Posts for Tech Ed 2005

Here are the articles I've written regarding Tech Ed 2005.

Tech Ed Session ARC305: Code Generation: Architecting a New Kind of Reuse (Scott Hanselman, Corillian)

published: Thu, 16-Jun-2005

This was a controversial, hit-them-between-the-eyes, rapid-fire talk from a well-regarded developer in the .NET world. Scott Hanselman is Chief Architect at Corillian Corporation, a company that writes online banking software and sells it to banks, the epitome of a vertical market. Read more...

TechEd session DEV320: .NET Framework: Best Practices for Avoiding Common Exception Coding Mistakes (Jonathan Keljo, MS)

published: Fri, 10-Jun-2005

A good session this: I learned quite a few things I didn't know before. Ok, so there was a lot I already knew, but all in all it was an informative session. Read more...

TechEd session DEV340: Visual C# under the covers (Anders Hejlsberg, MS)

published: Fri, 10-Jun-2005

Unfortunately, for me this session was summed up by one word: disappointing. Read more...

Not With a Bang But a Whimper

published: Fri, 10-Jun-2005

And so goodbye Tech*Ed. My first one, after some 10 years of going to BorCons and SDWests/Easts and Linux thingies. Actually it was very interesting, at least for the first four days. The last one, today was a bit disappointing: the Exhibit Hall closed yesterday, and I'll admit I didn't realize and so didn't go round it; there were less sessions today, and lots of those were repeats. Read more...