I will be presenting a talk at PDX WebFoot this Saturday, April 12, 2008 that covers virtually every feature introduced in C# 2.0 and 3.0.

Whirlwind Tour of C# 2.0 and 3.0
Stuart Celarier — 2:30 – 3:30 pm 

Microsoft has been working hard on changing how we write and think about code for years. Many .NET developers today still work with C# 1.0 — or use newer versions but don't use many of the new features. C# 3.0 has been released, so let's look at what's changed. In this lightning fast session we'll cover virtually every new feature of C# added since 2003. That way you can make smart decisions about which technologies to pursue without getting lost or overwhelmed. Fasten your seatbelts, we're going for a ride!

PDX WebFoot is part of The Code Trip. It is free and open to the public. Please register through Upcoming.

The event runs from 1:00 pm to 7:00 pm, including dinner, and is located at OGI's Wilson Clark Center, 20000 NW Walker Road, Beaverton, Oregon. Other presenters include Adam Kinney, Walt Ritscher, Eric Mork, Kelly White, and the Code Trip Crew. They will be presenting and drilling into a load insanely great Silverlight goodness from the MIX08 Conference.

I hope to see some of you there!

The InnoTech 2008 conference is here in Portland, Oregon, April 16 – 17, 2008, at the Oregon Convention Center. There are a lot of events included in the conference or associated with it. You may be particularly interested in two of those events.

The Developers track runs on Wednesday, April 16, and Thursday, April 17, and features ten sessions. A number of my friends and colleagues are presenting:

• Erik Mork, Silverlight 2: How Web Applications will be Made
• Andrew Hay, Understanding LINQ
• Patrick Cauldwell, The Code Is the Easy Part
• Michael Lynch, Patterns for Separating UI Code from Business Logic
• Travis Illig, Unit Testing with TypeMock

And the other sessions look great, too. A big hand to my fellow SAO Development SIG committee member, Mark Lawler, for putting the track together.

The Open Source Summit runs on Thursday, April 17. One of the many things that I really respect about the open source community is their creativity when it comes to presentations and conferences. The Open In Oregon Lightning Talks session features seven snapshot 'lightning talks' by an outstanding panel of presenters. Nice.

InnoTech 2008 is presented by the Software Association of Oregon and EasyStreet Online Services.

Erik and Monica Mork are rocking and rolling on their new Silverlight podcast, SparklingClient.com. The challenge, of course, is to relate a rich graphical user experience (UX), and developer and design experiences, in an audio podcast. Erik and Monica are Portland area developers, and enthusiastic about their topic.

Erik went to MIX08 for the Silverlight 2 Beta 1 release. Download the bits, and the tool, and get started. Then let Sparkling Client be your guide.