Public Appearances
Webcast: Inverting Control in WCF – 11/20/2009 1:30 CST
Nov 19th
I will be presenting “Inverting Control in WCF” for #notatpdc in a live webcast tomorrow. If you have time, join us on for this live meeting!
“WCF provides many extension points and in this session Chris will cover how to wire up an Inversion of Control container into the WCF stack. Chris will discuss behaviors, instance providers, and the architecture of WCF in order to illustrate the best way to invert control in your services. “
Details here.
Integrating Existing Systems With NIEM Using SOA – Follow Up
Sep 30th
As I mentioned in the beginning of the presentation, what I presented was based off my experiences and opinions and was subject to change and during the great Q&A and discussion, I received some great feedback and experiences from others that helped refine and redirect a few opinions I expressed.
Regarding adapters and whether they belong to the bus or to the systems being adapted for the bus – I see a case for both, but, I think that ultimately when you reach a point that you are adapting so many systems and doing so many transformations it makes more sense for those to be a concern for the bus. Maintaining that many adapters in individual systems would become a burden over time; something that only experience would teach you and it’s an experience I’ve not yet had and may not at this point.
Thank you to everyone who attended and stayed for the Q&A. I got a lot out of the Q&A and definitely have a lot more to learn. This was something different for me to present because I know where I think projects could’ve been done better if I had accepted the bus as a viable solution and if I had the lens of designing systems to be more event-driven. I wanted to share that perspective but also open up to other perspectives because that is where I think the sharing of experience really provides value to all. Thanks to the 4B Track Lead Anthony Hoang of DHS for the humbling introduction and coaching prior to the presentation.
Many props to guys like Dru Sellers, Udi Dahan, and Chris Patterson who have helped shape some of my thinking on the bus and events. Definitely check out their projects, Mass Transit and NServiceBus, as real solutions for those of you on the .NET side of the fence who need a functional bus to enable your EDA.
Here are the slides – I know the conference staff will post them, but I caved in and paid for Internet in the room so I’m going to use up all the bandwidth I can 
Integrating Systems with NIEM using SOA
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Diving Into Services – Slide Deck
May 19th
The slide deck from my "Diving Into Services with WCF" presentation at Monday’s St. Louis .NET User Group meeting is posted to Slideshare. Thanks to everyone who was there and for sticking through to the end. There was a lot of material to cover and I was pretty tired after talking for an hour and a half.
I will post the code examples early next week after I clean up a few items. See you next time!
Diving Into Services With Windows Communication Foundation
May 17th
I’m presenting at tomorrow’s St Louis .NET User Group meeting and will focus on WCF.
"Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) is the framework for building distributed applications in .NET. WCF provides a foundation to build and expose services across a variety of communication methods. In this session we will cover the ABC’s of WCF and then dive into a real-world example WCF service that demonstrates how WCF can support services the way you need it to."
Hope to see you there!
Saint Louis Dot Net Users Group – Monday, March 30th
Mar 21st
Monday, March 30th I will be presenting during the second half of the .NET Users Group meeting and Microsoft’s office in Creve Coeur. Come out for both Stan Brooks presentation on "Users are Losers!" and mine on "The Software Architects Creed". This will be the first meeting where we are trying the new format as well as introducing the architecture track. I’m very excited to be a part of this and look forward to delivering my talk.
Abstract of "The Software Architects Creed" from The St. Louis .NET User Group Homepage:
Solid software architecture is emerging as one of many key factors to successful software projects. While there is great debate on which patterns are best or what tools to use, one factor remains the same: Creating solid software architectures requires a technical leader with the IT and business know how. The Software Architects Creed distills nine key points that when applied will help take your software to the next level. If you are a seasoned architect or a developer wanting to better understand architecture, the creed will provide you with action statements that you can take with you and apply daily to your job.
Hope to see you there!
Thanks for the Day of Dot Net!
Dec 13th
The first St Louis Day of Dot Net went off successfully! Over 240 attendees crammed into CAIT in Clayton to watch and discuss presentations on a variety of topics covered at PDC and other new technologies.
Thanks to everyone who came for the Oslo talk and especially the afternoon group. My energy was very low by then but the group stuck with it and had some great discussions. It’s definitely hard presenting about something so new that I have not deployed, so next time I hope to present on things I have deployed. I say next time because I think it’s pretty obvious there will be one.
Slides should be posted shortly to the DODN site.
Big thanks to Jeff, Kevin, and Scott for taking charge of this thing. They did an awesome job at getting this thing off the ground!
St Louis Day of .NET
Nov 10th
Registration for the St Louis Day of .NET started last week. The organizers have put together a great web site that has all the info you’ll need for the conference. Cost is $40 if you register before December 1st ($50 after that) and includes a conference polo shirt, 1g USB drive containing all conference presentations, projects, and other materials, full continental breakfast, and a boxed lunch.
I will be delivering the presentation "A Lap Around Oslo". Drop in for that session if you’re at the conference. Mention this blog and you’ll get a surprised look that you actually read it!
Speaking at the St Louis Day of .NET in December
Oct 24th
The full conference details will be coming soon so you can look forward to a full day of .NET presentations and demos on December 13. I will be delivering the session "A Lap Around Oslo" covering Microsoft’s forthcoming "Oslo" product; a new modeling platform that will change how applications are developed. It will be my first speaking engagement since the Internet Librarian Conference in 2006 and I’m really looking forward to it. Many kudos to Clint for hooking me up with the opportunity.
As soon as the site is completed I’ll post up the link so you can get registered. There will be at least 19 sessions with plenty of content to suit any .NET developer!
