This was my first taste of presenting at a big name developer conference, and what a great event it turned out to be. If you attended my talk on Yammer API Development I hope you found it worthwhile. Please @mention me on the Yammer Developer Network with any follow-up questions.
There were some awesome from Elijah Manor, Bill Wagner, and many others. Co-locating the conference alongside Angle Brackets and the other Intersection conferences allowed me to dip into relevant talks from a range of speakers I normally wouldn't be able to see.
If you are interested in more of this, the next one will be held in Orlando in April.
Thanks to everyone who attended my talk on Production Debugging. You can now download my slides and code samples from the talk. I have listed some questions and answers from the talk at the bottom.
Where can I get Reflector?
It is a free download on Red Gate's site. You don't have to buy the Visual Studio integration. When it starts up you are asked for the version of .NET to use. I always select the latest version as .NET backwards compatibility is good. Of course this can be changed later.
How do you stop someone from decompiling your code with Reflector?
You should be aware that obfuscators can make your life more difficult. One way they make code harder to read in Reflector is through method renaming. This can result in the stack traces from the obfuscated code being out of sync with your code.
Can I use ELMAH with Windows apps?
Not easily. ELMAH relies on various features of ASP.NET to do a lot of it's work. Some people have make their own modifications, but it not something that a beginning developer might want to attempt.
I wrote a sample ages ago called BugBack that works for WinForms. It is old and in need of some love but it is a starting point. If you want an off the shelf solution you should look at Red Gate SmartAssembly.
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