Pre-Conference Workshop

13 November 2024


ADVANCED .NET Modernization

Update Conference Prague will be even better in 2024. We've decided to add an all-day workshop with the attractive topic of .NET Modernization which will take place one day before the conference, on Wednesday, November 13, 2024.

The hackathon will be led by Tomas Herceg, Microsoft MVP and author of the new Modernize .NET Web Applications book. Tomas is the founder of DotVVM, an open-source web framework for ASP.NET, and also a co-founder of Update Conference. He has years of experience with architecting and building .NET solutions and web development.

Tomas Herceg
Tomáš Herceg
RIGANTI, Microsoft MVP

.NET Modernization: Bring Your Own App

Workshop invitation by Tomas Herceg

Want to take your .NET applications to the next level? Come to Tomas Herceg's workshop focused on .NET Modernization! Bring your own project and get individual recommendations on how to optimize and modernize it, or work with ready-made samples. With Tomas's guidance, you will get practical tips tailored to your needs. Don't miss the opportunity to take your work to the next level!

Technologies

The demo applications support the folowing migration paths:

  • In-place migration: ASP.NET Web Forms & DotVVM
    This scenario shows how to migrate Web Forms applications to .NET 8 with minimum code changes using an open-source framework DotVVM.
  • Side-by-side migration: ASP.NET Web Forms app & Blazor
    This scenario shows how to migrate Web Forms applications to Blazor using .NET Upgrade Assistant and YARP-based side-by side approach.
  • ASP.NET Web API + Entity Framework 6 & ASP.NET Core + EF Core
    This scenario shows how to migrate classic ASP.NET Web API application using Entity Framework 6 to ASP.NET Core APIs with the latest version of EF Core.

How the Workshop will look like

Feel free to bring your own application. Use the hackathon to start migrating your real-world project. The trainer will be able to help you with:

  • ASP.NET-based framework
  • Windows Forms
  • WPF
  • Xamarin.Forms (unconfirmed)
  • Technical Requirements

Important Reminder

To enjoy the full experiance of the hackathon, we recommend all attendees to bring their own laptops with the following software installed:

  • Visual Studio 2022 (ASP.NET and web development and other relevant workloads based on the scenario you want to work with)
  • SQL Server Express, SQL Server LocalDB, or another SQL Server edition
  • SQL Server Management Studio or another tool you can use to work with the database
  • Git (we will need to create branches)
  • Any other software required to run "bring your project"

Date & Venue

The workshop will take place on Wednesday, in the Virgo hall on the conference floor of the Clarion Congress Hotel Prague.


Capacity

Workshop capacity is only 60 attendees, be sure to register now before it is too late!


Schedule

Registration and breakfast
#1 EN 120 min
Intro to modernization – challenges, benefits and trade-offs
Tomáš Herceg photo
Tomáš Herceg
Lunch break
#2 EN 150 min
Hands-on part 1
Tomáš Herceg photo
Tomáš Herceg
Afternoon coffee break
#3 EN 150 min
Hands-on part 2
Tomáš Herceg photo
Tomáš Herceg
End of the pre-conference day

The trainer will be present all day to give advice, ready to answer any questions or provide guidance with individual modernization steps.

Got interested? Register right now!

There are two options of attending the .NET Modernization workshop. You can register separately from the conference ticket (if you've already registered to the conference before), or you can register for both workshop and for the conference together.

10
Workshop through 13 November from 1 October Sold-out

Ticket for personal participation in the .NET Modernization workshop for 1 participant.

400 EUR VAT not included
12
Workshop + Conference through 13 November from 1 November Sold-out

Ticket for personal participation in the pre-conference workshop ".NET Modernization: Bring Your Own App" & personal participation for both conference days of the Update Conference Prague 2024 (Last Minute) for 1 participant.

1,030 EUR VAT not included

For more information about tickets to workshop or conference see the Tickets section.

Cancellation Policy.

Ticket can be transferred or canceled. In case of cancellation there is a following cancellation fee: