Meeting Archive

  • 5/16/2013 6:30:00 PM (SignlR)
    Date: 5/16/2013 6:30:00 PM
    Topic: SignlR
    Speaker: Graham Swor, Michael Nero
    Description: Messaging over HTTP has become an integral aspect of our collective user experience as we interact with applications that affect our daily lives. From Facebook to Google docs to online help desk applications, real-time messaging is no longer a neat trick, but an expected component of browser, mobile, and desktop applications for today’s users. This session will cover SignalR, a sophisticated, open-source web-messaging framework designed to make real-time messaging across multiple clients painless. We will cover the various techniques that have been employed over the years to achieve real-time communication over HTTP along with the challenges of each in order to showcase the elegance of SignalR by comparison. From there, Michael Nero will showcase some SignalR features in practice, as well as show some advanced usages of SignalR through an engaging SignalR demonstration designed to push the limitations of browser-based clients. Sample code link: <a href="https://github.com/michaelnero">https://github.com/michaelnero</a>
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  • 4/18/2013 6:30:00 PM (RavenDB Up and Running)
    Date: 4/18/2013 6:30:00 PM
    Topic: RavenDB Up and Running
    Speaker: Alonso Robles
    Description: This session introduces you to RavenDB, a transactional open source 2nd generation document database written in .NET. You'll learn hands on how RavenDB makes development easier for .NET developers. You will understand what a document database is. You will discover the power behind flexible data models. You will learn the basic concepts. You will know how to get RavenDB up and running.
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  • 3/21/2013 6:30:00 PM (Correspondence)
    Date: 3/21/2013 6:30:00 PM
    Topic: Correspondence
    Speaker: Michael Perry
    Description: Correspondence is SkyDrive for your objects. When you build an app using the Correspondence framework, it stores your objects locally and in the cloud. The same app running on another device pulls down those objects. When you change data on one device, the UI on the other is refreshed. It works online, it works offline, and you don't need to care. The API to make all this possible is clean and simple.
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  • 2/21/2013 6:30:00 PM (Writing OS X Desktop Apps with C#)
    Date: 2/21/2013 6:30:00 PM
    Topic: Writing OS X Desktop Apps with C#
    Speaker: Jason Awbrey
    Description: Learn how to leverage your existing C#/.NET skills by writing apps for Apple's OS X using MonoMac and Xamarin.Mac.
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  • 1/17/2013 6:30:00 PM (Best practices of a Software Craftsmen)
    Date: 1/17/2013 6:30:00 PM
    Topic: Best practices of a Software Craftsmen
    Speaker: Devlin Liles
    Description: Best practices of a Software Craftsmen – Skills that took years to learn
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  • 12/20/2012 6:30:00 PM (Round Table Discussion)
    Date: 12/20/2012 6:30:00 PM
    Topic: Round Table Discussion
    Speaker: [To Be Determined]
    Description: Come join us for good food and thought provoking .NET discussions.
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  • 11/15/2012 6:30:00 PM (Introduction to Web API)
    Date: 11/15/2012 6:30:00 PM
    Topic: Introduction to Web API
    Speaker: Ryan Riley
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  • 10/18/2012 12:00:00 AM (Fitter, Happier, More Productive Develop...)
    Date: 10/18/2012 12:00:00 AM
    Topic: Fitter, Happier, More Productive Developer
    Speaker: Johathon Birkholz
    Description: How happiness can affect our productivity and how we can control how we feel about our work. Resources / inspiration for the talk include; Happiness Advantage, Outliers, Blink, Jiro Dreams of Sushi along with personal experience
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  • 9/20/2012 6:30:00 PM (Windows 8 Launch)
    Date: 9/20/2012 6:30:00 PM
    Topic: Windows 8 Launch
    Speaker: [Various ]
    Description: Are you ready for Windows 8? Come find out how to get Windows 8 installed now, why you would want to, and how to make your first Windows Store Application. Mark Gordon, Joe Reynolds, and Jeff Etter will give you a basic understanding of what Windows 8 means to you.
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  • 8/16/2012 6:30:00 PM (Mini Talks)
    Date: 8/16/2012 6:30:00 PM
    Topic: Mini Talks
    Speaker: [Various ]
    Description: This month will feature three mini talks. Arunkumar S. Sajjan - Mobile local database App Joe Reynolds - Logging with CODE Framework Jeff Etter - Implementing a style sheet into MVC
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  • 7/19/2012 6:30:00 PM (Using HTML5 to Build Mobile Apps)
    Date: 7/19/2012 6:30:00 PM
    Topic: Using HTML5 to Build Mobile Apps
    Speaker: Todd Anglin
    Description: Native apps are great, but if you want your app to reach as many people as possible, HTML5 is your ticket. In this session, we'll explore the different ways HTML5 can be used to build and deploy mobile apps, as well as the tools that can make the job easier.
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  • 6/21/2012 6:30:00 PM (Entity Framework 0-60 (maybe 120 if we d...)
    Date: 6/21/2012 6:30:00 PM
    Topic: Entity Framework 0-60 (maybe 120 if we don’t get pulled over)
    Speaker: Devlin Liles
    Description: This meeting we will dive into the approaches to Entity Framework out there. Where they make sense, where they don’t, and how to get better at leveraging it. We will cover code first mapping, testing, and querying as well as talking about the architecture around your data access layer. This will lead us down a path with many questions and I encourage you to ask them. We will strive to debate and answer all the questions posed. So bring an open mind and a list of your questions.
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  • 5/17/2012 6:30:00 PM (TBD)
    Date: 5/17/2012 6:30:00 PM
    Topic: TBD
    Speaker: Joe Reynolds
    Description: Joe Reynolds, Senior Developer at EPS Software, will be presenting this week. The topic will either be an Introduction to the Managed Add-In Framework (MAF not MEF), or an Introduction to NHibernate, with comparisons drawn to Entity Framework.
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  • 4/19/2012 6:30:00 PM (Introducing Microsoft StreamInsight: Get...)
    Date: 4/19/2012 6:30:00 PM
    Topic: Introducing Microsoft StreamInsight: Getting Kinky with Real-Time Data
    Speaker: J Sawyer
    Description: Introduced as a part of the Sql Server 2008 R2 platform, StreamInsight is Microsoft's Complex Event Processing (CEP) engine. It allows you to analyze and process large volumes of data - think tens to hundreds of thousands of events per second - with sub-second response time. It's as close to real time as you can get without quantum entanglement! The Sql Server engine may be fast ... but it's just not that fast. This presentation will introduce core CEP concepts and sample uses cases and then dive into kinkiness with real-time data, including hosting StreamInsight, getting data into (and out of) the engine, how time is handled, writing queries in Linq and how to extend the StreamInsight engine. It's a whole new paradigm of looking at data.
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  • 3/15/2012 6:30:00 PM (The CODE Framework)
    Date: 3/15/2012 6:30:00 PM
    Topic: The CODE Framework
    Speaker: Thom Chichester
    Description: The CODE Framework is a free, .NET-based development framework. It consists of various components and tools that help developers with common aspects of business application development, such as simplified SOA development with various clients, or WPF development, data access, and much more. The main focus of this framework is to enable productive, flexible, and highly maintainable business application development. We'll be demonstrating how to use the CODE Framework to quickly develop the user interface for a SOA application. Along the way we'll discuss why you would want to use SOA architecture for your applications.
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  • 2/16/2012 6:30:00 PM (oData and WCF REST Services)
    Date: 2/16/2012 6:30:00 PM
    Topic: oData and WCF REST Services
    Speaker: Mark Gordon
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  • 1/19/2012 6:30:00 PM (Update from Microsoft BUILD Conference (...)
    Date: 1/19/2012 6:30:00 PM
    Topic: Update from Microsoft BUILD Conference (XAML)
    Speaker: Tony Champion
    Description: Tony will report back from Microsoft's BUILD Conference on the XAML point of view.
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  • 12/15/2011 6:00:00 PM (Coding For Fun - Programming the Kinect ...)
    Date: 12/15/2011 6:00:00 PM
    Topic: Coding For Fun - Programming the Kinect SDK
    Speaker: Jason Awbrey
    Description: End the year with an introduction to programming with Microsoft's Kinect SDK.
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  • 11/17/2011 6:00:00 PM (Update from Microsoft BUILD Conference)
    Date: 11/17/2011 6:00:00 PM
    Topic: Update from Microsoft BUILD Conference
    Speaker: Todd Anglin
    Description: Todd &amp; Tony will report back from Microsoft's BUILD Conference.&nbsp; Learn all about what's ahead for developers as Windows 8 and Metro get closer.
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  • 10/20/2011 6:00:00 PM (Building Microsoft Applications Today an...)
    Date: 10/20/2011 6:00:00 PM
    Topic: Building Microsoft Applications Today and Tomorrow
    Speaker: Markus Egger
    Description: It is a time of uncertainty for software developers. While in the past, a developer’s choices were down to which language and IDE to choose to develop on Windows or the Web, options have now exploded. The proliferation of various devices and their move into mainstream use has created change at a pace orders of magnitude faster than before. Do you develop a Windows app? A Web app? A mobile device app? Slates? You are faced with a plethora or options, platforms, IDEs, and development languages. How do you choose which to use? And most importantly, how do you protect your current investment both in terms of the applications you use as well as your personal knowledge you have built app? Our BUILD Conference Update is postponed until November.
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  • 9/15/2011 6:00:00 PM (Intro to MVC3 and the Razor View Engine)
    Date: 9/15/2011 6:00:00 PM
    Topic: Intro to MVC3 and the Razor View Engine
    Speaker: Hank Lynch
    Description: We will discuss some tips and tricks for getting started with MVC, including "why" you would even&nbsp;want to bother in the first place.
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  • 8/18/2011 6:00:00 PM (Mini Presentations)
    Date: 8/18/2011 6:00:00 PM
    Topic: Mini Presentations
    Speaker: [Open Forum]
    Description: Join us as some of our members take a turn giving 15 minute presentations.  Topics will include WebOS, Data Warehousing, and Location Aware apps.
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  • 7/21/2011 6:00:00 PM (Open Forum)
    Date: 7/21/2011 6:00:00 PM
    Topic: Open Forum
    Speaker: [Open Forum]
    Description: This month we'll have an open discussion forum.  Have a particular gnarly design problem that you'd like some feedback on?  Interested in hearing some opinions about what changes Windows 8 might bring with it?  Have some insight on a new technology that you'd like to share?  We'll throw everything out on the table for discussion.
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  • 6/16/2011 6:00:00 PM (Visual Studio Tips and Tricks – Greatest...)
    Date: 6/16/2011 6:00:00 PM
    Topic: Visual Studio Tips and Tricks – Greatest Hits
    Speaker: Zain Naboulsi
    Description: Thousands of people have attended the many Tips and Tricks sessions from Zain Naboulsi.  This session highlights the “greatest hits” from all prior sessions.    Tips for this session include the great new features from Visual Studio 2010 as well as tried and true tips for previous versions of Visual Studio.  Don’t miss this look at the tips that can absolutely save you a great deal of time in your daily work.
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  • 5/19/2011 6:00:00 PM (Introduction to Rails)
    Date: 5/19/2011 6:00:00 PM
    Topic: Introduction to Rails
    Speaker: Ben Scheirman
    Description: Why is Rails so popular?  If you haven't ever used Ruby on Rails, you're in for a treat.   We'll start with a primer on the Ruby language.  Then we'll go over how to build a site using Ruby on Rails.  We'll talk about how you to leverage Ruby Gems to add functionality to your application.  And we'll do it from a .NET developer's point of view.  Come, learn about the most productive language &amp; web framework available.  If you've ever been interested in learning Rails, this presentation is for you.  Disclaimer:  Learning Rails May In Fact Make You Yearn For Better Tools.
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  • 4/21/2011 12:00:00 AM (A Tale of Three Transitions)
    Date: 4/21/2011 12:00:00 AM
    Topic: A Tale of Three Transitions
    Speaker: Allen Hurst
    Description: Agile transformation doesn't look the same in all circumstances. Plus, it's not the planned hurdles that tend to be the most challenging or require the most skill to overcome. Each organization is different and has unique roadblocks standing between software teams and agile adoption. In this presentation we'll study the path, hurdles, and successes faced by three distinct organizations and how they overcame, or compromised during their journey.
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  • 3/17/2011 6:00:00 PM (March Meeting is CANCELLED!!)
    Date: 3/17/2011 6:00:00 PM
    Topic: March Meeting is CANCELLED!!
    Speaker: [Open Forum]
    Description: Since our first meeting over three years ago, we've had an unbroken streak of monthly meetings unrivaled by any of our peers in the Houston .NET Community.Through births, deaths, job changes, last minute speaker cancellations, oh-no-I-forgot-to-order-pizza escapades, and even in the face of HURRICANE IKE, we have never lapsed in our mission to bring you free pizza, swag, and great speakers.Until this month, when we've been hit by a cosmic triple whammy: Spring break for most area schools, St. Patrick's Day, and Lone Star College is completely shut down for Spring BreakWe tried our best, but we can tell when the Universe is telling us to take a month off.If you can't go a month without pizza and a .NET talk, please visit our brethren at HDNUG for their meeting THIS THURSDAY, March 10.We look forward to seeing you next month on April 21, when the Universe will once again be nice to us.
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  • 2/17/2011 6:00:00 PM (LightSwitch - Adding custom controls)
    Date: 2/17/2011 6:00:00 PM
    Topic: LightSwitch - Adding custom controls
    Speaker: Thom Chichester
    Description: Visual Studio LightSwitch is a Rapid Application Development framework that leverages a coordinated set of existing Microsoft technologies (SilverLight, Entity Framework, WCF and SQL Server) to facilitate the creation of data-driven line-of-business applications.&nbsp; LightSwitch has several extensibility points, and one of the most important (from a design perspective) is the ability to extend a LightSwitch application with SilverLight controls.
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  • 1/20/2011 6:00:00 PM (PivotViewer)
    Date: 1/20/2011 6:00:00 PM
    Topic: PivotViewer
    Speaker: Tony Champion
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  • 12/16/2010 6:00:00 PM (Open Forum - Best of 2010 Conferences)
    Date: 12/16/2010 6:00:00 PM
    Topic: Open Forum - Best of 2010 Conferences
    Speaker: [Open Forum]
    Description: Did you attend any conferences or training in 2010?  What did you learn about that was particularly interesting or noteworthy?Come join us as we discuss some of the best new stuff we saw in 2010.  We'll have some topics ready to discuss, but we also want to hear from you.  As part of our end-of-year blowout, we'll have some extra special prizes to raffle off.Please note that we will be meeting in A-110 (not our normal room) in December.
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  • 11/18/2010 6:00:00 PM (Windows Phone 7 - Part 2 of 2)
    Date: 11/18/2010 6:00:00 PM
    Topic: Windows Phone 7 - Part 2 of 2
    Speaker: Jared Bienz
    Description: Join us for the second of our 2 part series on Windows Phone 7.  This month Microsoft's Jared Bienz will talk about using the MVVM pattern when developing for this new platform.
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  • 10/21/2010 6:00:00 PM (Windows Phone 7 - Part 1 of 2)
    Date: 10/21/2010 6:00:00 PM
    Topic: Windows Phone 7 - Part 1 of 2
    Speaker: Brian Kirkland
    Description: Join us for the first of our 2 part series on Windows Phone 7.&nbsp; This month Brian Kirkland will give us an introduction to Microsoft's new Mobile platform, and explain how current .NET developers can leverage their existing skills to develop software for WP7.
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  • 9/16/2010 6:00:00 PM (The Rich Standard: Getting Familiar with...)
    Date: 9/16/2010 6:00:00 PM
    Topic: The Rich Standard: Getting Familiar with HTML 5
    Speaker: Todd Anglin
    Description: HTML 5 may take some time to find full support in all major browsers, but you may be surprised to discover how many of HTML 5’s features are available today! HTML 5 is the next generation standard for web applications, and it promises to give plug-in based RIAs a serious challenge. In this demo heavy session, you’ll see HTML 5 in action and learn what you can do with today’s browser support for the new standard. If you’re building rich web applications and you’ve never touched HTML 5, this session is a must see.
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  • 8/19/2010 6:00:00 PM (Silverlight PivotViewer)
    Date: 8/19/2010 6:00:00 PM
    Topic: Silverlight PivotViewer
    Speaker: Tony Champion
    Description: The Silverlight PivotViewer makes it easier to interact with massive amounts of data on the web in ways that are powerful, informative, and valuable. PivotViewer lets us present thousands of things at once and visualize them in a way that exposes value from the group.
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  • 7/15/2010 6:00:00 PM (Special Mini Presentations)
    Date: 7/15/2010 6:00:00 PM
    Topic: Special Mini Presentations
    Speaker: [To Be Determined]
    Description: This month we're ditching our normal presentation format.&nbsp; Instead, we'll offer a set of mini-presentations (10-20 minutes each) from a number of different speakers.&nbsp; Topics will include an introduction to F# and an overview of DDD (Domain Driven Design).
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  • 6/17/2010 6:30:00 PM (Microsoft’s Parallel Computing Platform)
    Date: 6/17/2010 6:30:00 PM
    Topic: Microsoft’s Parallel Computing Platform
    Speaker: Phil Pennington
    Description: We start with an introduction to new operating system technologies for many-core scale computing and proceed with illustrative examples of parallel work-item partitioning, scheduling, and collation.  Featured technologies and tools include Windows 7 (x64), Visual Studio 2010, the Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Parallel Extensions, the C++ Concurrency Runtime, the Parallel Debugger, and the Concurrency Analyzer.
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  • 5/20/2010 6:30:00 PM (Refactoring, Patterns, new language feat...)
    Date: 5/20/2010 6:30:00 PM
    Topic: Refactoring, Patterns, new language features, code quality, and more!
    Speaker: Claudio Lassala
    Description: Command design pattern, Lambda Expressions, Extension Methods, fluent interfaces, refactoring, test-driven development, writing elegant code, and more. This session will cover a little bit of many things learned from projects I've been working on. We expect every attendee to learn a few tricks that can be applied immediately, and also to feel encouraged to go out and research more on whatever area appeals the most.&nbsp;
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  • 4/15/2010 6:30:00 PM (High Speed, Low Drag: Driving Applicatio...)
    Date: 4/15/2010 6:30:00 PM
    Topic: High Speed, Low Drag: Driving Application Quality with Minimal Friction
    Speaker: David Williamson
    Description: Software teams are continually under pressure to do more in less time, to build higher quality and ever more complex applications on ever increasing ship cadences.&nbsp; In this session we will use Microsoft’s Visual Studio 2010 Application Lifecycle tools to demonstrate how to deliver bugs that get fixed first time, every time; how to prevent regression with Coded UI Tests and Automation for Navigation; how to streamline build and application deployment using Lab Management and virtual environments; and how to identify the source and impact of changes even when developers “forget” to mention them.&nbsp;&nbsp;
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  • 3/18/2010 6:30:00 PM (Special Forum - the .NET Job Market)
    Date: 3/18/2010 6:30:00 PM
    Topic: Special Forum - the .NET Job Market
    Speaker: [Open Forum]
    Description: Join us for a special open forum to discuss the state of the .NET Job Market.&nbsp; We'll look at it from both the perspective of employers - how to find, evaluate and interview candidates - as well as from the job seeker's POV - how to find jobs and ace evaluations and interviews.
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  • 2/18/2010 6:30:00 PM (Dot Net Collections: Tips and Tricks)
    Date: 2/18/2010 6:30:00 PM
    Topic: Dot Net Collections: Tips and Tricks
    Speaker: Mark Gordon
    Description: If you tend to always use List&lt;Whatever&gt; for your collections and nothing else, then this talk may be for you.&nbsp; We will cover design and performance considerations when using collections and review the classes that support collections in .NET.&nbsp; While LINQ is not the primary focus of this discussion, we will cover the design patterns of LINQ that you can use in your code.
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  • 1/21/2010 6:30:00 PM (Visual Studio Tips and Tricks)
    Date: 1/21/2010 6:30:00 PM
    Topic: Visual Studio Tips and Tricks
    Speaker: Zain Naboulsi
    Description: Most of us use Visual Studio but do we really know how to USE it? Come to this session with Zain Naboulsi as we look at the top tips and tricks that can jet propel your use of your IDE. Marvel at simple editor features that you never think about all the way to arcane registry hacks that you can use to improve your programming experience.
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  • 12/17/2009 6:30:00 PM (iPhone Apps using .NET and MonoTouch)
    Date: 12/17/2009 6:30:00 PM
    Topic: iPhone Apps using .NET and MonoTouch
    Speaker: Jason Awbrey
    Description: An introduction to using Novell's MonoTouch framework to write iPhone applications using .NET and C#.
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  • 11/19/2009 6:30:00 PM (Dependency Inversion Principle)
    Date: 11/19/2009 6:30:00 PM
    Topic: Dependency Inversion Principle
    Speaker: Harry Nystrom
    Description: In this talk Harry will discuss the Dependency Inversion Principle, an extremely important element of any application with any degree of complexity, where high cohesion and loose coupling of components is vital.&nbsp; He will define the principle and explain how it is implemented.&nbsp; He will then present two illustrative examples.&nbsp; The first will show how it may be implemented when using Microsoft’s new Prism framework.&nbsp; The second will show how to go about implementing it in a legacy application.
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  • 10/15/2009 6:30:00 PM (PLINQO – Supercharged LINQ to SQL)
    Date: 10/15/2009 6:30:00 PM
    Topic: PLINQO – Supercharged LINQ to SQL
    Speaker: Shannon Davidson Tom Dupont
    Description: In the time that LINQ to SQL has been available, we have been identifying ways to make LINQ to SQL better. We have compiled all of those cool tips and tricks including new features into a set of CodeSmith templates. PLINQO opens the LINQ TO SQL black box giving you the ability to control your source code while adding many new features and enhancements. It's still LINQ to SQL, but better!
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  • 9/17/2009 6:30:00 PM (Overview of the Composite Application Gu...)
    Date: 9/17/2009 6:30:00 PM
    Topic: Overview of the Composite Application Guidance for WPF and Silverlight
    Speaker: Claudio Lassala
    Description: This presentation covers an overview of the Composite Application Guidance for WPF (codename Prism), its architecture and Composite Application Library (CAL), and how applications are be built on top of it. If you build any application that goes beyond "Hello World", it's likely that you create composite applications. Prism allows for applications to be built with proper separation of concerns, promoting loose coupling, extensibility, and testability. It also helps with WPF's goals of allowing developers and designers to collaborate more easily on the same project. The presentation also cover some dependency injection and Model-View-ViewModel patterns.
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  • 8/20/2009 6:30:00 PM (The Ultimate .NET Q & A)
    Date: 8/20/2009 6:30:00 PM
    Topic: The Ultimate .NET Q & A
    Speaker: Todd Anglin
    Description: Over the last few years, .NET developers have been introduced to many new technologies from Microsoft- Silverlight, ASP.NET AJAX, ASP.NET MVC, Entity Framework, LINQ, LinqToSQL, WPF, XAML, Azure, RIA Services, Prism and on the list goes. While we all as developers enjoy seeing technology improve, sometimes it can be hard to see the big picture and understand how best to use everything that's new- or know enough to avoid using technologies that aren't quite ready for prime-time.In this session, Telerik Chief Evangelist and Microsoft MVP Todd Anglin will be you guide to understanding how all of these technologies fit in the big picture. This unconventional session format will be 1 part demo, 3 parts Q &amp; A, so bring your burning .NET questions and prepare to finally make sense of the complete .NET developer technology scene!
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  • 7/16/2009 6:30:00 PM (Tools, Developer's Best Friend)
    Date: 7/16/2009 6:30:00 PM
    Topic: Tools, Developer's Best Friend
    Speaker: Mohammad Azam
    Description: In this presentation Mohammad Azam will take a look at few of the useful tools for .NET developers. He will also discuss some of the custom tools that he has created which have helped him in development. Some of these tools include Reflector, ReSharper, JetBrains Profiler, TestDriven.NET, SessionCacheManager, ImageCombiner, ViewStateMover, ELMAH, FireBug etc. Don't forget to bring hammers and screw drivers!
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  • 6/18/2009 6:30:00 PM (Business Logic and Data Separation in WP...)
    Date: 6/18/2009 6:30:00 PM
    Topic: Business Logic and Data Separation in WPF / Silverlight
    Speaker: Jared Bienz
    Description: Starting with a short history on familiar patterns like MVC and MVP, we’ll quickly move on to a discussion of Model-View-ViewModel (M-V-VM). This chalk talk will cover the use of WPF / Silverlight features like data binding, validation and commands to isolate business logic from UI design. We’ll wrap up with a short demonstration of these patterns applied.
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  • 5/21/2009 6:30:00 PM (Getting Started with the ADO.NET Entity ...)
    Date: 5/21/2009 6:30:00 PM
    Topic: Getting Started with the ADO.NET Entity Framework
    Speaker: Rob Vettor
    Description: While most enterprise applications are object-oriented, the data upon which they depend is not. Often, binding these two platforms together can result in significant amounts of lost productivity and a less than optimal solution. Come see how you can resolve this recurring theme by leveraging the ADO.NET Entity Framework as your Data Access Layer. In this session, we’ll… Explore the Entity Framework and its related components Design an Entity Data Model using the designer tools Walk through a variety of examples of how to interact with the model Demonstrate advanced mapping scenarios Compare Entity Framework to LINQ-to-SQL You’ll walk-away with a clear understanding of how the Entity Framework can greatly simplify your DAL and enable you to program against a conceptual model of your data, versus the actual data store itself.
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  • 4/16/2009 6:30:00 PM (Developing RIA Applications in Silverlig...)
    Date: 4/16/2009 6:30:00 PM
    Topic: Developing RIA Applications in Silverlight 3
    Speaker: Tony Champion
    Description: With each new version of Silverlight, Microsoft has continued to improve the features and toolset available for building rich internet applications (RIA). Silverlight 3 has solved many of the issues facing RIA developers in Silverlight 2; including navigation, data forms, validation, and data services. We will walk thru developing a data centric application in Silverlight 3 and discuss the role of Silverlight in future application development.
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  • 1/14/2009 6:30:00 PM (Developing and Deploying Your First Azur...)
    Date: 1/14/2009 6:30:00 PM
    Topic: Developing and Deploying Your First Azure Service
    Speaker: J Sawyer
    Description: In this session we will take a tour of the capabilities of the Microsoft cloud platform by building and running a simple service using the platform SDK. The sample service highlights some of the features of the platform including service management, storage, and an integrated developer experience. This is a demo-heavy session.
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  • 1/24/2008 6:30:00 PM (Parallel Programming with TPL and Datafl...)
    Date: 1/24/2008 6:30:00 PM
    Topic: Parallel Programming with TPL and Dataflow
    Speaker: Michael Heydt
    Description: Computing power of systems is increasing through the use of multiple cores instead of by the increase in processor speed. To take advantage of these proliferating cores, one must learn what has historically been error prone multi-threaded programming. To assist the programmer in easily developing multithreaded applications that fully utilize all this power, .Net 4.0 and 4.5 have added extensions to the language and additional libraries that greatly facilitate the programmer in harnessing these capabilities. This session will overview the use of the Task Parallel Library, Dataflow, Reactive Extensions and Async/Await constructs in .Net that will allow you to become a parallel programming guru.
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