PDC 2008 Registration Open
October 27-30th in the Los Angeles Conference Center, LA is where you want to be. Registration for the Professional Developers Conference 2008 has just opened. You know the deal by now:
"The PDC is designed for leading-edge developers and software architects. If you’re interested in the future of the Microsoft platform, you’re responsible for the technical strategy in your organization, or you’re a highly skilled developer who likes to delve deep into the heart of the platform, then the PDC is for you!"
PDC is a fantastic opportunity to get a real insight into the future of the Microsoft platform and get up close and personal with the people who are building it.
A preliminary list of representative sessions has been published. I've included the titles below, for more details follow the link.
- A Day in the Life of a Cloud Service Developer
- A Lap Around Building Block Services
- Advanced Workflow Services
- Architecting Services for the Cloud
- Architecture of the Building Block Services
- CRM/Dynamics: Developing Business Applications
- Deep Dive: Silverlight Graphics Pipelines
- Developing and Deploying Your First Cloud Service
- Developing Applications Using Data Services
- Developing with .Net and ASP.NET for Server Core
- Live Platform: Building Mesh Applications
- Live Platform: Mesh Services Architecture Deep Dive
- Live Platform: New Developer Services and APIs
- Logical Queuing: Developing Occasionally Connected Clients
- Office Business Applications: Enhanced Deployment
- Scalable, Available Storage in the Cloud
- Silverlight: Building Business Applications
- Silverlight: Developing for Mobile Devices
- SQL Server 2008: Developing Large Scale Web Applications and Services
- Team Foundation Server: How We Use It at Microsoft
- Under the Hood: Advances in COM Interop
- Under the Hood: Architecture of Storage in the Cloud
- Under the Hood: Building SQL Server Data Services
- Unified Communications: Futures
- Visual Studio Team System: Software Diagnostics and Quality for Services
- Windows 7: Graphics Advances
- Windows 7: Optimizing for Energy Efficiency and Battery Life
- Windows 7: Touch Computing
- Windows 7: Web Services in Native Code
- Windows Mobile: Location, Location, Location
- Windows Mobile: Optimizing Web Development for Devices
- WPF: Extensible BitmapEffects, Pixel Shaders, and WPF Graphics Futures
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