As you probably know the day before CodeGarden kicks off we have
a whole
day of MVC to prepare people for Umbraco 5 coming early 2011.
We've been fortunate enough to get three of the biggest capacities
in the ASP.NET MVC sphere to come and talk about many different
aspects of MVC, from a beginners MVC bootcamp by Jon Galloway to
advanced topics by the Wrox authors Steven Sanderson and Simone
Chiaretta.
What do you need to know?
The bootcamp by Jon Galloway is targeted web developers and
ASP.NET WebForm people who wants to transition to MVC. So this is
MVC from scratch. You don't need to know anything about MVC to
join. The advanced sessions by Simone Chiaretta and Steven
Sanderson is for those with some MVC knowledge or people interest
in some of the specific topics such as MVC Web Security and
Behavior Driven Development.
What do you need to bring?
To get the most out of the sessions, we recommend that you bring
a laptop with .NET 4.0, MVC 2.0 and either Visual Studio 2010 or
Visual Web Developer Express (free!) installed.
Most importantly
Apart from bringing your laptop and tools, make sure to bring an
open mind too. ASP.NET MVC is a different way to build websites and
if you come from a Webforms background you might get frustrated at
first. But there's a reason behind the madness of bringing Umbraco
to the world of MVC. We simply believe that it's a better way to
build websites and it's a perfect fit for Umbraco.
So leave your fear of change at home and indulge yourself with a
chance to enhance your skills and prepare for Umbraco 5. Because
you're worth it ;-)