Boy, how time flies. Planning is underway for the 2008 Open Force Conference. It will be in Las Vegas again with Dev Connections, and is sure to be bigger and better than last year.
Cambria bits are sure to be out by then and the DNN framework and modules should have some .net 3.5 goodies.
Here are the abstracts that I submitted. I hope to be there again this year. Will you ?
A Tale of Two Blogs – Comparing DNN’s Blog with SubText
Open Source projects provide the unique ability to download the source code for the projects and see how things are implemented. Developers can learn a great deal from looking at the source code of these projects. This includes Dot Net, ASP.NET, the DotnetNuke Framework, and techniques for the development process, building and testing applications. This session focuses on the architecture of the DotNetNuke Blog Module is, how it leverages the DNN framework, and how it is being changed as part of the Cambrian Project. Comparisons to another open source Blog Engine, SubText, will be made in a number of areas to contrast the approaches used in a stand alone ASP.NET blogging engine. The end result will be a better understanding of the DotNetNuke Framework and DNN Module Development.
Building Community with DNN and MS Live Services
Live Services from Microsoft continues to mature as a data and services platform. This session will show how Live Services can be used to enhance your DotNetNuke powered Website. The DotNetNuke framework makes this possible as the DNN core is continually enhanced to support the latest standards and protocols such as LiveID and OpenID. This session will cover DNN integration of a number technologies including Virtual Earth, Live Messenger, SQL Server Data Services and the AtomPub protocol.
Unit Testing with DotNetNuke
Many developers have the battle scars of trying to do Unit Testing with ASP.NET applications. Microsoft is introducing the MVC framework to provide a more testable framework for ASP.NET web developers. The features of the MVC framework are not currently planned for the WebForms Model which DNN is based upon. So what is a DNN developer supposed to do for building a testable module ? This session covers a number of the techniques available and the pitfalls that you are likely to hit. It then shows how a new project on CodePlex, http://www.codeplex.com/TestDrivenDNNModule, can be used to make this available for all DNN developers.
Data Access in DNN DALs– Boldly going where some modules have gone before
Data Access techniques continue to mature for Dot Net Developers. This session shows how easy it is to build data aware applications for DNN developers. Microsoft and the community have done an amazing job at providing fully featured Data Access techniques that eliminate the need for writing tons of code that developers had to write in the past. This session covers DNN module development using LINQ to SQL, SubSonic 2.1, Dynamic Data Controls, and Custom Template Generators. The session focuses on the DNN integration and packing of these controls.