Jason Beres

Infragistics in Michigan this week

Jason Beres — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:15:00 GMT

I am making a swing through Michigan this week to talk to a few INETA user groups about Silverlight.

These are the groups I will be at:

Western Michigan .NET User Group - http://www.wmdotnet.org/, is in Grand Rapids on the 20th
GANG - http://www.migang.org/, in Southfield is Wednesday the 21st
Greater Lansing .NET User Group - http://portal.artemis-solutions.com/glugnet/ in Lansing is Thursday the 22nd

I am going to cover a little bit about Silverlight 1.0 that was in the book I wrote with Team Infragistics, but the bulk we be on Silverlight 2. Here is the abstract:

Building Next Generation Web applications using Silverlight 2

Silverlight is arguably the biggest shift in Microsoft strategy on the web since IE was introduced almost 15 years ago. With the reach of cross platform and the richness of the .NET framework, the future of building Rich Internet Applications (RIA’s) has never been more exciting. In this talk, you will learn about Silverlight 2.0, the platforms, tools and technologies you can use to build Silverlight applications, and how it differs from the full Windows Presentation Foundation platform in .NET 3.0 from a feature perspective as well as performance and deployment. You will learn how code-behind in Silverlight works and how to bind data, you’ll see how use technologies like Windows Communication Foundation with Silverlight and how animations and transitions in the platform can add that extra user experience your applications need to be great.

If you are looking to learn a little about Silverlight or if you want to talk about what Infragistics is up to, please come on by, I would love to talk! Expect lots of code demos and very few slides.

Plus, the Red Wings aren't playing tonight, so there is no excuse not to come out and see Silverlight 2 in action!

See you in Michigan!

Jason

Do you want to win a free copy of NetAdvantage???

Jason Beres — Tue, 13 May 2008 21:34:00 GMT

Check out the coding contest at http://www.visualstudiotutorials.com/.

This looks pretty cool, here is what it is all about:

Visual Studio Tutorials.com is proud to announce the first of many upcoming contests in which we will give away a FREE license to a .NET Control.

To be entered into the drawing simply post 5 Code Snippets to Visual Studio Tutorials.com starting from now until May 23rd 2008 and you will be entered into the .NET Control Giveaway to win a FREE license for the Infragistics NetAdvanatage for .NET suite of controls which include a WinForms, ASP.NET and WPF license.

About the .NET Control Giveaway Contest:
Visual Studio Tutorials.com not only encourages mentoring and sharing of knowledge but rewards it and with the help from sponsors we will be giving away software and controls that will help improve participation among members.

Good luck and happy coding!

WPF xamChart CTP Refresh Posted

Jason Beres — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:03:00 GMT

We have posted a refresh of the xamChart CTP. These new bits take care of a few issues reported by you (Thanks!) and adds some new styles to the xamChart.

Here is the short list of enhancements:

DataTemplates for data points
Fixed problem with Data Binding in runtime and refreshing of the chart
Improved overall performance
Other not so major bug fixes
New appearance and colors for sample browser.

Download the bits: http://www.infragistics.com/download-xamChartCTP

Please keep posting feedback to the forums at http://forums.infragistics.com.

Thanks

Jason

Cross Canadian User Group Tour

Jason Beres — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 17:46:00 GMT

I am super excited to be doing 4 user group talks between St. John's, NL and Toronto next week. Last year at Tech-Ed I was enjoying a conference breakfast with friends Chris Dufour and Guy Barrette from the far North, and we decided to put a mini Canada...(read more)

WPF xamChart Public CTP Available Today

Jason Beres — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 18:15:00 GMT

I am pleased to unleash our latest data visualization control to the world today – the WPF xamChart. Built entirely from scratch for .NET 3.0 and WPF, the new chart gives the WPF experience that you really cannot get in a traditional Windows Forms scenario. With animations, over 25 2D & 3D chart types, high quality 3D rendering with Windows Vista, as well as full XAML support, we think you will be pleased with this CTP, and we look forward to getting as much feedback as possible as you test it out. ...(read more)

Successful Trip to India

Jason Beres — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 03:03:00 GMT

This week was my first week back on the office after a 2 week tour in India. I was a speaker on a three city tour for the SD Best Practices conferences that were held in India by Dr. Dobbs magazine. This was my first opportunity to meet the editor in chief of Dr. Dobbs, Jonathan Erickson, so it was a pleasure just to have that opportunity. He has authored 10 books, from SQL Server to Herb Gardening! The talk I decided to do for the tour was "An Agile Approach to Building a Better User Experience". It went over really well, there was a good amount of discussion at the booth after the talk about the arguments I made for a more agile way of building out the presentation layer and the techniques to make an iterative design successful. I can't take entire credit for the concepts in the talk, Andrew Flick, the PM of our Windows Forms and WPF products, has done this talk at the Patterns & Practices Summits held around the world (I think he was last spotted in Norway somewhere, or maybe it was Sweden). I took a little content from one of the UI talks I did in Europe last year and mashed it up with Flick's talk and came out with a pretty good presentation on agile, UI patterns, and an overall explanation of a user centric model for presentation layer design.

Besides the speaking events in Hyderbad, Chennai and Bangalore, I also visited a handful of other cities and spent time with existing and new customers with Bob Wolf, our VP of Sales, and the folks from the Infragistics India operation. This was my 2^nd trip to India, and I really enjoy the opportunity to get to India and learn about the culture and the people. If you haven't been to India, you need to add it to your list of places to visit. It is an amazing place, very different than where I grew up (Detroit, MI, USA), but also very similar in a lot of ways. The people are more than great, everyone is so friendly, the food is amazing, and of course the there are a ton of developers and architects who love to talk about .NET, Java and the arguments that go with! The best part of my job (besides working with some of the best people in the world at Infragistics) is talking to customers and developers from every continent, understanding what they are looking for in the presentation layer, and how we can help.

Amazingly enough, I can be in London, New Delhi, Los Angeles, Bangalore, Frankfurt, Paris, New York City, Toronto, Mobile Alabama or Amsterdam - it doesn't matter where - it is almost impossible to tell the difference of where I am at when I am talking with a room full of people who are passionate about programming, architecture and of course the presentation layer. The ideas are always great, everyone is always really smart and there are of course always a lot of opinions!

Next week, I am in Florida and the South Florida Code Camp, and I will be visting customers in Tampa and Jacksonville. I'll report back any worthy news!

August Technical Newsletter

Jason Beres — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 03:13:00 GMT

We just sent out the August Technical Newsletter, which is chock full of great content on AJAX and performance tips for the WebGrid. I highly recommend that you check out the archives of July, June, May and April. We introduced video content as a cooler way to learn about new features, or even to exploit existing features.