Presentation Abstract:
This
session will focus on "rolling your own" AJAX to improve web application performance. We will take a look at the Update Panel control, then we will uncover its shortcomings and we will discuss (and demonstrate) how to most efficiently code your own AJAX using ASP.NET AJAX without the Update Panel. This session will be 100% in Visual Studio - no slides, all code. You will learn how to get ASP.NET AJAX working with Windows Communication Foundation (WCF).
About the Presenter:
Dan Caron is a published author and MassMutual's professional Microsoft .NET technology leader. With MassMutual, Dan
leads the technical direction for Microsoft .NET application
development for the enterprise. He has become a .NET guru with programming technologies
that include Microsoft VB.NET, C#, LINQ, LINQ-to-SQL, ASP.NET, XML/XSL, SQL and ASP.NET AJAX. He is also the leader of the Western Mass .NET Users Group.
Dan is an author of two technical books (Professional DotNetNuke 4.0 and DotNetNuke ASP.NET Portals). He has been a major contributor to the DotNetNuke
open-source portal project since the core team was founded in 2003.
Some of his noteworthy contributions include the exception handling
framework, event logging provider, event viewer, module/page security, web-farm support, namespace hierarchy organization and the
event scheduler. Dan is now an alumnus of the DotNetNuke Core Team and
Board of Directors. Based on his significant community contributions
he has been recognized by Microsoft as a Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in 2005 and 2006.
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Meeting Details
Thursday, October 2nd at 6:00 PM
MassMutual Learning & Conference Center
350 Memorial Drive
Chicopee, MA 01020
Telephone: (413) 598-9898
From the West
Take I-90 East (Massachusetts Turnpike) to Exit 5 (Chicopee).
Bear Right after toll booth, and then Right again onto Rte. 33.
The MassMutual Learning & Conference Center is one half mile on
the Right.
From the East
Take I-90 West (Massachusetts Turnpike) to Exit 5 (Chicopee).
Bear Right after toll booth, and then Right again onto Rte. 33.
The MassMutual Learning & Conference Center is one half mile on
the Right.
From the South
Take I-91 North
to Rte. 291 East in Springfield. Follow Rte. 291 East to Exit 6
(Ludlow/Chicopee Falls). Follow exit ramp to first Stop sign. Take
a Right onto Fuller Road. Continue on Fuller Road to third traffic
light. Take a Left at light onto Memorial Drive (Rte. 33). Take a
Right into MassMutual Learning & Conference Center entrance.
If you have questions, please direct them to:
Dan Caron
User Group Leader, Western Mass .NET Users Group