MSDN Webcast: Russ and Joe Developer Show: Improving Database Development with Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals (Level 200)
Presenter(s):
Joe Healy & Russ Fustino
Webcast Length:
60 Minutes
Date/Time:
Monday 4/9/2007 4:00:00 PM
- EASTERN
Attendee Registration URL:
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032334740&Culture=en-US
Have you ever had to test code under development against the "production" version of your database, simply because it was the only copy that was the "truth?" If so, you know first-hand the challenges of managing a database as it moves throughout the software development life cycle. Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals (VSTE-DB Pro), scheduled for release in late 2006, extends the Visual Studio Team System with progressive tools that make it easier to create and test applications that work with databases.
In this session, you’ll learn best practices for keeping your development, test and production databases in sync from a schema and data perspective. We’ll explore how to create and version database schemas, and how to utilize schemas for ‘off-line’ development against a database schema. You’ll see how to create test data that truly mimics real data, and how to use Unit Tests to validate your application against a database. Finally, we’ll explore how to manage database schema changes using Team Foundation Server – making database development a true participant in the software development life cycle.
In this session, you’ll learn:
• Best practices for keeping development, test and production databases in sync
• How to create test data that mimics real data
• Where to use Unit Tests to validate your application against a database
• How to manage database schema changes using Team Foundation Server
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About rfustino
Russ wisely shelved dreams of rock and roll stardom in order to share his vast knowledge with developers nationwide. Given that he can’t sing or play an instrument, other than in Guitar Hero, we’re all very grateful. Russ has more than 25 years of software development. He’s the creator of the Russ' Tool Shed developer seminar series and has donned his trademark suspenders, hardhat and tool belt in presentations for over 75,000 developers at 1,700 events. Russ also has expertise in developing Visual Basic and Web-based solutions using Microsoft tools. Before joining Microsoft eleven years ago, Russ worked as a VB instructor, headed up a development department, and created several client/server applications and system software products. His specialties include development with VB.NET, XML Web services, ASP.NET, XNA, Silverlight, Development Tools and debugging. But make no mistake – Russ is not all brains. His big heart led him to establish Take a Swing at Cancer, Inc., a non-profit organization that holds softball and golf-based fundraisers to battle cancer. You have to know the code to get in the shed. KNOW THE CODE!
