Hi, I’m Leslie Koorhan, and I’m doing the .NET blog. This is very exciting for me
as we are transitioning (as I’m sure many of you are) into the latest development products
from Microsoft, Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5. So I have a
bunch of things to talk about, with all that new technology, but also some great
things that I like about Visual Studio 2005 and the .NET Frameworks 2.0/3.0
But, let me talk a little about myself as an introduction: I have been in the computer
business for too many years to admit, started with PCs back in 1982, using dBase
II on a CPM platform machine. I developed and taught FoxPro and Visual FoxPro for
8 years, spanning at least 6 versions in that time span. I have been working with,
and teaching, Microsoft SQL Server for the past 13 years, spanning now 5 versions
of that product. I learned VB6 and then have been involved with .NET since it was
in beta, back in 2001. I “converse” in both Visual Basic and Visual C# with no particular
preference. (There’s something to like about both.) And I have been a Microsoft
Certified Trainer for over 12 years. In the future, I will be talking about the
new certification paths for Visual Studio 2008, some of the new .NET technologies,
some of the old ones as well.
If you have anything to say, feel free, and let me know any questions you might
have about developer products. For certification information now, try
http://blogs.msdn.com/gerryo. And as always, for learning, use my favorite
site: www.microsoft.com/learning
Best Laid Plans
Tags:
ASP.NET,
WPF,
Visual Studio 2008I had planned to do a bunch of posts back in mid-June, but somehow it did not happen. That will happen to the best of us. Anyway ...
In the Book Connection Newsletter I got from Microsoft Press, Ken Jones and Laura Sackerman had this to say:
"The number of Microsoft-certified developers is growing by more than 30 percent every year! Employers are placing more value on these credentials, which translates into better job opportunities for certified developers. The new generation of credentials also provides developers with more opportunities to prove their skills across a wider range of the technologies and capabilities included in the .NET Framework."
So, it may be that now is the time for you to think about getting that certification, and this book could help you get started on that road. Also, don't forget that Centriq will be running a training course on WPF (6460) in September, and repeated in November as well.