The next .Net User Group meeting will be held Thursday June 18.
The meeting will be at the downtown MSU Billings Labs.
Location: behind the bookstore on 112 North Broadway.
Date: Thursday June 18 Time: 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm (might get done earlier)
Topic: Domain Design With Performance in mind
Speaker: Adam Dockter, Computers Unlimited
The next .Net User Group meeting will be held Thursday April 16.
The meeting will be at the downtown MSU Billings Labs.
Location: behind the bookstore on 112 North Broadway.
Date: Thursday April 16
Time: 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm (might get done earlier)
Topic:
Tips and Tricks in C#
INETA Speaker Kathleen Dollard will be presenting.
Meeting Location Change!!
Location: 3804 3rd Ave. (Corner of Broadway and 3rd)
Date: Tuesday May 12
Time: 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Topic: Windows Presentation Foundation for Coders
Let’s face it, you’re not an artist. And besides, your users seem happy enough with their current user interface, so why bother with WPF? You want to learn more about WPF because it offers the best user interface programming platform for client apps. There’s a built in command model, data binding is extremely flexible and asynchronous loading is a single line. This talk explores the meaning behind XAML so you understand what’s actually happening behind your code. You also learn how to cleanly separate layout behavior and appearance. It also empowers beautiful effective next generation applications. You’ll leave this talk with understanding how WPF can benefit you and your business applications, whether or not you have an artist on your team.
About Kathleen:
Kathleen is the Chief Technologist for AppVenture (www.appventure.com) where she leads the application generation efforts. She has been a Microsoft MVP for 11 years and is a member of the INETA Speaker’s Bureau. Kathleen has worked extensively with application code generation and is the author of Code Generation in Microsoft .NET (from Apress). She has published numerous articles on a range of .NET technologies and writes the monthly column “Ask Kathleen” in Visual Studio Magazine (www.visualstudiomagazine.com). Kathleen is also active in the Northern Colorado .NET SIG, Denver Visual Studio User Group, Northern Colorado Architect’s Group, and IASA Denver.
The next .Net User Group meeting will be held March 12.
The meeting will be at the downtown MSU Billings Labs.
Location: behind the bookstore on 112 North Broadway.
Time: 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm (might get done earlier)
Topic:
What’s on it’s way in Visual Studios 2010 and .Net 4.0
The meeting last night was very good. John Clayton educated us on AZURE, Microsoft’s hosted internet-scale cloud services platform. If you would like to try it yourself you can register at http://www.microsoft.com/azure/register.mspx. John will also be putting up more information on his site www.codemonkeylabs.com.
I did find on the site they are going to eventually price it on a consumption based module. http://www.microsoft.com/azure/pricing.mspx It will be interesting to see the fee associated with the consumption, maybe a poor girl like me can afford it, we will see.
Next month we need suggestions for a topic and a presenter to present it. I thought we had an INETA speaker for next month but they had to postpone. So, Kathleen Dollard will be presenting for us in May. She is a consultant, author, trainer, and speaker. She’s been a Microsoft MVP for over ten years and has spoken about .NET in 28 states and 5 countries. She’s written dozens of articles including the “Ask Kathleen” column in Visual Studio Magazine. She also wrote “Code Generation in Microsoft .NET” (Apress). Her passion is helping programmers be smarter in how they develop by learning to better use .NET languages, libraries and platforms. She works with WPF, WF, as well as core technologies including System.AddIn. She’s currently creating template infrastructure for code generation using VB XML literals. After working on the problem of capturing business intent in metadata and test definitions for years, she’s working with industry improvements in these areas. She’s also working on full life cycle improvements, such as unit testing, better debugging and static analysis (FxCop). When not working, she enjoys woodworking, snowshoeing, and kayaking depending on the outdoor temperature.
We are also confirming the date for September’s meeting with Tim Huckaby as the speaker. Tim Huckaby is CEO of InterKnowlogy – a software, infrastructure and network engineering firm dedicated to system and application architecture, software design, development, deployment and network engineering. As Lead Technical Architect, Software Development Lead, Microsoft Regional Director, writer, speaker, Microsoft .NET Partner Advisory Council member, and International .NET Association speaker, Tim has over 20 years of industry experience. Tim is one of the rare technologists whose expertise spans developer, system, network and infrastructure areas.
More info to come on both of those speakers. But in the mean time if you have ideas for March and April please let Adrien know.
Thanks,
Regina
The next .Net User Group meeting will be held February 12.
The meeting will be at the downtown MSU Billings Labs.
Location: behind the bookstore on 112 North Broadway.
Time: 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm (might get done earlier)
Topic:
Microsoft’s new Azure cloud computing service
We are still open to requests on what topics you would like covered in future meetings.
Microsoft is sponsering a virtual event Tech Days 2009. It is billed as a 24 hour online code camp. They are currently seeking session topics and speakers. If interested go to http://www.msfttechdays.com/modules/cft/default.aspx
A proposal has been made to move the usergroup meetings to Thursday nights instead of Tuesday nights. We are seeking feedback from the group on what the preference is. Please either leave a comment on this post or email atalbot@energylab.com to wiegh in with your preference.
The next .Net User Group meeting will be held January 13.
The meeting will be at the downtown MSU Billings Labs.
Location: behind the bookstore on 112 North Broadway.
Time: 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm (might get done earlier)
Topic:
SQL Server Reporting Services
We are still open to requests on what topics you would like covered in future meetings.
We will have our next user group meeting December 9
The meeting will be at the downtown MSU Billings Labs.
Location: behind the bookstore on 112 North Broadway.
Time: 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm (might get done earlier)
Topic:
ASP.Net MVC (Model View Controller)
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