I’m presenting at the Toronto Code Camp on Saturday about What’s new in Visual Studio 2008 for WPF 3.5 and Silverlight developers. My presentation will be an updated version of the presentation I gave at ObjectSharp’s Visual Studio 2008 At the Movies event, which hopefully you’ll find interesting and useful if you’re doing client-side development, whether on the web or for desktop apps.

The timing is ideal, because, well, let me join the phalanx of bloggers who are reporting that the Mix08 conference is taking place next week in Las Vegas. I’m excited to be attending Mix again this year, after previously enjoying Mix07 and Mix06.

Amid the excitement and curiosity about what’s coming at Mix are constrant reminders of the applicability of the WPF skillset to Silverlight 2 web development. (See, for example, Jesse Liberty’s suggestion for what eager would-be Silverlight 2 developers should do by way of training while waiting for the beta bits.)

If you’re attending Mix, grab thirteen23′s Mix08 Conference Agenda builder, an elegant WPF app that reminds you of just how many intriguing presentations you won’t be able to attend because they conflict with another equally intriguing presentation.

Thank goodness for webcasts and the 1.4x-speed playback option in Windows Media Player.