Techdays 2011 - Things I will remember
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Things I have noted during the Techday 2011 @ Metropolis Antwerp.. Just my personal thoughts. There will be mistakes, as several things are new for me :-)
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Techdays 2011 - Things I will remember
- 1. Things I will remember-my notes-Alexander Vanwynsberghe
- 2. About TechDays 2011When? 26 – 27 – 28 AprilWhere?What?3-day conferenceAbout learning new productsRediscovering existing technologiesWho?IT Professionals and Developers from every sector.2 days main conferences1 day technical Deep DivesAbout?We have IT in our DNA and are happy to share it!
- 3. Tuesday April 26th Day 1
- 4. Session 1Developer Keynote with Scott HanselmanAll about the right building blocks
- 5. ASP.NET MVC3
- 6. OSS
- 9. Html5 markup
- 11. Different browser layout comparison
- 12. Glimpse
- 13. Looks like Firebug but in jQuery
- 16. Session 2_1Silverlight, WP7, Azure, jQuery, Odata and RIA Services with Maarten BalliauwLive feedback solution
- 17. Hosted on Windows Azure (cloud)
- 18. 300-work hours
- 20. WP7 application in Silverlight
- 22. Web based front-end for regular browsers
- 23. MVC3
- 24. Data retrieval with Odata
- 25. MVC3 + Odata = no data save -> wrapper
- 26. jQuery mobile for mobile browsers
- 27. Based on clean, semantic HTML
- 28. Transform a page into an interactive mobile app using jQuery and CSS.Session 2_2Silverlight, WP7, Azure, jQuery, Odata and RIA Services with Maarten BalliauwLocalStateContainer
- 29. Authentication
- 30. Cookie container
- 31. Custom view-engine for mobile
- 32. 3 weeks, 4 servers < 500€
- 33. Azure web publish on deploy
- 34. 30 seconds <> 20 minutes
- 35. Only use in DEV
- 37. Throttle connections to protect resources in the data center
- 38. Manifested by a dropped connection
- 39. Retry Policy mechanismSession 3To Odata or not to Odata with Chris Eargle Web protocol for querying and updating data
- 40. Using http
- 41. Return ATOM or JSON
- 44. WCF service
- 46. Make data exposable for other systems/devices
- 47. Query navigation, links to navigate
- 48. Products list -> Product(1) -> Details(1) -> Products list Session 4WCF Web API’s, HTTP your way with Glenn Block Expose applications, data and services to the web directly over HTTP
- 49. Use HTTP as an application layer protocol
- 53. HTTP Messages
- 54. For cache, proxy etc.Session 5From desktop to phone for Silverlight developers with Jeff ProsisePanoramic interface
- 55. Difference in mouse events
- 56. Mouse = finger
- 57. Slide events
- 58. Pitch events
- 59. Zooming
- 60. Tombstoning
- 61. Session restore when app is closed
- 62. Save off state data
- 64. Called on app statedSession 6Introducing agile into the enterprise with Phil JapikseScrum: people oriented
- 65. Extreme programming -> TDD
- 66. Many teams using ‘SCRUM_BUT’
- 67. Sprints are time boxed
- 68. Product backlog = dynamic
- 69. Sprint planning 2-8 hours
- 70. Standup max 15 min, NO exceptions
- 71. After sprint -> sprint retrospective = Like Wall
- 72. Stimulate: pizza’s, m&m machine..
- 73. Test NOT only on the end
- 74. Bring success to the tableWednesday April 27th Day 2
- 75. Session 1NuGet in depth with Scott HanselmanPackage manager for .NET
- 76. Third party libraries into a .NET application
- 77. Command line & GUI
- 78. .nupkg can be opened to explore its dependencies
- 79. Automatic web.config changes on adding package
- 80. Demo Elmah (error logger)
- 81. Demo command line creation of a .nupkgfile
- 82. A package with assembly numbers etc.
- 84. A folder containing packagesSession 2HTML 5 – That’s what you need to know with Ingo RammerNever detect the browser, detect features
- 85. Modernizr to detect features (JavaScript)
- 86. Semantic markup
- 87. Contains offline storage database
- 88. Used for offline ‘applications’
- 89. SVG integration
- 92. Good animation is 60fps = window.setinterval(17)
- 93. <video>, <audio>, and <canvas> elements
- 94. Internet Explorer 10 is even faster than IE9
- 95. HTML5 will be all about CSS3 and JavaScriptSession 3Building robust, maintainable coded UI tests using VS2010 with Brian KellerNew type of Unit test
- 98. Can be created manual, or converted from MTM test
- 99. Possibility to check control values
- 100. For web applications: Controls are found using DOM search
- 101. The position of clicking is also important
- 102. Resizing independent
- 103. Integrates in TFS build
- 104. Available in premium & ultimate VS2010Session 4Windows azure AppFabricwith Clemens VastersMiddleware platform for developing, deploying and managing applications on Windows Azure
- 106. Supports several languages (.NET, Java, Ruby, PHP)
- 107. Access Control Service (Facebook, Google, AD)
- 108. Service Bus (connections between applications)
- 109. Application caching
- 110. Visual designer in Visual studioSession 5Getting the most out of ASP.NET MVC3 with Hadi HaririWeb application framework
- 112. Razor server side template engine
- 113. HTML 5 enabled project templates
- 114. Unobtrusive JavaScript validators (properly wrapped)
- 115. Integrating with Dependency Injection or Inversion of Control (IOC) containers
- 117. NuGet integrationThursday April 28th Day 3
- 118. Session 1Dive into ALM using Visual Studio 2010 with Brian KellerApplication Lifecycle Management
- 119. TFS will run on azure -> 20 sec set-up time
- 120. Microsoft uses TFS with 17TB data
- 121. Changes can be drag’n dropped for merging
- 122. Dependency graph support (feature pack 1)
- 123. Possibility to check architecture in TFS build
- 124. TFS web access = SharePoint with web parts
- 125. Integration with Microsoft projects
- 126. MTM (Microsoft Test Manager) integrationSession 2The automated build-deploy-test cycle with VS2010 with Pieter GheysensReproduce bug = difficult:
- 127. How to reproduce?
- 128. Lack of visibility into the action
- 130. Ping pong between devs & testers
- 134. Client -> Hyper V-host -> VM with test environment
- 135. Template has 3 agents:
- 137. Integrated in MTM 2010 using lab-management
- 138. Integrated in TFS using build process template
- 139. Web deployment
- 140. Database deployment using VSTSDBSession 3Implementing lean software delivery with Kanban/TFS2010 with Adam GilmoreScrum = Emotional resistance
- 141. Kanban
- 142. Make visible
- 143. Limit work in progress
- 144. Help the workflow
- 145. It is quantitatively managed
- 146. Lead time
- 147. Cycle time
- 148. Predictability
- 149. Efficiency
- 150. Share resources on a WIP overload of a person
- 151. Less structured than Scrum
- 152. Work In Progress (WIP) Limits are change agents
- 153. TFS process template availableSession 4Advanced debugging with Visual Studio 2010 with Ingo Rammer1 slide, the rest = demos
- 154. Breakpoints
- 156. Fast processing breakpoints in loops
- 158. Crash-dump log files
- 159. IntelliTrace
- 160. Breakpoint export & import
- 161. And much more…Session 5Practical guidance on Visual Studio Database projects with Jens K. S.Database objects are defined in a visual studio solution
- 162. Added to source control
- 163. Generate SQL scripts for deployment
- 165. Integration in TFS build
- 167. Best practices documentAlexander VanwynsbergheSoftware Engineer CogniStreamer.com@vanwynsbergheaalexander.vanwynsberghe@cognistreamer.com