Saturday, April 5, 2008

Recap: Brian H Prince on "Soft Skillz" for developers

Recently at the Dayton .NET Developers Group Brian H. Prince gave a presentation titled ""

Got to say, I thought the presentation was great. Had good humor, and Brian's passion for the subject matter really shines thru.

What did I get out of it?

One of the biggest things to stick is not all mentors have to be technical mentors. You can learn a lot from managers, sales reps, even from your clients.

He also mentioned you need to keep reading. Read at least one book a month, and mix it up a bit. Read about other subjects, not just technical. Exploring these other areas will help you think of new ways to write your code.

I could keep going but I don't want to spoil too much for developer's attending the CODODN.

If you're coming to the Central Ohio Day of .NET (CODODN) make sure to set some time aside for Brian's "Soft Skillz" presentation.

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

.NET 3.5 LINQ and Inner, Outer Joins

During my Visual Studio 2008 Install Party presentation at the Dayton .NET Developers Group. Someone asked the question

"Can you do joins with LINQ?"

I thought I would share a great blog post from K. Scott Allen titled: Inner, Outer, Let's All Join Together With LINQ.