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DoEvents - July 2007
Summer is well and truly upon us, it’s the rain that gives it away of course! What better way to spend these glorious evenings than to sit in a darkened room with a group of other developers and enjoy a stimulating technical seminar! Our events schedule is suspended over August, so make sure you don’t miss out on the last of the bunch for the first half of the year. As an extra treat for you (!) we are pleased to announce that in July we throw open the (virtual) doors to our on line technical seminars. Usually reserved for the exclusive use of our members, this month we have 2 on line seminars open to the first 100 developers that sign up. Full listings to be found below, as usual!
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VBUG Events
VBUG: New Features in C 3.0 with Claudio Lassala
Date: Tuesday 10 July 2007
Overview: There are a great number of new features coming with Csharp 3.0, such as Object Initializers, Anonymous Types, Type Inference, Extension Methods, &Lambda Expressions. This session introduces - What the main new features in Csharp 3.0 are, how the new features can improve & empower the code you write & the relationship between the new features & LINQ Location: Online URL: Click here for more details
VBUG: Ruby On Rails with Dave Verwer
Date: Wednesday 11 July 2007
Overview: This session gives a first look at Ruby on Rails as both a language (Ruby) & a web development framework (Rails). With all of the buzz & hype around this new technology, this session will give a view of it from the perspective of someone familiar with Microsoft .NET development tools and technologies. It will cover some of the basics of Ruby as a language & will then show some of what can be done with Ruby on Rails. Location: Newcastle URL: Click here for more details
VBUG: Windows Cardspace with Barry Dorrans
Date: Wednesday 18 July 2007
Overview: Windows CardSpace is a framework developed by Microsoft which securely stores digital identities of a person, and provides a unified interface for choosing the identity for a particular transaction, such as logging in to a website. This talk will cover how CardSpace works, how it can be used within ASP.NET applications and how you can implement CardSpace logins on your own web site. Location: London URL: Click here for more details
VBUG: IIS7 for ASP.NET Developers with Andrew Westgarth
Date: Wednesday 18 July 2007
Overview: With the launch of Windows Vista came Internet Information Server 7.0. IIS7 is the latest release of Microsoft’s Web Server which will form part of the forthcoming Windows Longhorn Server. With this release comes a new extensibility model which gives us more options than ever before. During the session we will investigate the new model, look at extending IIS7, configuring IIS 7, develop new modules for IIS and take a look at the new UI for managing IIS7. Location: Birmingham URL: Click here for more details
VBUG: Workflow Foundation with Geoff Hirst
Date: Tuesday 24 July 2007
Overview: TBC Location: Livingston, Scotland URL: Click here for more details
VBUG: Using Enterprise Library for ASP.NET developers with Alex Homer
Date: Wednesday 25 July 2007
Topic: VBUG TECHNICAL SEMINAR Overview: Recent releases of Microsoft Patterns & Practices include the Enterprise Library - a combination of the various application blocks released in the past under as a single installable solution that combines integration between the blocks with a comprehensive configuration system that makes it easy to add the blocks to your applications, & configure them. Location: Manchester URL: Click here for more details
VBUG: NET productivity with Developer Express
Date: Tuesday 31 July 2007
Overview: Developer Express has many different products for .NET, and productivity is generally a very important target. This presentation gives a quick overview of the products CodeRush for .NET and Refactor (IDE productivity), as well as eXpress Persistent Objects and the eXpressApp Framework (business applications). Short demonstrations of the functionality and time-saving details provide food for thought and further discussion. Location: ONLINE – OPEN TO ALL URL: Click here for more details
Third Party Events
DOTNETDEVNET: Developer Tools And Development Practices with Adam Towler
Date: Tuesday 10 July 2007
Overview: 1) Developer Tools - A set of 4 grok talks about development tools. We are looking for 4 volunteers to deliver a 10 minute talk each on a development tool that you use that you think people in the group might find interesting or useful. 2) Development Practices - The second half of the evening is a group discussion on development practices led by Adam Towler of Bluewire Technologies. Click on link for more info. Location: Bristol URL: Click here for more details
NxtGenUG: Advanced Security Training For ASP.NET Developers with Dinis Cruz
Date: Tuesday 17 July 2007
Overview: This is a cutting-edge and exciting 2 Day course in which you will push your knowledge of the ASP.NET security framework to the limit. You will be shown how ASP.NET applications and environments can be exploited by skilled attackers. Advanced exploitation techniques will be presented together with low-level technical analysis of the .Net Framework. You will also learn advanced defence techniques such as building an ASP .NET Security Protection Layer how to create Authorization and Data Validation Solutions Location: Warwickshire URL: Click here for more details
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