It’s time to get a SharePoint certification… either you want it or you are forced but it doesn’t matter because here are the things which can help you to achieve this goal.

I’ve been thinking about this for at least a week or two. In fact, it’s been since I started (and finished) reading the book “Clean Code” by Robert C. Martin. There is probably only two way to go.

The ASP.NET MVC Training Kit includes presentations, hands-on labs, demos, and event materials. This content is designed to help you learn how to utilize ASP.NET MVC.

The presenter is Guy Peled (Chief Technology Officer, Gizmox Ltd)

Watch out for these events!

Free VSTS 2005 Training VPC and a nice E-book

For those of you ready to build up your Visual Studio 2008 skills, InnerWorkings is giving away a free sample of their training for you to try out. This offer includes 2 hours of quality hands-on learning on the important new features of C# 3.0 and VB 9.0. Check out the following link and g...

If you want to know more about Silverlight, InnerWorkings has coughed up 1 hour of free hands-on learning: * Creating a simple Silverlight control (30 minutes) * Using MediaElement & VideoBrush to control video content (30 minutes)

What does it really cost in terms of time/money to hire in and train a new developer? If you were to ask most in management the answer would be not much. However, if you were to ask most developers, I am sure their answer would be, a LOT.

We help developers learn to code fundamental Transact-SQL activities such as making queries, sorting and filtering, and using table joins. Delve into control-of-flow language and using functions to manipulate data. Hands-on, practice-based, just for developers looking to learn T-SQL.

Learn how to AJAX-enable an existing ASP.NET web page using AJAX Extensions. The UpdatePanel control provided by the framework makes it really easy to start with AJAX programming by defining the areas of the page you want to update independently without a full page reload. Free download from www.inn...

Jean-Paul Boodhoo has just officially announced that he's giving his Nothin But .Net bootcamp course down here in Richmond, VA from March 26-30.

Great new course by J.P. Boodhoo. He mentions that if there is enough interest in varying areas of the US that he would take it on the road. Please comment or contact JP if you're interested. I would love to get something going in the DC/Hampton Roads area of Virginia.

Microsoft released training material, which usually costs money, for free. This includes 3 traning courses about WPF, WCF and WF.