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Creating Collections of Entity Classes

You know should be creating collections of objects instead of using a Data Reader, a DataSet or a DataTable in your applications. In this seminar you will learn to use a DataTable to fill a collection of objects. You will then see how to use a DataReader to fill the same collection of objects. You will also see how to use LINQ to iterate over a DataTable to build your entity collection.

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A Windows 8 Shell for WPF

In this seminar you will learn how to create a Windows 8 style shell in XAML. You will learn to create user controls for buttons, a communication system, and a set of “Tiles” you can use to launch features of your application.

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From Zero to HTML 5 in 60 Minutes

This video will show you how to get started with HTML 5. We will cover many of the new elements, new attributes, input types and a little CSS 3 as well.

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Tips to Spice up your HTML 5 Applications (Even if you are not a Designer)

Most programmers are not artists; but you do not to be in order for your HTM 5 applications to look professional. This video will show you how to spice up your HTML 5 interface.

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Introduction to CSS and CSS 3

In order to make your HTML 5 efficient and easy to maintain you must use Cascading Styles Sheets (CSS). This video will present and introduction to CSS and also CSS 3.

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Choosing Between ASP.NET Web Forms and ASP.NET MVC

In this video, you will learn the advantages and disadvantages of using ASP.NET Web Forms or ASP.NET MVC for different application scenarios.

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Architecting Applications for Multiple UIs

This video will take you on a tour of how you should be architecting your application by breaking it up into services. You will learn how to create your business rules and data layer as a service. This video seminar will assume you have some knowledge of .NET but have been developing applications the old way and you are now looking to see how to use WCF and the Model-View-View-Model (MVVM) design pattern to create applications that can be run one more than on user interface platform.

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Use XML Files! An Alternative to SQL

XML files are very common in today’s programming world. You will most likely need to read files, write files and query XML within your applications. .NET provides a rich set of XML processing classes that you can use to perform all these functions. You will learn LINQ to XML and downloading XML using WCF Services.

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Introduction to Windows Phone Development

This 45 minute video covers an introduction to Windows Phone Development. You will learn the basics of the phone and see a lot of different samples to help you get started using the Windows Phone today. A video and sample programs are included in this download.

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Architecting a Business Application for Windows Phone

Developing a business application to run in WPF or on a website is very different from a mobile device. Creating an efficient architecture can also be very different for a Windows Phone. In this seminar you will learn tips on how to create a re-useable architecture. In addition you will see how to present data to your business users in such a way that is easy to understand and navigate through. A real-world, business application will be shown and you will learn how the application was created.

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Windows Phone Navigation & Tombstoning Techniques

Managing state and navigating through windows phone applications is a little different from a normal web or desktop application. In this seminar you will learn the various ways to navigate through your application and what to do when your application is tombstoned.

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MVVM Made Simple

Do you find yourself struggling to grasp the concepts of the Model-View-View-Model (MVVM) design pattern? Have you found that you can understand the basics of data binding in WPF and Silverlight, but when you start to read about MVVM you find that you have been dropped off a cliff? Have you looked at some of the XAML frameworks like PRISM only to find that it is just way too complicated for what you need? If this sounds familiar, then don’t worry, you are not alone. Many great programmers struggle with this every day. In my humble opinion I say don’t try to implement a pure MVVM model, just Keep It Simple! Many times the simplest approach is the best. In this video I will present MVVM step-by-step but not drop you off a cliff. I am not going to take the purist approach to MVVM, but I am going to use the familiar event model in code-behind that you are used to. Yes, you will be using MVVM, but you will do it using a programming model that you are very familiar with. A Sample program is included.

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From Zero to N-Tier (2011)

This 53 minute video will take you from a 2-tier application to an N-Tier application using WCF Services.You will learn the steps you take and see why you want to take advantage of this powerful architecture. Each step will be explained as to the how and why you need to do that step. You will learn where you should, and where you should not, use WCF in your applications

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10 Tips to Spice up Your XAML Apps (Even if you are not a designer!)

Most programmers are not artists; but you do not to be in order for your applications to look professional. Just a few little touches such as styles, color gradients, pictures, animation and a few other XAML “magic” tricks and your application can look great!

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14 Navigation Techniques for your XAML Applications

XAML (Silverlight/WPF) does not offer a wide variety of built-in ways to navigate through your business application. However with just a little bit of XAML and code, you can create a variety of XAML navigational scenarios.

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Silverlight MVVM Made Easy

There are way too many overly complex Model View View Model (MVVM) design patterns and libraries in the development world. How is a programmer that is new to Silverlight to ever learn how to use MVVM quickly and easily? This session will guide you step-by-step on how to take advantage of this powerful design pattern.

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Silverlight XAML for the Complete Novice - Part 1

If you have never used Silverlight before, then this is your chance to learn it from the ground up. In this video you will see how to use XAML, Blend, VS.NET 2008 and VS.NET 2010 to create Silverlight applications. This is Part 1 of a 2 part series. This video includes an introduction to Silverlight, basic XAML and basic Styles.

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Silverlight XAML for the Complete Novice - Part 2

If you have never used Silverlight before, then this is your chance to learn it from the ground up. In this 2nd part of our video series on Silverlight you will see how to use XAML, and VS.NET 2010 to create Silverlight applications. This video includes using standard business controls such as TextBlocks, Radio Buttons, Check Boxes, Scroll Viewers, Tab Controls and Borders along with others.

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Data Binding from A to Z in Silverlight

Data Binding in Silverlight is much more than just binding to data in a database. You will learn various methods of using data binding including control to control, how to bind to properties in your classes, then data binding to your back end database. You will be guided step-by-step through building a WCF Service to retrieve data from a SQL Server database. You will then a real world example of an Add, Edit, Delete screen in Silverlight using a WCF Service and Entity classes.

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Getting the Most out of the Silverlight List Box

The ListBox control in Silverlight is very powerful. In this seminar you will see all the various things you can do to present some great user interfaces with this control. You can present multiple columns, multiple lines per row, make the list box horizontal, even perform sorting and grouping. All of this and more is available with this powerful control.

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WPF Part 1: Learning basic XAML for Business Applications

In this video you will learn the basics of xaml and how to use WPF to build business applications. You will learn why WPF was created, how it is different from Windows Forms and why you want to move to WPF.

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WPF Part 2: Basic Business Controls and Simple Data Binding

In this video seminar series you will learn about the basic building blocks that you will use in WPF to create business applications. You will see step-by-step how to build the basic controls for business applications.

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WPF Part 3: More Data Binding

In this video you will learn how to use data binding with combo boxes and dependent combo boxes. You will learn to use an ObjectDataProvider and binding to your own classes.

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WPF Part 4: The Flexible List Box Control

In this video you will learn many uses for the WPF ListBox control. This control is one of the most flexible and you can do tons of stuff with it. You will learn to display multiple columns, horizontal lists, use data triggers and group data. You will also see an example of selecting and modifying data.

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WPF Part 5: Using Styles and Resources, Business UI

In this video you will learn how to use styles and resources to give your WPF applications a nice look and feel. You will learn how to combine these into Resource Dictionaries and load those dynamically. You will also see how to use various controls such as menus, toolbars and status bars to create typical business application UI.

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WPF Part 6: Transforms, Triggers and Animation

Part of what makes WPF so great is the ability to rotate anything in the UI, change properties in response to events, and its ability to perform animation all without writing VB or C# code! In this video you will learn the basics of each of these powerful XAML concepts.

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WPF Part 7: More Fun with the WPF ListBox

The ListBox control in WPF is very flexible. In this video you will learn to display images in the list box, sort, group and filter data. You will see how to dynamically change what the list box displays using templates. You will also learn to use a ValueConverter class to format the data in a list box.

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Develop Business Application Screens in WPF

In this video you will see a lot of different examples of WPF XAML that you can use to build standard business applications. You will learn about DockPanel, Grid, Menu, Toolbar and StatusBar controls. You will see how to build standard dialogs such as About and Logins. You will see how to build windows that have no border and that are circular instead of a normal rectangle.

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Easily Create Skins in WPF

Do you want your WPF applications to look different from the normal battleship gray? To do this you need to really dig into control templates and learn to change the look and feel. This seminar will show you step-by-step how to create different skins for controls in WPF. You will learn to use Blend (and WPF itself) to extract control templates. You will be shown samples of how to change labels, buttons, check boxes and other controls to get your own unique look and feel.

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Step-By-Step WCF (Windows Communication Foundation)

Learning WCF can be a little daunting. This seminar will make it very easy for you to learn the fundamentals of WCF. You will see the presenter take a 2-tier application and convert it into a multi-tier, WCF application. Each step will be explained as to the how and why you need to do that step. You will learn where you should, and where you should not, use WCF in your applications.

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Build Unit Tests the Easy Way with VS.NET 2008

Everyone knows that they should be writing better test cases for their applications, but how many of us really do it? In VS.NET 2008 testing is an integrated part of the development environment. So there is no longer any reason to avoid not doing test driven development and automated unit testing. In this seminar you will learn how to architect your applications to make testing quicker and easier. You will learn to use the tools in VS.NET 2008 to help you do the testing.

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Debugging Tips & Tricks

If you have not really dug into the VS.NET debugger, then this seminar is for you. You will explore all the various breakpoint, tracepoint, data tips, and the myriad features that this powerful debugger let’s you use. You will see how to set conditional breakpoints, use the Debug and Trace objects, and learn the difference between the Watch window, locals and immediate window.

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Session State Management for ASP.NET Developers

Developing web applications requires you to manage “state”. All web environments are ‘stateless’ and thus you have to come up with ways to keep track of user data between web page calls. There are many ways to accomplish state management. What are all the ways, and which ones are best? That is what you will learn in this seminar.

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Simplify XML Processing using LINQ to XML

LINQ technology in .NET has some great hooks into XML that make using XML documents a breeze. This seminar will explore how you will put this technology to work in your applications. Many XPath queries can be greatly simplified using LINQ. Besides the obvious advantages of using LINQ to iterate over XML data you can also use it to create and process XML documents. One great way you can use XML is in prototyping, another is to merge XML data with Word 2007 documents. In this seminar you will learn to use LINQ to XML for real world applications.

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Basic XML Processing for .NET Developers

XML files are very common in today’s programming world. You will most likely need to read files, write files and query XML within your applications. .NET provides a rich set of XML processing classes that you can use to perform all these functions. VS.NET allows you to easily create XML files. In this seminar you will learn how to read and write XML files using the various .NET classes, and how to build XML files using VS.NET. LINQ to XML will also be demonstrated. You will also see how to use XML files to help you prototype applications.

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Beyond Standard SQL Queries

The T-SQL language is very rich. Besides standard SELECT and JOIN statements, there is a lot more you can do. In this seminar you will learn to use some of those statements that you may have not yet been exposed to. Learn to aggregate data, to use the Case statement, the Group By and Having clauses, and much more.

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A Data Driven Messaging System

Displaying informational messages to users of an application is something each of us needs to do. Instead of hard coding these messages, you should use a data-driven approach. Normal resource files can be quite limiting. In this seminar you will learn to use XML files to store and retrieve your messages. You will learn how you can override the somewhat cryptic .NET exception messages with easier to understand messages of your own.

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