Visual Studio / .NET Framework -- Live! 360 Events

Visual Studio / .NET Framework

The latest Microsoft .NET Framework release includes exciting new capabilities that apply to any type of .NET application. Visual Studio 2013 provides ever more powerful features around debugging, architecture and application lifecycle management (ALM). Visual Studio Live! gives you the information you need to understand and leverage the power of .NET, Visual Studio, ALM, and the .NET Framework today and into the future. Topics in this track include:

Sessions focused on Visual Studio 2013 and .NET 4.5.1
ALM, Visual Studio tooling and Visual Studio Online
Asynchronous programming

VSM03 Workshop: From Code to Release: DevOps for Developers Monday November 17 8:00am - 5:00pm

Brian Randell, Partner, MCW Technologies

In this workshop, Brian will show you how to make shipping a feature you check off every time you finish your work. more

VST04 New IDE and Editor Features in Visual Studio 2013 Tuesday November 18 9:30am - 10:45am

Deborah Kurata, Microsoft MVP and Google Developer Expert

This session covers the coolest new features in the Visual Studio 2013 IDE and Editor more

VST08 Visual Studio Data Tools for Developers Tuesday November 18 11:00am - 12:15pm

Deborah Kurata, Microsoft MVP and Google Developer Expert

Come see how to simplify your database tasks with the SSDT. more

VST12 The Road to Continuous Delivery, Automated UI Testing for Web, WPF and Windows Forms Tuesday November 18 2:00pm - 3:15pm

Marcel de Vries, CTO, Xpirit

In this session, Marcel will show you how to automate your UI testing with the Visual Studio CodedUI test framework, which is part of Visual Studio Premium and above. more

VST16 Understanding Dependency Injection & Writing Testable Software Tuesday November 18 4:15pm - 5:30pm

Miguel Castro MRD, President, Melvicorp LLC

I'll explain dependency injection from concept to implementation, and use raw code samples to show you how it works and what problems it solves. more

VSW04 The Busy Developers Guide to Virtualization with Hyper-V Wednesday November 19 9:15am - 10:30am

Brian Randell, Partner, MCW Technologies

See how, with just a little bit of code, you can automate the mundane. more

VSW08 Build It and Ship It with TFS and Release Management Wednesday November 19 11:00am - 12:15pm

Brian Randell, Partner, MCW Technologies

Learn to create a clean automated pipeline so you can take your hands off deployment more

VSW12 Readable Code Wednesday November 19 1:45pm - 3:00pm

John Papa, Principal Developer Advocate , Microsoft

Learn how to make Readable Code more

VSW16 Visual Studio Online: An Update Every Three Weeks Wednesday November 19 4:00pm - 5:15pm

Brian Randell, Partner, MCW Technologies

Whether you build Windows apps, OS/X apps, mobile apps on iOS or Android or yes, even Linux, you'll have something to see. more

VSH04 Managing the .NET Compiler Thursday November 20 8:00am - 9:15am

Jason Bock MVP (C#), Practice Lead, Magenic

Get a tour of the elements behind this new API. more

VSH08 Writing Asynchronous Code using .NET 4.5 and C# 5.0 Thursday November 20 9:30am - 10:45am

Brian Peek, Senior Technical Evangelist, Microsoft

If you're looking for ways to provide a better, smoother experience for your users, don't miss this session! more

VSH12 Asynchronous Debugging in .NET Thursday November 20 11:00am - 12:15pm

Jason Bock MVP (C#), Practice Lead, Magenic

See how you can use tools in Visual Studio 2013 that help you find issues in your async code. more

VSH13 Node.js for .NET Developers Thursday November 20 1:30pm - 2:45pm

Jason Bock MVP (C#), Practice Lead, Magenic

Come see what Node.js is, how it works, and what you can do to apply your hard-won assets into this new world. more

VSH16 Rock Your Code Using Code Contracts Thursday November 20 1:30pm - 2:45pm

David McCarter, Principal Software Engineer/ Contractor/ Teacher, dotNetTips.com

Learn to write and design bullet-proof types in .NET. more

VSH20 Rock Your Code with Visual Studio Add-ins Thursday November 20 3:00pm - 4:15pm

David McCarter, Principal Software Engineer/ Contractor/ Teacher, dotNetTips.com

Packed full of demonstrations and very few PowerPoint slides! more