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Migrating ASP.NET 1.x sites to ASP.NET 2.0

Posted: Friday, November 11, 2005 6:49 PM by Barry Gervin | 1 Comments
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One of the questions we got during the Q&A of the Ottawa VS Launch yesterday was around problems in migrating ASP.NET applications from 2002/2003 to 2005. The Web Platform Team has put together a nice step-by-step guide that covers some best practices Read More...

Hello 2.0

Posted: Sunday, November 06, 2005 6:32 PM by Barry Gervin | 2 Comments
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This past week we saw the final bits of SQL Server 2005 and Visual Studio 2005 get shipped up to MSDN Subscriber Downloads. Next week we'll see the official launch of these same products to the rest of the world, ushered in with a rolling thunder of launch Read More...

Metro Toronto .NET User Group Meeting September 8th: Managed Code in Sql Server 2005

Posted: Friday, August 26, 2005 2:36 PM by Barry Gervin | 0 Comments
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On September 8th I'll be speaking at the .NET User Group here in Toronto. I'll be talking about how developers can take advantage of Sql Server 2005's ability to host managed code. Full abstract and registration details are here. Read More...

New Course! Architecting Applications with Visual Studio Team System (Bootcamp)

Posted: Saturday, March 05, 2005 1:17 PM by Barry Gervin | 1 Comments
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On March 17th in Toronto, I'll be teaching our first delivery of this new course. It's a one day hands on, instructor led - whirlwind bootcamp style course that gives you a lap around Visual Studio Team System - specifically with a Solution Architect's Read More...

Get your Free Visual Studio Tools for Office custom applications here.

Posted: Saturday, February 12, 2005 2:04 PM by Barry Gervin | 4 Comments
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Ok, this is very cool - not often somebody gives you something for free. Is your company upgrading to Office 2003 between June & July of this year? Could you envision a customized solution built on top of Office - perhaps using Visual Studio Tools Read More...

What are you doing for your summer job?

Posted: Sunday, February 06, 2005 11:10 AM by Barry Gervin | 0 Comments
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We have a very exciting internship project coming up this summer for a university student, perhaps co-op - but not mandatory. This high-profile project is to develop a software system to monitor the various systems in a “green” home that is Read More...

.NET Celebrity Auction

Posted: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 6:52 PM by Barry Gervin | 0 Comments
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Be a sport and click on this link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5552696499 Then make a generous bid. If you'll win, you'll get an hour (or more) of help from a .NET guru/celebrity (or possibly me). But more, you'll also be helping Read More...

Oshawa .NET: Building Mobile Applications

Posted: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 11:10 AM by Barry Gervin | 2 Comments
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I'm doing a talk at the East of GTA .NET users group tonight in Oshawa. This is the same MSDN User Group tour event sweeping across Canada. I'll be talking about some of the limitations of the Compact Framework and SqlCE. Should be fun - hope to see you Read More...

Building Mobile Applications, Metro Toronto .NET Users Group

Posted: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 1:56 PM by Barry Gervin | 0 Comments
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Tomorrow night I'm presenting at the downtown Toronto .NET users group - topic Pocket PC development with the CE framework. I'll have a new HP 4700 device with a VGA resolution screen for folks to take a look at - courtesy of your friendly neighborhood Read More...