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In cooperation with Microsoft, join JetBrains’ Hadi Hariri for the free online event, Refactoring Legacy Code Bases using Microsoft Visual Studio and ReSharper. The session is intended for architects, designers and professional developers.

Refactoring Legacy Code Bases
Wednesday, May 8, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time (GMT-08:00)

Not everyone has the possibility of working on Greenfield projects or doing TDD or BDD. Many of us often end up having to work with legacy code bases that have little notion of what SOLID design principles are and unit tests are non-existent. It can be daunting to have to maintain these types of systems. However, with a little bit of effort, we can try and make the best of the situation. We can combine some well-known refactoring techniques, along with code analysis and design concepts to improve the quality of the code.

Registration is required to attend. We hope to see you there!

On Tuesday, April 9th, we held a free webinar with Hadi Hariri and C# legend Jon Skeet. The concept was simple enough: to play with some of the most sophisticated ReSharper code inspections and have Jon try to break ReSharper with tricky code samples.

The recording of this webinar is embedded below and can be found directly on YouTube and JetBrains.tv. The examples used are also available for download.

We would like to thank all of the webinar attendees for your participation, questions and tremendous turnout and of course to Jon, thank you for taking your time to join us and share your wealth of knowledge!

About This Webinar:

Jon Skeet, man, father, legend. Some call him the Chuck Norris of C#. The guy that the compiler bends to obey joins us for this webinar to walk us through some of the inspections that ReSharper offers. He explains the theory behind it, tells us whether he agrees with it or not and does his best to try and break ReSharper. You can follow Jon on Twitter @jonskeet.

Jon Skeet, man, father, legend. Some call him the Chuck Norris of C#. The guy that the compiler bends to obey is going to join us for this webinar to walk us through some of the inspections that ReSharper offers. He’ll explain the theory behind it, tell us whether he agrees with it or not and will do his best to try and break ReSharper. Join us for what will definitely be a fun and educating webinar.

This free webinar will take place Tuesday, April 9th from 19:00 – 20:00 CET (Central European Time). Space is limited; please register now.

About Jon Skeet
Jon is a Java developer for Google in London, but he plays with C# (somewhat obsessively) in his free time. He loves writing and talking about C# and the second edition of “C# in Depth” was published in November 2010. Writing less formally, Jon spends a lot of time on Stack Overflow… where “a lot” is an understatement. Give him a puzzle about how C# behaves which gets him reaching for the language specification, and Jon is a happy bunny. Jon lives in Reading, England with his wife and three children.

In the recording of this unscripted January 24th webinar, Hadi Hariri and Julie Lerman join forces to help you understand how to do Entity Framework Code First while enjoying the benefits of ReSharper. The webinar recording is available on JetBrains.tv and YouTube.

Here is a bit more background on how this webinar came about…

When Hadi tried to create an Entity Framework app, he realized just how bad of a noob he really was. He then decided to call on a favor to Julie, the Data Farm Queen. As Julie was teaching Hadi, he kept interrupting her to tell her about easier ways to do things using ReSharper. That’s when they decided to stop right there and make the whole thing public. Julie would teach Hadi EF and he would in exchange show her some tips on how ReSharper could help with coding.

To stay abreast with the latest happenings of our hosts and guest, follow them and JetBrains on Twitter: Hadi Hariri, Julie Lerman and Dmitri Nesteruk.

When Hadi tried to create an Entity Framework app, he realized just how bad of a noob he really was (not surprising). He then decided to call on a favor to Julie, the Data Farm Queen. As Julie was teaching Hadi, he kept interrupting her to tell her about easier ways to do things using ReSharper. That’s when they decided to stop right there and make the whole thing public. Julie would teach Hadi EF and he would in exchange show her some tips on how ReSharper could help with coding. Seems like a win-win situation. What could possibly go wrong?

In this webinar, you’ll join Hadi in understanding how to do Entity Framework Code First while at the same time see what benefits ReSharper offers and how to use it efficiently. Well…that’s the plan anyway.

This free webinar will take place Thursday, January 24th from 16:00 – 17:00 CET (Central European Time). Space is limited; please register now.

Julie Lerman is a Microsoft MVP, .NET mentor and consultant who lives in the hills of Vermont. You can find Julie presenting on Entity Framework and other Microsoft .NET topics at user groups and conferences around the world. Julie blogs at thedatafarm.com/blog, is the author of the highly acclaimed “Programming Entity Framework” books, the MSDN Magazine Data Points column and popular videos on Pluralsight.com. Follow Julie on twitter at julielerman.

The webinar recording of the October 24th session, Increase Visual Studio Productivity with ReSharper and ViEmu is now available on JetBrains.tv and YouTube. Learn how to use increase your coding productivity within Microsoft Visual Studio using ReSharper and ViEmu in this joint webinar showcase presented by James Kovacs.

For your convenience we have provided the slide deck for download that also includes the ViEmu learning resources below.

• vi/vim graphical cheat sheet
• vimtutor - Install vim and run ‘vimtutor’
• @vimtips

Thanks to our webinar attendees and stay tuned for future sessions.

Join James Kovacs in a webinar showcasing how ReSharper can be used alongside ViEmu. ReSharper provides code inspections, refactorings, navigation, and coding assistance. ViEmu focuses on fast and efficient editing of text. Together they provide a powerful combination that can increase your coding productivity within Microsoft Visual Studio.

The free webinar will take place Wednesday, October 24th at 9:00am PDT (Pacific Day Time). Space is limited, please register now.