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DoEvents - February 2006
We have had some great meetings already this year with plenty more to come. This is going to be a very exciting year for VBUG & our developer community. Just to let you all know that I will be leaving VBUG on Friday 10th February & the new contact here will be Emma Britton & of course good old Mr Mitchell is always around to help as well. I wish everyone all the best for 2006 & also good luck to Emma in her new role.
Take Care
Donna
VBUG Events
Beyond WinFX: Whats New for Developers in Windows Vista with Marcus Perryman
Date: Monday 13 February 2006
Topic: VBUG TECHNICAL MEETING Overview: This session will pick some of the improvements in the new platform that will affect the developers targeting Windows Vista such as security, deployment and connectivity improvements. We will look at areas such as User Account Protection, new diagnostic capabilities, tight RSS integration, integration with new search capabilities & the new transactional file system. Location: Coventry Whats new in ASP.NET 2.0 for web site developers’ with Mike Ormond of Microsoft
Date: Wednesday 15 February 2006Overview: ASP.NET 1.1 revolutionalised the way in which we build web apps on the MS platform by moving from a world of programming in HTML & script to a control based model with properties and events. ASP.NET 2.0 ships as part of the .NET Framework 2.0 in 2005 & makes another huge leap in terms of moving the web platform forward. In this session well run through these new features in ASP.NET 2.0 that help you to be build great web applications in record time and well also take a look at the features in Visual Studio. Location: Cardiff Creating Asynchronous Clients with Steve Harris
Date: Wednesday 15 February 2006Overview: As applications grow more sophisticated & users become more demanding, it is becoming increasingly necessary for developers to move away from synchronous processing models & adopt asynchronous techniques. Asynchronous applications offer a more responsive interface & are capable of making non-blocking calls .NET 2.0 provides a raft of new features to make asynchronous coding easier than ever, with significant focus on the most common requirements in distributed applications. Location: Bournemouth Introduction to BizTalk Server with Yossi Dahan of Sabra (http://www.sabratech.co.uk)
Date: Wednesday 22 February 2006Overview: Microsoft’s integration & business processes server - BizTalk, is a large & diverse platform. The world of application integration & business processes is dynamic & intriguing. This session intends to provide an intro to the world of integration using BizTalk Server. We will look at WHY an integration server is needed & HOW BizTalk answers this need. We then look at the BizTalk Architecture & learn how it works at high level & learn what is involved in creating BizTalk projects Location: Reigate WinFX Introduction to Windows Communication, Presentation & Workflow Foundation
Date: Wednesday 8 March 2006Overview: With Windows Vista launching in 2006, Microsoft will release a greatly extended superset of the .NET Framework called WinFX which will become the primary mechanism for building applications for the Windows platform. Included in the 1st release of WinFX are 3 large new areas of functionality. In this session well look at the WPF WCF & WF.Well talk about their common themes & then drop into each technology to run some demos, have a look at how we program against them & what tool support is on its way for them. Location: London Using Code Access Security - Theory and Practice with Chris Seary
Date: Wednesday 22 March 2006Overview: This presentation spans both an introduction and also advanced application. Chris will explain clearly how CAS works, using code examples. The presentation will explore some of the potential pitfalls of this technology and how they can be avoided. In particular, using CAS within ASP.NET websites will be discussed, as well as the configuration required. In depth examples, such as the construction of a custom permission, and looking at the code access Demands within the .NET framework, will be included. Location: Reading VBUG: Flirting with AJAX with Gary Rowntree
Date: Wednesday 22 March 2006Overview: : During the session we’re going to build a web based chat thing that lives within a web page. As interactive as Instant Messenger, using Microsoft’s ATLAS technology to just pass the messages backwards and forwards without doing full page postback. Amazing you’ll see how little code is involved in making your apps use AJAX Now you can add flirting potential to all your websites. Location: Newcastle WinFX - Introduction to Windows Communication Foundation & Windows Presentation Foundation & Windows Workflow Foundation
Date: Wednesday 29 March 2006Topic: VBUG TECHNICAL MEETING Overview: In 2006 Microsoft will release a greatly extended superset of the .NET Framework called WinFX. Included in the first release are 3 large new areas of functionality. In this session well take a look at the WPF, WCF and WF - well talk about their common themes, drop into each technology for a while to run some demos, have a look at how we program against them & what tool support is on its way for them. Location: Leeds
Third Party Events
SharePoint User Group UK - First Meeting hosted by Microsoft
Date: Monday 13 February 2006Overview: The SharePoint User Group UK would like to invite you to the first user group meeting hosted by Microsoft at Thames Valley Park in Reading. Talks will be given by Steve Smith & Brett Lonsdale of Combined Knowledge on the topics of Share point Farm Design Best Practices, & Developing WebParts using UserControls. Microsoft will be supplying refreshments & nibbles in the break. Location: Reading DevWeek 2006 & SQL Server DevCon 2006
Date: 20 - 24 February 2006Overview: DevWeek is the UK’s leading technical conference for software developers, database professionals and IT architects, and features expert speakers on a wide range of topics, including Visual Studio 2005, ‘Avalon’, ‘Indigo’, WinFS, SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio Team System, C# 2.0, Agile Development, ASP.NET 2.0, and Service-Oriented Architecture Location: London Compuware: Bridging the Gap Seminar
Date: Tuesday 4 April 2006Overview: This half day seminar from Compuware, in partnership with Microsoft(R), will demonstrate how organisations can bridge the gap between development & testing staff, allowing IT departments to gain the control & visibility that they require to deliver business critical applications that work as intended - meeting & beating all user expectations. Location: Reading About DoEvents
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