Architect or Cobbler?: November 2007

Architect or Cobbler?
Good code starts with good design

is a funny word, look it up here if you don't know it :-)

This afternoon's presentation on Facebook brought me to earth with a bang. My Internet connection crashed, then I attached to the wrong process , and finally I forgot how to code. The audience were kind, they clapped, but they should have booed.

And to top it all off, this is the presentation that got video'd.

Still, the slides are here, and the source is here.

# posted by James @ 8:59 PM 1 comments

Well that's the first talk on the Entity Framework done. Had a full room, people sitting on the floor, and overflowing into the halls, so that was good. The demos all worked, so that was even better. And the practice at last week's user group was extremely useful, because I didn't even overrun.

The slides are here, and the source code with appropriate comments is here.

If you have any questions, just ask them in the comments section.

# posted by James @ 1:35 PM 2 comments

I'm still here, and most of the time I'm even managing to architect, and not cobble.

It's been an exciting time recently, learning and applying new technologies (primarily .Net 3.5, but also the new Service Component Architecture and Service Data Objects stuff from the Java community) and creating new architecture courses for one of my major clients.

On Tuesday I'm doing a talk on the Entity Framework for the .Net Developer Network user group in Bristol. More details here, but Guy Smith-Ferrier will also be talking about Astoria. So if you fancy an evening on data access technologies, then get yourself down.

# posted by James @ 7:47 PM 2 comments

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