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My Talks (Presentations and Examples)

Below are copies of my presentations and examples from various talks I've given (or plan to give). If you are interested in using any of the content from the following presentations or examples, contact Jason at . Enjoy!

.NET Valley Event - August 23, 2006 (Nanticoke, PA)
Below are the slides and examples from the presentation I gave on August 23, 2006 at a .NET Valley Event in Nanticoke, PA.

• Understanding Membership and Profiles in ASP.NET 2.0

  Three of the most useful features in ASP.NET 2.0 is the Membership, Role Manager and Personalization providers. During this presentation, we'll pick apart each of these APIs and the controls that they contain. We'll also see ways to use this to our advantage by creating custom providers.
  
  

Philly.net Event - May 17, 2006 (Malvern, PA)
Below are the slides and examples from the presentation I gave on May 17, 2006 at a Philly.net Event in Malvern, PA.

• Understanding Membership and Profiles in ASP.NET 2.0

  Three of the most useful features in ASP.NET 2.0 is the Membership, Role Manager and Personalization providers. During this presentation, we'll pick apart each of these APIs and the controls that they contain. We'll also see ways to use this to our advantage by creating custom providers.
  
  

.NET Valley Event - October 26, 2005 (Nanticoke, PA)
Below are the slides and examples from the presentations I gave on October 26th, 2005 at a .NET Valley Event in Nanticoke, PA.

• An Overview of Microsoft Small Business Accounting 2006

  During this presentation, you will learn what Microsoft Small Business Accounting is and how to use it. We'll talk about how to use third party add-ons and services with it as well.
  
  

• Developing Applications and Add-Ons in SBA 2006

  During this presentation, you will receive a demonstration of creating a Visual Studio .NET add-on for Microsoft Small Business Accounting 2006.
  
  

MSDN Code Camp - New Jersey 2005 (Iselin/Edison, NJ)
Below are the slides and examples from the presentation I gave on October 15th, 2005 at the NJCodeCamp, an MSDN Code Camp, at the Microsoft Office in Iselin/Edison, NJ.

• Web Parts in ASP.NET 2.0

  During this presentation, you will learn what web parts are and how to use web parts in ASP.NET 2.0. We'll cover how to place web parts within your website and how web parts are managed. We'll even through in a 43 step lab to build a very simplistic website using web parts.
  
  

• Membership, Role Management, and Personalization in ASP.NET 2.0

  During this presentation, you will receive an overview of membership, role management, and personalization in ASP.NET 2.0. We'll talk about each using both controls and custom code. We'll take a look at the configuration sections in the web.config and talk about how to customize each.
  
  

.NET Valley Event - July 27, 2005 (Nanticoke, PA)
Below are slides and examples from a presentation I gave on July 27th, 2005 at a .NET Valley event.

• Creating an Intranet using .NET

  During this presentation, you will learn how to create an Intranet using SharePoint or ASP.NET. We'll cover many free alternatives to using expensive portals such as Plumbtree or SharePoint Server. Sample code for creating a SharePoint webpart and for creating an ASP.NET 2.0 webpart portal are included.
  
  

.NET Valley Event - June 29, 2005 (Nanticoke, PA)
Below are slides and examples from a presentation I gave on June 29th, 2005 at a .NET Valley event.

• Functional Network Development using .NET

  During this presentation, you will learn how to access Active Directory using ASP.NET. Many IT members would like to streamline their user setup process and place it in the hands of Human Resources. One of the demonstrations will show how to accomplish this. You will also see how to "ping" a computer in ASP.NET 1.x and how that differs in ASP.NET 2.x. Finally, you'll see how to screen scrape a website to obtain information. This is used most often in the event that a web service or XML feed is unavailable.
  
  

.NET Valley Event - May 25, 2005 (LaPlume, PA)
Below are slides and examples from presentations I gave on May 25th, 2005 at a .NET Valley event.

• Introduction to ASP.NET 2.0 and Visual Studio 2005

  In ASP.NET 1.1, developers found themselves writing many custom controls and code snippets. Some of these tasks have now been simplified in ASP.NET 2.0 and Visual Studio 2005. Participants will see examples of using the GridView, Wizard, SiteMapPath, Menu, and Login controls. They will also understand the advantages of using Visual Studio 2005, using Code folders for websites, and using the My Namespace.
  
  

• Review: WindowsAdvice.com

  WindowsAdvice.com is a website that has been released to assist IT professionals, home users, business users, and developers with Windows issues. Within the website you can post questions and answers to questions within forums and read or publish blog entries in the blog system.
  
  

MSDN Code Camp - Greater PA (Philadelphia, PA)
Below are slides and examples from presentations I gave on April 24, 2005 at the MSDN Code Camp for Greater PA. The material is based on Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2 and ASP.NET Beta 2.

• Introduction to ASP.NET 2.0 and Visual Studio 2005

  In ASP.NET 1.1, developers found themselves writing many custom controls and code snippets. Some of these tasks have now been simplified in ASP.NET 2.0 and Visual Studio 2005. Participants will see examples of using the GridView, Wizard, SiteMapPath, Menu, and Login controls. They will also understand the advantages of using Visual Studio 2005, using Code folders for websites, and using the My Namespace.
  
  

• Introduction to Membership and Role Management in ASP.NET 2.0

  One task many developers had with ASP.NET 1.1 was creating a sound solution for role-based authentication. Developers found themselves creating login pages and creating customized architecture. Microsoft has simplified this process in ASP.NET 2.0 offering a powerful Membership and Role Management component. Users will now be able to create login pages without creating a database themselves or the tables for the database. Participants will grasp the concepts of Membership and Role Management and how to customize this piece of ASP.NET 2.0.
  
  

• Introduction to Personalization in ASP.NET 2.0

  

• Introduction to Web Parts in ASP.NET 2.0

  Many online websites offer the flexibility of a portal and the customizations of a personalized website. ASP.NET 2.0 introduced technology that can help developers create their own powerful portals cutting back on thousands of lines of code. Web Parts and the Portal Framework offer developers a dynamic and simplistic way of creating online portals. Participants will walk away understanding how to utilize web parts and the portal framework.