Wed 3/10 Mtg: Session 1-ASP.NET MVC, Session 2: F#
Our upcoming March monthly meeting will be held on Wednesday 3/10/2010 at the Microsoft Waltham MA office. The meeting will feature two sessions, a discussion group on ASP.NET MVC 2 and a presentation on F#.
SESSION 1: ASP.NET MVC 2
5:00-6:00 pm
Discussion Leader: Bob Goodearl
ASP.NET MVC 2 which will be inlcuded in the upcoming Visual Studio 2010 (April 12th release) builds on the initial version and provides some exciting new functionality. This session will be a discussion where everyone is invited to share their experiences with ASP.NET MVC. You are encouraged to bring your laptop with and MVC related work you would like to share with the group. This will be informal, you don’t have to prepare just show your code.
Visit the MVC site.
About Bob Goodearl
Bob is President of RGood Software, is a software consultant with more than 28 years of experience as software architect, designer, and developer. He is platform “agnostic,” and his first concern is solving his client’s business problem.
In the past four years Bob has led the RGood Software team in delivering architecture, developing and deploying several .NET applications, including both client side and dynamic ASP.NET Web Applications using C# and SQL Server 2000. He is a member of the Boston Dot NET User Group and shares his .NET expertise as one of the leaders of the development of bostondotnet.org, a key resource for the New England .NET community.
SESSION 2: F# and You!
6:00-8:00 pm
Rick Minerich
Why would a programmer choose a specific style of programming for a specific task? The answer is that when you work close to your problem domain you can build things more quickly and with a lower error rate. Functional programming languages sit much closer to the domain of mathematics which makes them ideal for programming in the small. However, F# is not simply a functional programming language. Its blend of the functional and object oriented gives it a power and flexibility beyond that of other .NET platform languages.
Visit the F# Developer Center.
About Rick Minerich
Shortly after graduating from UMass Amherst Rick joined Atalasoft, a Microsoft Platform ISV with an image processing bent located in Easthampton, Massachusetts. Since that time he’s worked hard to become a part of both the .NET and greater functional programming communities. This has culminated in the launch of the New England F# User Group and a Microsoft MVP award. Currently, he spends most of his time working on the soon to be released book Professional F# 2.0.
