Windows to the left of me, Silverlight to the right, you’re not stuck in the middle

It’s a busy February, there are at least three free learning tours going on right now. There are many opportunities to learn Silverlight, Windows 7, MVC and jQuery. Check the schedules and see if there’s an event nearby, then go out and learn something. At two of these events, we’ve upped the ante a little—you can win a ComponentOne Studio of your choice. Here are your opportunities: Light up your Silverlight Applications for Windows 7 Firestarter Windows 7 and Silverlight make for a fantastic platform to build and deploy applications. Together, you have the power to build smart, visually stunning applications that truly light up. Want to learn how to take advantage of your desktop OS using Silverlight? Want to learn some Silverlight programming techniques? Want to dialog about some Silverlight Futures? Join us for a full day of Silverlight with a special emphasis on out-of-the-browser applications. (ComponentOne license awarded at each event) http://blogs.msdn.com/b/davedev/archive/2010/12/31/announcing-the-light-up-your-silverlight-applications-for-windows-7-firestarter.aspx For the WIN: Windows Development Boot Camp For the WIN: Windows Development Boot Camp is a one-day deep dive class on client development. The event covers developing for Windows 7, Internet Explorer 9, and Silverlight 4 out of browser. The class includes a trainer with deep real world experience presenting content, as well as a series of labs so you can write some code and practice what you just learned. (ComponentOne license awarded at each event) http://windowsdevbootcamp.com/Default.aspx Web Camps Microsoft's Web Camps are events that allow you to learn and build websites using ASP.NET MVC, WebMatrix, OData and more... http://webcamps.ms/