| Event Name | Session Title | Session Desc | Event Date/Time |
| Use XML Files! An Alternative to SQL | Use XML Files! An Alternative to SQL | XML files are very common in today’s programming world. You will most likely need to read files, write files and query XML within your applications. .NET provides a rich set of XML processing classes that you can use to perform all these functions. VS.NET allows you to easily create XML files. In this seminar you will learn how to read and write XML files using the various .NET classes, and how to build XML files using VS.NET. XML files can be used for prototyping, as a caching mechanism for SQL tables, and even as a replacement for SQL. This seminar will provide a complete overview to the use of XML files in .NET. You will walk away confident that you can put these into use in your applications immediately! | 2/16/2012 2:00 PM |
| From Zero to HTML 5 | From Zero to HTML 5 | Confused about how to move from your current technology such as WPF, Windows Forms or Silverlight to HTML 5? This seminar will focus on HTML 5 for the business application programmer. Learn the new keywords and the new attributes that make HTML 5 a great addition to your web applications. This session teaches you the basics of HTML 5 focusing on form layout for business applications. You will learn how to use styles and attempt to make HTML 5 generic across the widest possible collection of browsers that are out there. You will walk away with a set of samples that you can use to build your own HTML 5 web applications. | 3/7/2012 12:00 AM |
| Cache Data using LINQ to XML on the Windows Phone | Cache Data using LINQ to XML on the Windows Phone | Do you have a lot of little bits of data such as country codes, US state codes, employee types, and other small “tables” of data that you frequently access in your Silverlight application? If so, why keep calling your WCF services to retrieve this data each time you need it. Store it in an XML file in isolated storage for quick access. Use LINQ to XML to read and write to these data files quickly and easily. This session will present you with an easy to use storage system for your XML files along with some reusable classes that you can put into use in your applications. You will also be presented with a method for synchronizing this XML data with your database back on your server. At the end of this session you will have a set of classes that will help you integrate these techniques into your own Windows Phone applications. | 4/4/2012 2:00 PM |