First, what's this .Net Dojo stuff? Well, here it is ... it is a new series of events (I'm hoping monthly) that we will be having monthly to help developers hone and sharpen their .Net Kung Fu. It will be a combination of lecture and hands-on labs ... lecture to explain the concepts (of course) and hands-on to let you get your fingers dirty playing with the technology. Since it is hands-on, you will need to bring a laptop to do the labs and (possibly) install some additional prerequisites before the session (these will be listed, of course). They will be held at the Houston Microsoft office from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM and cover a wide range of .Net topics. I'm also hoping to be able to get some of the technical leaders here in Houston to deliver some of the sessions ... so that you'll be learning from the best around.
Ben Scheirman of Sogeti has volunteered to deliver the very first .Net Dojo on the ASP.NET MVC Framework. (Didn't I tell you that I wanted to get the best around?) Here are the details:
Overview: ASP.NET MVC is one of the key new features that will be included in .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack1. It provides a framework that enables you to easily implement the model-view-controller (MVC) design pattern in your web applications, helping you build loosely-coupled, pluggable components for application design, logic and display. While not a replacement for traditional ASP.NET WebForms, ASP.NET MVC does provide a compelling alternative for developing web applications and better facilitates test driven development (TDD) in web applications. This workshop will dig into what ASP.NET MVC is, what it does, and how it is different from WebForms.
What you will learn: Through a combination of lecture and hands-on labs, attendees will learn how to create ASP.NET MVC applications using Visual Studio 2008 and how to work with the key components of an ASP.NET MVC application. Additionally, they will learn how to test their MVC components and applications using TDD principles.
Prerequisites: To fully participate in this workshop, attendees will need the following:
- An open mind
- A working knowledge of ASP.NET, C#, HTML and CSS.
- A laptop with:
- Visual Studio 2008 Professional or higher (Trial is OK)
- ASP.NET MVC Preview 4 (available as a separate download.
- A CD-ROM drive to load additional components and lab files.
Sign up here ... but hurry ... space is limited!
Hope to see you there ...