Quality Of Software Is Getting Worse, Not Better, In 2017

For a number of years now the theme for all of my conference talks has been “Demand Quality In Software You Use, Demand Quality in Software You Write, Demand Quality In Yourself!”. My only goal with my sessions for the foreseeable future is all wrapped around this idea for these reasons… First, as a contractor, [...]

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 [...]

dotNetDave Rocks SoCal Code Camp (San Diego) – 2016

I hope you will join me for the 10th anniversary of the SoCal Code Camp in San Diego on June 25th - 26th. It's always a great time with lots of learning! Below are the sessions I will be presenting. Röck Yoür .NET Coding Standards This session will guide any level of programmer to greater [...]

dotNetDave Rocks Silicon Valley Code Camp 2016

The dotNetDave Rock The Nation World tour will hit the 11th annual Silicon Valley Code Camp  on October 1-2, 2016. If you go to only one code camp/ community conference this year then this is the one! You need to experience 2,500 geeks being taught the most diverse topics by top speakers then you will [...]

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 [...]

dotNetDave Rocks The Lviv .NET User Group

I’ll be speaking at Lviv .NET User Group in the Ukraine on September 22nd. If you are in the area, I hope to see you there. Röck Yoür Apps With => 10 Things You Probably Aren’t Doing This session will go over 10+ things that I see developers not doing in their applications to make [...]