Boston .NET User Group

Volunteer needed to lead MVC discussion at tomorrow's meeting

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:37:06 -0500

The person who volunteered to lead the MVC discussion from 5-6 pm tomorrow is ill and can not make the meeting.

We are looking for someone to volunteer and lead the discussion. You don’t need to be an MVC expert, just lead the discussion.

If you can help out please contact Chris Pels at chris.pels@bostondotnet.org before 5 pm today, Tue 3/9.

Thanks

Announcing New England GiveCamp 6/11-13/2010

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:30:00 -0500

GiveCamp is a weekend, coding “marathon” at which small teams of developers, designers, and other technologists work on customer software solutions for non-profit organizations. This is a community driven and executed event, technology-agnostic, serving the entire New England region.

Get all the details at http://newenglandgivecamp.org.

TechEd 2010 Birds-of-a-Feather Session Proposals Being Accepted

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:46:07 -0500

If you are going to TechEd 2010 in New Orleans in June there will be Birds-of-a-Feather (BOF) sessions organized by INETA and volunteers from the community. These are open discussions on any technology topic (including non-Microsoft) led by a volunteer from the developer community.

Abstract submission is now open using the BOF page on the TechEd site. Take a look and check it out.

Wed 3/10 Mtg: Session 1-ASP.NET MVC, Session 2: F#

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:28:32 -0500

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.

Wed 2/10 BDN Meeting CANCELLED!

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:16:13 -0500

Due to the lovely winter weather the Wed 2/10/10 Boston .NET User Group meeting is cancelled.Please spread the word to anyone you know in the group.

We are working to have Rick back for one of the upcoming meetings.

Wed 2/10 IMPORTANT: Meeting may be cancelled due to weather: check back

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:21:43 -0500

With the potential for bad weather on Wednesday 2/10, Microsoft may close the Waltham office and our meeting would be cancelled. Please check back Wednesday morning.

Wed 2/10 Mtg: Volunteer need to make announcements and introduce speaker

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:10:17 -0500

Unfortunately, I have to go away on a business trip this coming Wednesday 2/10 and need a volunteer to make a few brief announcements and introduce our meeting speaker. If you can help out please email me at chris.pels@bostondotnet.org.

Thanks,
Chris

February 10th Monthly Meeting: F# and You!

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:34:00 -0500

F# and You!
Rick Minerich

Wed 2/10/2010
6-8 pm
Microsoft-Waltham, MA

Boston Geek Dinner 1/28/2010 6:30-8:30 pm

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 08:01:47 -0500

Jason Haley is organizing another Geek Dinner on Thu 1/28. Here’s the information on the event.

Where:
Boston Beer Works
112 Canal Street
Boston, MA 02114

When:
Thu 1/28 6:30-8:30 pm

Contact Info:
Jason Haley
jason@jasonhaley.com
206-861-6906

Pat Tormey Provides Good Overview of Using Silverlight

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:44:00 -0500

Pat Tormey, President of the New Hampshire User Group, provided everyone with a good overview of his experiences getting started with Silverlight at our January 13th meeting.

Pat showed and discussed the pitfalls and successes of his first Silverlight project which provided a nice real life perspective on using that technology.

Thanks for speaking Pat and we’ll see everyone at our next meeting on Wed February 10th. Check back here for details on the topic and speaker.

Wed 1/13 Meeting:SilverLight Line of Business Applications with RIA Services and Expression Blend

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:57:00 -0500

Pat Tormey has graciously volunteered to speak on short notice at the Wednesday meeting. Please help spread the word about the meeting via your blog, Twitter, etc. See you Wednesday.

SilverLight Line of Business applications with RIA Services and Expression Blend

Wednesday 1/13/2010
6-8 pm
Microsoft Waltham, MA Office

Guest Speaker Pat Tormey MS MVP
Foursquare Solutions Inc

In this session Pat will examine the business applications of SilverLight and several of the tools that you’ll want to know. There’ll be no dancing donkeys or spinning widgets. We’ll check out a real application, from initial design to finished product. While “almost complete” this is a work in process application and a great time to see how it all came together. What worked.. What didn’t… and a bunch of the other stuff.

Pat Tormey is a local developer, and long time user group leader currently running the New Hampshire Dot Net User Group.

Wed Jan 13th Speaker: Pat Tormey on Silverlight RIA

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:10:58 -0500

Pat Tormey has volunteered to speak on a current Silverlight RIA application he is developing. Details posted tomorrow (Tuesday) morning.

Boston .NET User Group Jan 13th Meeting: Need replacement speaker

Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:00:00 -0500

Unfortunately, our speaker for the Wed 1/13/2010 meeting has a family emergency and will be unable to speak.

If you or anyone you know would be willing to present to the group this coming Wednesday please let me know at chris.pels@bostondotnet.org. We will make a decision by 6 pm Tue 1/12 whether we can hold our meeting. Check back for a follow-up announcement.

O'Reilly Partners w/ Microsoft Press: Offers 40-50% Discount

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:23:16 -0500

O’Reilly publishing has partnered with Microsoft Press and is now offering a 40% (books) 50% (e-books) discount on the O’Reilly web site. Use the code MSINT in the shopping cart.

Boston .NET User Group Wed 12/9 Meeting CANCELLED

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:20:52 -0500

Horrible driving today so we’ll try again for at our Wed January 13th meeting.

Have a great holidays!

Gilbane Conference in Boston 12/1-3/2009

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:57:10 -0500

The Gilbane Conference is all about content management and worth checking out if you have an interest in this area.

Northeast MSDN Roadshow-Providence

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:47:06 -0500

Our local developer evanglists Chris Bowen and Jim O’Neil are doing another edition of their popular MSDN Roadshow. Providence has been added this time on Wed 12/9 around so if you live in the area or know someone spread the word. See the details at http://bit.ly/101mOR.

Boston .NET User Group 11/11/2009 Meeting Cancelled

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:12:09 -0500

Unfortunately our November meeting speaker is unable to make it so the meeting is cancelled. See you for our 12/9/2009 meeting.

Boston Geek Dinner @ Boston Beer Works: Tue 11/17

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:38:50 -0500

From Jason Haley:

Anyone up for a Geek dinner Nov 17th?

It’s been 3 months since the last one … so I think it’s time for another.

We’ll be upstairs by the pool tables in Boston Beer Works on Canal Street.

I know Nov 17th is the first day of the PDC … but this date is driven by events at the Garden so sorry if you are going to be at the PDC - I’ll also try to schedule one for early December (depending on events at the TD Garden of course).

Enterprise Service Bus & BizTalk Server: Wed 10/14

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:00:52 -0400

Boston .NET User Group October 14, 2009 Meeting
6:00-8:00 p.m.

Enterprise Service Bus & BizTalk Server
Hai Ning, Microsoft

BizTalk Server is the Microsoft premium enterprise application integration engine. In this session, we will take a tour around BizTalk, explore many core integration features it offers, and demonstrate an end-to-end order processing application that leverages BizTalk, SharePoint, InfoPath and many other technologies to build a robust enterprise application. We will look at how to use the built-in business activity monitoring solutions to monitor the execution metrics to gain insights of the business process. In addition we will also introduce the concept of Enterprise Service Bus and explore how to build an ESB infrastructure on top of BizTalk Server.

Hai Ning is an Enterprise Application Platform Architect of Microsoft Northeast District. He helps Microsoft’s most strategic enterprise customers in the New England region to define their technology strategies around service-oriented architecture and systems integration. Prior to joining Microsoft, he worked as a senior architect for a number of leading IT consulting companies, building integration solutions for major financial services corporations on the Microsoft stack. Hai received his Ph.D. in Information Technology, and Master of Science in Architecture Study from MIT. He blogs at http://www.hyperbina.com/tech/blog.