Kasi Prasad

Well, after much procrastination, I’ve decided to get my act together and jump on the blog roll. Expect to see new articles added on a weekly basis.

To tell you a little bit about myself:

I'm a Software Analyst / trainer & mentor living and operating out of New York City, New York. I operate a consulting firm which designs and develops applications, primarily on the Microsoft stack using the .NET Framework. I hold an assortment of Microsoft certifications and I'm an active Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT).

I believe in Agile values and practices and employ methodologies such as eXtreme Programming, Scrum and Lean to manage software projects.

I'm also a big supporter of the ALT.NET community. One of my favorite quotes describing what it means to be an ALT.NET type of developer:

"You know tools are great, but they only take you so far. It’s the principles and knowledge that really matter. The best tools are those that embed the knowledge and encourage the principles"

Since this is my first blog entry I’d like to start by thanking everyone that has inspired and motivated me, not only in my development career but all throughout the way. I couldn’t have made it without you…

Starting on January 28^th, I’ll be delivering a 12 day, boot camp style (10 hour day) course in which we’ll cover the .NET Framework 2.0 BCL (Base Class Library), Web Application Development using ASP.NET and Windows Application Development. This boot camp is geared toward preparing students for Microsoft Certification as Technology Specialist’s (70-536, 70-526, 70-528) on both the Web and Windows platforms. The content is presented at a high pace so it’s expected that attendees have at least one year of hands on .NET (1.0, 1.1, 2.0) in either C# or VB.NET. The course outline can be found here. It’s going to be held at the NetCom Information Technology training center (Empire State Building)

To give a quick rundown of what to expect (note: this is based on Microsoft Official Curriculum, so as much as I’d like to break out some Design Patterns, TDD and an ALT.NET mindset, I’ve got a schedule to keep and a strict set of curriculum, so it won’t be happening):

• Basics of the Base Class Library (lots to cover, system types, system interfaces, etc)
  • Reference Types / Value Types
  • Boxing / Unboxing
  • Exception Handling
  • Generic’s (with an emphasis on generic classes rather than collections)
  • Inheritance and Polymorphism (due to time constraints this is mainly a syntactic discussion)
  • Object Lifecycle (Instantiation, Disposal, Garbage Collection)
• Advanced aspects of the Base Class Library
  • Globalization
  • Code Access Security
  • Cryptography
  • COM+ Interop
  • Creating Windows Services
  • Reflection
  • Multithreading
• Data Access using ADO.NET
• Web Application Development using ASP.NET
  • Web Forms
  • Master Pages
  • Themes
  • Web Parts
  • Membership / Authentication / Authorization
  • Globalization
  • Creating custom controls
• Windows Forms Applications
  • Menus
  • DataBound Controls
  • Performing Asynchronous Tasks
  • ClickOnce
  • MDI Applications
  • Customized Printing
  • GDI+

As always, I will be doing a lot of code examples on the fly and I will post them all here once the course has completed so stay tuned for that. If you’d like any information about this course or would like to attend feel free to drop me an e-mail. Thanks.