The ASP.NET Web Performance slides from this months meeting can be downloaded here.
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You must bring a laptop. DeVry has tables with outlets so don't forget that power supply. We recommend more than 1 Gb of RAM and at least 10 Gb of free disk space. External00
USB or Firewire drives really help. We will help you get organized and install the right software for continued virtual fun! We have Internet access but you need to bring an Ethernet cable. If not, make sure that all required software is on your machine when you arrive.
There are two approaches for this lab. Install Visual Studio 2008 with sp1 directly on your laptop. If you can't run Visual Studio 2008 on your laptop, prepare a virtual environment. The easiest way to do this is to install the Microsoft evaluation of Team System. Please download the following and use Virtual PC or Virtual Server:
Bill will start with an overview of CSS techniques that apply to layout. Visual Studio is used to edit HTML and ASPX pages. The ASP.NET 3.5 ListView and DataPager controls are used to make tables and CSS based repeating lists.
Fiddler and the IE8 developer toolbar are used to analyze web pages and browser traffic. We will look at some popular web pages to see how they use various performance and layout tricks including CSS, compression, AJAX, and caching. Download Fiddler at wwww.fiddler2.com. Time permitting, view the training videos on this site before attending this session.
Rob will demonstrate basic jQuery programming. jQuery relies on CSS selectors which ties into our earlier lesson. You will need the jQuery libraries. You can find these at jQuery.com. Also download most of the extra controls at ui.jQuery.com.
Bill Wolff is an independent consultant, trainer, and architect specializing in Microsoft development technologies. His company Agility Systems is based in the Philadelphia area. He served as a Solutions Architect in the Microsoft Practice at Unisys Corporation. He ran the consulting firm Wolff Data Systems for 15 years and directed armies of consultants in the dot com world. Bill is founder and President of the philly.net user group, a previous INETA board member where he served as Vice President, Speaker Bureau, and involved in several other user communities. Bill was a contributing author on several books. His certifications include trainer, systems engineer, developer, and Microsoft MVP for VB.NET.
Rob Keiser is a .NET developer, Architect and freelance writer for PC Today magazine. He has been building Windows application using various languages and tools for the past 20 years. His company Row 5 Information Systems has been creating solutions using Microsoft Technologies for 15 years. Rob is the leader of the Windows Special Interest Group of the Philadelphia Computer Society where he gives talks and answers questions on the Windows operating system. His certifications include Microsoft Certified Professional and Microsoft MVP for VB.NET.