Last Saturday, I was presenting at the Toronto Code Camp. It was jam pack with close to 400 attendees.  Some of the speakers came far has the UK and California.  The quality of the presentations was very good. I was there to present on MS Sync Framework but also I was there to represent DevTeach has one of the main sponsors of the event. The prize DevTeach was giving was a free registration to DevTeach Vancouver.  The winner ‘’Graham Holker’’ was very happy.  If you are living in Ontario and you missed this Code Camp come and see me next weekend in Ottawa.  I’m organizing one in that city with some friends and it will be very big too.  We’re expecting over 250 attendees. Get all the information at this link: http://www.ottawacodecamp.ca

I hope I’ll see you there.  

Last night I did my MS Sync. Framework talk to 25 members of the www.OttawaSQL.Net. This SQL PASS Chapter exists since January 2008.  David Mayer is the president and I am helping out this group by finding speakers.  My interest in the MS Sync. Framework is really from a software architect point of view. When you need to design applications often you will need to sync files and data. This task is very complex  and using this framework is removing a big complexity in your design.  But I was not just talking about the MS Sync Framework, I was also introducing to many developers the application design possibilities with the SQL Compact database and the ADO Sync provider.  I’ll be doing this presentation at the http://www.torontocodecamp.net/ ,  http://www.ottawacodecamp.ca and the http://www.codecampmontreal.com/ . The slides and code will be uploaded on the http://ottawacodecamp.codeplex.com/ web site later this week. I hope I will see you at one of the free event.

Dowload the code with this link: http://www.softdesign.ca/download/Presentations/SyncFrameWorkTalk.zip 

Has a software architect I realize that it’s very hard to stay actual in what is going on. Sure Microsoft P&P is a good source but I found it’s often not related to what I do on the day to day job. One of my friend, Mario Cardinal, was telling me at  DevTeach Montreal last fall that he was working on a training workshop for software architects.  I was very curious and when he explained what it was all about, I told him that it was the exact training I needed. 

So I put my ‘’ DevTeach hat’’ on and I proposed to Mario to do this workshop in February in Montreal and also has a post-conference workshop in  Vancouver on June 12^th.  The response for this training in Montreal was so good that we decided to do it also in Toronto on May 25^th.  Mario came up with a new way to design modular architecture that he calls ‘’velcro’’.  If you are in to software architecture you need to check this out. It’s really a training that you can’t find anywhere else.

http://www.devteach.com/SpecialEvent.aspx 

Where: Toronto Radisson Harbourfront

When: Monday May 25, 2009

How to register? http://www.devteach.com/SpecialEvent.aspx#Price 

When you are a developer, DBA or a ITPro you know how fast thing changes.  We are all cut up in our very busy life and we never have time to learn the new stuff. If you do, you’re usually cutting on your sleeping time. This is why we all need training but again, going to a training center is not very good for us because what we learn there is not related to what we do in our day to day job.

So where can I get the right training for me?

Well DevTeach and SQLTeach is the solution because in one place you have 136 sessions, 75 min. each of training about your day to day job stuff. You can’t see the 136 sessions, only 17 of them but you can choose the ones that are relevant to your job. That’s the best training you can’t get any other way.  On top of that, DevTeach and SQLTeach came up with this Educations Stimulus Package that will give you a free registration when you buy 2 registrations. That represents a 38%  discount on every registration.  You guys need to check that out!  www.DevTeach.com

Did you know about the Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal Code Camp? Chech it out. Space is limited.

I will be speaking that all three event. I will be presenting a session about about Microsoft Sync Framework.

What is MS Sync. Framework

Microsoft Sync Framework is a comprehensive synchronization platform that enables collaboration and offline access for applications, services and devices. It features technologies and tools that enable roaming, sharing, and taking data offline. Using Microsoft Sync Framework, developers can build sync ecosystems that integrate any application, with any data from any store using any protocol over any network. 

In this presentation I will introduce you to this new platform and we will take a look at how it's works and how you can integrate this in your applications.

Many of you know me under the name Jean-René Roy but did you know you can also call me JR? The funny thing is that many of my French friends call me JR and most English friends call me Jean-René.   (I think it’s because they desperately want to practice their French but I end up being called a pair of jeans!).  So for now on just call me JR and to make this official I called my Blog ‘’JR’s Blog’’.  This Blog will be about what’s happening in the IT industry and also what are the activities I’m doing. Since I’m very involved in the planning of DevTeach, SQLTeach, OttawaSQL.NET, ODNC, Montreal .NET community, most Canadian Code camps and the Ottawa BI Study Group this blog will also keep you posted on everything; you will be the first to know  when and where will be the next big event in our industry. This is why you what to add this Blog in your RSS reader. But I will also post Webcast and other training sessions details I’m doing in different user groups across Canada.   Hope you will post comments. See you online