Browsing Posts published in August, 2009

A few weeks ago Richard and Carl invited me to appear on .NET Rocks again and I jumped at the chance. I had a great time talking to them about doing more with less (writing less, but smarter code) and how convention-over-configuration changes the way that we develop software for the better. Check it out […]

Thanks to everyone who came out to my presentation last night at the Calgary .NET User Group. I enjoyed talking using convention-over-configuration techniques for doing more with less code. I demonstrated how frameworks like Fluent NHibernate, AutoMapper, Castle Windsor, ASP.NET MVC, and jQuery support this style of development. (Links below.) I only scratched the surface […]

I’ll be presenting at the Calgary .NET User Group next week. Come out for a fun discussion and lively discussion on improving your application development using convention-over-configuration techniques. Topic: Doing More With Less: Accelerating Development Using Convention-over-Configuration Speaker: James Kovacs Date: 18-August-2009 Location: Nexen Conference Center801-7th Ave. S.W., Calgary, AB. (Plus 15 level)Map Registration: 5:00 […]