I'm very pleased to announce that we'll be hosting a two day free training event called XamlFest at the Bloomginton, MN Microsoft offices from Tuesday, April 14th 2009 to Wednesday, April 15th, 2009. This will be a classroom style event led by fellow Microsoft’s very own John Pelak.  This event will be going in depth on the XAML markup language and how it is used in both WPF and Silverlight 2.0 applications. We will also go deep on how to use Expression Blend to visually design application interfaces.

Here's all the information on the event:

Dates
The event will take place on Tuesday, April 14th 2009 to Wednesday, April 15th, 2009.

Attendees
This event is targeted toward software developers and designers who want to learn more about XAML, Windows Presentation Foundation, Silverlight 2 and Expression Blend 2. We can accommodate 60 people for this session and registration will be accepted on a first come/first served basis.

Agenda

Tuesday, April 14th

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM - Introduction to WPF, XAML, Expression Blend

10:30 AM – 10:45 AM - Break

10:45 AM – 12:00 PM - Building Visually Rich Applications: The role of the Integrator in building "designable" applications

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM - Lunch, Mingle, Prizes

1:00 PM – 3:00 PM - Instructor-led WPF walk through and assisted development

3:00 PM – 5:00 PM - Assisted development

Wednesday, April 15th

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM - Introduction to Silverlight, Data Binding, LINQ

10:30 AM – 10:45 AM - Break

10:45 AM – 12:00 PM - Platform Centric Design Best Practices: Creating WPF and Silverlight XAML for Web and Local Client Solutions

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM - Lunch, Mingle, Prizes

1:00 PM – 3:00 PM - Instructor-led Silverlight walk through and assisted development

3:00 PM – 5:00 PM - Assisted development

Venue
Microsoft Office
8300 Norman Center Drive, Suite 950
Bloomington, MN 55437

Registration
To register for XamlFest, send an email with your contact information to xamlfest-msp@live.com. Only 60 seats are available, so be sure to register early if you want to attend. Also, we ask that, if you find you can't make it for the session, please let us know so we can let someone else come in your place.

Please register early, because we anticipate the seats filling up fast. I look forward to seeing at XamlFest at the end of this month.