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DoEvents - October 2005
I look forward to seeing you all in November at the VBUG Annual Winter Conference. Rebecca
VBUG Events Manager
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VBUG Events
Avalon - The Future of Windows presented by Ian Griffiths (www.interact-sw.co.uk)
Date: Tuesday 11 October 2005
Overview: : In this event we look at Avalon the new Windows presentation subsystem (http://msdn.microsoft.com/longhorn/understanding/pillars/avalon/), originally slated for release with Longhorn but now to be backported to XP & Win2003 Server. Ian answers the questions why do we need Avalon & how do you work with it? Along the way he will look at the XAML, the composition model, layout, animation & data binding. Location: Ipswich Triple X (XML, XPath & XSLT) with David McMahon from Ridgian (www.ridgian.co.uk)
Date: Wednesday 19 October 2005Overview: XML, XPath and XSLT are three independently defined standards but in reality are three closely associated technologies. This presentation will talk about each of these technologies, what they were designed for, what they are used for and how they relate to each other. The presenters will illustrate the talk with many demonstrations, showing how to develop an ASP.NET Web Site with a SQL Server database that will present richly styled Web Pages without an ASP User Control or ASP Control in sight! Whilst the talk will use Visual Studio 2005 Web Express (Beta) and SQL Server 2005 (Beta) for the demonstrations, this talk is very much about a technology you can use TODAY with the technologies you currently have at your disposal. The presenters use these technologies regularly in their daily work and at the end of the talk you will realise what a fantastically powerful and exciting toolset XML, XPath and XSLT can be, and how easy it is to manipulate a simple document to obtain professional and dynamic Web Pages. Location: Shipley Integrating .NET with VB6 with Ian Logan from Straker Systems (www.straker.com)
Date: Tuesday 25 October 2005Overview: If you need to keep your existing VB6 applications running but want to add new features, etc, or integrate with .NET then come and find out the low-down on how to do it. We will be looking at how to develop a .NET application so that it can be integrated into your VB6 application. The secrets of COM-INTEROP will be exposed and put to good use so that the benefits of both VB6 and .NET can be exploited. Location: Glasgow Get inside knowledge on Skype with Lester Madden from Skype (www.skype.net)
Date: Wednesday 26 October 2005Overview: Skype has helped the whole world talk for free. This session will explore what is Skype and most importantly how you take advantage of Skype’s API to add voice and messaging functionality to your own applications. Location: Exeter Halloween Spooktacular with Steve Lamb from Microsoft
Date: Monday 31 October 2005Overview: On this Halloween night, join Microsoft's very own Van Helsing in how to exorcise your PC. Today's internet is fraught with peril in the form of undesirable and malicious software. These types of software continue to evolve new ways of propagating and ways of embedding themselves more deeply into the systems they infect. In this session you'll gain an understanding of their propagation methods, including buffer overflow exploits how to detect them and how to prevent them. You'll also get a first-hand look at rootkits, which are the sophisticated tools and techniques by which malware attempts to avoid and prevent detection. Time permitting we can partake in some Apple Mac Bobbing. Book early, were dying to see you.... Location: Coventry
Third Party Events
Patterns & Practices Summit Europe 2005
Date: Tuesday 4 October 2005Overview: Three day event on application design, design patterns and best practices, and enterprise implementation. Speakers include Keith Pleas, Fernando Guerrero, Chris Kinsman and Ted Neward (editor-in-chief of TheServerSide.NET). Registration is 1,195. Register online or call +1 425 703 2275 from 1st June. Location: Oslo, Norway In association with INETA, Microsoft UK Developer Security Event
Date: Wednesday 5 October 2005Overview: This is your chance to meet top security expert Howard Schmidt and attend an evening event that will give you a valuable overview of developer security in the UK and the Trustworthy Computing Initiative. Howard has a wealth of experience in this field from his time at eBay, Microsoft, US White House and US Air Force and will provide his perspective on what we must do now and in the long term to provide secure software assurance. Location: Reading OREILLY OPEN SOURCE CONVENTION (OSCON)
Date: Monday 17 October 2005Overview: : What can you expect from EuroOSCON? As our fearless program chair Nat Torkington puts it, "We have a whole track for business, covering developing nations, business models, & the future of open source in Europe. Java, Linux, and Emerging Topics are huge. Well have an Asterisk tutorial & a strong Python track. From web technology like AJAX, Ruby on Rails, & Plone to server technology like MySQL and Apache, we’ve sought out the most essential open source technology. Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands SQL Server User Group: SQL Server Concurrency - with Kalen Delaney
Date: Tuesday 18 October 2005Overview: In this seminar we will look at the concurrency enhancements made in SQL Server 2005, based on a technology called row-level versioning (RLV). RLV provides a new isolation level called Snapshot Isolation that allows readers of data to not be blocked by writers. The seminar will compare the new isolation level with the previous ones and provide guidelines as to how to determine which isolation level is appropriate for your needs, and what application changes might be necessary to achieve the level desired. Location: Reading, UK Developer Developer Developer II
Date: Saturday 22 October 2005Overview: After the great success and feedback from the 1st ‘Developer Developer Developer’ Day Event (or TripleD or DDD to friends). Microsoft UK Developer Team and the UK .NET community have set the date for the second event. As before its all about developers learning, sharing and interacting with other developers in an informal and relaxed atmosphere - NO Microsoft speakers will be presenting; although we will have some of the MSDN UK Team on hand to help out and chat to attendees. The event features speakers fro. Location: Reading, UK INDA 1st Birthday Conference - Irelands First User Group conference
Date: Tuesday 25 October 2005Overview: To mark the end of the first year for INDA, we have organised a day long conference on exploring cutting edge development in .Net Technologies. The highlights of our conference will include a presentation by world famous programmer, author and regular columnist Dino Esposito on Extending ASP.Net 2.0, who is coming to Ireland for the first time to our user group, courtesy of INETA, and a talk by Ian Griffiths from INETA UK on Avalon: The Future of Windows. Follow the link to find out about the other topics covered on the day. Location: Dublin, Ireland MSDN TechTalk:
Date: Thursday 27 October 2005Topic: Windows Mobile 5.0 Developer Nuggets Overview: Evening event showing how Windows Mobile 5.0 can help when it comes to device provisioning, security, application installation, notifications and much else, followed by an open chalk and Talk discussion. Location: London, UK About DoEvents
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