It looks like I'll be speaking at this year's Southwest Fox 2009. I'll be presenting two different topics:

Full Text Search using Lucene.NET and
Refactoring Legacy Code.

I'm looking forward to catching Craig Boyd's FLLs and the Visual FoxPro API session (assuming the schedule allows it). I had debated whether to interface to Lucene.NET from an FLL, but ultimately decided that it didn't quite fit with the way I imagined it being used. Craig has a number of different FLL's over on his site, so if you've ever wondered how to put together an FLL this should be good.

Christof Wollenhaupt's session, Using .NET in FoxPro Applications should also be a nice companion to my Lucene session. I hadn't planned on covering too much of the interop story in my session, I'll be focusing more on actual use. This should give you a bit more background if you're interested.

Refactoring is a big topic, so you might want to check out Alan Stevens's Break It Down: Dealing With Legacy Code pre-con session. Then check out my session as a refresher and (hopefully) come away with some other ideas on how to manage legacy code. If you can't make the pre-con, hopefully you'll still find my session valuable. I plan on showing real code and some of the ways I have handled refactoring, things to look out for, and various refactoring techniques.

I look forward to seeing you at Southwest Fox.

Links

http://www.swfox.net/sessions.aspx#Full_Text_Search_using_Lucene.NET
http://www.swfox.net/sessions.aspx#Refactoring_Legacy_Code
http://www.swfox.net/sessions.aspx#FLLs_and_the_Visual_FoxPro_API
http://www.swfox.net/sessions.aspx#Using_.NET_in_FoxPro_Applications
http://www.swfox.net/sessions.aspx#Break_It_Down:_Dealing_With_Legacy_Code
http://www.swfox.net/register.aspx