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Advanced User Interface testing using Coded UI tests with Visual Studio 2010
During this session we'll explore in depth the capabilities of Coded UI Tests in Visual Studio 2010 and how you can use them to test a wide range of application types. Through your use of Coded UI tests, you can automate much of your user interface testing and have these tests execute on your build server....
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Shake, Rattle and Roll with Windows Phone 7
What distinguishes a Windows Phone 7 application from a regular desktop application is that it can make use of the features of the phone. In this session you'll learn how to initiate tasks to capture photos from the camera, save a phone number, make a call and send an sms. The hardware integration goes...
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Harder, Faster, Better, Stronger! VS2010 IDE Enhancements
This release of Visual Studio sees the IDE overhauled and much of it rewritten using WPF and managed code. The move to WPF allows Microsoft to make some stunning aesthetic additions to the IDE, and also opens up customization possibilities when combined with the new Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF)....
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Windows Server AppFabric: Simplifying the Life of WCF and WF Developers
Configuring and managing WCF and WF services can be complex. AppFabric Hosting Services makes service management and configuration easier and provides greater visibility of faults, exceptions, tracing and diagnostics both during development and after deployment. Learn how .NET 4.0 simplifies service...
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Windows Phone 7 + XNA. Bringing it all together for Games Development.
Windows Phone 7 + XNA. The partnership you’ve been missing for Game Development.
The XNA development platform has been around for years. First started off enabling developers to write games for the Xbox, Xbox360 & Zune devices. Now Microsoft have brought the amazing platform to Windows Phone 7. ...
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xRM Ninja Secrets
Track: Dynamics CRM
xRM has been quite a buzzword these days. Every time you hear about xRM, you’ll think about building virtually any solution on top of the extensible Microsoft CRM platform. Having said that, there are a number of limitations that come with Microsoft CRM 4.0. In this session, we will...
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Getting the Windows Phone 7 User Experience Right
Understanding the Windows Phone 7 User Experience and the UI Design Language is key to winning consumers and building apps that blend beautifully with the overall Windows Phone 7 experience. Be you a designer, a developer or both, this session will help you understand what is takes to build a WOW phone...
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From Phone Zero to Phone Hero in 60 minutes
Join Chris Squared (Chris Auld & Chris Klug) from Intergen as they build a real Windows Phone 7 app from scratch in 60 minutes. This is a hard core, dual data projector, coding marathon. Chris and Chris will build a Windows Phone 7 series app including Windows Azure hosted push notifications, a rich...
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Advanced Windows Phone Services
Building Windows Phone 7 applications is all about combining the power of Silverlight on the device with services in the cloud. You can offload long running processes to a worker process hosted in Windows Azure, and receive a push notification when it completes. Your application can also leverage the...
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From Zero to Team Environment in One Hour with TFS 2010
In this session you'll learn how to get the most out of Team Foundation Server's new 'basic' configuration. We'll start the session with a live configuration of Team Foundation Server, run a sprint planning session, fix a bug or two, and finally set up an automated build to turn our efforts into a deployable...