VSLive! Redmond 2010

I have been selected to speak at this year’s VSLive! conference on the Microsoft Campus in Redmond. I’m very excited about this conference for a couple of reasons. First, it’s on campus, which will allow me to get together with my Coding4Fun/Channel 9 friends to do some planning. Secondly, VSLive! attendees are also allowed to spend some of their own cash at the Microsoft store. And finally, in addition to presenting two sessions at the conference, I’m also coordinating a special event on Wednesday night which we’re calling Devopalozza. I am creating a team Jeopardy! style game-show which will pit Microsoft Speakers against VSLive! Speakers against VSLive! Attendees. I’m currently creating both hardware and software to drive the game, which will later turn into an article on Coding4Fun for those that might want to create a game-show at home or the office. And, I’ll even be hosting the show at the event.

The two sessions I’m presenting are:

TU19 What's New in Visual Studio 2010 Debugging
Date: Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Time: 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM
Level: Intermediate

Visual Studio 2010 contains a variety of new debugging features to aid developers in creating bug-free software. In this session, we will explore many of these new features including IntelliTrace (historical debugging), breakpoint enhancements, new tools for debugging multi-threaded and parallel applications, enhancements to DataTips and watch windows, and new tools to better visualize and debug WPF applications and events. With these tools in hand, bugs don't stand a chance!

TH1 Multi-touch Madness!
Date: Thursday, August 5, 2010
Time: 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Level: Introductory to Intermediate

Multi-touch technology is popping up everywhere, most recently in Windows 7 and various .NET technologies. Windows 7 has been designed from the ground-up with multi-touch in mind, and the newest versions of WPF and Silverlight are multi-touch capable as well. In this session I will take you through the 4 biggest areas of Microsoft multi-touch technology: Windows 7, WPF 4, Silverlight, and Surface, including the forthcoming Surface Toolkit for Windows Touch. You will learn how to make your applications multi-touch aware and capable using each of these platforms, how to handle gestures and manipulations properly across platforms, and learn where multi-touch is heading in the future with regard to Microsoft development.

Finally, if you register by June 30th, and use code NSZV27 you can save a pile of cash! This code will provide you with the Speaker Discount rate of $1495 for the Best Value Package or $1195 for the 3-Day Conference Package.

Get more information on the conference at:

Hope to see you all there!