Think First, Code Later

This past Wednesday I had the privilege of presenting at the 2009 Minnesota Developers Conference (MDC). My presentation was on the pure awesomeness that is .NET RIA Services. The room was at standing room only capacity, a first for me, and the audience was excited by the content. There was lots of great Q&A both during and after the session.

You can download the slide deck (what few slides there are) and the demo code here. Make sure to read the included ReadMe.txt file. In case you don’t read it, here’s what you need to know.

The archive contains the following:

1. MDC09 - .NET RIA Services.pptx. This is the slide deck from my presentation at MDC.
2. EmployeeManager.sln. This is the demo code from the MDC presentation.
3. Snippets.txt. This file contains the code snippets I used during the presentation.
4. SnippetManager.exe. This is the tool I used to access my snippets during the presentation.
5. ZoomIt.exe. This is the screen magnifying tool I used during the presentation.

In Order to run the demo code you must have the following software installed:

1. Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 SP1
2. Microsoft Silverlight 3 GDR 2 (3.040818.0)
3. SQL Server 2008 Express
4. .NET RIA Servicers July 2009 Preview
5. The 2008 AdventureWorks database

Once you install the AdventureWorks database, you will need to run the SimpleEmployee.sql script included with this package to get the table and data set up for the demo.

After installing the necessary component(s) you will need to update the connection strings in the web.config file in the EmployeeManager.Web project.

If you missed this session, but are planning on attending HDC09 in Omaha later this month you’re in luck. I’ll be giving this talk there as well, so feel free to stop on by.

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