Welcome, and thank you for inquiring about in-house training from Rolling Thunder Computing. My courses combine the fundamental principles with real-world experience gained the hard way, from my own development projects and those of my students and clients.

Books

Programming CAB and SCSF
 

Why Software Sucks ... and What You Can Do About It
 

Introducing Microsoft .NET, 3rd Edition
 

The Microsoft Platform Ahead
 

My Older Books

Understanding COM+ , The Essence of COM

Classes

NEW CLASS!
Developing Software that Doesn't Suck

PUBLIC LIVE CLASS Feb 22-24 2010 Darmstadt Germany (in English)

CUSTOMIZED Classes on Microsoft .NET
Training Classes on Microsoft .NET, customized to your needs.

ACORD

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ACORD XML
Implementing ACORD XML Web Services on the Microsoft Platform using WCF

PUBLIC ONLINE CLASS, March 26, 2010

HealthVault
Training Classes on Microsoft Health Vault

PUBLIC ONLINE CLASS, March 22-24, 2010

Prism, the Composite Application Library, Version 2.0
Training Classes on Microsoft's new Composite Application Library, formerly known as Prism.

PUBLIC ONLINE CLASS, April 5-7, 2010

PUBLIC LIVE CLASS Feb 16-18, 2010 in Reykjavik Iceland (in English)

CAB and SCSF
Training Classes on Microsoft's Composite UI Application Block and Smart Client Software Factory.

Microsoft .NET at Harvard Extension
David Platt's class on .NET programming at Harvard University Extension School.

Online Classes Now Available
Have any of our classes delivered online, via LiveMeeting. Available to individuals or groups.

User Experience

New Article: Using WPF for Good and Not Evil
A critique of the Family.Show sample program, which uses the same features of WPF to delight and also infuriate its users.

User Experience Consulting from David Platt

Have David Platt help your team design the very best kind of a user experience: one that your users never notice.

Speaking

Conference Keynotes
Read how David Platt brings down the house as a live keynote speaker at your conference, and schedule him

User Groups and Book Clubs
Free remote appearance of David Platt to your user group meeting or book club

Newsletter

ThunderClap
The free newsletter of CAB/SCSF and .NET Development

Blog

Suckbusters Blog
The headquarters of the It Just Works software movement. Because software shouldn't suck. It should Just Work(tm)