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| Markus Egger - Next-Generation Applications on the Microsoft Platform |
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Next-Generation Applications on the Microsoft Platform - Markus Egger
A revolutionary new generation of applications is almost upon us. Truly revolutionary new applications don’t appear just every day. Usually, there are few and far between, but over the next months and years, we will see an entire wave of next-gen apps . The last, and arguably the only such wave has occurred during the move from DOS to Windows. During that wave of revolutionary changes, both the development approach as well as the look and feel of applications changed drastically. For the first time on the Microsoft platform, we abandoned relatively simple compiler environments and started to program with a large and well defined API that was larger than just a single compiler’s set of features. We also started building applications that used common infrastructure and user interface paradigms on a broad basis. Code reuse turned from a dream into (albeit limited) reality.
Today, users understand applications a lot better. Their ability to use applications as well as their expectations have grown drastically. No longer does the print button have to look exactly the same on each application. We have well established application fundamentals that users and developers know and understand, and the time has come to innovate on that foundation, without invalidating it. The time has also come to enter the next generation as we must handle huge amounts of data in large and sophisticated systems. Integration has progressed to an unprecedented level. Building a “maintainable and scalable application” today has a very different meaning than it did three or five years ago.
Next generation applications will look better, be more intuitive to use, communicate information better, they will be easier to maintain and administer, they scale better, and they will work together in an even more integrated fashion. They will make us forget that there once was a difference between Windows, Web, and Mobile Device applications. They will allow us to interact with computers in ways that were previously the realm of science-fiction or the movies. And best of all: You will be able to build these applications too, using technologies and tools that are almost upon us.
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| Chip Wilson - Using Capability Modeling to Facilitate SOA Adoption |
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Using Capability Modeling to Facilitate SOA Adoption
The promises of Service Oriented Enterprise Architecture include greater business agility, improved application integration at reduced cost, and the holy grail of aligning IT initiatives with business objectives. Achieving these goals requires organizations to approach SOA from an Enterprise Architecture perspective. Although existing EA processes and tools can be adapted to facilitate SOA, a new approach is gaining wider acceptance as being especially suited to this task. Capability Modeling focuses on the things that business units can do instead of how they do them.
There is a direct corollary to the best practices of service design, where the focus of analysis is on what a service does instead of how it is implemented. Business Capabilities can be described in terms that the business is familiar with, and then mapped directly to services implemented by systems supported by the IT organization.
This presentation covers the basics of Capability Modeling and how this important technique can be used by Enterprise Architects to facilitate an SOA adoption program.
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| Cool Dev Tools for .NET – CodeRush and Refactor! Pro - Mark Miller |
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Cool Dev Tools for .NET – CodeRush and Refactor! Pro
Learn how to write code quickly and efficiently in Visual Studio .NET, using CodeRush and Refactor! Pro from Developer Express. Mark will dive into productivity-accelerating features, including templates, selection manipulation and embedding, Quick Nav, and more. Mark will also show how CodeRush and Refactor! Pro work well together, making the elusive goal of continuous refactoring a real possibility. And the coolest thing is that coding faster doesn’t mean more work – it actually means less. Find out how simplicity and efficiency can be combined to make you significantly more productive.
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| Nathan Phelps - Copy & Paste – Java, JEE and C#, .NET are More Alike than You Might Think |
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Copy & Paste – Java, JEE and C#, .NET are More Alike than You Might Think
Suitable for both Java and .NET developers, this non-biased session will discuss and demonstrate where Java, JEE, and C#, .NET are similar and where they are not. Learn how to apply your .NET skills to Java and vice versa. The session will include discussions on C# vs. Java syntax, EJB vs. .NET component models, ASP.NET vs. JSP/Servlets/JSF, as well as a look toward the future of each.
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20 August, 2008
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