Billings .NET Users Group

Here is the presentation from the other night’s meeting. Thank you again to Syncfusion for sponsoring February’s meeting!

ASP.NET MVC Presentation

There’s a new kid in town that’s taking .NET web development by storm – ASP.NET MVC! Nearing its 2.0 release, this framework removes friction and broken abstractions and gives you absolute control over your HTML and URLs. All this adds up to being able to build rich web applications quicker than ever! Once you’ve seen the light you’ll never look at Web Forms the same way again!

We’ve also got a number of prizes on the table this month:

• 1 Syncfusion Essential Studio Enterprise Suite license
• 2 copies of Windows 7 Ultimate
• 2 copies of Office 2007 Standard
• 1 Microsoft Arc mouse
• 3 copies of “Introducing Silverlight 3”
• 3 copies of “Developing Service-Oriented Ajax Applications on the Microsoft Platform”

See you then!

This month’s meeting has been sponsored by:

Location: 214 North Broadway

Date: Tuesday February 16, 5:30pm

Speaker: John Clayton

Want your web pages to be more responsive? We will be covering how AJAX with ASP.Net can help your web pages feel more responsive to your users.

Topic: AJAX in ASP.Net

Location: 208 North Broadway

Date: Tuesday January 19, 5:30pm

Speaker: Lori Latta

Developers at Play (XNA development)
The meeting will be at the downtown MSU Billings Labs. Location: 2804 3rd Ave. (Corner of 3rd and Broadway)
Time: 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Topic: XNA Game Programming
Presenter: Regina Cain
Event Time: 15 December 2009 17:30 to 15 December 2009 19:30 (GMT -7)
Event Location: 2804 3rd Ave N, Billings, Montana, 59101, United States

There’s a whole lot to like about Windows 7. On the surface there are numerous usability improvements, and under the hood things have been polished and refined. The end result is quite possible the best version of Windows yet!

Want to take advantage of some of the new features in your application? It’s easier than you think, and will be the topic of the November meeting.

Location: 214 North Broadway

Date: Tuesday November 10, 5:30pm

Speaker: John Clayton

The next .Net User Group meeting will be held Tuesday October 13. The meeting will be at the downtown MSU Billings Labs.

Location: 214 North Broadway. (Note Address Change)

Date: Tuesday October 13 Time: 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm (might get done earlier)

Topic: WinForms to WPF program

Speaker: Adrien Talbot

INETA Speaker Tim Huckaby will be presenting.

Meeting Location Change!!

Location: 2804 3rd Ave. (Corner of Broadway and 3rd)

Date: Tuesday September 8

Time: 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm

Topic: Declarative based UI programming: WPF, Silverlight & Surface

XAML has become the de facto declarative language for UI development on the Microsoft platform spanning Windows, Web and the Microsoft Surface. This transformation to a single declarative language for all platforms has enabled Microsoft to deliver on the bold promise of a cross platform user experience programming model for the future. In this unique session we take a look at how knowledge of XAML and .NET languages like C# and VB.NET allow you to develop applications for Windows (WPF), the Web (Silverlight) and the Microsoft Surface using the same coding constructs and idioms. In this demo packed session we will take a look at how graphics, animations, data binding, styles and templates are commonly implemented on these platforms and how XAML makes all of this possible.

About Tim: Tim Huckaby is currently focused on RIA & Smart Client Technologies like WPF, VSTO, Surface, and Silverlight. He has been called a “Pioneer of the Smart Client Revolution” by the press. Tim has been awarded multiple times for the highest rated Keynote and technical presentations for Microsoft and numerous other technology conferences around the world by Microsoft Corporation. Tim has done presentations on Microsoft Technologies at technology events like Microsoft Tech Ed, Product Launch events, Dev Days, MEC, World Wide Partner Conference, MGB, MGX, and the PDC, along with 3rd party technology conferences all over the world is consistently rated in the top 10% of all speakers at these events. Tim was selected by Microsoft as a “Rock-Star” speaker for the International .NET Association and speaks world-wide on their behalf. Tim has done keynote demos for numerous Microsoft executives including Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer. Tim founded InterKnowlogy, experts in Microsoft .NET and Microsoft Platforms, in 1999 and has 25+ years experience including serving on a Microsoft product team as a development lead on an architecture team. Tim is a Microsoft Regional Director, an MVP and serves on multiple Microsoft councils and boards.
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The next .Net User Group meeting will be held Tuesday August 18. The meeting will be at the downtown MSU Billings Labs.

Location: behind the bookstore on 112 North Broadway.

Date: Tuesday August 18 Time: 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm (might get done earlier)

Topic: PowerShell

Speaker: John Clayton 

We received the following information for a position in Billings.

Hello,

I am an IT Manager in Billings and I am looking for an ASP.Net programmer. Do you know of anyone from the user group, or yourself, that might be interested in a full time or contract position?

Thanks! Steve (406) 252-7776

Date changed due to speaker conflict!

The next .Net User Group meeting will be held Tuesday July 21. The meeting will be at the downtown MSU Billings Labs. We will finally have the opportunity to hear Adam’s presentation after the unforseen events of the last meeting.

Location: behind the bookstore on 112 North Broadway.

Date: Tuesday July 21 Time: 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm (might get done earlier)

Topic: Domain Design With Performance in mind (Take 2)

Speaker: Adam Dockter, Computers Unlimited