Space Coast .Net User Group Events

Mark Dunn Windows Workflow Foundation

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Introduction to Windows Workflow Foundation
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Windows Workflow Foundation was released with .NET 3.0 and enables developers to visually
define processes in either a sequential (think flowchart) or state machine (think UML
activity or state diagram) project. The ability to abstract, manage and reuse a business
process is a very powerful and flexible tool for developers. In this session, Mark will
cover the fundamentals of what WF is and where you might use it. He will demonstrate
using the development tools and several of the interesting activities included out of
the box.

Windows Workflow Foundation Persistance and Scalability
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The workflow runtime has the ability to associate a persistence service with a workflow
instance which will be activated if the WF instance becomes idle. Learning to work
with persistence is the key to building scalable workflow solutions. This is especially
critical if you have long running workflows that include human interaction. In this
talk, Mark will give you a brief overview of Workflow to establish what it is and why
you would be interested in working with it followed by a deeper dive into using
the SQL Server Persistance services that come out of the box with WF. By default,
persistance isn't activiated. There are a few things you need to do for set up and
activiation and this talk will clue you in.

Windows Workflow Foundation Policy and Rules
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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 with a powerful rules engine.
Mark will dig into the rules engine and explain how forward chaining works, how
you can take control of rule evaluation yourself and how to use the various attributes
that control how the rules engine makes its decisions. You'll also learn the secret
of making dynamic changes to rules for a running workflow.

Mark Dunn - Short Bio
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Mark has over 20 years of experience in the disciplines of software engineering, database

administration, and project management. Software that Mark developed for the radio industry is

still in use today. He was a lead developer on the team that created Tapscan, a well-known

Arbritron ratings analysis package that has dominated that industry for many years. He is the

president of DUNN Training and Consulting, Inc. a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner based in

Atlanta, GA.

For the past four years, Mark has been awarded MVP status for his contributions to the Visual

Studio .Net community and he serves as Microsoft's Regional Director covering the Southeast

United States. Mark also co-founded .Net Rocks, an Internet radio program for .Net developers

recognized in over 80 countries and now hosted by Microsoft on the MSDN site. He is a popular

speaker at conferences such as TechEd and DevConnections as well as a member of the INETA

speakers bureau.

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Tampa Code Camp

Saturday, December 06, 2008

Tampa Code Camp is scheduled for the first Saturday in December, 12-6-2008 ,the Location for the event will be at

K-Force
1001 E Palm Ave
Tampa, FL 33605

http://www.tampacodecamp.com

Sql Saturday #8

Saturday, October 25, 2008

SQLSaturday #8 will be held October 25, 2008 in Orlando. We're going to run six, possibly seven SQL tracks, plus an additional two tracks devoted solely to Sharepoint. We're partnering with the local Sharepoint group on this, we'll handle the logistics, they'll work on finding the Sharepoint speakers and driving attendance to those tracks. There's probably a little crossover between SQL and Sharepoint, but I would guess that most will be interested in one or the other. Partnering made easy because SQL user group guy Mike Antonovich is also the leader of the Sharepoint group (and author of a Sharepoint book, a plug for a friend). Call for speakers is open and we're asking everyone to submit at least two proposals, one of which should be on SQL 2008, We want to build a very good mix of content.

Silverlight DataBinding

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Where: Space Coast Credit Union Corp headquarters

When: Oct 15, 2008 @ 6:30Pm

What:

We will talk about the different databinding modes and how to validate data. In this demo we will create a wcf service to send data to a silverlight app. We will bind this data to controls and a datagrid

Ken Tucker will be speaking

Tallahassee Code Camp

Saturday, October 11, 2008

Tallahassee CodeCamp IV has been announced for Saturday, October 11.

Where is .NET Code Camp?

Florida State University

101 Louis Shores Building

142 Collegiate Loop Tallahassee, FL 32306-2100

http://capitalcitydotnet.net/dotnetnuke/CodeCampIV/tabid/64/Default.aspx

Code Generation with T4 Text Templates

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Code Generation with T4 Text Templates

When Sept 17, 2008

Abstract:

Why write repetitive code when you can generate it? Learn about Text Template Transformation Toolkit (T4) - one of the best-hidden new features of Visual Studio 2008. T4 allows you to use simple ASP.NET-like template syntax to generate application source code, configuration files, stored procedures and more. This presentation gives you all the information you need to start using T4 effectively in your project. We will go from basics (such as T4 template syntax) to advanced topics (such as template design and use of T4 in large projects) stopping along the way to create several templates from scratch.

Bio:

Oleg Sych is a Senior Lead Consultant at Catapult Systems. He has been working as a professional software engineer since 1993, building distributed enterprise applications since 2000 and working with .NET technologies since 2002. Oleg holds a Masters Degree in Computer Science, MCSD and MCPD Enterprise certifications. His professional interests include framework design and enterprise application architecture.

Southwest Florida Code Camp

Saturday, September 13, 2008

The Southwest Florida Code Camp will be held Sept 13, 2008 at the Lutgert School of Business.

http://www.naplesdot.net/

Jax Sql Server User Group Sql 2008 Launch

Friday, September 12, 2008

The Jacksonville SQL Server Users Group (www.jssug.com) is hosting a SQL 2008 launch event on Friday, Sep 12, 2008 in downtown Jacksonville. Plans are for 15 sessions, all focusing on SQL 2008 and most being presented by speakers who live in the greater Jacksonville area. Registration is open at http://www.sqlsaturday.com/register.aspx?eventid=10.

Jax Code Camp IV

Saturday, August 23, 2008

When Aug 23, 2008

A Code Camp is an off-hours forum for the development community to gather and share ideas. It is organized for, developed by, and owned by the developer community. It is always free to attendees, presenting community-developed material. The event builds development and presentation skills and encourages networking within the community.

Code Camp is a free day of learning, inspired by the original Camp Manifesto. The Jacksonville Code Camp has traditionally been organized by the Jacksonville Developers User Group (JaxDUG), coordinating local and regional community speakers for a free day of training and post event entertainment

http://www.jaxcodecamp.com/

Do Your WebParts Behave

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

This event was postponed due to Tropic Storm Fay

When: Aug 20, 2008 @ 6:30PM
Where: Charlie and Jakes Brewery Grill

Who: Mikhail Dikov Share Point MVP
What: Do Your Web Parts Behave?

Creating Web Part behaviors with no code deployment using Asp.Net 3.5 and .Net 3.5

Mikhail Dikov is a developer at Global 360, Inc. and MVP for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server with background in CMS and BPM software. Mikhail brings over 8 years experience in Microsoft technologies such as .NET, ASP.NET and over 12 years of IT experience. Current interests include BPM, BI, SharePoint, .Net and AJAX.

We will be raffling off a copy of Office 2007. There will be some magazines available. Please register if you plan to attend this event.

https://www.clicktoattend.com/invitation.aspx?code=130678

Visual Studio 2008 SP1

Monday, July 14, 2008

When Monday July 14
Where Space Coast Credit Union Corp Headquarters

Joe Healy our Local Microsoft Developer Evanglist will be speaking about the upcoming features of VS 2008 SP1. The meeting starts at 6:30 PM.

Visual Studio 2008 SP1 delivers:

Improved WPF designers
SQL Server 2008 support
ADO.NET Entity Designer
Visual Basic and Visual C++ components and tools (including an MFC-based Office 2007 style ‘Ribbon’)
Visual Studio Team System Team Foundation Server (TFS) addresses customer feedback on version control usability and performance, email integration with work item tracking and full support for hosting on SQL Server 2008
Richer JavaScript support, enhanced AJAX and data tools, and Web site deployment improvements

The .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 delivers:

Performance increases between 20-45% for WPF-based applications – without having to change any code
WCF improvements that give developers more control over the way they access data and services
Streamlined installation experience for client applications
Improvements in the area of data platform, such as the ADO.NET Entity Framework, ADO.NET Data Services and support for SQL Server 2008’s new features

Friday, July 04, 2008

Code Generation with T4 Text Templates

Abstract:

Bio:

Sql Server for Developers

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

When: Wednesday June 11, 2008 @ 6:30PM
Where: Space Coast Credit Union Corp Headquarters

Want to know what you need to do to keep your DBA happy and make your application run really fast? Wondering if stored procedures are really faster than dynamic sql? Need some good guidelines for adding indexes? We'll spend an hour talking about performance in this very interactive presentation.

Andy Warren of End to End Training will be speaking.

Register if you plan to attend this event

Then will be pizza and magazines available for those who attend. We will be raffleing off a Technet plus subscription at the end of the meeting.

Sunday Tech Ed Tweener

Sunday, June 08, 2008

The Florida user groups have the Orlando convention center for the weekend between the Developer and IT pro tracks of TechEd. On Sunday there will be a Sql University, Dot Net Nuke University, Open Space, Toolshed, OCS University, .Net University, and VSTS University.

See http://www.FloridaTweener.com for more info

Saturday Tech Ed Tweener

Saturday, June 07, 2008

The Florida user groups have the Orlando convention center for the weekend between the Developer and IT pro tracks of TechEd. On Saturday there will be a Sql Saturday, Open Space, RoboChamp, Agile Camp, .Net Code Camp, and IT pro code camp.

Party and social June 7th 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM

see http://www.FloridaTweener.com for more info.

SilverLight 2.0

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

When: Wednesday May 21, 2008 @ 6:30 PM

Silverlight 2 includes a cross-platform, cross-browser version of the .NET Framework, and enables a rich .NET development platform that runs in the browser. Developers can write Silverlight applications using any .NET language (including VB, C#, JavaScript, IronPython and IronRuby). We will ship Visual Studio 2008 and Expression Studio tool support that enables great developer / designer workflow and integration when building Silverlight applications.

Jeff Barnes of Microsoft will be presenting

There will be pizza and magazines available at this meeting. There will be a raffle for a Office 2007 pro at the end of the meeting.

Heroes Happen Here

Friday, April 25, 2008

Visual Studio 2008 launch

When: April 25, 2008
Where: Orange County Convention Center

The Orlando event will celebrate the launch of Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008. The event will bring together IT Pros and Developers to get an in-depth, up-close look at the new products and will give attendees an opportunity to meet with our Partners as well as members of the development teams who created the cutting-edge technologies. And all attendees will get a promotional pack containing all three new products.

Register for this event

The event is Sold Out

VS 2008 Community Launch Part 2

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

When: April 16, 2008 @ 6:30PM

Where: Space Coast Credit Union Corp Headquarters.

Asp.Net 3.5 now includes Ajax, improvements to Forms Authentication, some new controls (LinqDataSource, ListView, and DataPager), and is integrated with IIS7. I will be doing a demo on the new controls, some of the features in Forms Authentication, and ending with creating a simple IIS7 module.

Ken Tucker and Frank Cowan will be speaking.

There will be Pizza and free Magazines available at the meeting. We will be Raffling off a copy of Windows Vista Ultimate and Windows 2008 at the meeting

Please Register if you Plan to Attend this event

2008 Orlando Code Camp

Saturday, March 22, 2008

What is CodeCamp?
It's a free one day learning event for programming professionals with a focus on .NET and other related technologies. CodeCamps are "grass roots" mini application platform developer conferences, free of charge to attendees and open to presenters of all stripes and experience. CodeCamps are (1) by and for the developer community; (2) always free; (3) community developed material; (4) no fluff – only code; (5) community ownership; and (6) never occur during working hours. CodeCamp does NOT contain any marketing presentations or sales pitches.

Orlando CodeCamp 2008
When: Saturday March 22, 2008, from 8 AM to 6 pm (check in begins at 7:30 am)

Where: Seminole Community College Heathrow Campus

Register Now!

VS 2008 launch part 1

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

When: March 19, 2008 @ 6:30 PM
Where: Space Coast Credit Union Corp headquarters

Two speakers tonight George Tomek will be speaking about windows Workflow and Christian Loris will be speaking about the Practical Adapter Pattern.

John Papa - Entity Framework

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

When: Feb 20,2008 @6:30 PM
Where: Space Coast Credit Union Corporate Headquarters

The ADO.NET Entity Framework, part of ADO.NET components of the .NET Framework, is an Object-Relational mapping technology from Microsoft. It is geared to solving the mismatch between the formats data is stored in a database and in which it is consumed in an object-oriented programming language or other front ends. ADO.NET Entity Framework will be released in the first half of 2008, separate from .NET Framework 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008.

John Papa, Senior Consultant for ASPSoft, Inc., a Microsoft MVP [C#], MCSD.NET, and an author of several XML, ADO and SQL books will be speaking. John has over 10 years experience in architecting and developing Microsoft technologies as a consultant and a trainer. He is the author of the Data Points column in MSDN Magazine and can often be found speaking at user groups, MSDN Web Casts, and industry conferences such as VSLive.John Papa, Senior Consultant for ASPSoft, Inc., a Microsoft MVP [C#], MCSD.NET, and an author of several XML, ADO and SQL books will be speaking.

Please register if you plan to attend this event.

Be sure and check out John's Article on the Entity Frame in the MSDN magazine

Introduction to Visual Studio 2008

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Introduction to Visual Studio 2008

Presenter: Joe Healy, Microsoft Developer Evanglist

Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2008 delivers on Microsoft’s vision of smart client applications by enabling developers to rapidly create connected applications that deliver the highest quality, rich user experiences. With Visual Studio 2008, organizations will find it easier than ever before to capture and analyze information to help them make effective business decisions. Visual Studio 2008 enables organizations of every size to rapidly create more secure, manageable, and reliable applications that take advantage of Windows Vista™ and the 2007 Office system.

Where:
Charlie and Jakes Brewery Grill
6300 N Wickham Rd
Melbourne, FL 32940
USA
driving directions

When:
1/22/2008
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Welcome Time:
1/22/2008 6:15 PM Eastern Time

Visual Studio 2008 Install fest

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

When: Dec 18 @6:30PM
Where: Charlie and Jakes Brewery Grill

Bring your laptop to the meeting room at Charlie and Jakes and the great Joe Healy will allow you to install a copy of Visual Studio 2008 standard for free. While Visual Studio 2008 is installing buy yourself something to eat or drink and have some fun.

** Visual Studio 2008 must be installed at the meeting **
** Please Uninstall any ORCAS or VS 2008 CTPs or Betas before the meeting **

There are a limited number of copies of VS 2008 available

Register for this event

Introduction to Microsoft Linq

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Introduction to Microsoft Linq

When Nov 14, 2007 @630pm
Where: Space Coast corporate headquarters

Ken Tucker will be talking about Microsoft Linq

October - Amazon Web Services for the .NET developer

Monday, October 15, 2007

Mike Culver joined Amazon Web Services after almost eight years in evangelism at Microsoft, where he saw .NET move from a provocative idea to the preeminent development platform for serious development. During that time, Mike managed a team of evangelists in Microsoft’s Developer Division (and later in Developer and Platform Evangelism) that were responsible for a number of high-profile implementations of .NET, ranging from innovative Compact Framework applications for devices to complex mission-critical applications such as the City of London’s Traffic Congestion Project.

Russ Fustinos Tool Shed Tour

Wednesday, October 03, 2007

Russ Fusino's Tool Shed tour will be making a stop at the Space Coast .Net User Group

When: October 3, 2007 @ 3:00 PM

Where: Eau Gallie Public Library

It's All About The Tools – (It’s AATT! ) Episode One!

When I was a youth, watching my Dad tune up our car… there was a spark plug way in the back and it was really tough to get at using a traditional socket wrench. Then he pulled out this special tool that had a bend in it for just such a situation. My Dad said… “When you have the right tool for the job, it makes it easy… without the right tool you will struggle and struggle”. How true is that? Sometimes as a developer we struggle, needlessly… if we only knew there was a tool that did a certain function. Many times I will see a tool and say “if I had only know about that I would have been done so much quicker”. Many times in an MSDN Event I will show a tool as part of a larger presentation topic and some folks will come up to me afterwards and say that was the best part because that tool solves a specific problem they had.
Did you ever feel inundated with developer tools? Did you ever feel you are missing something that could make your life easier as a developer and as a power user? There are so many tools available to choose from and it keeps getting tougher to keep up with. Tool familiarity continues to be one of the top developers challenges. This series of seminars is all about tools for developers, by developers.
Welcome to this new, fresh and original ground breaking MSDN seminar series from Russ’ Tool Shed called … It’s All About The Tools. This is the first installment of many more to come. This session is tech talk about tools for developers. Join Microsoft Florida Developer Evangelist Russ Fustino for his take on what's hot in the developer's toolbox. There's something here for everyone, from beginners to experts. Oh, by the way, you might want to put your hard hat on for this one!
Don’t miss this event. It’s where It’s AATT! J In this first session you will see demonstrations the following tools and a few more surprises… Fiddler Web Stress Tool IE Developer Toolbar Visual Studio IDE tools
•          code convertors
•          obfuscator
•          snippit manager (and the snippet tool in vista as a bonus)
•          toolbox scratch pad
•          Refactor
Visual Studio Express tool’s
Visual Web Developer Express:
•          Web Administrator
•          Membership and personalization
Visual Express C#
•          XNA Express
Live Services
•          Spaces
•          Live Writer
•          MSDN article on search provider (2007.08)
Silverlight 1.0/1.1 XAML Designer (Expression Blend) Community Tool Web Site Review and top downloaded SDK’s
•          GotDotNet: http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/ide/
•          MSDN Dev Center: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/downloads/powertoys/
•          CodePlex home: http://www.codeplex.com/Default.aspx
•          Download center and more!

Please Register if You plan to attend this event

Jeff and Joe Road Show

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Jeff N Joe Road MSDN ROADSHOW - ".net tiki hut on tour" coming to Space Coast .Net September 11, 2007

Topic1: Expression web

Topic2: silverlight basics

Topic3: Mapping for Mortals with Virtual Earth (or ajax if there is no internet connectivity. Tbd)

Topic4: silverlight advanced

Enterprise Library Validation Application Block

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Enterprise Library Validation Application Block

Any application that accepts input either from users or from other systems must ensure that the information is valid in terms of some set of rules that you specify. For example, when processing an order, you may need to check that a customer's phone number has the correct number of digits, or that a date falls within a particular range. In addition, if the validation fails, you may need to send an error message that explains what is wrong.

The Enterprise Library Validation Application Block provides a library of classes, called validators, that supplies the code for validating .NET Framework data types. For example, one validator checks for null strings and another validator checks that a number falls within a specified range.

Christian Loris will be speaking.

Christian Loris's Blog

http://www.implementsivillage.net/

Connecting Applications with WCF

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

When: July 18 @ 6:30 PM

Where: Space Coast Credit Union Corp headquarters

Connecting Applications with WCF

Most applications of any scale need to make remote calls. Whether you need to call across processes from your smart client to a web service, from your web server to your application server, or from one client to another in a peer to peer fashion, WCF supports any kind of remote messaging or communications scenario. It doesn’t just stop at remote calls either, but also supports multiple forms of security, distributed transactions, queuing, concurrency, callbacks and many other things that are needed in full blown enterprise scale Service Oriented Architecture applications. This talk will show you the basics of using WCF to connect applications. You will learn what WCF is all about, how it relates to other remoting technologies, how to create a service, how to connect a client, and will expose you to the other many facets of WCF.

Bio:

Brian Noyes is a software architect with IDesign Inc (www.idesign.net), the Microsoft Regional Director for the Mid-Atlantic Region, a Solution Architect MVP, writer, speaker, and trainer. He is a frequent speaker at industry conferences worldwide including Microsoft TechEd US, Europe, and Malaysia, DevConnections, DevTeach, SDC Netherlands, .NET Days Denmark, and others. His last book, Data Binding in Windows Forms 2.0, came out in January 2006, and his latest book Smart Client Deployment with ClickOnce hit the shelves in January 2007. Brian also recently completed a LiveLessons training DVD named Developing Applications with Windows Workflow Foundation that will be out in the April 2007 timeframe. Brian got started programming as a hobby while flying F-14 Tomcat’s in the Navy, graduating from both TopGun and U.S. Naval Test Pilot School. He later turned his love of programming into his current career.

Please register to attend this event

VB Team

Tuesday, June 05, 2007

The VB Team will be speaking at our June 5, 2007 meeting.

They plan to show what's new in VB Orcas and anything else that will be fresh

Windows Workflow

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

David McNamee will be speaking about Windows Workflow.

The meeting will be held at the Space Coast Credit Union Headquarters on May 16, 2007 @ 6:30PM.

OOP

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Walter Williams will be presenting on Object Oriented programming at our April 18 meeting

ScottGu

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

When: Tuesday March 27 @ 6:30 PM

Where: Space Coast Credit Union Corp Headquarters

Who: Scott Guthrie

Scott Guthrie is the general manager of Microsoft Developer division. He runs the divisions that build the following tools

.NET Common Language Runtime (CLR)

.NET Compact Framework

ASP.NET /Atlas

Windows Forms

Windows Presentation Foundation (aka "Avalon")

IIS 7.0

Commerce Server

Visual Web Developer

Visual Studio Tools for Avalon (aka "Cider")

Please register to attend this event

Community Launch Part 2

Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Community Launch Part 2

On Febuary 21, 2007 Mikhail Dikov will be speaking about the new features for developers in Windows SharePoint Services version 3. Mikhail is developer at the Melbourne office of Global 360, Inc. and an active member of SCDNUG.

Community Launch Part 1

Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Community Launch Part 1

When: January 17, 2007 at 6:30 PM

Where: the Space Coast Credit Union Corporate Headquarters

What:

We will be doing an overview of what is new in .Net Framework 3.0

New classes in SystemBase
System.Speech
WPF
WCF
Windows Workflow
Card Space

Windows Vista from a developers stand point

Security changes
Application Recovery API
File System Transactions
New Dialogs
What are gadgets and how do I make one

Atlas Workshop

Saturday, December 02, 2006

Atlas Workshop

When: Saturday, December 02, 2006 @ 9AM
Where: Global 360, Inc.

780 So. Apollo Blvd., Suite 1
Melbourne, FL. 32901

Joe Healy will be covering the Asp.Net Ajax framework in depth. The event will be held at Global 360. There will be room for 20 people please RSVP to Ken@scdnug.org to make sure there is a space for you.

ASP.Net Ajax Framework

Sub Version

Wednesday, November 15, 2006

A Source Control system is necessary for managing projects with more than one developer. There are many source control solutions out there. Mikhail Dikov will be speaking about the open source Sub Version.

u Review Subversion’s key features and advantages (speed, less maintenance, flexibility, low cost)

u Compare Subversion with VSS

u Instructions how to install and configure Subversion quickly (+demo)

u Review of Subversion clients (Windows and Visual Studio) (+demo)

u Close the cycle with MS Build integration (demo)

u Migrating to Subversion

The session is both informative and practical. My goal is to give all tools, links and steps that will enable a developer to build a development environment in less than an hour.

Introduction to ASP.NET 2.0 Web Parts

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Ineta will be providing Russ Nemhauser to speak at our meeting October 18.

The meeting will be held at the Space Coast Credit Union Corporate Headquarters

Introduction to ASP.NET 2.0 Web Parts

Web Parts offer ASP.NET 2.0 applications the ability to provide powerful personalization functionality. In this session, you'll learn how Web Parts are implemented in ASP.NET 2.0, how to get up and running with Web Parts quickly, and how to extend the Web Parts framework. You will also learn how Web Parts functionality ties into the built-in membership features.