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Software Architecture - More than just a Developer Promotion
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Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at 6:00 PM
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In this presentation, Mark Michaelis will walk us through an architectural process for creating system blue prints for an application. We examine an agile use case definition process. Given the use cases, the next step is to begin architecting the system, determining the components, services, tiers, processes, assemblies, transactions boundaries and more. Attend this important session to understand the architectural process for building an enterprise system, the role the architect plays in the process, and how to estimate the size of the project once it is architected.
Mark Michaelis is the Enterprise Architect with Itron. Mark was recognized by Microsoft as a Microsoft MVP for Visual Studio Team System and he wrote official courseware for VSTS for Microsoft. Mark holds a MS in Computer Science from the Illinois Institute of Technology and he serves on several Microsoft Software Design Review teams including WCF, C# and VSTS. Mark speaks at developer conferences both nationally and internationally and has written several articles and books, in addition to maintaining a blog.
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NHibernate
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Wednesday, February 09, 2005 at 6:00 PM
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This talk will take an in-depth look at what NHibernate is and how it works. It will start with a brief overview of what NHibernate can do and then dive into the guts how it does it. This talk will not compare Hibernate, NHibernate, or other O/R mapping tools that are available.
By Michael Stokesbary Michael Stokesbary currently works as a Software Engineer for Itron, Inc. Suffering from computer ADD, Michael has a tendency to jump from one technology to the next. When not suffering from this horrible disease, Michael likes to spend time kicking a soccer ball around, bumping a volleyball, and hanging out with his family.
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Introduction to WMI
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Wednesday, March 09, 2005 at 6:00 PM
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This talk will explore Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). WMI is the Microsoft implementation of
Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM). WMI provides the ability to remotely query and manage objects that define the Windows operating system. The main object categories are: user, network, system, software, and hardware. WMI can be accessed through a variety of programming languages including, but not limited to, VBScript, C++, C#, open database connectivity (ODBC), Visual Basic, and HTML. It provides a friendly query language, WQL, that is very similar to SQL.
In short, WMI allows you to manage large networks, query and set
information on desktop systems, applications, networks, and other
enterprise components, and can even be used to monitor events that occur on remote machines.
By Seth Auten Seth Auten is a software engineer that works for Next IT Corporation, primarily focused on network security and data acquisition programs. Seth enjoys reading the windows registry as well as spending time outdoors.
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Essential C# 2.0
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Wednesday, April 13, 2005 at 6:00 PM
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Bring your laptop (optional) and join us for an evening of programming with C# 2.0. In this two hour session we walk through examples of how C# 2.0 has been extended. Topics include generics, anonymous methods, iterators, partial types and more. Examples are coded live while you optionally follow along on your laptop - learning by doing, not just seeing.
(You will be required to have installed the .NET 2.0 SDK beta or a version of Visual Studio 2005 Beta in order to code along. You will also find a unit testing framework such as TestDriven.NET helpful.)
Mark Michaelis is a solutions architect and trainer at Itron Corporation. He holds a BA in philosophy from the University of Illinois and a MS in Computer Science from the Illinois Institute of Technology. Mark also serves on several Microsoft software design review teams including C# and VSTS. He is currently completing another book, Essential C# (Addison Wesley). When not bonding with his computer, Mark is busy with his family, exercising outdoors, or traveling the globe with particular affection for Africa.
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The Enterprise Library of Application Blocks
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Monday, May 09, 2005 at 6:00 PM
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Microsoft "Application Blocks" can be used to quickly build out significant portions of your application with proven and tested code. This session shows you how to take advantage of Microsoft's common application architecture, where to use the blocks, and how to modify them for your own use. You specifically asked for presentations on architecture and this is a direct address of that request. By Keith Pleas Keith is one of the founders of Guided Design and has worked for more than two years on the team developing the .NET Framework and Visual Studio .NET. Keith is an internationally known writer and speaker and is the Editorial Chair for VBITS. He is also a contributing editor to Visual Studio Magazine and has developed Microsoft Professional Certification Exams. Keith also sits on the INETA board and is the liaison for the INETA Speakers Bureau.
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Testing in VS2005
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Wednesday, June 22, 2005 at 6:00 PM
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This session will cover the features included in the new Visual Studio Team Edition. Topics covered include Web, Load, and Unit testing functionality. It demonstrates how to define the test cases and then include those within an automated build script. This topic will be aimed at people who have some developer knowledge, Quality Assurance engineers are welcome.
By David Waddleton
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BizTalk overview
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Wednesday, July 13, 2005 at 6:00 PM
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This session will cover BizTalk Server 2004 and also contain some demos of the Community Technology Preview of BizTalk Server 2006. It will contain discussions about how BizTalk Server is enabling companies to leverage web services and internet standards for application integration within an enterprise and between business partners. The talk will also describe BizTalk Server's support for XML standards and demonstrate some examples of application and web services integration.
By Owen Allen Owen Allen has been with Microsoft for 3 years as a Sr. Product Technology Specialist. He helps Enterprise customers understand Microsoft solutions and offerings in relation to BizTalk Server, Commerce Server, Content Management Server, and SharePoint. Prior to Microsoft, Owen was a Sales Engineer for BroadVision, he started a company that focused on document management, imaging and workflow using web technologies, was an SAP consultant, and C/C++ developer.
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Using SQL Server Reporting Services from ASP.NET
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Wednesday, August 17, 2005 at 6:00 PM
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In this session you will explore the capabilities of the new SQL Server Reporting Services. The session will start with an overview of the Reporting Services architecture. Next, you'll learn how to employ the Reporting Services report designer within Visual Studio .NET to construct complex reports with ease. Covered topics will include: calculated values, groups, headers and footers, aggregate functions, regions, charts, and parameters. You'll also explore the various rendering options available including HTML, PDF, Excel, XML, and TIFF.
By Paul Litwin
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Adding to your bag-of-tricks: Ruby on Rails
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Wednesday, September 21, 2005 at 6:00 PM
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Being the Pragmatic Programmers that we are, we should always be on the lookout for technologies to add to our bag-of-tricks. By taking a break from .net to explore emerging technologies we hope to add some insight into the industry at large as well
as hopefully bring a new set of tool to the table to solve existing problems. This year the new-kid-on-the-block taking the development community by storm is Ruby on Rails. Come join us as Josh exposes the inner workings of this exceptional web
framework, shows off how the claims of 10x more productive may just be true as well as shows how you can apply some of these principles to your current .net projects.
Bring your laptop (optional) and follow along as we create a database-backed fully-functional web application from start-to-finish in less then an hour!
By Josh Knowles Currently a Lead Developer at Next IT Josh attempts to keep up with emerging technologies while delivering an enterprise network security software solution using Ruby, C# and C++. Prior to Next IT Josh worked in the Network Management group of World Wide Packets. In addition he studied Computer Science at Eastern Washington University. While not on the computer Josh enjoys hitting the lake for a day of wake boarding, hitting the trails on his mountain bike or the slopes on his skis.
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Using Client Callbacks in ASP.NET 2.0
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Wednesday, October 12, 2005 at 6:00 PM
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By taking advantage of client callbacks -- a new feature of the ASP.NET 2.0 framework -- you can update the contents of a page without posting the page back to the Web server. In this code intensive talk, Stephen Walther explains how client callbacks are used by the new ASP.NET 2.0 TreeView, GridView, and DetailsView controls. He also demonstrates how you can integrate client callbacks in your custom controls. During the course of this talk, we build several custom controls including a simple Chat control and ComboBox control which communicate dynamically with a Web server.
By Stephen Walther
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.NET Internals Exposed
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Wednesday, November 09, 2005 at 6:00 PM
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In this session we drill into the internals of .NET. We consider not simply what various constructs do, but how they work internally. What does the C# compiler do with iterators? How do we make the immutable string mutable? How come ConditionalAttribute works from C#/VB and yet not from Managed C++. Why should value types be immutable. Attend this session for an in-depth, mind numbing look at the C# and the .NET framework in a way that can avoid the various pitfalls that ignorance will lead to.
Mark Michaelis is a solutions architect and trainer at Itron Corporation. He holds a BA in philosophy from the University of Illinois and a MS in Computer Science from the Illinois Institute of Technology. Mark also serves on several Microsoft software design review teams including C# and VSTS. He is currently completing another book, Essential C# (Addison Wesley). When not bonding with his computer, Mark is busy with his family, exercising outdoors, or traveling the globe with particular affection for Africa.
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Programming with Windows Presentation Foundation
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Wednesday, December 14, 2005 at 6:00 PM
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In this session we will start our "Post PDC Series". The first in the series is a lap around Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF). This session will start off with explaining what WPF is and then dive into how WPF allows for a rich and dynamic User Experience. Come learn the next generation of Windows UI programming.
By Michael Stokesbary Michael Stokesbary currently works as a Software Engineer for Itron, Inc. Suffering from computer ADD, Michael has a tendency to jump from one technology to the next. When not suffering from this horrible disease, Michael likes to spend time kicking a soccer ball around, bumping a volleyball, and hanging out with his family.
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Windows Workflow Foundation
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Wednesday, January 11, 2006 at 6:00 PM
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At PDC05, Microsoft announced the newest component of WinFX, the next generation Windows API – Windows Workflow Foundation (WF). WF provides a workflow engine at the platform level that you can utilize in your own applications. Microsoft is building on WF as well, integrating it into future versions of SharePoint and BizTalk. This session will provide an overview of WF and demonstrate how you can leverage it in your own development efforts.
By Jason Mauer Jason Mauer is a Developer Evangelist with Microsoft covering the Pacific Northwest. He presents frequently at developer events and user groups about topics related to software development. Most of his four years at Microsoft have been as a development consultant with Microsoft Services, specializing in application development with .NET, SharePoint, and XML technologies. Find him online at www.jasonmauer.com.
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Introduction to Windows Mobile development for Windows PocketPCs
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Wednesday, February 08, 2006 at 6:00 PM
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In this talk, you will learn:
How to work with the mobile development features built into Visual Studio 2005
How to create applications for PocketPCs and SmartPhones
How to develop using emulators (when a device is not present)
How to take advantage of some new features of Windows Mobile 5.0, including the State Notification Broker, the Camera API, and the Pocket Outlook Object Model
By Rory Blyth Rory has been developing software since he first pounded the membrane
keyboard of the Timex Sinclair 1000. Since then he has gone on to work with Microsoft technologies, Java, Linux, Python, and more. His current focus is mobile devices, and he can be found in Portland, Oregon, where he spends most of his time being angry that the company he works for, Microsoft, still hasn't released a .NET runtime for the Sinclair.
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What's new in the Office 12 system
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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 at 6:00 PM
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Owen Allen from Microsoft will be speaking on what is new in the Office 12 system.
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Windows Communication Foundation Code Jam
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Wednesday, April 12, 2006 at 6:00 PM
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Bring your laptop installed with the latest WinFX release and come for a hands on coding session to learn the basics of Windows Communication Foundation lead by Mark Michaelis.
Windows Communication Foundation (previously codenamed "Indigo") is Microsoft's unified framework for building distributed applications. With WCF, you can build secure, reliable, transacted Web service applications that interoperate with apps built on other platforms and integrate with the applications you're building on today's .NET technologies. And WCF is designed to be the next logical version of today's .NET distributed technologies, so if you're using ASMX, COM+, MSMQ, .NET Remoting, or WSE, you'll love WCF.
Please visit http://windowscommunication.net/ for the latest download.
Mark Michaelis is a solutions architect and trainer at Itron Corporation. He holds a BA in philosophy from the University of Illinois and a MS in Computer Science from the Illinois Institute of Technology. Mark also serves on several Microsoft software design review teams including C# and VSTS. He is recently completed another book, Essential C# (Addison Wesley). When not bonding with his computer, Mark is busy with his family, exercising outdoors, or traveling the globe with particular affection for Africa.
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Create Great .NET User Interfaces
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Wednesday, May 10, 2006 at 6:00 PM
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Even the most beautifully coded application will flop if people hate to use it. And they will, if its user interface is not designed with their goals in mind. What makes a great UI? How can you apply the principles that work so well for the guts of an application to its front end? We'll examine specific techniques (with code!) that you can use immediately to reduce complexity for your users and improve your .NET presentation layer's efficiency and maintainability.
By Phil Weber With over 15 years of software development experience, Phil Weber's client list includes Intel, Kaiser Permanente and Wells Fargo Bank. He has worked with VB since 1993 and .NET since 2001. Phil is a Contributing Editor to Visual Studio Magazine and has spoken at numerous technical conferences in the U.S. and abroad. He currently works as a senior support engineer for Corillian Corporation, an eFinance enabler.
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Visual Studio 2005 TFS: Step-by-step Migration
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Wednesday, June 07, 2006 at 6:00 PM
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Visual Studio 2005 Team System is a large product that can bring a lot of value to your organization, but it is not without some complexities. If you are struggling to adopt, or still haven't made the commitment, come learn about the steps that can lead to a successful implementation. Learn about different deployment strategies, in addition to strategies for managing users and projects. Learn where the most value is immediately, and what can be integrated into your organization at a later time. Also, discover what resources are available for learning more about the features of Visual Studio 2005 Team System.
Mark Michaelis is the IDesign architect specializing in WCF and VSTS as well as a local independent consultant with intelliTechture. Oh, that's right, he works as an Enterprise Architect at Itron as well. Phewww! Mark was recognized by Microsoft as a Microsoft MVP for Visual Studio Team System and he wrote the official courseware for VSTS for Microsoft. Mark holds a MS in Computer Science from the Illinois Institute of Technology and he serves on several Microsoft Software Design Review teams including WCF, C#, BizTalk and VSTS. Mark speaks at developer conferences both nationally and internationally and has written several articles and books, in addition to maintaining a blog. His recent book is Essential C# 2.0 (Addison-Wesley, 2006).
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Exploring Microsoft's new Powershell
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Wednesday, July 12, 2006 at 6:00 PM
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Windows PowerShell is a new command-line shell and task-based scripting technology that provides comprehensive control and automation of system administration tasks. Windows PowerShell allows Windows administrators to be more productive by providing numerous system administration utilities, consistent syntax, and improved navigation of common management data such as the registry or Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). Windows PowerShell also includes a scripting language which enables comprehensive automation of Windows system administration tasks. The Windows PowerShell language is intuitive and supports existing scripting investments.
By Michael Stokesbary Michael Stokesbary currently works as a Software Engineer for Itron, Inc. Suffering from computer ADD, Michael has a tendency to jump from one technology to the next. When not suffering from this horrible disease, Michael likes to spend time kicking a soccer ball around, bumping a volleyball, and hanging out with his family.
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Building Data-Bound Applications with Office as the Front End
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Wednesday, August 16, 2006 at 6:00 PM
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A user starts up a familiar UI and works with data, both viewing and modifying the data. The twist? The familiar UI is Word, Excel or Outlook. With Visual Studio Tools for Office and the XML features in Office 2003, this is now a pretty straightforward development task. You can use control Office via Automation or have your managed code run from within Office applications. You can map schema elements to spreadsheets and documents and then import or export XML. You can data bind to intrinsic controls such as Excel lists and Word bookmarks. You can support offline scenarios by caching data locally. You can have ASP.NET code write to data without starting up Word or Excel. This session will show you all of these scenarios and show how you can apply the knowledge you already have about data and XML to situations where Office applications are the UI.
By Robert Green Robert Green is a senior consultant with MCW Technologies, a Microsoft Certified Partner. Before joining MCW, Robert worked at Microsoft for 8 years, most recently as a Program Manager on the Visual Basic product team and previously as a Product Manager for several products including Visual Studio, Visual Basic, Visual Studio Tools for Office and Visual FoxPro. Prior to joining Microsoft, Robert was a Vice President and co-founder of The Information Management Group, a consulting and education services firm in Chicago. Robert has been a frequent speaker at technology conferences, including TechEd, VSLive, VSConnections and Advisor Live. His articles have appeared on MSDN and Advisor Publication’s VB.NET Advisor and will appear in other venues as well throughout the year. Along with co-author Ken Getz, Robert co-authored AppDev’s Developing Applications with Visual Studio 2005 courseware, and appears in the video training for these courses, as well.
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SQL Server 2005 is for Developers
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Wednesday, October 04, 2006 at 6:00 PM
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For SQL Server 2005 developers, there are numerous new features and productivity enhancements over SQL Server 2000. We will take a wide look at many of these interesting features, beginning with the SQL Server engine, such as the new data types and T-SQL commands. Next, we'll drill down into the XML data type and its support for schemas and XQuery. Saving the best for last, we'll finish up with the hosting of .NET components, creating a user defined function, stored procedure, and user defined type - all built using Visual Studio 2005.
By Richard Hundhausen Richard Hundhausen is a software architect, author, trainer, and Microsoft Regional Director (Boise) specializing in constructing useful Windows-based and Web-based applications using Microsoft products and technologies. Richard has led the development efforts of distributed object systems in the agricultural, engineering, medical, telecommunications, and military sectors. He holds a B.S. degree in Computer and Information Science from the University of Maryland, and is MCSD for Microsoft .NET and MCDBA certified, and is the co-author of three books on Microsoft ADO.NET and Visual Basic.
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Introduction to Windows CardSpace
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Wednesday, November 08, 2006 at 6:00 PM
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Windows CardSpace enables users to provide their digital identities in a familiar, secure and easy way. In the physical world we use business cards, credit cards and membership cards. Online with CardSpace we use a variety of virtual cards to identify ourselves, each retrieving data from an identity provider. Don't struggle with usernames and passwords, just choose an information card!.
By Michael Stokesbary Michael Stokesbary currently works as a Software Engineer for Itron, Inc. Suffering from computer ADD, Michael has a tendency to jump from one technology to the next. When not suffering from this horrible disease, Michael likes to spend time kicking a soccer ball around, bumping a volleyball, and hanging out with his family.
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Essential C# 3.0
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Wednesday, January 10, 2007 at 6:00 PM
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This session discusses LINQ and the other extensions to the C# 3.0 language that make LINQ possible. After outlining the features of LINQ, we demonstrate the elegance of the C# 3.0 language extensions that enable the functionality of LINQ. This includes discussions of extension methods, type inference with var, anonymous types, and lambda expressions. Lastly, we close with a high level overview of what LINQ enables for database and XML code.
Mark Michaelis is the IDesign architect specializing in WCF and VSTS as well as a local independent consultant with intelliTechture. Oh, that's right, he works as an Enterprise Architect at Itron as well. Phewww! Mark was recognized by Microsoft as a Microsoft MVP for Visual Studio Team System and he wrote the official courseware for VSTS for Microsoft. Mark holds a MS in Computer Science from the Illinois Institute of Technology and he serves on several Microsoft Software Design Review teams including WCF, C#, BizTalk and VSTS. Mark speaks at developer conferences both nationally and internationally and has written several articles and books, in addition to maintaining a blog. His recent book is Essential C# 2.0 (Addison-Wesley, 2006).
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Real World WPF Development
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Wednesday, February 21, 2007 at 6:00 PM
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This week we launch the first topic in the .NET 3.0 series. In this first session we delve into WPF design using Microsoft’s Expression Blend technology. This talk will walk through the creation of a vibrant WPF user interface from the ground up. In addition to the flashy user interface capabilities, this session explores critical business functionality such as databinding as well as glitzy 3-D eye candy.
(If you would like to follow along, please come with a computer that has .NET 3.0 installed as well as Expression Blend Beta 2.)
Michael Stokesbary currently works as a Software Engineer for Itron, Inc. Suffering from computer ADD, Michael has a tendency to jump from one technology to the next. When not suffering from this horrible disease, Michael likes to spend time kicking a soccer ball around, bumping a volleyball, and hanging out with his family.
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Create functioning websites quickly with BLINQ
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Wednesday, March 14, 2007 at 6:00 PM
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Microsoft offers best of bread development tools for robust, well architected, enterprise ready, business critical websites and applications, but each of these qualities comes at some cost - a cost in terms of complexity, time to market, and expertise. These are costs which are frequently overkill for what is really needed in the short term. To address the need to create simple applications in a lightning fast manner Microsoft has created BLINQ. Developers can point BLINQ at a SQL Server database and, at virtually the click of a button, have BLINQ generate ASP.NET websites that perform CRUD operations on the database. Attend this session to learn how to start websites with BLINQ, what it creates, and how to customize them for your needs.
Mark Michaelis is the Enterprise Architect with Itron. Mark was recognized by Microsoft as a Microsoft MVP for Visual Studio Team System and he wrote official courseware for VSTS for Microsoft. Mark holds a MS in Computer Science from the Illinois Institute of Technology and he serves on several Microsoft Software Design Review teams including WCF, C# and VSTS. Mark speaks at developer conferences both nationally and internationally and has written several articles and books, in addition to maintaining a blog. His most recent book is Essential C# 2.0 (Addison-Wesley, 2006)
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Manipulating Google Maps with .NET code
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Wednesday, May 16, 2007 at 6:00 PM
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Since Google released it's first Google Maps API in 2005, developers from all platforms have mashed together some very interesting and sometimes useful mapping apps. This talk will explore a .NET server control wrapper for the Google Maps API that allows you to simply drag and drop a Google map into to your web pages and wire it up to your own data sources. You don't need to learn any Javascript in order to create powerful mapping applications using the Google Map server control. You can use the VB or C# languages you already know. This talk will also explore the various free geocoding services that are available on the Internet and the plusses and minuses of each one. We will also look at using SQL server as a data source. And if time permits, we will look at the various kinds of XML data sources used in mapping including KML (Google's Keyhole Markup Language), GeoRSS (RSS with a some extra data for mapping), and GPX (the data output by global positioning devices).
By Darryl Parker Darryl Parker has programmed computers and databases on and off since 1980. He has worked for Real Life Ministries the past 4 years as a full-time programmer. After the family goes to bed at night, he has spent the past two years diving deep into the Google Maps API and developing a Google Map server control well into the night. He is pretty much a Google Map fanatic.
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Essential Mutithreading Tutorial
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Wednesday, June 13, 2007 at 6:00 PM
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With the recent slowdown in processor speed improvements, programmers need to focus on multithreading to improve performance. Attend this session to learn about the threading in .NET. This session briefly introduces the thread basics along with synchronization API. Next we consider several threading design patterns and best practices to help improve your multithreading code.
This session will run as a tutorial, not a lecture. Bring your laptop with with Visual Studio 2005 installed and learn through coding not just watching.
Mark Michaelis is the Enterprise Architect with Itron. Mark was recognized by Microsoft as a Microsoft MVP for Visual Studio Team System and he wrote official courseware for VSTS for Microsoft. Mark holds a MS in Computer Science from the Illinois Institute of Technology and he serves on several Microsoft Software Design Review teams including WCF, C# and VSTS. Mark speaks at developer conferences both nationally and internationally and has written several articles and books, in addition to maintaining a blog. His most recent book is Essential C# 2.0 (Addison-Wesley, 2006)
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What is Microsoft planning for Visual Studio Team System?
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Wednesday, August 22, 2007 at 6:00 PM
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Are you curious about what Visual Studio Team System will build next? The team has an incredibly long and exciting list of new features they'd love to build into Team System. Come listen to this talk about where Team System is going in the next 3 years and give feedback about the areas you think are most important.
By Stephanie Saad Stephanie Saad is the senior product planner for the VSTS product line and is currently working on the VSTS Rosario release. She was the first hire on the Team System Data product and wrote the original product plan for that product. She has worked at Microsoft in Visual Studio and Operations Manager for 6 years; before that she worked at Acquantive, the advertising company acquired by MS this year. She graduated from Brown University in 1998.
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Intro To Windows Workflow
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Wednesday, September 19, 2007 at 6:00 PM
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Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) is the programming model, engine and tools for quickly building workflow enabled applications. WF radically enhances a developer’s ability to model and support business processes.
By Michael Stokesbary Michael Stokesbary currently works as a Software Engineer for Itron, Inc. Suffering from computer ADD, Michael has a tendency to jump from one technology to the next. When not suffering from this horrible disease, Michael likes to spend time kicking a soccer ball around, bumping a volleyball, and hanging out with his family.
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Two-Way Data Binding in ASP.NET 2.0
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Wednesday, October 10, 2007 at 6:00 PM
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Data-binding in ASP.NET 1.x was strictly read-only: it could automate displaying data in controls, but when it came time to write changes back to the data source, you were stuck with tedious hand-coding.
ASP.NET 2.0 introduces the GridView, FormView and DetailsView controls which allow for automatic two-way data binding. We’ll look at how to use these controls to speed the creation of your presentation layer. We’ll also go beyond the drag-and-drop demos to discuss the limitations of this approach and how to work around them.
By Phil Weber Phil Weber has been writing software for 20 years. His client list includes Intel, Kaiser Permanente and Wells Fargo Bank. He has worked with VB since 1993 and .NET since 2001. In addition to serving on the INETA Speaker Bureau, Phil is a Visual Basic MVP and has spoken at numerous developer conferences in the U.S. and abroad. He currently works as a technical instructor for Corillian Corporation, now a part of CheckFree.
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What's new in Visual Studio 2008
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Wednesday, November 28, 2007 at 6:00 PM
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With the announcement of Visual Studio 2008 having been RTM'd, please come join us for an in depth look at the new features that will be released. This talk will be an open format, so please come with any questions about features you may have previously seen regarding Visual Studio 2008. Mark Michaelis and Michael Stokesbary will be teaming up to bring this talk, so between the two of them, hopefully all your questions will be answered.
Some topics that will be covered is intellisense for javascript, the fact that the previous .NET 3.0 infrastructure is now part of the core product right out of the box, advancements in ASP.NET, and new development tools that have been introduced for Mobile device programming.
By Mark Michaelis and Michael Stokesbary
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Visual Studio 2008 InstallFest
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Wednesday, December 12, 2007 at 6:30 PM
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Please join us for a Microsoft sponsored Visual Studio 2008 Install Event. This event will be held at the Mirabeau Park Hotel and requires registration. Please go here to register (Advanced registration is required).
Every person who attends will receive a Visual Studio 2008 Professional license FREE.
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What is Volta?
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008 at 6:00 PM
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Come join us for an overview of Volta, one of that newest things coming out of Microsoft's Labs. This talk will cover what problems Volta is solving and give some insight as to what Microsoft might be doing in the future for distributed programming.
By Michael Stokesbary Michael Stokesbary currently works as a Software Engineer for Itron, Inc. Suffering from computer ADD, Michael has a tendency to jump from one technology to the next. When not suffering from this horrible disease, Michael likes to spend time kicking a soccer ball around, bumping a volleyball, and hanging out with his family.
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CANCELLED
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Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at 6:00 PM
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Due to scheduling conflicts, the meeting for the month of February is cancelled. We will be having a meeting in March, so check back soon for more information.
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The Code Trip
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Tuesday, March 11, 2008 at 6:00 PM
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We were lucky enough to be asked if we could be a stop for The CodeTrip gang, and of course we accepted. Please join us for an evening with the guys from Microsoft who ride the "special bus".
Location:
Washington State University - Spokane
412 E. Spokane Falls Blvd
Spokane, WA 99210
We will be in room SAC 20
Please note the date change, though.
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Heroes Happen Here - Spokane Launch Event
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Thursday, March 27, 2008
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While this is not a .NET User Group meeting, I wanted to get the word out that the Heroes Happen Here event will be in Spokane on March 27, 2008. Click here to register.
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Biztalk Adapter Pack w/o Biztalk
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Wednesday, April 09, 2008 at 6:00 PM
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This talk will focus on how to use the Biztalk Adapter Pack to connect to external systems without actually needing Biztalk.
By Brian Jones Brian Jones is a solutions architect for intelliTechture. He holds a BS in Computer Information Systems from Troy University. Brian has been in the Information Technology industry for 12 years and has been working with BizTalk Server 2004 and 2006 since the beginning.
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Windows 2008 Local Launch
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Thursday, May 08, 2008 at 1:00 PM
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Not the .NET User Group Meeting
Microsoft and a few of its top regional partners, Ascentium, NetDesk and SoftChoice, are pleased to invite you to attend a special event to learn how the latest Microsoft server release can be a key asset in the optimization of your core infrastructure. Discover how easily and economically you may be able to improve security, reduce costs and complexity, and enhance productivity.
Go to https://www.clicktoattend.com/invitation.aspx?code=126480 to join us May 8 at Northern Lights Brewery in Spokane, WA. Event begins at 1:00 p.m.
Get a Unique Expert Insider's Special Preview of Windows Server 2008
This comprehensive event will provide valuable information tailored to your business needs by industry experts on topics such as
Highlights on the most relevant new features and benefits
Best practices and migration considerations
Lowering the cost of ownership while extracting additional value
Ramping up quickly and effectively to take advantage of this technology and more
Get a Head Start on Improving Your IT World
Take advantage of this opportunity to be one of the first to see how Windows Server 2008 can improve your IT efficiency by:
Making your technology platforms more secure
Creating a solid foundation to help you develop next-generation Web applications
Reducing your data center footprint and saving on energy with virtualization technology
Ensuring your IT department has the infrastructure to deliver relevant information to your users
You'll have the opportunity to learn first-hand how Microsoft solutions available through Ascentium, NetDesk and SoftChoice can help take you to the next level of productivity and profitability. All events will include brief presentations from local experts as well as a cocktail
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SQL Server 2008 Double Header
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008 at 6:00 PM
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Mike and Mike from Ascentium will cover two of the most interesting and useful new features of SQL Server 2008: Change Data Capture and the new MERGE statement. If you live in BI or just want to learn the cool s%*t coming in the next version of SQL Server, come join us while we explore these new features.
The new Change Data Capture (CDC) feature in SQL Server 2008 captures all INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE transactions to selected tables and columns. The details of the transactions are copied to a new "data capture" table in an easily consumed relational format. The first talk will provide an introduction to this new feature of SQL Server 2008 and a short lab to explore how it really works.
The second part of this talk covers the new MERGE statement. MERGE combines the features of the INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE statements into one powerful statement. Now you can easily update, insert, and delete multiple rows of data with a single statement. We will explore the use of the MERGE statement with table values as input parameters in an interactive lab.
Duration: 60-90 minutes
Speakers: Mike Lamb, Sr. BI Analyst, and Mike Mayfield, Solutions Architect, of Ascentium
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ASP.NET AJAX with Visual Studio 2008
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Wednesday, June 11, 2008 at 6:00 PM
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Caleb Jenkens, an INETA speaker, will be presenting on ASP.NET AJAX with Visual Studio 2008
Speaker: Caleb Jenkins
Caleb Jenkins is a training mentor and consultant with Improving Enterprises, National Speaker for INETA, Microsoft MVP, featured presenter for xTrain.com and Adobe.TV, technical editor for Wrox Publishing and Certified Scrum Master. Improving Enterprises, Inc (http://ImprovingEnterprises.com) specializes in delivering enterprise solutions, agile methodologies and mentoring on the Microsoft and Java platforms.
Host, cameraman and editor for http://CommunityCast.tv; as a long time community leader and former Microsoft Developer Evangelist, Caleb is well known for his engaging speaking style, depth of knowledge and creative energy. As a Microsoft Certified Solution Developer, Certified Trainer and .NET architect, Caleb has helped to design and implement enterprise .NET Solutions for some of the largest companies in the world; American Airlines, Countrywide Mortgage, CGI-AMS, Dollar Thrift Automotive Group and Sunoco Inc. to name a few.
Caleb lives in the Dallas area where he continues to date his beautiful wife and busies himself playing Candy Land and Xbox 360 with their four incredible children. Occasionally he writes curriculum, speaks at conferences, and writes code for silly things like Twitter applications. Eventually he'll post some of the gazillion interviews that he's recorded on CommunityCast or blog at www.calebjenkins.com
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Meeting Location Change - Again - Thursday, September 28, 2006
Itron has moved, so our meetings have as well. Itron is now located at 2111 N Molter Road, Liberty Lake WA. Starting October 2006, our meetings will be held at this location.
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Meeting Location Change - Monday, July 24, 2006
Meetings will now permanently be held at Itron, Inc. currently located at 2818 N. Sullivan Rd. out in Spokane Valley.
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Building change - Itron Campus - Monday, June 05, 2006
We will be meeting at Itron, once again, for the June meeting. Next month should see us back at Gonzaga.
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Building Change for May 10th Meeting - Wednesday, May 10, 2006
We will be meeting at Itron, Inc at 2818 N. Sullivan Road out in Spokane Valley for the May 10th meeting.
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Room Change - Thursday, February 02, 2006
Meetings will now be held in AD 246 (the main Administration building) instead of Herak 301. This new room will be where our February, March, and April meetings will be held. See map for updated building location.
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Job Listings - Thursday, December 01, 2005
We have added a new job listings tab for registered users.
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Room Change - Wednesday, June 22, 2005
Meetings will now be held in Herak 301 instead of Herak 244. This new room will be where our June, July, and August meetings will be held.
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SNUG Joins Ineta - Thursday, February 24, 2005
This week we were officially accepted into Ineta. This is great news if only for the fact that it means that for 3-4 meetings per year we will get free pizza. However, more importantly (some people may debate this...) we get to have great speakers that Ineta will send to us. Keith Pleas is the first and he is speaking on the Application Blocks. A topic directly in-line with our desired focus of architecture and design.
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Inaugural Meeting
The Spokane .NET User Group is starting up and the first meeting will be on February 9th, 2005. The idea is to meet the second Wednesday of every month at Gonzaga University. Please see the Meeting Location tab for directions.
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