Houston

.NET for VFP Developers

This event took place on Wednesday, November 12, 2008.

EPS Software to hold

extensive Visual FoxPro to .NET training classes

Where: Onsite at EPS Software Offices (6605 Cypresswood

Dr. Suite 300; Spring, TX) or remotely via Live Meeting

When: November 12-14 (Wednesday – Friday)

Why: An in-depth .NET development

training class that builds on existing VFP skills

EPS Software will be holding a comprehensive 3-day training seminar on .NET

development,
specifically for Visual FoxPro developers who wish to utilize the latest

Microsoft technologies, at our offices in Houston, Texas as well as online via

Microsoft Live Meeting.

For this event, industry renowned expert, author, speaker, and MVP Claudio

Lassala, as well as senior developer and creator of much of the VFP2NET

toolset,
Mike Yeager will take an in-depth look at development in .NET specifically

targeted to Visual FoxPro developers.

During this limited-seating seminar, attendees will learn an overview of Visual

Studio and the .NET Platform from a VFP perspective, C# and VB, Test Driven

Development, Windows and Web applications, and much, much more. (The full 3-day

agenda is below.) Attendees will also get the opportunity to discuss their

projects and have their questions personally answered by both Claudio Lassala and

Mike Yeager. A free Bonus session will explore best practices for converting

exising Visual FoxPro applications to .NET.

The cost for the 3-day class is only $599 for either on-site or remote attendance.

Registration is extremely limited. To register,
Click here. For more information please e-mail
info@eps-software.com or call

832-717-4445 x 32.

Wednesday - November 12, 2008

9:00 – 9:20	Introduction	Claudio Lassala
9:20 – 10:00	Overview of Visual Studio and the .NET Platform from a VFP Perspective This session provides a general overview of .NET. What are the main features? How does development compare to development in VFP? Why is .NET so important?	Claudio Lassala
10:00 – 10:15	BREAK
10:15 – 12:00	The Main Languages: C# and Visual Basic No matter what you do in .NET, you likely need to know some C# or VB.NET, or both. This part of the training will get you started.	Claudio Lassala
12:00 – 13:30	LUNCH BREAK
13:30 – 15:30	Object-Oriented Development Object-Oriented development is second nature for many VFP developers. .NET's object model is an evolution of VFP's object model, so most people will feel right at home. But there are differences.	Claudio Lassala
15:30 – 15:45	BREAK
15:45 – 17:00	Databases and Data Access in .NET vs. Visual FoxPro Data handling is one of VFP's great strengths. How does it work in .NET? This is the question this session will answer by providing an overview of SQL Server and ADO.NET.	Claudio Lassala
17:00 – 17:15	BREAK
17:15 - ??	<span style= "font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; color:Red">FREE BONUS SESSION (Pizza included) The Strategy of VFP Migrations, with much information accessible also to nontechnical business managers. It will be a detailed overview, based on best practices and real world experience, of the optimal way to transition a mission critical application from any version of FoxPro to .NET and SQL server	Mike Yeager

Thursday - November 13, 2008

9:00 – 10:30	Building Business Logic The logic components are the heart of every application. This session shows how to build and quality control (test) the center-piece of every application	Mike Yeager
10:30 – 10:45	BREAK
10:45 – 12:00	Building a Windows Application This session focuses on building a Windows interface layer (WinForms) on top of the previously created business logic.	Mike Yeager
12:00 – 13:30	LUNCH BREAK
13:30 – 14:30	Building a Web Application This session focuses on building an HTMLbased Web Application (ASP.NET Web Forms) on top of the previously created business logic.	Mike Yeager
14:30 – 14:45	BREAK
14:45 – 15:45	Building a Web Service Interface Over the last few years, Web Services have become a central part of software development. This session shows how to build a web-service based interface on top of the previously created business logic.	Mike Yeager
15:45 – 16:00	BREAK
16:00 – 17:00	Wrap-Up of Other Features and Technologies Mobile Applications, WinFX, Windows Presentation Foundation, Windows Vista, – Windows Communication Foundation,… the list of interesting technologies around .NET (current or future) is rather lengthy. This final session of the event looks at some interesting technologies that are generally beyond the scope of this workshop, but are nevertheless interesting enough to spend a few minutes on…	Mike Yeager

Friday - November 14, 2008

9:00 – 10:30	Object-Oriented Development - Advanced .NET offers a lot more object-oriented features than what VFP has, and many of them are core to writing code in .NET: Interfaces, Generics, Delegates, Events, just to name a few.	Claudio Lassala
10:30 – 10:45	BREAK
10:45 – 12:00	Design Patterns Design Patterns are often used every day by every developer in one way or another. A basic understanding of patterns and how to implement them is very useful for all .NET developer, and this session tries to clarify design patterns in a way that everybody can understand and start thinking about patterns in a more natural way.	Claudio Lassala
12:00 – 13:30	LUNCH BREAK
13:30 – 14:30	Test-Driven Development Lower your cost of maintenance, improve the quality of your product and deliver software that meet requirements.	Claudio Lassala
14:30 – 14:45	BREAK
14:45 – 16:00	Productivity Tools A survey of the tools we've found most useful for developing software quickly, efficiently and with higher quality.	Claudio Lassala

Venue Information

EPS Software Corp

6605 Cypresswood Drive, Suite 300

Spring, TX 77379

Phone: 832-717-4445 ext 32

Email: info@vfpconversion.com