Ben Hoelting – Advanced ASP.NET MVC, HTML 5 and the .NET Stack

ASP.NET Web forms provide many layers of abstraction that are not truly native to web development and can result in blurring the lines between tiers. ASP.NET MVC leads you down a path that clears up those lines and helps produce code that is more testable and maintainable. However, It does not take you all the way there. This session will show you how to get there. We will start from with a simple ASP.NET MVC project and turn it into a full blown N tier web application, complete with Separation of Concerns and following the SOLID principles of software development. We will use HTML 5, JavaScript, native MVC extensions, and CSS3 were they make sense and add value. Experienced ASP.NET MVC developers will benefit from the advanced nuggets that can make your applications even better than they already are. You will learn about ASP.NET MVC and why it is awesome. We will also discuss the concept of services and how to break the simple APS.NET MVC app into an N tier architecture using EF and WCF. There will aslo be an introduction and use of HTML 5, JavaScript, free native MVC extensions, and CSS3. We will aslo discuss how ASP.NET MVC and HTML 5 concepts relate to Silverlight and compare pros and cons of each approach to web application development.

Bio: Ben Hoelting

Ben Hoelting is a Technical Lead at Intelligent Software Solutions, Inc. (ISS)and C# MVP. Ben graduated from Colorado State University in 1997 and joined the IT industry. Worked as a consultant for Colorado Technology Consultants, Inc. from 2005 – 2010 before joining ISS. His most recent projects include a Silverlight line of business application that uses the ADO.NET Entity Framework to access the backend data store. He also is working on an office automation solution that extends PowerPoint. Ben is a Microsoft Certified Professional Developer (MCPD) for Web and Windows .NET 4.0. His blog is at http://www.benhblog.comand his twitter stream is at http://twitter.com/benhnet. Finally, Ben is very involved in the .NET community. He is the leader of the South Colorado .NET User Group and a regular speaker at user groups, code camps and conferences around the country.

This meeting will be held in the Team USA Swimming building at the Olympic Training Center at our normal meeting time of 5:30 PM - CLICK here TO GET THE LOCATION AND TIME DETAILS.