When: Sunday 0900a-600p

Did you ever feel inundated with developer tools? Did you ever feel you're missing something that could make your life easier as a developer and a power user? There are so many tools available to choose from and it keeps getting tougher to keep up with them. Tool familiarity continues to be one of the top developer challenges. This series of seminars is all about tools for developers, by developers. Join Microsoft Florida Developer Evangelist Russ Fustino & Microsoft MVP Stan Schultes and others as they bring you demos and discussion about their favorite developer tools.

EPISODE ONE
Fiddler, IE Developer Toolbar, Visual Studio IDE Tools, Live Services search and mapping, Expression Blend, Community tool web sites.

EPISODE TWO
Visual Studio 2008 Tools for Office (VSTO 3.0), PopFly, Live Services Live Toolbar, SkyDrive, Visual Studio Team Suite DB Professional Edition, Live ID with Card Space, Sys Internals, Tafiti, Community tool web sites

EPISODE THREE
Expression Encoder and Silverlight Live, Virtual PC, dev.live.com/quickapps, XMLNotepad - great XML editor by MVPs, Reflector & Addins - MS's Lutz Roeder decompiler, PowerToys for VS 2008, CodeKeep VS add-in - manage code snippets, SyncToy / FolderShare - MS utils for syncing folders between machines

EPISODE FOUR
Vista Ultimate Backup and Restore, DNN (very brief overview) and IWeb web services module, Resourcer - creates resources in VS, Regulator - regular expression tester, LinqPad - Linq test utility by MVP, IE7 Pro add-in, IE8 Developer Tools, StickyNotes add-in for VS 2008, Expression Design, FaceBook Applications API

PRESENTER'S BIOGRAPHIES
Russ Fustino ( http://www.russtoolshed.net ) 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, we’re all very grateful. Russ has more than 25 years of software development experience and 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 70,000 developers at 1,500 events. Russ also has expertise in developing Visual Basic and Web-based solutions using Microsoft tools. Before joining Microsoft ten 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, WCF, WPF, ASP.NET, 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!

Stan Schultes ( http://www.vbnetexpert.com ) is VBNetExpert and a Microsoft MVP, author, speaker and corporate developer. He currently lives and works in Sarasota, Florida where he is a very active in the Microsoft developer community. He speaks regularly at regional developer events like Microsoft product launches, Microsoft DevDays, Code Camps and at numerous developer group meetings throughout Florida. Stan also writes regularly on Microsoft .NET development topics, he has been published recently in MSDN Online and he is a former contributing editor and columnist at Visual Studio Magazine.