w/ Tools http://www.microsoft.com/express/sql/download And Sara Ford’s best selling book on the subject, appropriately called Microsoft Visual Studio Tips. And because she is such an awesome person all the royalties from the book are going to a scholarship fund to help pay for the the costs of sending Hurricane Katrina survivors to college. So if you are interested go pick up a copy. ...

I will be speaking at the Philly.NET Code Camp 2009.1 tomorrow. So if you read this blog, come up to me and say hi. I don’t bite. :) After my presentation tomorrow on “Gooey GUI… Programming in Visual Studio”, I will be posting my presentation and links for everybody that couldn’t attend or did attend and wants a quick reference. See you tomorrow.

As I announced yesterday I will be speaking at the Philly Code Camp 2009.1 on Visual Studio 2008 for beginners. As part of this presentation I want to be able to provide the 10 most valuable tips for beginners using Visual Studio. I did a quick search of the internet last night, on this subject, and everything seemed to point to Sara Ford as the defacto standard on Visual Studio tips. She even has a best selling book on the subject, appropriately called Microsoft Visual Studio Tips. ...

I will be doing a presentation on Programming in Visual Studio in the Beginners track, which will start at 10:00 AM. I expect to see you all there. Also if you have any tips on what you find to be a useful feature in Visual Studio for new developers please leave it in the comments below. I have included the announcement below in case anybody is going to be in the Philly area on April 18th and want to hang out with a bunch of .NET developers. ...