Take a Walk on the Client-Side

As .NET developers we usually spend the bulk of our time slinging C#/VB.NET code and writing Sql with little focus on the client-side of the web. In this session, David Penton and Eric Sowell will talk about client-side techniques involving Html 5, Css, Javascript (and some jQuery) that you can use when working on your websites. Some of the topics include the following:

  • The problems with table layout
  • Positioning with floats
  • Css inheritance
  • Some useful things in Html 5
  • How to use Fiddler
  • How to use the IIS SEO Toolkit
  • Client-side templating
  • How to use ySlow
  • Css Hacks
  • Progressive enhancement
  • et al...
Speaker: David Penton and Eric Sowell
Date: Wednesday December 1st, 2010
Time: 6:00 - 8:30
Location: Intuit Headquarters
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Speaker Bio

David L. Penton lives in the Dallas, Texas area and has a bachelor's degree in Mathematics from Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, LA. He is currently the owner of Foundry Force, LLC, Prior to that he was a Lead Software Development Engineer / Performance Lead at Telligent Systems, Inc. Before that, he was a technical lead for the International Systems Group and then in Merchandising Systems at JCPenney, Inc., in Plano, TX. Before that, he was a senior business and analysis analyst for Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control in Grand Prairie, TX. During that time he has worked on various technologies. He currently spends most of his time with C# and SQL Server. Database platforms he has dealt with (development and admin) include but not limited to SQL Server, Oracle, DB2.  David is a member of the ASPInsiders and was formerly a SQL Server MVP for several years and is now an ASP.NET MVP.

Shannon Davidson Eric Sowell is an avid .NET developer who gets into as many technologies as he can though with a focus on ASP.NET. He is a Senior Application Engineer at Match.com on the international platform and enjoys writing code which serves up Html millions of times on a daily basis. Eric is the father of three children and the husband of one wife. He also has fish. When not being a geek or hanging with the family, he enjoys reading, writing and doing research primarily in the realms of ancient Greek, biblical studies and early Christianity.

You can find Eric online in the following places:- http://www.ericsowell.com

Make sure to attend, because in addition to our awesome presenter, we have some way cool giveaways.

Sponsors

Foundry ForceFoundry Force

Foundry Force is a company dedicated to software and database performance. We have extensive experience in the .NET programming area including but not limited to ASP.NET, Windows Services, and WinForms. Our database experience includes many variations of SQL Server (7/2000/2005/2008). We have experience in external caching solutions for the .NET platform that includememcached and Microsoft AppFabric.


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and support. Without their fine meeting facilities awesome team members, our meetings would not be possible.

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