Subject: [Fwd: .Net Software Workshop - in Sieg - Nov 5/6]
From: Craig Chambers (chambers@cs.washington.edu)
Date: Fri Oct 05 2001 - 12:43:31 PDT
Is anyone interested in learning more about .NET? I can't spend the time, but
maybe you can and would want to learn about this. Even if you don't like MS,
one must know the enemy to fight it....
-- Craig
John Zahorjan wrote:
>
> Microsoft is donating a 2-day "Essential .NET Software Workshop" to the
> department. It will be held November 5/6 in Sieg. Their description of
> it is given below.
>
> The enrollment target is 15, so rather than broadcast availability of
> this to all faculty I'm inviting a set of people across research areas
> that seem to me most likely to have direct use for this. (If I've left
> off someone/some area that you think should be on this list, please let
> me know!)
>
> So, please let me know:
> - if you'd like to attend. In that case, you have a spot.
> - if you'd like to send a delegate. In that case, the delegate
> is in.
> - if you'd like to send additional people (especially grad
> students). We'll add as many of these as we can, trying to distribute
> across areas.
> - if you're not interested
>
> Thanks,
> jz
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> -----------------------
>
> Essential .NET Software Workshop
> Donated by Microsoft Research University Relations
> Conducted by DevelopMentor
>
> Length: 2-days
> Audience: This Workshop is relevant for Faculty, Researchers, and
> Graduate Students who are currently using, or interested in using, any
> of the .NET technologies in research and curriculum.
>
> Description:
> The .NET platform is Microsoft's most significant platform shift since
> the move from DOS to Windows NT. The .NET platform consists of two
> equally important technologies: the Common Language Runtime and Web
> Services. The Common Language Runtime provides a secure, type-oriented
> runtime environment for components written in any language. Web Services
> support building Internet-friendly applications and services using open
> Internet standards such as XML, HTTP, and SOAP.
>
> The Essential .NET workshop provides deep technical coverage of the
> atoms of the .NET platform, focusing on how the various technologies fit
> together as well as looking at how various aspects of the platform
> advance the field of component software and distributed application
> development.
>
> This 2-day workshop is intended to provide the introductory fundamental
> skills to utilize the .NET Framework for web services development and
> projects. Faculty will have the foundation to explore the use of .NET
> for academic projects. The first day of the workshop is devoted to
> lecture presentation. The second day of the workshop provides options
> for hands-on laboratory exploration of .NET and consultation with the
> subject-matter-expert instructor on specific project questions.
>
> Workshop Topics:
> * Platform Evolution - why .NET?
> * The Common Language Runtime - Architecture, Advantages, and Interop
> * The CLR Type System and C#
> * ASP.NET as a better application server
> * XML, Data and .NET
> * SOAP, WSDL and Web Services
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