“Testing is design”; “Unit tests are documentation”; “Tests are specifications”. These are sought-after rewards of developer testing practices, but simply writing tests or even writing tests before writing production code doesn’t make these wishes come true. When we take up unit testing, we initially tend to do things a certain …
Windows Mobile 6 has generated strong interest from both corporate organisations and end-users, but what does it offer developers? This session will examine how the development platforms for Windows Mobile 6 simplify application development and deployment and will show how to develop a single application that runs on the myriad …
The domain model is a domain experts view on their reality. But what happens when there are different domain experts with different, very real, views on the reality? Is a product always a product and how do I enforce my aggregate boundaries for the all-mighty model? Is my abstraction high …
Come delve into Silverlight and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Microsoft’s latest frameworks for building rich internet experiences and desktop applications. Topics covered include: data binding and tips for writing data-driven applications; using styles and templates to customize the appearance of standard controls; and getting the best performance from your data …
Silverlight provides the same great capabilities on mobile devices as you are familiar with on the desktop. But there are some differences you should know when targeting mobile devices. This session will show you how to make your Silverlight applications device agnostic as well as how to optimize your designs …
Erik Meijer and team (developer Wes Dyer, in particular) have created a profound and beautiful .NET library that will take managed event based programming to new levels. Of course, many of you wish that you could write LINQ expressions over events. Well, now you can thanks to Erik’s and Wes …