Michele Leroux Bustamante - WCF Contract Design and Versioning Scenarios

Note that meetings will start at 6PM, starting in 2007.

Intended Audience:
Software developers with some prior experience with .NET. This will be part of a two part series. Attend the Denver Visual Studio User Group for part I on Monday, 26th.

Description:
The Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) is the “now” generation messaging platform for .NET that unifies the programming model for how components communicate: be they distributed or not, accessible beyond firewalls, or available through interoperable interfaces.

Contracts are a critical part of service-oriented system design. This session will provide practical guidance for designing service contracts, data contracts and message contracts. You'll learn how and when to work with code-first and contract-first approaches; learn how to deal with advanced scenarios for type serialization that may require more control than data contracts provide, for example, working with raw messages and IXmlSerializable types; and you'll learn how to approach contract versioning based on the level of strictness in your environment. For those needing an introduction to WCF, at the beginning of this session I'll provide a brief overview of the technology, and how to create and consume services.

Presenter:
Michèle Leroux Bustamante is Principal Software Architect of IDesign Inc., Microsoft Regional Director for San Diego, Microsoft MVP for XML Web Services and BEA Technical Director. She has over a decade of development experience development applications with VB, C++, Java, C# and VB.NET and working with related technologies such as ATL, MFC and COM. At IDesign Michele provides training, mentoring and high-end architecture consulting services, focusing on Web services, scalable and secure architecture design for .NET, and interoperability. She is a member of the International .NET Speakers Association (INETA), a frequent conference presenter, conference chair for SD's Web Services and .NET tracks, and is frequently published in several major technology journals. Michele is also Program Advisor for UCSD Extension, and is the .NET Expert for SearchWebServices.com. Reach her at mlb@idesign.net , or visit www.idesign.net  and www.dasblonde.net .  Her book, Windows Communication Framework (O'Reilly) is scheduled to release in the first half of 2007.

Topics:
WCF

Links:
www.dasblonde.net

What is on the Calendar?

Description:
Building Key Business Applications with Office 2007. Check the website, later, for details.

Presenter:
Joe Shirey has been with Interlink since 1996.  As Vice President and General Manager, he runs service and delivery for Interlink's largest market.  Mr. Shirey is a Microsoft Regional Director, a Microsoft Certified Architect, a member of the Microsoft Architect Advisory Board, and sits on the .NET Partner Advisory Council.  Previously, as Vice President of Software Solutions, he was responsible for the capabilities of the division, both in creating services that address the business needs of the marketplace and ensuring they are delivered in a high quality manner. Prior to this, Mr. Shirey managed an Interlink branch in Phoenix, providing leadership over the sales, delivery, and operations in the Arizona market and directed efforts in prospecting and targeting growth markets.  In addition, he was responsible for turning the Arizona Branch into a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. Mr. Shirey has more than fifteen years of hands-on technical and functional experience in project management, systems analysis, design, development, and implementation.