Conferences for developers

[Richard]

Hello.

What are the conferences for .NET developers in United States and
Canada? There is Tech Ed 2004 to be held late next month in San Diego.
Any others? They don't necessarily have to be organized by MS.

Of those mentioned, which would you say are ones that are not to be
missed?

Thanks.

[Cowboy \(Gregory A. Beamer\)]

The MS conferences are usually really good. Any time Don Box is speaking, go
and watch; entertaining and a good look under the hood in most of his talks.

TechEd was great last year. PDC, later in the year, is also worthwhile. The
DevConnections conference(s) are also a good source of information
(http://www.devconnections.com/). This year, it may be a bit early for
anything astounding

WinDev should also be interesting this year: http://butrain.bu.edu/windev/

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Gregory A. Beamer
MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA

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Hello.

What are the conferences for .NET developers in United States and
Canada? There is Tech Ed 2004 to be held late next month in San Diego.
Any others? They don't necessarily have to be organized by MS.

Of those mentioned, which would you say are ones that are not to be
missed?

Thanks.

[Cowboy \(Gregory A. Beamer\)]

The MS conferences are usually really good. Any time Don Box is speaking, go
and watch; entertaining and a good look under the hood in most of his talks.

TechEd was great last year. PDC, later in the year, is also worthwhile. The
DevConnections conference(s) are also a good source of information
(http://www.devconnections.com/). This year, it may be a bit early for
anything astounding

WinDev should also be interesting this year: http://butrain.bu.edu/windev/

--
Gregory A. Beamer
MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA

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Think Outside the Box!
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"Richard" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
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Hello.

What are the conferences for .NET developers in United States and
Canada? There is Tech Ed 2004 to be held late next month in San Diego.
Any others? They don't necessarily have to be organized by MS.

Of those mentioned, which would you say are ones that are not to be
missed?

Thanks.

[Klaus H. Probst]

Aside from the ones Greg mentioned, DevDays tends to be interesting because
it's regional so the people who speak are usually folks you tend to know
from UGs and so on.
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"Richard" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
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Hello.

What are the conferences for .NET developers in United States and
Canada? There is Tech Ed 2004 to be held late next month in San Diego.
Any others? They don't necessarily have to be organized by MS.

Of those mentioned, which would you say are ones that are not to be
missed?

Thanks.

[Klaus H. Probst]

Aside from the ones Greg mentioned, DevDays tends to be interesting because
it's regional so the people who speak are usually folks you tend to know
from UGs and so on.
--
_______________ _____
Klaus H. Probst, MVP
http://www.vbbox.com/
"Richard" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
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Hello.

What are the conferences for .NET developers in United States and
Canada? There is Tech Ed 2004 to be held late next month in San Diego.
Any others? They don't necessarily have to be organized by MS.

Of those mentioned, which would you say are ones that are not to be
missed?

Thanks.

[Cos Callis]

In addition to Tech Ed, which are usually pretty good, you can look for a MS PDC (professional developers conference) and provides good "bang for your buck" as these conferences are where MS releases its "emerging technologies". Last year we saw and recieved "technology previews" (read here: ALPHA's) of Longhorn, Yukon, and Whidbey. This is the best conference for hearing from the actual developer's at Microsoft.

Another great set of events is VSLlive, sponsored by Fawcette Technical Publications. They hold several of these every year across the country. You can find out more at: http://www.ftponline.com/conferences/ I have attended a few of these and they have a great slate of speakers on a wide range of topics

HTH

Cos Callis, MCAD

[Cos Callis]

In addition to Tech Ed, which are usually pretty good, you can look for a MS PDC (professional developers conference) and provides good "bang for your buck" as these conferences are where MS releases its "emerging technologies". Last year we saw and recieved "technology previews" (read here: ALPHA's) of Longhorn, Yukon, and Whidbey. This is the best conference for hearing from the actual developer's at Microsoft.

Another great set of events is VSLlive, sponsored by Fawcette Technical Publications. They hold several of these every year across the country. You can find out more at: http://www.ftponline.com/conferences/ I have attended a few of these and they have a great slate of speakers on a wide range of topics

HTH

Cos Callis, MCAD

[Richard]

Thanks for the list.

TechEd
PDC
DevConnections
WinDev
DevDays
VSLlive

Of these, which one would you recommend if one could go to only one
during the year?

I'm an intermediate .NET developer, mainly web apps, if that makes
any difference. Conference fee and location are not important concerns
to getting useful information. By useful, I mean that which would help
me to do my job better back at the office primarily, secondarily that
which provides insight into the industry partcularly in the MS camp
and where it's going.

[Richard]

Thanks for the list.

TechEd
PDC
DevConnections
WinDev
DevDays
VSLlive

Of these, which one would you recommend if one could go to only one
during the year?

I'm an intermediate .NET developer, mainly web apps, if that makes
any difference. Conference fee and location are not important concerns
to getting useful information. By useful, I mean that which would help
me to do my job better back at the office primarily, secondarily that
which provides insight into the industry partcularly in the MS camp
and where it's going.