UNPLUGGED MSDN Stream: Develop for Windows 7 and Silverlight 3
Session 1: Windows 7 for Developers  | |
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Windows 7 contains many new features for developers that allow you to create very rich applications for your users, including the ability to touch-enable your own applications. This session will cover how you can take advantage of new Windows 7 features using .NET 3.5 to build rich client applications and we’ll also take a look at what’s coming in .NET 4.0. Presented by ISV Developer Advisor, Mike Zeff.
Session 2: Taking your Web experience to the next level with Silverlight 3  Internet Explorer 8 has been released and Silverlight 3 was announced recently at MIX ‘09. This session will show you how you can take advantage of Silverlight 3 and Expression Blend 3 to create stunning web applications that can run both inside and outside the browser. We’ll also show you how to take advantage of exciting features in IE8 that make your web site more ‘sticky’ for your users. Presented by Web Developer Advisor, Nigel Parker. Installfest (Optional) At the end of the sessions, you will have an opportunity to install the Windows 7 Release Candidate on your own machine. You bring your computer - we bring the Windows 7 installation and a Microsoftee to help. A test PC for the Windows 7 RC should meet these minimum hardware recommendations:
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Please bring a spare, non-production computer to install the software onto. We will help with loading Windows 7 onto your machines, and will have wired or wireless Internet connections available for drivers and updates. If for some reason, Windows 7 does not have the appropriate driver for your computer hardware, we will do our best to download drivers off the Internet and get them onto a USB key for you. We won’t be able to provide “support” afterwards, but we’ve created an online forum where you can ask questions. If you didn’t get a chance to download your own copy of Windows 7 RC we will have a supply of Windows 7 DVDs. What you need to know before installing the RC. Register for a Windows 7 RC product key Agenda 8.45am: Registrations9am - 10:30am: Session 1 - Windows 7 for Developers 10:30am - 11:00am: Break / Morning Tea 11:00am - 12:30pm: Session 2 - Silverlight 3 12:30pm - 1:30pm: Installfest (Optional) This is a Level 300 event for Developers. Free to register, dates and locations below. | |
Locations & Registration
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Speakers -
Mike Zeff
 | Mike is a Microsoft Development Advisor working with Independent Software Vendors to help them adopt Microsoft’s latest technologies in their own products and services. In his 17 years in the IT industry, Mike has worked with a range of technologies including various flavours of Unix, Mac OS/X and Windows since version 3.1 as well as a wide range of development languages and tools. Outside of work Mike loves flying (when finances, family and free time allow), photography and writing code for fun. Visit Mike’s blog |
Nigel Parker
 | Nigel Parker is a Developer Advisor for Microsoft New Zealand in Auckland. Nigel has an entrepreneurial background and has numerous successful “start-ups” under his belt. Nigel leverages his experience to spend time working with Independent Software Vendors in New Zealand; aiding them with the early adoption of Microsoft Technologies. One of Nigel’s other focuses is on supporting companies that are hosting solutions and doing business on the web. Visit Nigel’s blog |
Please note that agendas are subject to change without notice.