With security attacks on the rise, protecting your applications and data is more of a necessity than ever before. We’ll discuss some of the features provided by Visual Studio and the .Net framework, such as Dotfuscator, SignTool, and encryption tools. In addition we'll look at other protective measures such as early intrusion detection, mitigation, and Social Engineering. These are topics not typically covered in other security presentations or material.

Understanding software design patterns is critical for every developer who strives to be top-tier. Come join us as we explore some of the most common design patterns and discuss how you can leverage them to make your life easier. We will look at some real world code examples and learn to recognize common problems and how to use different design patterns to create elegant solutions. Learn to spot common anti-patterns and the pitfalls they bring. Join us and take the next step in your career.

What is Dependency Injection (DI) and why should you care? Come learn what DI is and how you can use it to keep your apps loosely coupled and test friendly. We will examine why you should avoid tight coupling and how you can avoid it using different methods of DI. After looking at the basic patterns, we'll take a look at a few different DI containers and see how they do their magic to make us better programmers.