On Aug 04, 2012 Saturday I had a pleasant day with BDotNet. Yes, a full day with
technologists and it was a wonderful and unforgettable day for me. This is the
first Event which I have – attended; to contribute it will take time ![Smile]()
.
First of all I wish to say something about the BDotNet. BDotNet is a User Group for
.Net Developers in Bangalore.
“Bangalore .NET (BDOTNET) user's group is about helping you understand the
.NET framework, show how it will make you more productive and transition your
development processes to the same, amongst other things. Detailed technical
insights are presented by Microsoft RDs, .NET MVPs in the technical sessions
conducted periodically” - from BDotNet.
DevCon2012 event held at Microsoft Corporation (India) Pvt. Ltd. , domlur.
There were 12 sessions conducted as two group like Group-I and Group-II. I
attended the Group-I sessions as I wanted to learn about Window 8, HTML 5 and
Metro Style Application. Let me to discuss about the sessions which I have
attended obviously should say ENJOYED.
The great Sessions Enjoyed
In the Group-1, there were 6 sessions about Windows 8, HTML 5 and Visual
Studio 2012. Let us see the few points about the sessions one by one.
Before the session were going to start the Keynote for the DevCon2012 has
been given by Ranjan
Bhattacharjee.
Windows 8 - A peek inside
This is the first event in the Group-I sessions about the Windows 8 features
by Vic Parmar. It
was excellent session and made me to eagerly wait for the Windows 8 release. Vic Parmar gave us
some interesting points to know about the Windows 8 RC.
Points in Mind:
- Windows 8 will be released on Oct 26, 2012.
- There are multiple options to login into your Windows 8 like Image Password,
Local Password and using PIN.
- The applications which are running and not active at that moment will be
push to Suspend mode so that the resource usage will be minimal.
- The Applications which are running in the Windows 8 machine will take the
entire space on the screen except a single pixel of line in the right side of
the screen
- We can pin the applications on the Start Page of the Windows 8 and can group
it.
He explained how we can organize the applications and tiles in Windows 8
Start Page and how we can switch between applications.
Windows 8 for Developers
The second event which had been taken by Rajashekaran
Vengalil was Windows 8 for Developers. In this event, Rajashekaran
Vengalil has explained about that how we useful the WinRT to create the
applications for Windows 8 machine.
Points in Mind:
- There lot of options to develop applications for Windows 8.
- We can create Metro Style applications in two ways i.e. using C#.Net and
JavaScript.
- There are two main .JS files which we need to include namely
Microsoft.WinJS.1.0.RC/js/base.js and Microsoft.WinJS.1.0.RC/js/ui.js
Rajashekaran
Vengalil explained the Metro Style Application which will capture the image
from web camera.
Walkthrough of a Metro Application
It was a very informative session taken by Praveen Srivatsa.
Praveen
Srivatsa explained in the clear way to create the Metro style application
and how it can be pushed into Windows App Store.
Points in Mind:
- In Metro Style Desktop Applications, there is no window concept .i.e you
cant get window handle in the metro style application.
- The main Key point here is Metro Style Applications will run in the Windows
8 Browser Engine.
- There are limitations in the WinJS which will restrict the user to don't
popup the any windows in the Metro Style Application.
- We can't use the all features of the Java Script which is used in the IE to
the Metro Style Application.
In this session, there were lot of questions thrown at Praveen Srivatsa
but he explained those all the question much clearly. A big thanks to him. he
explained the steps how the Metro Style Applications will be deployed and how we
can access those.
Kendo UI Community launch
This session was all about Kendo UI & HTML 5 and presented by Abhishek
Kant. He explained the way how we can use the HTML 5 and Kendo UI to
develop mobile applications.
Points in Mind:
- Kendo UI is a telerik product and it supports iOS, Android, Blackberry and
WebOS.
- DataViz is a collection of HTML5-powered, mobile-ready, data visualization
widgets available in Kendo UI
He explained more about the Kendo UI and its features as it is Kendo UI
Community launch ![Smile]()
.
He showed us a demo on DataViz and AutoComplete text box. To know more about
Kendo UI please have a look Here.
SQL Server Tips and Tricks for Web Developers
Ha Ha…..![Smile]()
still my face is with smile and mind is full of question… Is Web Developer
SPIDER MAN? Yes; as we are doing magic with the code.
The fabulous session about SQL Server has been presented by Pinal Dave. He
explained about the performance while using IN, EXISTS and JOIN.
Points in Mind:
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…..
Yes… My mind is full of the moments which we laughed for comments and superb
presentations given by Pinal Dave.
- The keywords IN, EXISTS are good and JOIN is bad in some scenarios.
- The keyword JOIN is good and IN, EXISTS are bad in some scenarios.
- Scalar Functions hides the performance factors in it
That was a wonderful session and he gave us books on SQL Server. The way he
explained the performance issue's in the SQL queries was the interesting
one.
Visual Studio 2012 - Tips & Tricks
Last but not Least… Yes…. The last session of the DevCon2012 is Visual Studio
2012 - Tips & Tricks which ha been presented by Lohith G N . This
session was very useful and informative session.
Its all about the short-cuts which can increase our productivity.
Points in Mind:
- Nothing in mind.
![Sad smile]()
Seriously I cant remember those shortcuts.
- But still I can remember one point like we can keep open the start page of
Visual Studio and close it once the solution/project is loaded by using the
option given in the Start Page.
I guess, the complete Visual Studio tips and tricks will be available in the
BDotNet FB
user group.
The Sessions I missed
As there were two Group of sessions parallel running, I cant switch between
them. I missed the sessions mentioned below,
But still the presentations given can be available at the BDotNet FB User Group I
guess.
Good things about the Event
It was a chance to meet all the technology leaders like Ranjan
Bhattacharjee, Lohith, Pinal Dave, Praveen Srivastava,
Rajashekaran Vengalil, Abhishek Kant and Vic
Parmar.
It was the wonderful day to learn about like HTML 5, Metro Style
Applications.
The event given me the new friends
At the end of the event, BDotNet distributed many cool goodies like “Telerik Kendo UI
T-Shirts”, “Key Chains from Telerik” and “Plural Sight Subscriptions”.
Summary
This is my first Tech Event attended in my 2 years of IT career. Totally I
learnt something about the HTML 5, Metro Style Application and SQL Server. ![Smile]()
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