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Joel Cochran
Founder of BlendSIG, a virtual Special Interest Group
Latest Review · All Reviews (7)
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Joel is an engaging speaker, with a depth of knowledge of his subject and an ability to bring clarity to a difficult subject. I had several "ah-ha" momments during his talk. I've struggled with MVVM for several years, am currently involved in a project using it, and I wish I had seen a talk like this two years ago!
11/12/2011 Central Maryland Code Camp
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Joel Cochran is an Expression Blend MVP, an INETA Community Champion, and a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) in Windows Forms and WPF. He is the founder of BlendSIG, a virtual Special Interest Group focused on Expression Blend and author of the upcoming Expression Blend in Action: A Developer's Guide by Manning Publications (http://manning.com/cochran/). He has been developing for Windows since 2003 and is a self-proclaimed "Blend Evangelist". A frequent speaker at User Groups and Code Camps, he enjoys teaching and writing about .NET and other topics. You can find him online at http://www.developingfor.net or on Twitter at http://twitter.com/joelcochran. Joel has served as the Director of Operations for Stonewall Technologies, Inc., an ISV, in Staunton, VA, since 2000.
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Reviews (7)
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Joel is an engaging speaker, with a depth of knowledge of his subject and an ability to bring clarity to a difficult subject. I had several "ah-ha" momments during his talk. I've struggled with MVVM for several years, am currently involved in a project using it, and I wish I had seen a talk like this two years ago!
11/12/2011 Central Maryland Code Camp
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I recently attended a talk at the Philly code camp by Joel on practical MVVM. I have spent countless hours reading and watching videos on this topic, so it would be unfair to say that I learned it from Joel. However, I can say that it was during this talk that I reached my moment of clarity on the subject.
Joel has the ability to deliver the subject in an uncluttered fashion that gave me the ability to focus on just what I needed to learn what I was trying to learn. If you ever happen to have the opportunity to watch one of his talks, I highly recommend that you. Do so.
If you are trying to learn MVVM, I also recommend that you check out his site at www.practicalmvvm.com.
4/19 - Philly Code Camp
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Your presentation and style were easy for me to follow. I enjoyed the practical demonstrations and the fact that you demonstrated TMTOWTDI.
13Apr2011 - HRNUG
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You explained the concepts of Container Driven Design very well. Once I understood the concepts, it made sense and felt like common sense in designing user interfaces with XAML. Your examples were excellent and you showed different ways of doing the same thing and showed what happens when the different ways are applied. You kept the audience engaged by asking questions and encouraging dialog - using coupons for your book :). You combined understanding Blend with Container Driven Design well, especially for the XAML and Blend beginner like me.
April 5, 2011 - CMAP Main Meeting
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You presentation fit in well with my level of expertise with Expression Blend (early intermediate). I was especially interested in the four principles you presented, in seeing how to make data visible at design time, and the proper (and easy) way to prepare the ViewModel for unit testing.
I'm looking forward to your book, and hope that I can catch one of your deep dives into Expression Blend somewhere soon.
Captial Area .NET Users Group, March 22, 2011
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Joel did an excellent presentation on Binding Data in Expression Blend. He was very passionate on Expression Blend and his presentation was very informative.
Thank you
Ganesan.M
User Group Leader, DCDNUG
2/15/2011
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Few slides, mostly demo. Good explanation of fundamentals of Expression Blend and MVVM project. Delivery was well paced and easy to understand.
2/17/2011 DC .NET Users Group
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