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DoEvents - April 2008
Dear Developer Have you heard the news…VBUG relaunches our Spring Conference programme with a major event in Birmingham on the 24th April 2008. A full day of Silverlight, WPF Foundation, Workflow Business Apps, Visual Studio 2008 and MOSS – all at an incredible rate (with a 20% discount for all VBUG members). Confirmed speakers for the day are Maurice De Beijer, Richard Costall, Oliver Sturm, Mark Quirk and Dave McMahon. Put the Spring back into your career, make sure you register today for the remaining spaces! For full details click to read more about our VBUG Spring Conference In Birmingham on April 24th. Have a great month! With very best regards Christian Mitchell VBUG Events SPONSOR: Wrox: Ivor Horton's Beginning Visual C++ 2008 This latest edition of one of the bestselling books on the C++ language and Visual C++ has been thoroughly updated for the 2008 release. Novice C++ programmers are tutored on how to build real-world applications using Visual C++. Respected author Ivor Horton uses his popular step-by-step approach to teach both the Standard C++ language itself as well as Microsoft Visual C++.   Determined to make the Visual Studio Extensibility (VSX) learning process as smooth as possible,this helpful resource shows you how to use VSX in order to facilitate easier development of Microsoft programming languages and development technologies. Order online at Computer Manuals and save up to 40%. VBUG EventsVBUG Brighton: .NET / SQL Server / Windows 2008 Launch EventDate: Tuesday 08 April 2008 Topic: VBUG TECHNICAL SEMINAR Overview: Following Microsoft's launch event for Visual Studio 2008, Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 we are having our own 'launch' event in Brighton with a strong Developer bias. Book early, places are limited. VBUG members will be given priority. Please note that this event can only accept a maximum of 30 delegates. Priority booking is available for VBUG members only, all non members must AWAIT confirmation Venue: TBC Start Time: 6:30 PM Price: FREE More Info: click here VBUG Bracknell: Cranking the XAML and the WPF handle Date: Wednesday 09 April 2008 Topic: VBUG THAMES VALLEY TECHNICAL SEMINAR Overview: An interactive evening of XAML and WPF looking at it from the point of view of a Developer and a Designer. The session is going to break down into a number of smaller pieces. 1. Some war stories from the .net 3.5 trenches. Here we are going to cover the .net 3.5 pieces of cake that we loved eating, LINQ, lambda and a useful interface called the IDataErrorInfo. 2. Love your XAML. We will cover the XAML essentials Data, Controls, Control templates and styles. Everything here we do in this section will be in XAML. From our experience we have found that having a good understanding of XAML will take you further than simply using Blend or Visual Studio. We will also talk about some other the other tools that are available to use when working with WPF. 3. Bringing it all together in Silverlight 2.0. The aim of this session is to watch us build that final parts of a SL 2.0 application based on what we learned in section 2. 4. Q&A BIOS:- If Richard Griffin could write this in code, he’d be so much happier. Richard is a Senior Technical Consultant at Conchango where he specialises in anything related to the UI either on the desktop or in the browser. He’s constantly looking for better, more innovative ways to build and interact with applications. Please arrive fropm 18.30 ready for the 19.00 start. All are welcome to register BUT ONLY VBUG MEMBERS have guaranteed entry to these events. Venue: TBC Start Time: 7:00 PM Price: TBC More Info: click here VBUG Bristol: Understanding the ADO.NET Entity Framework Date: Tuesday 22 April 2008 Topic: VBUG TECHNICAL SEMINAR Overview: Join VBUG and Mike Taulty of Microsoft's Developer and Platform Group for the above technical presentation. ADO.NET Version 3.0 raises the level of abstraction at which we deal with relational data in applications by adding a new managed provider which uses a conceptual model which it maps to the actual tables and views of your database schema. This has the advantage of providing the Entity Relationship model that application developers want to code against whilst isolating the application code from the specific language (e.g. T-SQL, PL/SQL) and engine (e.g. SQL Server, Oracle) of the store. In this session we’ll take a good look at the Entity Framework from its mapping layer through to its EntitySQL language and on to its Object Relational Mapping capabilities and LINQ. PLEASE ARRIVE FROM 18.30 READY FOR A 19.00 START Venue: BAWA, Conference Room 4, 589 Southmead Road, Filton, Bristol, BS34 7RG Start Time: 6:30 PM Price: FREE More Info: click here VBUG London: Introduction into Web Content Management in MOSS with Ben Robb Date: Wednesday 23 April 2008 Topic: VBUG TECHNICAL SEMINAR Overview: Recently peviewed at Mix08 VBUG is very pleased to present Ben Robb to the London audience on the 23rd April 2008. Introduction to SharePoint's Web Content Management Features for ASP.NET Developers This session provides an overview of the key features that come with MOSS for building content managed websites. You will understand the web page model, how it takes advantage of common ASP.NET features to provide core capabilities, how to structure your page content and how to brand your SharePoint sites. Also, see how core .NET features such as Windows Workflow Foundation can be used to provide control over what gets published on your site. Ben is the Lead Technical Consultant for MS Gold Partner cScape (http://www.cscape.com) & also an MVP for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server. A long term user of Microsoft technologies, from Site Server in the late 90s to SharePoint, BizTalk & Commerce Server today, Ben tries hard to keep up to date with the latest trends. He led the team that deployed the first public facing MOSS site in the world, HedKandi.com, and has spoken at TechEd, MIX and SharePoint conferences about his experiences. Please note that only VBUG members have guaranteed access to this (level 200) technical presentation. Venue provided by the Anteo Group, http://www.anteogroup.co.uk Venue: BE Group, 150 Minories, London, EC3N 1LS Start Time: 6:00 PM Price: FREE More Info: click here VBUG Developer Conference - Birmingham Date: Thursday 24 April 2008 Topic: Silverlight, WorkFlow. MOSS, VS2008 and more..! Overview: “Sharpen That Axe!” There is a need to “Sharpen Your Axe” so to speak, every now and again. What do we mean by that? In the pioneering days of the West, it was no good for a lumberjack to just keep chopping at trees day in day out with the same old axe. Every now and then he had to sit down, relax, take time to sharpen his axe, and to smell the roses. That way he got a lot more done. It’s the same with Software Development . In the daily need to meet deadlines and milestones often we neglect the things that brought us into the industry in the first place. The desire to experiment and to learn ‘new stuff’! Half the problem of course is that there is more than enough ‘new stuff’ out there or so it seems, and it is a bit of a head scratcher, trying to decide which way to go first off. That’s why VBUG are putting on this one day conference, to give help you get started in some key areas of current and emerging technologies. We will be taking a look at two of the ‘hot’ technologies in the Microsoft Web Technologies area namely Windows Presentation Foundation and Silverlight. You can start to see how the User Interfaces of the future might look. But that is not all. There are other technologies out there which have been around nearly a year and are gathering momentum, namely Windows Workflow and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 or MOSS. Is Workflow the new way to write applications? Is the next Web Development Platform MOSS? You decide after seeing these sessions. Finally you can hear about some completely different things such as Functional Programming, Speech Recognition and Virtual Earth Mapping which may or may not have an impact on your daily work. Just knowing about these things however, can often make you start to think about your existing challenges in a different and productive way. So we invite you to come along and take part in a great day of technological “axe sharpening”. All of the speakers are Software Developers like you and have a passion for current and the emerging technologies and for sharing their knowledge with others such as yourself. It’s going to be a great event, and a great investment in you for the coming months and years. Venue: TBC Start Time: 9:00 AM Price: from just £119.00 ex VAT More Info: click here VBUG MANCHESTER: An intro to the Silverlight blueprint for SharePoint Date: Thursday 24 April 2008 Topic: VBUG MANCHESTER TECHNICAL SEMINAR Overview: with Andrew Woodward & Spencer Harbar This session is action packed and has something for everyone, both the Developers and the IT Professionals. During the first part of the event Andrew will Walk us through configuring SharePoint and the creation of your first Silverlight application followed by a Q&A session on what this means for you and some of the challenges you are likely to face introducing Silverlight into your SharePoint applications. In the second part of this event Spencer will run through an overview of Kerberos and the benefits it offers in a SharePoint 2007 deployment including: - Discussion of whether your SharePoint deployment needs Kerberos. Tour of the required pre-requisites and configuration settings. Approaches to automating configuration in a SharePoint Farm. Preview of the SharePoint Farm Kerberos Configuration Utility. Q&A/Discussion. Venue: TBC Start Time: 6:30 PM Price: FREE More Info: click here Third Party EventsMSDN Road Show CardiffDate: Monday 21 April 2008 Topic: THIRD PARTY EVENT Overview: This is your opportunity to meet the MSDN team and find out all about the latest developer tools and technologies from Microsoft. Now that Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework V3.5 are done, we’re looking at what’s next. The 2008 MSDN Roadshow ... Venue: TBC Start Time: 9:00 AM Price: FREE More Info: click here DotNetDevNet: Basic And Advanced Design Patterns For All with Gary Short Date: Wednesday 23 April 2008 Topic: THIRD PARTY EVENT Overview: Gary Short hosts the one year anniversary of the very first DotNetDevNet meeting on St. George's Day with a whole evening of Design Patterns. Gary is well worth listening to any time but particularly on this subject. Venue: TBC Start Time: 6:00 PM Price: More Info: click here DataDirect: Be our Guest for DataDirect Architect Tutorials Date: Thursday 24 April 2008 Topic: THIRD PARTY EVENT Overview: In this half day seminar, software architects will learn about the design considerations that should be included in a successful architecture approach for both SOA applications and virtualized environments. The seminar will provide the insight to navigate the complexities of data access technologies and the practical know-how to enhance application performance, flexibility and capability right away. Venue: TBC Start Time: 9:00 AM Price: FREE More Info: click here About DoEvents
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