I just returned from Dev Connections held in Orlando, Florida...so here is my usual post-conference blog entry. I delivered my Microsoft Technology Roadmap tutorial and 6 sessions. The list is below, with links to code samples and other related content. Don't forget to check the readme for some of these downloads since it includes setup information such as required CTPs that I may have been using. Email me with any questions.

Microsoft Technology Roadmap Tutorial

• I updated my "technology avalanche" tutorial to reflect today's long list of things we should care about including F#; parallel computing; technologies related to data access, windows, web, SOA and workflow; new security platforms; model-driven development with Oslo and cloud computing. Whew! Following this post will be a separate blog entry dedicated to this session and all the resources you need to get set up to work with these technologies and reference it from here.
• Update: 04/17/09
• Here is a link to the technology roadmap post: http://www.dasblonde.net/2009/04/17/MicrosoftTechnologyRoadmapLinksAndResources.aspx

Building RIAs with AJAX, Silverlight and WCF

• In this session I focused on how you design WCF services for AJAX and SL 2, what issues to consider, and how to consume them. If you are looking for how to do SOAP, POX or REST with RIAs, look at these samples. If you want pretty UI, you're in the wrong place!!!! Just the facts man!
• Here are the RIA samples: http://www.dasblonde.net/downloads/RIASamples.zip
• Some of my RESTful WCF samples were illustrated: http://www.dasblonde.net/downloads/RESTfulWCF.zip
• This site includes a MessageInspectors sample that handles faults for Silverlight 2 clients.
  • http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/silverlightws/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=1660
• This site includes the ASP.NET AJAX 4.0 Preview 4, and related code samples that illustrate the next generation code for communicating with services and data binding (among other things).
  • http://aspnet.codeplex.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=24645

Choosing the Right Data Access Technology

• As if there weren't a big enough avalanche of technologies across the board, just in data access there are many, and so this session really focused on when, where and how I would use each from the classic DataSet and DataReader, to LINQ to SQL, Entity Framework and ADO.NET Data Services. Mostly architectural diagrams and discussion, but here is a link to the code samples I presented: http://www.dasblonde.net/downloads/DataAccessSamples.zip

Federated Security Scenarios with WCF and Geneva Framework

• I wrote two MSDN articles on this subject which have links to the sample code as well:
• • http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dd278426.aspx
  • http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2009.01.genevests.aspx

WS* or REST? Choosing the Right Approach for your WCF Services

• Many people in this session were new to WCF. All of my code samples for my book can be downloaded from here: http://www.thatindigogirl.com. Be sure to download the VS 2008 code.
• Here are my RESTful WCF samples: http://www.dasblonde.net/downloads/RESTfulWCF.zip

Securing Workflow Services

• This session focused purely on communications between clients, WF services and WCF. Specifically, how to secure these scenarios. Get the code here: http://www.dasblonde.net/downloads/WorkflowServices.zip

.NET Synchronization Techniques for Today's Applications

• This was a beginner session we added to the fundamentals track at Dev Con. I did demos on the fly mostly, how to kick off multiple threads using custom threads, delegates, asynchronous patterns with WCF proxies and the new Task Parallel Library (TPL) and Parallel LINQ (PLINQ). Then I also showed some synchronization techniques, again on the fly.
• Take a look at my Windows Forms hosting samples in my WCF book code for lots of synchronization examples. All of my code samples for my book can be downloaded from here: http://www.thatindigogirl.com. Be sure to download the VS 2008 code.
• In addition, see my TPL/PLINQ samples in the code for my roadmap tutorial (see above).