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Tulsa TechFest 2011

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Bio

Tim Rayburn, Microsoft MVP - Connected Systems, Principal Consultant, Improving Enterprises

Tim Rayburn is a Principal Consultant with Improving Enterprises, and a Microsoft MVP for Connected Systems Development. He has worked with Microsoft technologies for over 15 years, and is the Founder of the Dallas/Fort Worth Connected Systems User Group, the organizer of the Dallas TechFest, and blogger at TimRayburn.net. When he's not pursuing the ever moving technology curve, he is an avid gamer, from consoles to table-top RPGs. He welcomes questions about any of the above to tim@timrayburn.net.

Sessions

Avoid My Mistakes : Entity Framework Code First

Entity Framework Code First is an amazingly powerful toolkit, but like any new technology there are some sharp corners you really need to be prepared for or they'll hurt when you bump into them. Come learn what a production deployment with EF Code First taught me, so you won't make the same mistakes.

Oct 7th

Practical Test Driven Development

So you've listened to the great minds of Agile development, and agree that Test Driven Development sounds awesome ... but your code base isn't even remotely setup for dependency injection, or interface, or any of that. So you gave up. Well fear not my friends, I'm here to help you understand how to do TDD, without starting from a blank slate. It is perfectly possible to make TDD happen, but you just need to learn to use a couple of tricks that make refactoring your existing code less painful.

Oct 7th

Proud Sponsors

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Telerik`s mission is to make software development easier and more enjoyable. Our tools for agile project management, collaboration, development and testing allow companies of all sizes to create richer, more stable and aesthetic software faster than ever before. Trusted by over 100,000 customers worldwide for our devotion to quality and customer care, Telerik helps technical and business professionals maximize their productivity and `quotdeliver more than expected`quot every day.As true craftsmen, we don`t believe in compromises and our goal is to only release tools that we can be proud of.

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