Microsoft DevDays 2004: A forum for learning real knowledge of real tools from fellow developers
Why You Should Attend
Interested in learning the best practices for creating powerful smart client applications or secure Web applications? DevDays 2004 takes you deep into the entire Microsoft .NET infrastructure with tracks packed full of insights from top developers, code walk-throughs, and in-depth demos. Get your questions answered and get the most out of your Microsoft Windows® and Web applications.
Alongside fellow developers, you'll learn the fundamentals of easily developing, deploying, and versioning smart client applications, the ins and outs of secure data access, developing self-updating applications, building secure Web applications, locating and countering potential security threats, building applications that leverage offline data, and much more.
Maximize the Client, Deploy Easily
Are you tired of "DLL Hell" and the application versioning problems that are commonly associated with Windows development? Do you want to create highly responsive Windows applications that work well whether online or offline? Attend the Smart Client Development track to learn the best practices for easily creating powerful Windows applications that are simple to deploy and easy to maintain.
Get Secure, Stay Secure
Do you need to build secure, scaleable Web applications? Attend the Secure Web Development track to learn the fundamentals of secure Web application development, study how to locate and counter potential threats, and examine the reference application that survived over 80,000 hack attempts during OpenHack, eWeek's Web security competition.

In either track, you'll see a local expert build a real-world best-practice application, see the application in action, and leave with the code at the end of the day.

Developer collaboration
Walk Away with Powerful Tools for Making Your Big Ideas Bigger, Including:
· Pre-release "Technology Preview" of Microsoft Visual Studio® "Whidbey"
· Sample code for all sessions
· Source code to the Microsoft reference application for OpenHack, our Web security best practice application