Whew! I'm starting to feel like Scoble with all this damn posting. But I did promise that I would, and it is kinda fun 'cause I'll have this record to remind me what I saw. There is no way I'll remember it all otherwise...
For about a half hour leading into lunch, Rocky dug into ADO.NET and data binding. He was using all the VS.NET components and wizards which isn't really my cup of tea, but that's just my opinion. He did show something that I haven't seen before, mostly because I haven't done much data binding in WinForms...
private void BindControl()
{
Binding b = new Binding
("Text", ds, "customers.custToOrders.OrderAmount");
b.Format += new ConvertEventHandler(DecimalToCurrencyString);
b.Parse += new ConvertEventHandler(CurrencyStringToDecimal);
text1.DataBindings.Add(b);
}
That is cool stuff. I've done so much ASP.NET data binding with templated controls that I didn't realize you could do this. Good stuff.
Anyway... after lunch Rocky finished up ADO.NET and Chris took over... new topic: Threads.
Chris' threads chat was excellent (although it was basically a rehash of the threading chapter of his book). Rather than tell you all the good stuff he talked about, I would suggest everyone just read the book. It is a must-read if you do WinForms.
As we headed into the afternoon break, Rocky took over again and introduced client/server/n-tier programming. Started asking the audience about the difference between Remoting and Web Services, etc.
Break time!
