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Silverlight Firestarter - Watch it Live

by John Papa via JohnPapa.net on 10/14/2010 1:27:00 AM

December 2, 2010 from 8am to 5pm PT

After you enjoy PDC10, continue the experience with the Silverlight Firestarter!

Light up your Silverlight skills with the all-new Global Silverlight Firestarter!

What is the Silverlight Firestarter?

An Event: A one day, global, live streamed and on demand event keynoted by Scott Guthrie
Training: New self-paced labs and walk through videos
Interactive: Got questions? Get your answers! Watch live and ask the Silverlight product team questions during the event.
Why Silverlight? Silverlight is Microsoft’s strategic development platform for building interactive applications across desktop, phone, and the browser.

Something for Everyone

Just starting out with Silverlight? Watch our On-Ramp sessions and work on hands on labs to get you started.
Already Building business applications? Watch the event live and learn how to create compelling business applications with Silverlight.
Got questions? Engage with the Silverlight product team live or in person with our interactive chat.

Time	Session Details
Presenter
8:00 am	Silverlight Firestarter Keynote	Scott Guthrie
9:00 am	Building Compelling Apps with WCF Using REST and LINQ for Silverlight and WP7	Jesse Liberty & Yavor Georgiev
10:00 am	15 minute break
10:15 am	Roll Out Your Business Apps Today with RIA Services	Dan Wahlin
11:15 am	MVVM: Why and How? Tips and Patterns using MVVM and Service Patterns	John Papa
12:15 pm	Lunch break
1:00 pm	Silverlight Today and Tomorrow (Special Guest Panel)
1:30 pm	Building Real World Silverlight Apps	Tim Heuer
2:30 pm	15 minute break
2:45 pm	Tune Your Application: Profiling and Performance Tips	Mike Cook & Jossef Goldberg
3:45 pm	Killer Performance Tips for Silverlight Windows Phone 7	Jaime Rodriguez
5:00 pm	After Party!

Sessions are subject to change.

After the live event keep fueling the fire!

Dive deeper with additional hands on labs and videos that build on the live session content, accelerating you ahead of the crowd.

Watch the entire event on demand!
Plus, new self-paced labs and walk through videos
On Ramp Labs (100 level)
- Hands on labs specifically focused on helping new developers get up to speed quickly on Silverlight
- Do you know WinForms? HTML? ASP.NET? Want to learn Silverlight? We have a lab for you!
Building Better Business Apps (200-300 level)
- Hands on labs focused on taking advantage of Silverlight to build real world business applications
- Apply Data Strategies, Patterns, Out of Browser, RIA Services, and much more using Silverlight
Turnabout is fair play! Watch a video of our experts doing the labs themselves.