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		<title>ASP.NET Bootcamp 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week we finished covering all 18 topics of the ASP.NET Bootcamp at Benchmark Learning. In this course we briskly covered topics: Introducing C# and the .NET Framework Using C# Programming Constructs Declaring and Calling Methods Handling Exceptions Creating New Types Inheritance Using Collections Creating ASP.NET Web Forms applications Adding Functionality to ASP.NET Web Forms [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianlockwood.info/2012/01/26/asp-net-bootcamp-2010/</link>
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		<title>Silverlight &amp; WCF</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This post is for my students this week. Follow up on how to connect Silverlight to WCF interacting with a database.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianlockwood.info/2012/01/20/silverlight-wcf/</link>
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		<title>.NET &amp; PowerShell Cmdlet and Custom Collection Data</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This post is an extension from the post I did earlier this week on the Powershell Course. Found here: http://www.brianlockwood.info/2012/01/11/powershell/ Quick summary from my previous post: &#8220;Powershell is a scripting language that is deeply engrained in windows operating systems. It is a programming language for powerful automation, it can be used to interrogate and manipulate [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianlockwood.info/2012/01/12/net-powershell-cmdlet-and-custom-collection-data/</link>
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		<title>Powershell Course</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week (of Jan 9, 2012) I am taking the Powershell v2.0 course at Benchmark Learning with eduator Lu Patrick (my colleague). It&#8217;s been a very interesting week. As a developer it&#8217;s actually been very easy to understand, pickup and use. In fact, with powershell leveraging the .NET framework it made it easy to understand [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianlockwood.info/2012/01/11/powershell/</link>
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		<title>TODAY &#8211; Take the confusion out of MCTS/MCPD Certification planning</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Lisa Seery Education Advisor − Developer Technologies Specialist at Benchmark Learning Every day clients discuss their interest in attaining a Visual Studio certification in what they already know or what they are interested in learning. The steps on how to go about this varies, depending on your background. I make it a point to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianlockwood.info/2012/01/07/take-the-confusion-out-of-mctsmcpd-certification-planning/</link>
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		<title>10266 Developing .NET applications with Visual Studio 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Course demo solution built in class: 10266CourseDemos Resources: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/architecture/OOP_Concepts_and_manymore.aspx http://www.oodesign.com http://www.brianlockwood.info http://www.stackoverflow.com http://hfpatternsincsharp.codeplex.com/ http://www.amazon.com/Design-Patterns-Elements-Reusable-Object-Oriented/dp/0201633612 http://www.asp.net/mvc http://www.asp.net/web-forms/videos/aspnet-35/how-do-i/how-do-i-get-started-with-the-entity-framework http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/101-LINQ-Samples-3fb9811b http://ui-patterns.com]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianlockwood.info/2011/12/15/10266-developing-net-applications-with-visual-studio-2010/</link>
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		<title>Minnesota IT Government Symposium &#8211; Sessions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rolling down the developer highway Update: The files for today&#8217;s session can be found here: - Solution : RollingOnTheDeveloperHighway - Database Schema (3 tables) System requirements and settings: * updates that are not pre installed in service packs Visual Studio 2010 Sp1 Link: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&#38;id=23691 Windows 8 Developer Preview * Link : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/br229516 NUnit (available via [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianlockwood.info/2011/12/06/minnesota-it-government-symposium-sessions/</link>
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		<title>What&#8217;s the deal with this jQuery thingy?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For a living, I teach. I&#8217;m frequently approached by students and prospective students asking questions around jQuery and why it&#8217;s so popular. Let me give you my run down. First of all, jQuery is an abstraction layer that sits on top of JavaScript. Yes we can definitely do all of the animation, selecting and manipulating [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianlockwood.info/2011/11/22/whats-the-deal-with-this-jquery-thingy/</link>
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		<title>Consuming web services with ASP.NET in VS 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Web services have been an extremely important aspect of integrated systems. Microsoft has now moved to a more robust service oriented architecture called Windows Communication Foundation. Although this video presents web services developed in Visual Studio 2010 most steps and concepts here can be applied to the request response style communications of WCF. Consuming a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianlockwood.info/2011/10/14/consuming-web-services-with-asp-net-in-vs-2010/</link>
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		<title>Possible Next Steps in your Career</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Technologies/Skills to consider: jQuery Benefit: jQuery is definitely one of the most powerful javascript libraries in use today. It is one of the top client side languages required for most jobs in todays market. jQuery is unobtrusive javascript that can manipulate, select and work with the HTML DOM in powerful ways. Possible Resources: Mastering jQuery [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianlockwood.info/2011/10/08/possible-next-steps-in-your-career/</link>
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