EastBay.NET: Abstract Art: Getting Things ‘Just Right’

FUNDAMENTALS at 6:15: C# Interfaces

MAIN PRESENTATION at 6:45: Abstract Art: Getting Things ‘Just Right’ - Jeremy Clark

Abstraction is awesome. And abstraction is awful.

Too little, and our applications are difficult to extend and maintain. Too much, and our applications are difficult to extend and maintain. Finding the balance is the key to success. The first step is to identify your natural tendency as an under-abstractor or an over-abstractor. Once we know that, we can work on real-world techniques to dial in the level of abstraction that is "just right" for our applications.

Jeremy Clark is an application developer, Pluralsight author, and Microsoft MVP with over 15 years of experience in all aspects of the development lifecycle. After hours, he puts together demos and technical articles for http://www.JeremyBytes.com , a website focusing on .NET technologies. Other times he can be found shredding on a plastic guitar (or playing a real guitar fairly badly). He lives in Anaheim, CA with a seedling redwood tree and his cats, Amanda and Toby.

FUNDAMENTALS at 6:15:

C# Interfaces - Jeremy Clark

Come a half hour early (6:15 PM) to enjoy our .NET FUNdamentals series.

Do you want code that's maintainable, extensible, and easily testable? If so, then C# interfaces are here to help. We’ll take a look at how we can use interfaces effectively in our code -- starting at the beginning ("What are interfaces?") and then exploring why we want to use them.

AGENDA

6:15 - 6:45 FUNdamentals

6:45 Announcements

7:00 - 8:45 Main presentation

8:45 - 9:00 Raffle

Pizza will be provided before the main presentation.