Free Silverlight in a Day in Canberra – Date and Location Update

I’ve posted previously about a free Silverlight training session in Canberra, and am happy to know post an update confirming that we’ve locked it in for the 18th of July! Details below….

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Silverlight Designer and Developer Network Presents

Free Silverlight training day in Canberra!

Register your interest now!

• Cost: Free!
• Venue: Cliftons Canberra @ Level 2, 10 Moore St. City
• Date: 18^th July

What will be covered?

The day will be instructor lead – with the trainees following along each and every step. Yep that’s right – no boring reading and doing labs… everything is run through by the instructor. In our experience this method simply rocks. Also, we hate PowerPoint slides – so we’ve kept them to an absolute minimum. Be ready to jump straight in to the goods.

• Introduction to Silverlight and XAML
• Expression Blend
• Control Templates
• Networking
• Media
• Plus more… (like animation etc)

If that sounds like a lot to cover in one day, then you’d be right… we’ll be setting a cracking pace. Each lab will be made available as a handout which you can go over later.

The day is aimed at those who have never used Silverlight before but have some familiarity with web technologies. This includes both designers and developers.

During the session there will always be two specialists available to help you out if you get stuck (the third will be up the front directing the class).

What do you have to bring?

It’s really quite easy… NOTHING. You will be provided with a machine with all the required software and course material.

This day is simply not to be missed! Next time you can almost guarantee we won’t be able to do it for free. So get in fast to secure your spot!

Want more info?

Check out the Silverlight Developer and Designer Network website, email me on stephen.godbold @ readify.net (by removing the spaces) or leave a comment!

Level 2
10 Moore Street
CANBERRA   ACT   2601

FREE Silverlight Training in Canberra

Ever wondered what this Silverlight thing is about? Have you dabbled in Silverlight, but want some more structured learning to help you move forward? Perhaps you’ve even built a site, but want to make sure you’ve covered all the bases…

If any of these sound like you and you’re in Canberra then I’ve got good news! Following the success of the free Silverlight in a day sessions around the country I’m in discussion with Jordan Knight from the Silverlight Designer and Developer Network to get one of these sessions run here in Canberra.

What do you need to do? Right now I’m taking expressions of interest. If you’d like to attend, please email me and let me know. 

Well…. What are you waiting for?

8 Days and Counting

That’s right, only 8 days left until Code Camp kicks off for ‘09! While I’m madly trying to brush up my presentation to entertain and bedazzle (or at least just keep you awake) make sure you’re checking the scheduling updates on the site, and have everything prepared for a mad weekend of geek fun!

Silverlight in a Day – Free!

One of the really great things about working with Readify is you get access to a bunch of really smart people. I’ve been playing with Silverlight recently on a pet project and Jordan Knight has been helping me out when I’ve floundered. It’s helped me realise just how much the guy knows when it comes to Silverlight development. Well the great thing is, he and a couple of other guys from the Silverlight Designer and Developer Network (SDDN) have put together a training day in Melbourne that will cover the basics of Silverlight development to get you up and running. Best of all – you don’t need to bring a thing, and it’s FREE!!

If you’re interested, head over to SDDN to get all the details!

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Good luck and looking forward to seeing you there!

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For the full list or inclusions, and the download head over here.

Well – what are you waiting for?!

Structuring Solutions For Team Development – Resources Post

During my RDN tonight I mentioned a couple of resources around signing your assemblies with a PFX and getting Team Build to go through the signing process for you. The article is from Grant Holliday’s blog and is available over
here.

I got a couple of questions post talk on branching and merging strategies. I recommend taking a look at the patterns and practices guys work over codeplex. There’s plenty of good info there.

Lastly, I got a question on dependency replication. The tool I spoke about is TFS Dependency Replicator. Check out Mitch’s posts on it here, and you can get the code, and the tool from codeplex here.

Thanks to everyone who came along – and thanks again to those who took the time to fill out your eval sheets!

Steve.

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There is apparently significantly more to this beast than that. I’m not going to re-hash it here, as there are some really good articles on it already. I highly recommend this article in particular. When combined with the MSDN ASP.Net Page Object help it gives an excellent picture of exactly where view state sits in the scheme of a web page, and it’s intented use.