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DoEvents - December 2007
Seasons Greetings to you all! With Christmas approaching fast I hope you’ve all managed to make a start on your Christmas cards and shopping? The streets are already mobbed with manic shoppers, what an absolute nightmare! I am definitely looking forward to a nice break and hope you all can join me in saying that. What a year it’s been… I hope you have had the chance to benefit in the seminars we’ve run throughout the year. Did you know we’ve covered in excess of 60 meetings this year, covering the widest possible range of topics. This year also saw the successful launch of our online seminars, as well as our 10th Annual .Net Conference! 2008 will be an even more successful year, making sure that you have the right tools, the right knowledge, at the right time to maximise your potential. The events diary for December is wound down and we look forward to January when service will resume as normal. Take a look at what’s in store for you in December… With very best regards, Emma Britton VBUG Events SPONSOR: Telerik Christmas comes earlier this year, as Telerik brings an  incredible offer that you don’t want to miss. Get a 20% discount on Telerik .NET bundle, including 2 UI suites and a Reporting tool. Build swift and interactive web applications with the preferred RadControls suite for ASP.NET, featuring 18 market leading UI and data controls with proven reliability.
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"ANTS Profiler has saved our teams countless hours of fumbling around in the dark, chasing performance and capacity problems" Download your free 14-day trial of ANTS Profiler today SPONSOR: WILEY - Attention all Programmers! Beginning Linux, Fourth Edition continues its unique approach to teaching UNIX programming in a simple and structured way on the Linux platform.   Through the use of detailed examples, the reader learns by doing, and is able to move from being a Linux beginner to creating custom applications in Linux.
Professional Windows Live Programming is one of the first guides to Microsoft’s emerging platform for “web 2.0” applications. Jon Arking shares his experience in developing for Windows Live, and teaches readers how to build applications that embrace the Windows Live platform. Order online at Computer Manuals and save up to 40%. VBUG EventsVBUG and SUGUK: Newcastle - SharePoint Designer for All and Forefront SecurityDate: Mon 10 December 2007 Topic: SharePoint Overview: SharePoint MVPs Penny Coventry and Steve Smith will be visiting Newcastle just before Christmas to cover two great sessions for you all: Session 1: SharePoint Designer for All - Penny Coventry During this session, you'll see how SharePoint Designer can be used to customise SharePoint Team Sites, advanced data manipulation using the DataView Web Part, consume RSS feeds and how to complete administrative tasks, such as moving documents, including their metadata and limiting what users can do with SharePoint Designer. BREAK Session 2: ForeFront Security for SharePoint - Steve Smith Find out how to use Microsoft’s security product lo lock down your SharePoint environment including Anti Virus , Keyword Checking and Content Filtering Venue: BT, Unit 7, Room 3, Innovation Place, Delta Bank, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE11 9DJ Start Time: 18:30 Price: FREE More Info: click here Third Party EventsMSDN: What’s new in Smart Client Development with Martin Parry and Daniel MothDate: Thu 29 November 2007 Topic: THIRD PARTY EVENT Overview: Do you build rich client applications? If so, you'll want to make sure that you're aware of all Microsoft's client-development technology. This event will showcase a wealth of new and forthcoming technology, including Visual Studio 2008. Session 1: Building Rich Clients on the Microsoft Platform - Martin Parry People want compelling user experiences supported by powerful online services. Microsoft's platform and tools empower developers to build both the rich client and the service. In this session we'll concentrate on some recent and forthcoming technologies that enable rich client apps: Visual Studio 2008, WPF, SQL Server Compact Edition and ClickOnce to name but a few. Session 2: Office as a development platform with Visual Studio 2008 - Daniel Moth The 2007 Microsoft Office System is extensible like never before. In this session we'll look at the numerous ways to extend the various Office applications such as Word, Excel, Outlook and others. Customisations demonstrated will include the new designers and templates for the Ribbon, Actions Pane, Task Pane, Content Controls and Form Regions. This will all be done in managed code from within Visual Studio 2008 and we will also see how to interop in both directions with VBA code. Venue: Lakewood Conference Centre, Mendip, Rhodyate, Blagdon, Bristol BS40 7YE Start Time: 13:00 Price: FREE More Info: click here .NETDEVNET: Xmas XNA eXtravaganza (XXX) With NxtGen Date: Tue 4 December to Tue 4 December 2007 Topic: THIRD PARTY EVENT Overview: Pete McGann, Dave Bonner and the NxtGen boys come down from NxtGenUG in Coventry, for an evening of XNA Gaming. They’ll cover everything you need to know to get you started writing your favourite 2D or 3D game, from the original idea, to building the game engine, creating your graphics and finally deploying to the Xbox 360. They’ll also happily troubleshoot any questions you have. Venue: UWE (University of the West of England), Frenchay, Bristol (block Q) Start Time: 18:00 Price: FREE More Info: click here NxtGenUG: I'm dreaming of a Silverlight Christmas with Date: Mon 10 December 2007 Topic: THIRD PARTY EVENT Overview: I'm dreaming of a Silverlight Christmas. Just like the ones I used to know. Where the buttons glisten and attendees listen to hear, great demos in the show. I'm dreaming of a Silveright Christmas With every web Page I write. May your devs be merry and bright And may all your pages not be white. I'm dreaming of a Silverlight Demo With Chris and Rich on Stage. May your SWAG be expensive and bright And may all your Pizza be large. Chris Hay and Richard Costall will present a variety of Silverlight nuggets, aimed at highlighting the pitfalls with Silverlight 1.1. This will be a demo heavy session, so fasten your seatbelts. Venue: Coventry Flying Club, Coventry Aero Club, Rowley, Coventry, CV3 4FR Start Time: 19:00 Price: FREE More Info: click here NxtGenUG: We wish you a mobile Christmas ! Date: Thu 13 December 2007 Topic: THIRD PARTY EVENT Overview: We Wish you a Mobile Christmas, We wish you a Mobile Christmas and a CodeSmith Nugget. Microsoft's Mobile Legend Marcus Perryman takes us on a sleigh ride of mobile development, and John McLoughlin examines CodeSmith. Ho. Ho. Ho. If you are not a member of NxtGenUG, you are more than welcome to attend. We just ask you register on the site, to help us to plan numbers and refreshments. Once registered on the site, you can then register for this event from this page. Venue: St Andrew's Hall, The Avenue, Southampton, Hampshire. SC17 1XQ Start Time: 19:00 Price: FREE More Info: click here NxtGen: It's Chris - TFS - mas Time! Date: Mon 17 December 2007 Topic: TECHNICAL SEMINAR Overview: Richard Fennell Team Foundation Server Sick of SourceSafe? Is Microsoft's Team Foundation Server the answer to all your problems? In this session Richard will cover the key components and usage of TFS, installation issues, the range of third party tools available and how to write your own tools using the API. The seminar will include demos of cool addins and tips drawn from good and bitter experience. Richard will also look at the changes to TFS in the upcoming 2008 ‘ORCAs’ release. Dave McMahon One for the Kids ... KPL? That's a bit old isn't it? Not THAT KPL and not KPMG either, this is the real deal! Dave takes a mini-dive into a programming language for mini-people. KPL is a .NET language designed to help children learn programming. You can create simple programs and simple games - anyone for Pong? Venue: Faraday Wharf, Holt Street, Birmingham. B7 4BB Start Time: 19:00 Price: FREE More Info: click here About DoEvents
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