MSDN Unleashed tour details announced.

[MSDN Unleashed has two siblings, ArcReady, and TechNet Unleashed. For some reason we haven’t unleashed ArcReady yet.]

Enhance your coding capabilities with new tools, tips, and inside secrets from MSDN Events. You’ll see how developing for a Windows Mobile phone leverages your current coding skills and can make it simple to build, deploy and debug cool new devices. Additionally, we’ll be showing you how to take full advantage of the Visual Studio debugger. We’ll offer some great tips and tricks to help you debug faster and more efficiently, while applying fresh techniques to ramp up your problem solving abilities.
 

Session 1: Tips & Tricks for the Visual Studio 2008 Debugger

The Visual Studio debugger is a highly underutilized tool for many developers. In this session, you’ll learn how to use it like a pro, while picking up new techniques to fast-forward your problem solving and debugging abilities. We’ll show you how to use advanced breakpoints, advanced watch window / Expression evaluator tricks, modifiers, assertions on the fly, remote debugging, and more. Whether you’re writing C#, VB, WPF, ASP.NET, Windows Forms, or services, we’ll provide tips and tricks that will have you debugging faster and much more efficiently. The debugger is your primary tool for finding bugs, so join us and learn how to make the most of it.

Session 2: Developing for Windows Mobile Devices

Mobile development is growing fast, and Windows Mobile is at the forefront with over 18 million phones shipped last year and many more cutting-edge devices on the way. Visual Studio developers have tremendous opportunities in this space. Why? Developing for a Windows Mobile phone leverages your existing coding experience and takes it to new heights. In this session, we’ll look at some of the coolest new devices, you’ll learn how to set up Visual Studio with the latest SDK and device emulators, and you’ll see how to build, deploy and debug Windows Mobile applications. We’ll also explore how Internet Explorer Mobile 6 provides new AJAX capabilities that offer the richness of the desktop with pan and zoom features tuned for mobile devices.

Prizes

Attendees are eligible to win one of two books, a copy of Windows Vista or Visual Studio 2008 Professional.

Event Schedule
Cleveland, OH – February 24, 2009 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

St. Louis, MO – March 5, 2009 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Downers Grove, IL – March 9, 2009 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Austin, TX – March 10, 2009 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Overland Park, KS – March 10, 2009 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Indianapolis, IN – March 12, 2009 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Irving, TX – March 19, 2009 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Columbus, OH – March 20, 2009 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Chicago, IL – March 23, 2009 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Houston, TX – March 24, 2009 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Mason, OH – March 27, 2009 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Detroit, MI – March 31, 2009 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Waukesha, WI – March 31, 2009 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
 

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