DevDays 2009: Topics
As stated in a previous blog, we're in the planning phase for DevDays 2009 (South Africa), and the excitement is definitely building on our side!
In the current phase we want to finalise the session topics. We're considering doing 4 parallel tracks, with 5 sessions per track. One track is already reserved for a combination of interoperability topics like PHP on Windows, and SQL Server 2008 Development. That leaves us with 15 topics.
I would greatly appreciate your input in the process. We're looking for sessions that will appeal to the broadest set of Microsoft developers in South Africa. We unfortunately do not have enough sessions to cater for specialist or complex topics. Hence, here is our proposed list.
- ASP.NET: Dynamic Data, MVC, AJAX improvements and ASP.NET Routing
- Internet Explorer 8: Developer Features
- Vista: Building Vista gadgets
- Mobile: Building a mobile business application
- WPF: New features and improvements in SP1
- XNA: Building games with XNA Studio
- Silverlight: New and enhanced features in Silverlight 2
- Silverlight: Silverlight 3 and mobile support
- LINQ: Learning the syntax
- ADO.NET Entity Framework and Data Services
- Windows Azure: Understanding the vision
- Azure Services Platform: Building applications on the platform
- Current Team Foundation Server and Team System
- Future Team Foundation Server and Team System
- Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0: New features
Have I missed an essential developer topic? Which topic will you then rather drop in favour of your topic?
Deadline: I need all responses by Tuesday, 25 November.