With some delay here’s the "review", and my final thoughts, of this years edition of the biggest Microsoft based event in Portugal.
First of all, the "third day" review. Instead of detailing all the sessions I’ve attended, which could become a bit boring, I’ll just point two of them, even if both of them were from people I’m familiar with. The first came from my fellow and co-worker and covered the anguishes and the doubts of a software architect, but in a rather curious way: in a psychiatrist session. The other was from a former college teacher which dedicated a whole session to security in Windows Workflow Foundation, and it was one of the most professional sessions I’ve been the those three days (and the only good one about WCF).
And now for my final thoughts, the overall impression was good and I was able to grab some stuff about all those things I couldn’t turn my attention in the last months: Windows Presentation Foundation, ASP.Net Ajax and LINQ. But, on the other side, there were two problems: the Hands On Labs simply hasn’t worked, a major flop, and the quality of the sessions dedicated to WCF and Windows Workflow Foundation wasn’t that good, almost looked like the event was driven towards "show-off" and "eye candy" technologies (like WPF or Ajax).
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