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• Next Meeting is January 28, 2010 - Fun with Scripting (AJAX with ASP.NET Client Controls and jQuery)

  Topic & Speaker Fun with Scripting – AJAX with ASP.NET Client Controls and jQuery Join us for this session to have a little fun with Javascript - and no, that wasn't a typo! Specifically, we'll explore how to build reusable, cross-browser... Posted Jan 21 2010, 11:34 AM by Colin Neller with | with no comments Filed under: Meetings, JavaScript, Web, Code, AJAX, jQuery, Software Development

• Next Meeting: Thursday, August 27, 2009 @ 6:00 PM

  Custom Webpart development for MOSS Writing webparts is not as easy as it should be, so getting the most reuse out of the webparts I build is one thing always on my mind! In this presentation I will cover how to develop webparts that leverage common webpart... Posted Aug 21 2009, 01:02 PM by James Hanauer with | with no comments Filed under: Meetings, webparts, MOSS

• Next Meeting: Thursday, July 23, 2009 @ 6:00 PM

  Internet Explorer 8 for Developers The Windows Internet Explorer 8 browser makes it easier to explore and interact with the web. Did you know that there will be a new standards mode by default? While it can easily be turned off, knowing the potential... Posted Jul 17 2009, 12:28 PM by James Hanauer with | with no comments Filed under: Meetings, IE8

• Next Meeting: Monday, February 16, 2009 @ 6:00 PM

  Topic: NHibernate Tired of writing CRUD? Codegen or not, there's got to be a better way! NHibernate is the most excellent port of Java's Hibernate to the .NET platform offering flexibility and versatility to give you time to solve the problems... Posted Feb 11 2009, 01:48 PM by Colin Neller with | with no comments Filed under: Meetings, Agile, LINQ, C#, ADO.NET

• Next Meeting: Thursday, January 22, 2009 @ 6:00 PM

  Topic: Introduction to DotNetNuke, and enhancements in version 5 DotNetNuke is an open-source Web Application Framework/Content Management System idea for creating and deploying projects such as commercial websites, corporate intranets and extranets,... Posted Jan 12 2009, 02:33 PM by Colin Neller with | with no comments Filed under: Meetings, C#, DotNetNuke

• Next Meeting: Thursday, November 20, 2008 @ 6:00 PM

  Topic: Rosario - The Next Version of Visual Studio Team System The phrase "drive quality upstream" has been abused so badly by ALM software vendors that it has to be relegated to the platitude junk pile along with such all time favorites as... Posted Nov 12 2008, 01:50 PM by James Hanauer with | with no comments Filed under: Meetings, Quality, VSTS

• Next Meeting: Thursday, October 23, 2008 @ 6:00 PM

  Topic: Introduction to Silverlight 2 Silverlight 2 brings the power of .NET to the browser by combining a powerful UI rendering engine with a programming model that Microsoft developers are already familiar with. In this presentation, we will explore... Posted Oct 20 2008, 07:07 AM by Colin Neller with | with no comments Filed under: Meetings, WPF, Visual Studio, ASP.NET, WCF, Silverlight

• Next Meeting: Thursday, September 25, 2008 @ 6:00 PM

  Topic: Windows PowerShell Windows PowerShell is a command-line shell with associated scripting language that brings the power of the .NET Framework to the command line. It provides features that can benefit both system administrators and developers. We'll... Posted Sep 01 2008, 10:45 PM by James Hanauer with | with no comments Filed under: Meetings, Tools, Tips, PowerShell

• Next Meeting: Thursday, August 28, 2008 @ 6:00 PM

  Topic: Microsoft Business Intelligence - What's new in SQL 2008 The ultimate goal of business intelligence (BI) is to provide people with access to the information they need in the tools they use every day. This enables them to make better decisions... Posted Aug 14 2008, 07:31 PM by James Hanauer with | with no comments Filed under: Meetings, BI, SQL Server 2008

• Next Meeting: Thursday, July 24, 2008 @ 6:00 PM

  Topic: Care About Your Craft – Adventures in the art of software development Whether you are writing your application in C# or Javascript, we are always looking for continuous improvement and to take a more pragmatic approach to our craft. These are lessons... Posted Jul 16 2008, 08:58 AM by James Hanauer with | with no comments Filed under: Meetings, Best Practices, Pragmatic

• Next Meeting: Thursday, June 26, 2008 @ 6:00 PM

  Topic: Discovering C# 3.0 and LINQ Gain an understanding of some of the many features C# 3.0 has to offer. Learn how you can leverage Language Integrated Query (LINQ) in your applications. This presentation will demonstrate practical uses of the new C#... Posted Jun 18 2008, 07:55 AM by Colin Neller with | with no comments Filed under: Meetings, XML, LINQ, C#

• Next Meeting: Thursday, May 22, 2008 @ 6:00 PM

  Topic: Windows Workflow Foundation Mark will cover a brief introduction to workflow to explain where it fits and why you would interested in this new toy as a developer. Windows Workflow Foundation also includes the ability to define rule driven workflows... Posted May 15 2008, 12:31 PM by Colin Neller with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: Meetings, Workflow Foundation

• Next Meeting: Thursday, April 24, 2008 @ 6:00 PM

  Topic: Introduction to Test Driven Development with the ASP.NET MVC Framework In this session, we will introduce the ASP.NET MVC Framework (MVC Framework) architecture and development style. One of the core requirements for the design of the MVC Framework... Posted Apr 21 2008, 09:24 AM by Colin Neller with | with no comments Filed under: Meetings, ASP.NET, MVC Framework, MVC

• Next Meeting: Thursday, March 27, 2008 @ 6:00 PM

  Topic: Reach End-Users with Next Generation Web Applications Visual Studio 2008 enables developers and IT operators to dramatically reduce the amount of time, effort and code required to develop and deploy real-world Web applications. ASP.NET 3.5, Visual... Posted Mar 18 2008, 08:56 AM by Colin Neller with | with no comments Filed under: Meetings, Visual Studio, CSS, ASP.NET

• Next Meeting: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 @ 6:00 PM

  Topic: Implementing Scrum and Team Foundation Server: A Semi-Practical Guide Both Scrum and Team Foundation Server have received a large amount of attention the last few years and it is hard to separate the theoretical rhetoric from practical guidance... Posted Feb 13 2008, 08:31 AM by Colin Neller with | with no comments Filed under: Meetings, TFS, Agile, Scrum