Power Workshop Title Speaker   Pre-Conference Workshops (24 May 2005) What is New in ASP.NET 2.0 Wei-Meng Lee Distributed .NET Applications - Today and Tomorrow Ingo Rammer What is New and Migration to Delphi 2005 Michael Li   Post Conference Workshops (27 May 2005) Agile Development for .NET

24 May 2005 Pre-Conference Workshops:

What is New in ASP.NET 2.0 Wei-Meng Lee This pre-conference workshop provides a comprehensive overview of the new features in ASP.NET 2.0. In this updated release, ASP.NET 2.0 supports several new controls and classes to simplify the life of a web developer. You will learn the new features in ASP.NET 2.0 and get a head start in the next major release of Visual Studio! At the end of the course, participants will have a good knowledge of the new enhancements in ASP.NET 2.0 and how it boosts developers' productivity. Topics covered include: Using Visual Studio 2005 New Controls Data Access Client Callback Manager Personalisation using Web Parts Themes and Skins Back to the top

Distributed .NET Applications - Today and Tomorrow Ingo Rammer Since the first public announcement of "Indigo" as a unified, service-oriented model for distributed application at the previous PDC in Los Angeles, a lot of rumours have spread in the development community leading to a degree of uncertainty amongst developers. Will ASP.NET web services still be supported? Is .NET Remoting dead? Will Enterprise Services be obsolete? What happens to the Web Services Enhancements? In this full-day tutorial, Ingo Rammer demonstrates what you can do with today's technologies and protocols to make your applications more scalable, better performing, more maintainable, and - at some point in the future - migrate more easily to Indigo. You will learn what service-oriented development means in practice, and how you can achieve it today. This is a best practices session focused on today's technology by someone who works very closely with Microsoft's Indigo team. Back to the top

What is New and Migration to Delphi 2005 Michael Li This workshop concentrates on the latest features introduced in Delphi 2005: New IDE features Refactoring New database features ASP Deployment support Unit Testing Data Remoting ECO (Enterprise Core Object) II J2EE and .NET integration And Migration to Delphi 2005: Should I upgrade to Delphi 2005? What are the new features? Should I port my Delphi applications to C# instead? .NET is about 12-18 months away for me, what can I do today to minimise the transition later? Architectural considerations .NET and Win32 inter-operability Compatibility issues VCL vs. VCL.NET BDE/dbExpress to ADO.NET/BDP DataSnap to .NET Remoting Web development transition Borland Development Studio vs. Visual Studio Transition planning and techniques Boundaries and constraints Back to the top

27 May 2005 Post Conference Workshops

Agile Development for .NET Level: Intermediate Track: .NET framework, software engineering and design Prerequisites: Experience with .NET platform A revolution occurred in development methodology, from the ground up. Agile development started as an Extreme idea. Ten years later, it has moved into the mainstream, challenging the old-school heavy methodologies. This session covers concepts common to Agile methodologies and shows how to apply them in the .NET platform. Topics include version control, unit testing, refactoring, coding standards, automated documentation, continuous integration, and other Agile goodies. It features various tools to assist working in an Agile environment. This session also demonstrates how to take advantage of changing requirements, impossible deadlines, and loose coupling to build applications. Key Session Highlights: The Agile Manifesto Agile version control Visual Sourcesafe CVS Subversion Non-web applications ASP.NET applications Unit testing NUnit Whidbey Testing Acceptance testing Code coverage with NCover Refactoring Resharper C# Refactory Whidbey Coding standards Static analysis with FxCop Byte-code analysis Automated documentation NDoc Build management NAnt MSBuild Continuous integration Cruise Control.NET Draco.NET Day-to-day agility Using agility in the real world Back to the top