Event Description

 

 

Title:

Moving from C++ to C#

Date:

 

Friday, Mar 01, 2002 12:00 PM EST 

Event Type:

SmartSeminar 

Duration:

 

30 minutes 

Audience:

Developer 

 

Description:

 

In this seminar, guest expert Stephen Ibaraki discusses the advantages of and considerations for moving from C++ to C# programming. Topics covered include

  • .NET
  • evolution of C#
  • advantages and disadvantages of C# programming
  • .NET base classes
  • Microsoft Foundation Classes
  • Active Template Library
  • System.Object
  • architecture and syntax differences between C# and C++
  • role of the preprocessor
  • structs, arrays, and strings
  • pointers
  • value and reference types
  • dynamic memory allocation
  • garbage collection
  • C# inheritance model
  • polymorphism

 

 

Speaker:

 

Stephen Ibaraki 

 

 

Stephen Ibaraki, ISP, is world-renowned with a career stretching over 35 years. He is chairman of iGEN Knowledge Solutions Inc., and senior faculty/head of research for Advanced Professional Programs at Capilano College.

The Canadian Information Processing Society, host for the 2002 World Computing Congress, presented him with the prestigious Gary Hadford Professional Achievement Award, the highest of international IT awards. He was also inducted into the IT Hall of Fame, included in Lexington's Who's Who for international career achievement, presented the IT Hero Award by ITAC and Industry Canada and the All Star team award by EDS/SystemHouse-Datatech, and named a Top Writer by the Western Magazine Foundation. Stephen was also selected for Career Achievement by CIPS BC and he has been awarded commendations for excellence from hundreds of organizations since 1973. From more than five million professionals, he was profiled globally by Microsoft for his leading role in the IT industry in addition to serving as a certification exam author.

His wide-ranging IT expertise has earned him "Excellence in Teaching" awards from several colleges and universities, with a perfect "five-out-of-five" rating. His articles are published in major publications including Computing Canada, Computing World, CIPS News from National, HiTech Career Journal, Xephon, Financial Post, and National Post, among others.

Stephen's global expertise is evident in numerous international IT briefings, his last held in London, and he reigns as the seminar leader for Worldwide Internet Broadcasts. Stephen's world-renowned iGEN team is the top-ranking Microsoft-recognized developer for .NET, enterprise database, and e-business solutions worldwide. 

 

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