So how was DDD6 from my point of view? Well I have to say it was excellent, as always. For me, there are three stand out presenters that attend these conferences;
Oliver Sturm ,
Guy Smith-Ferrier and
Dave McMahon, I like to ensure I catch these guys.
First session of the day Oliver was up with his business apps with WPF, this was a good talk aiming to take the audience's knowledge past the basics. Oliver checked with the audience and since the majority hadn't really come across WPF before, he spent this session covering the introductory content.
Next I was in my own session - I kind of felt I had to be there - which is just as well really, because if I hadn't of had to have been there, I would have struggled to decide between
Chris Hay's Silverlight and
Paul Lockwood's CruiseControl.Net presentations. My session went okay I felt, and the feedback I've had so far has been positive, but there was a delay in getting started that meant the end of the presentation was a little rushed and not as clear as I'd have hoped.
Following this, I attended Guy's Astoria presentation. What can I say? Guy's a presenting star in my book and this talk was another master class. The information that Guy presented was up to date, clearly explained and just what I needed to know as an introduction to Astoria.
After lunch I sat in on
Colin Mackay's recruitment presentation. I wasn't sure what to expect from this non technical session, but it turned out to be very informative and it held my attention more than I thought it would.
I finished off the day by attending
James Winter's presentation on how to write a Facebook application. I'm not sure what attracted me to this presentation, but I wasn't disappointed. It was something different to look at and rounded off the day nicely.
All in all it was a cracking day. If you fancy attending the next one, then keep an eye on the
Developer Day site as registration tends to fill up fast.