GIDS 2012 – a great platform to get first
insights of the upcoming trends and technologies!
This was my first experience at GIDS and I can
say it was a rich learning experience, we were the delegates and the IISc campus
with its lush green cover welcomed us.
I was accompanied by one of my teammates, we
registered at the counter and received our welcome kits and went around all the
exhibits and stalls put up by IT companies like Microsoft, Google, Goldman
sachs, Nokia, Blackberry to name a few.
There were lot of sessions and presentations
planned for the day, held in the main hall of the Tata auditorium and 4 other
smaller halls. All the topics scheduled to be covered were of vast interest for
me – the most exciting one being the Windows 8 and the metro style UI.
The key note of the day was on the Metro style
UI, presented by a Microsoft India professional. This was amazing and set the
tone for the entire day long events.
Highlight of the day for me was – I was
interviewed by the Microsoft Team and the video will be posted on the Microsoft
website. (I’m yet to get hold of the videoJ). I was asked about my experience
of working on the Microsoft products and
technologies.
We went around all the stalls and participated
in few competitions and won some goodies too. After having attended many
sessions, we were hungry and it was the lunch time, we feasted on the good
foodJ.
Post lunch we attended other sessions and to
sign off the day, all the delegates were given certificate of participation,
shirts and watches as goodies, which was a pleasant surprise.
The sessions attended by me:
ü Evolution
of C# - a departure from its roots
ü How
frameworks can kill your projects and patterns to prevent getting killed.
ü Windows 8
platform for the metro style apps
ü Enhance
developer productivity with Visual studio 2011 and .NET 4.5
ü Tips
and best practices for windows phone development
ü ASP.NET
MVC Razor and jQuery – the new face of ASP.NET
My next blog is on the topic – ASP.NET MVC Razor and jQuery
