XAML Week: Hard Core Patterns and Practices for WPF and Silverlight Development

Where:   Onsite at CODE Training Center (6605 Cypresswood

Dr. Suite 300, Spring, TX 77379) or remotely via GoToMeeting

When:    April 22, 2011 (Friday)

Desc:      An in-depth lecture style training to teach attendees advanced WPF & Silverlight topics



CODE Training and EPS Software will be holding an intensive 1-day lecture style boot-camp on writing advanced WPF & SilverLight apps, including patterns and practices specifically designed for developers of business applications who wish to learn the latest Microsoft .NET technologies. The training class will be held at our offices in Houston, Texas as well as online via GoToMeeting.  After the class, attendees will receive the
PowerPoint slides, the code samples and videos of each class as reference materials. 




Check out this video by Markus Egger to see of the types of topics that will be covered in this class:

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This class is part of our "XAML Week" Event. Classes can be booked as individual days or you can book the entire week of related classes at a $500 discount!




9:00 – 10:15	Prototyping, Designing and Testing Business Apps Should we start developing from the database up, or from the user interface down? In this session we’ll tackle that question, and present an approach that works well when building business applications. We’ll go over prototyping, writing presentation logic from a TDD (Test-Driven Development) angle, waiting until the last responsible moment to implement a database, etc.
10:15 – 10:30	BREAK
10:30 – 12:00	Advanced Development - SOLID Principles In this session, we break down the 5 principles of SOLID coding in terms of the code we've looked at this week and find out how these 5 principles can make you a better coder.
12:00 – 13:30	LUNCH BREAK
13:30 – 14:45	Advanced Development - Testing Unit testing, Testing frameworks, Test Driven Development and Design and development considerations for testing.
14:45 – 15:00	BREAK
15:00 – 16:30	Advanced Development - Common Design Patterns We'll look at how to recognize and implement common patterns such as the factory, observer, decorator, façade, singleton, mediator and strategy patterns.
16:30 – 16:45	BREAK
16:45 – ??	Ask the Experts / Q&A Got questions? Got a WPF or Silverlight application you are ready to build? Ask the experts and hit the ground running!





This class is part of our "XAML Week" Event. Classes may be booked as individual days or the entire week of related classes for only $1,995 ($500 discount)!



The complete XAML Week event is made up of the following classes:
• Intro to WPF and Silverlight
• Building WPF Business Apps (2 days)
• Building Silverlight Business Apps
• Visuals, Templates and Styling for WPF and Silverlight Business Apps
• Hard Core WPF and Silverlight Business Topics



Registration is extremely limited. For more information please e-mail info@eps-software.com or call Patrick at 832-717-4445 x 32.

Discounts may be available for companies who have previously attended our classes. Call Patrick for details. Please note that instructors & exact curriculum may change. All sales are final.