Next week will be a busy one for me. I wrap up my current billable project on Monday and I need to prepare for Friday and Saturday when I will present three different talks in two cities on two days.
In addition, I am scheduled to speak at the October meeting of the Microsoft Developers of Southwest Michigan. Sadly, a death in my family forced me to postpone last week's MEF talk at the West Michigan .Net User Group. Thank you to Jeff McWherter for filling in on short notice.
| Date | Event | Location | Topic | Description | |
| Fri. July 31 | NPlus1 Architecture Summit | Microsoft office, Southfiled, MI | An Introduction to Object Oriented Programming |
Are you new to OOP? Do you want a refresher on the benefits of Interfaces and the differences between implements and extends? The morning session is a two hour introductory course of Object Oriented Programming. If you are new to OOP the lessons in this session will prepare you for the more advanced topics in the afternoon. | link |
| Fri. July 31 | NPlus1 Architecture Summit | Microsoft office, Southfiled, MI | Software Patterns |
Patterns are an important tool to use as architects and developers. They provide a common vocabulary for us to design with, as well as a common approach to a common problem. Come learn about useful patterns, and how to use them in your everyday code. | link |
| Sat Aug 1 | Lansing Day of .Net | Breslin Center, Michigan State University | Using Microsoft Distributed Cache to speed your application |
Retrieving data from a disc or a database can be a time-consuming operation. Data that is accessed frequently can be stored in an in-memory cache, which can speed up its retrieval considerably. Microsoft Distributed Cache (aka “Velocity”) provides a framework for storing and managing cached data. In this session, we will discuss how to use this framework in your application and demonstrate some code that implements this framework. | link |
| Thu Oct 22 | Microsoft Developers of Southwest Michigan | TBD, Kalamazoo, MI | Using Microsoft Distributed Cache to speed your application |
(see above) | link |