Presentation on making the transition from ColdFusion to .NET development.

1. Introduction to .NET for
CF Programmers

2. Outline
 What is .NET?
 Comparison of CF and .NET
 Tools
 Training
 Parts of the framework to focus on (MVC, EF,WCF)
 Hands on
 References

3. What is .NET?
The .NET Framework is a technology that supports building and running the
next generation of applications and XMLWeb services.The .NET Framework is
designed to fulfill the following objectives:
 To provide a consistent object-oriented programming environment whether
object code is stored and executed locally, executed locally but Internet-
distributed, or executed remotely.
 To provide a code-execution environment that minimizes software
deployment and versioning conflicts.
 To provide a code-execution environment that promotes safe execution of
code, including code created by an unknown or semi-trusted third party.
 To provide a code-execution environment that eliminates the performance
problems of scripted or interpreted environments.
 To make the developer experience consistent across widely varying types of
applications, such asWindows-based applications andWeb-based
applications.
 To build all communication on industry standards to ensure that code based
on the .NET Framework can integrate with any other code.
 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/zw4w595w.aspx
 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb496996.aspx

4. Comparison of
CF and .NET
 Walk through this page (with updates)
 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa479305.aspx

5. .NETAreas to
focus on
 Modern architecture overview (HTML/JS/REST Services)
 HTML/JavaScript
 C#
 MVC
 MVCWebApi
 Entity Framework (EF)
 WCF (OData REST Services)
 Linq
 Other frameworks (MEL)

6. Tools
 Visual Studio
 Team Foundation Server
 ALM

7. Training
LearningTree
 http://www.learningtree.com/training-directory/.NET-Visual-Studio-Training-4.htm
New Horizons
 http://www.newhorizons.com/CoursesAndCertifications.aspx
Pluralsight
 http://www.pluralsight.com/training/Courses
MicrosoftVirtual Academy
http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/
Training Plans
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CV4bQDpaGbXUSHdnWwQUxzsu4fVdn2vzBWO72Y3Hk1s/ed
it?usp=sharing

8. References
Beginning Developer Learning Center
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/beginner/bb308760.aspx
Microsoft Dev Camps
http://www.devcamps.ms/web
Microsoft Dev Camps Code
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36393
C#/Web/MVC Tutorials
http://csharp.net-tutorials.com/basics/visual-csharp-express/
http://www.schoolfreeware.com/Visual_Studio_Express_2012_For_Web_Tutorials_And_Code_Examples.html
http://www.homeandlearn.co.uk/csharp/csharp.html
http://www.asp.net/mvc/tutorials
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/575397/An-Absolute-Beginners-Tutorial-on-ASP-NET-MVC-for
http://www.w3schools.com/aspnet/
My Springpad notebooks
http://springpad.com/#!/cheesewz/notebooks
http://springpad.com/#!/cheesewz/notebooks/netdevelopmentresources-5e21/blocks
Blogs/Resources
http://www.codeproject.com/
http://www.codeplex.com/
http://www.hanselman.com/
http://blogs.msdn.com/
http://channel9.msdn.com/