2009.2

An often overlooked area in day-to-day to development is the handling of exceptions and the various issues surrounding CLR memory management.  This session will cover the best practices and mechanics of implementing exception handling, demonstrate how it’s implemented differently in third-party components versus n-tier applications and discuss the different issues surrounding memory management, including the IDisposable pattern, finalizers and why the using statement can be so important.

John Blumenauer is Director of Software Engineering for Metrico Wireless, Inc. in Frederick, MD. Before working in the wireless industry, John designed and developed applications of all sizes in a variety of areas including aerospace/defense, point of sale, engineering and financial. During John’s 13-year career in software development, he has worked with a variety of languages and has contributed to projects of all sizes, including large scale enterprise applications. He enjoys sharing his knowledge and valuable experience with the development community by speaking at code camps and user groups throughout the region.  John is the President and co-founder of the Frederick (MD) .NET User Group (www.frednug.org. His blog can be found at http://geekswithblogs.net/jblumenauer.