dotNetDave Rocks Azure BootCamp – 2017

For the first time I will speaking at the Azure BootCamp in Southern California on Saturday April 22nd. I hope to see you there. I will be doing the session below. Rock Your Development With A Real World Example This session will demonstrate concepts in the first four parts of my series titled "Improving Code … Continue reading dotNetDave Rocks Azure BootCamp – 2017

256 Seconds with dotNetDave (E4) – Choosing a Third Party Product

In this episode dotNetDave (David McCarter) talks about the process he uses to choose an awesome third-party product for Visual Studio. For more information go to: http://dotnettips.com Videos on demand from dotNetDave: http://bit.ly/dotNetDaveOnDemand  

Software Should Be Easier To Build, Not Harder – My Dream For The Future Of Development

Back when I started as a full-time software engineer in the early '90s, it was the beginning of an era when software engineering was about to explode and get easier. What language led this charge? It was Visual Basic (VB), first released in 1991. When Microsoft .NET was released in 2002, there were more engineers … Continue reading Software Should Be Easier To Build, Not Harder – My Dream For The Future Of Development

dotNetDave Rocks Silicon Valley Code Camp 2016

The Silicon Valley Code Camp in San Jose, CA is on October 1st - 2nd, 2016. It's the largest Code Camp in the United States (maybe the world) and I hope to see you there. I will be doing the sessions below. Röck Yoür Apps With >= 10 Things You Probably Aren’t Doing This session … Continue reading dotNetDave Rocks Silicon Valley Code Camp 2016

dotNetDave Rocks Desert Code Camp 2016

The Desert Code Camp in Phoenix is back on October 8th, 2016! It's always a great Code Camp and I hope to see you there. I will be doing the sessions below. Röck Yoür Apps With >= 10 Things You Probably Aren’t Doing This session will go over 10+ things that I see developers not … Continue reading dotNetDave Rocks Desert Code Camp 2016

Improving Code Quality… One Developer At A Time Video Series

All of my conference sessions are designed to make the quality of software better. If you missed one of my sessions at a conference or you couldn't make it, you can still see my session(s) on video by going here. You can also get all of these sessions, slide decks and sample code by purchasing … Continue reading Improving Code Quality… One Developer At A Time Video Series

Ask dotNetDave – Properly Throwing & Rethrowing Exceptions

Recently at a contract I was working on, I received an email from one of the developers why I marked the code below that needs to be fixed because there are multiple throwing exception violations. Let’s see if you can spot them? There are other issues with this code, just stick to the issues dealing … Continue reading Ask dotNetDave – Properly Throwing & Rethrowing Exceptions

Development Can Still Be Hard

Here is a great video from Channel 9 that discusses how development can still be hard. I totally agree... many aspects of development are harder than they use to be. As an architect it's a daunting task to come up with a lasting solution. Click here to view the video.

Rock Your Code and Applications with dotNetDave @ St. Louis Days of .NET

Improving Code Quality… One Developer At A Time! On November 12th, I will be doing my full-day workshop titled Rock Your Code and Applications with dotNetDave (click on this link to register) at the St. Louis Days of .NET. This workshop will guide any level of programmer to greater productivity by providing the information needed … Continue reading Rock Your Code and Applications with dotNetDave @ St. Louis Days of .NET

dotNetDave Rocks New York City Code Camp

For the first time, the dotNetDave Rock The Nation Tour hits New York City Code Camp on October 10th. If you are in the area, I hope to see you there. Here are the sessions I will be doing: Röck Yoür Cöde With Defensive Programming This is a companion session to the “Rock Your .NET Coding … Continue reading dotNetDave Rocks New York City Code Camp