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Vista Squad: ADO.NET & An Introduction to Microsoft SoftGrid
Date: Tue 27 May to Tue 27 May 2008
Topic: THIRD PARTY EVENT
Overview: The next Vista Squad meeting has been booked! 27th of May at the London Victoria offices of Microsoft with two great talks lined up.
The two great talks:
* ADO.NET Entity Framework by Dot Net Solutions' very own Marcus Tillett
* An Introduction to Microsoft SoftGrid by Aaron Parker
Agenda
6pm: Arrive
6.30pm - 7:30pm: ADO.NET Entity Framework
7.30pm - 8:15: Break, Pizza and drinks
8:15pm - 9:15: SoftGrid
9:15pm: Wrap up
Venue: Microsoft London
Start Time: 18:00
Price: FREE
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VBUG REIGATE: Introduction to Windows Workflow with Ben Lamb
Date: Tue 3 June to Tue 3 June 2008
Topic: VBUG TECHNICAL SEMINAR
Overview: Changing business requirements are the bugbear of the application developer. The Windows Workflow Engine allows business rules to be modelled in a graphical environment, possibly by a business analyst rather than the developer, making changes easier to accommodate. This talk explains the concepts behind Windows Workflow Foundation and demostrates its use.
All code samples demonstrated will be making use of the .NET Framework version 3.0.
For a preview of the slides and sample code please visit:
http://www.benlamb.com/talks
Please arrive ready for a prompt 18.30 start..
Venue: Watsin Wyatt, Watson House, London Road, Reigate, Surrey, RH2 9PQ
Start Time: 18:00
Price: FREE
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VBUG Peterborough: VBUG: SQL Server 2008 with Andras Belokosztolszki
Date: Tue 10 June to Tue 10 June 2008
Topic: VBUG TECHNICAL SEMINAR
Overview: SQL Server 2008 is due in Q2 2008. It introduces many new T-SQL language enhancements. In this session we will have a look at the features that are already available in the latest Community Technology Preview of SQL Server 2008. These include the MERGE statement, the new date and time related data types, the hirerachy_id and spatial data types.
Please note that you can arrive from 18.00 ready for the 18.30 start.
There is a max room size of 30 delegates.
Andras is a Software Architect at Red Gate Software (http://www.red-gate.com)
Venue: Johnston Publishing Ltd, 324 Oundle Road, PETERBOROUGH, PE2 9QR
Start Time: 18:00
Price: FREE
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VBUG BRIGHTON: Expression Web Design 2 with Ian Haynes
Date: Tue 10 June to Tue 10 June 2008
Topic: VBUG TECHNICAL SEMINAR
Overview: Expression Web V2 has a lot of new features we’ll be exploring, including: PHP support; the easy use of Silverlight and Flash; Photoshop Import - creation of image files from selected psd layers; Ajax controls; ASP.Net 3.5 controls; and more. All demo based with minimum Powerpoint!
Ian Haynes has been a professional web developer since 1999, when he started working with FP98 and IE3. His company, Data Insite (http://www.data-insite.co.uk/), has customers across Europe and provides ASP and ASP.Net web applications which to date have included content management systems, document filing systems, email listservers, discussion groups and e-commerce, as well as conventional sites.
PLEASE ARRIVE FROM 18.00 READY FOR PROMPT 18.30 START!
Venue: Madgex Limited, Suite 1 Clarence House, 30-31 North Street, Brighton, BN1 1EB
Start Time: 18:00
Price: FREE
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Scottish Devs: LINQ to XML - Everything but the kitchen sinq
Date: Tue 10 June to Tue 10 June 2008
Topic: THIRD PARTY EVENT
Overview: Colin Angus Mackay will be giving an introduction to the new XML classes in .NET 3.5, how they work and what can be done with them. After the break he'll then show how the new XML classes can be used in LINQ (Language INtegrated Query) in order to get data out in the way that you want.
Colin Angus Mackay is a Microsoft MVP (C#), Code Project MVP, and Member of the Institution of Analysts and Programmers. He first got started with software development when he was 9 years old with a ZX Spectrum
Venue: Glasgow
Start Time: 18:30
Price:
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VBUG Bournemouth: Building Dynamic Web Applications with Microsoft Silverlight
Date: Tue 17 June to Tue 17 June 2008
Topic: VBUG TECHNICAL SEMINAR
Overview: Presented by Mike Taulty. Silverlight is Microsoft's new cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering rich media experiences and interactive applications for the Web. Silverlight provides a highly productive platform for designers and developers to collaborate in building a new generation of web experiences enabling you to build visually stunning interactive content and applications that run on multiple browsers and operating systems. Invite us for a spin around the XAML Canvas to experience the capabilities of the Silverlight platform. We'll take an in depth look at what Silverlight is and how we can make use of it in web applications. We'll look at both the 1.0 and 1.1 versions of the technology and probe into the programming model and tools you'll need to build compelling Silverlight applications. We'll also look at some related topics such as calling back-end services and asynchronous content download.
Mike Taulty works in the Developer and Platform Group at Microsoft in the UK where he has spent the past few years helping developers understand and get the best from the Microsoft platform. Prior to this, Mike spent 3 years with Microsoft Consulting Services as a consultant on developer technologies.
PLEASE ARRIVE FROM 18.00 FOR PROMPT START AT 18.30
Venue: Dorset Software, Corbiere House, New Quay Road, Poole, Dorset, BH15 4AF
Start Time: 18:00
Price: FREE
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DS Callards / Business Objects: Bringing Data to Life with Xcelsius
Date: Wed 18 June to Wed 18 June 2008
Topic: THIRD PARTY EVENT
Overview: Crystal Xcelsius provides state-of-the-art interactive visual analytics. You can easily transform your Excel spreadsheet into sophisticated data presentations that include unique visual components, then share within PowerPoint, Adobe PDF, Outlook and the Web.
"Bringing Data to Life with Xcelsius" - Wednesday 18th June 2008 - is a half-day free seminar, based in London and run in association with Business Objects, that will provide an introduction into the powerful features of Crystal Xcelsius. The seminar will cover how to:
Transform Excel spreadsheets into interactive data presentations, Excel dashboards and visual 'What-If' models.
Create 'live' dashboards that connect to any type of company data - from corporate databases to personal spreadsheets.
Add the clarity and convenience of visual analytics and personalised dashboards to your Business Objects platform.
Venue: Maidenhead
Start Time: 09:30
Price: FREE
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VBUG LONDON: VStudio Extensibility & Software Factories with Santosh Benjamin
Date: Tue 24 June to Tue 24 June 2008
Topic: VBUG TECHNICAL SEMINAR
Overview:
Venue: 150 Minories, London EC3N 1LS
Start Time: 18:00
Price: FREE
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VBUG MANCHESTER: Using New Data Types In 2008 with Andrew Couch
Date: Thu 26 June to Thu 26 June 2008
Topic: VBUG MANCHESTER TECHNICAL SEMINAR
Overview: With the introduction of new data types in SQL Server 2008 combined with the existing variety of data types in SQL Server 2005, Office 2007 and Share Point there is a need to understand how these choices impact the use and exchange of data.
This session reviews the different data types and considers how to select the most appropriate data types with regards to the implications this may have for using the data in various versions of Office and Visual Studio. Along the way there will be an opportunity to explore some of the new features in SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008.
Venue: Manchester Digital Development Agency, 117-119 Portland Street, M1 6ED
Start Time: 18:30
Price: FREE
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VBUG Newcastle: F# with Oliver Sturm
Date: Wed 9 July to Wed 9 July 2008
Topic: VBUG TECHNICAL SEMINAR
Overview: Taking efficiency one step further - F#
Microsoft Research describes F# as "a scripted/functional/imperative/object-oriented programming language". Combining all those aspects in one language is certainly not an easy task, but they've done a good job of it. F# is interesting both as a language to actually consider for your projects and as a source of features that might make it into the mainstream .NET languages tomorrow. The session uses many examples to give you a good general overview of F#.
To complement the introductory session, Oliver is going to show some more advanced samples from his talk “Data Handling in F#” and there will also be room for Q&A as well as discussion.
Venue:
Start Time: 18:00
Price: TBC
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VBUG SCOTLAND: F# with Oliver Sturm
Date: Wed 16 July to Wed 16 July 2008
Topic: VBUG TECHNICAL SEMINAR
Overview: Taking efficiency one step further - F# Microsoft Research describes F# as "a scripted/functional/imperative/object-oriented programming language". Combining all those aspects in one language is certainly not an easy task, but they've done a good job of it. F# is interesting both as a language to actually consider for your projects and as a source of features that might make it into the mainstream .NET languages tomorrow. The session uses many examples to give you a good general overview of F#. To complement the introductory session, Oliver is going to show some more advanced samples from his talk “Data Handling in F#” and there will also be room for Q&A as well as discussion.
Oliver Sturm is an experienced software architect, developer, trainer and author, with a strong background in various different fields including system and framework architecture and design, process modeling and user interface design. He is a C# MVP and he works for Developer Express as a Technical Evangelist and Lead Program Manager for the Frameworks Division.
Venue: Alba Innovation Centre, Alba Campus, Livingston, EH54 7GA
Start Time: 18:00
Price: FREE
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VBUG Manchester: Where’s my data? An intro to Spatial Queries in SQL Srv 08
Date: Thu 24 July to Thu 24 July 2008
Topic: VBUG MANCHESTER TECHNICAL SEMINAR
Overview: It is reckoned that 80-90% of data has a spatial component to it. But what do we do with it now? At best, we constrain it to postcodes. Well, that would be great if we were delivering letters, but the majority of us aren’t. In this session we look at Spatial Queries in SQL Server to see how it works and what can be done with it.
Here's what Gary Short said about the session when he saw it: -
"Colin MacKay's Spatial Data talk last night really rocked! If you get the chance to see it you should."
Colin Angus Mackay is a software developer specialising in Microsoft technologies located in Glasgow, Scotland. He is a Member of the Institution of Analysts and Programmers, Member of the British Computer Society, a Microsoft MVP (C#), a Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer, a Core Member of Scottish Developers, Code Project MVP for four years running and while not involved in software related pursuits is an amateur photographer, cyclist, map maker and is also the Vice President of Education for South Side Speakers, the Glasgow South Side Branch of Toastmasters International. And if all that wasn’t enough he is also organising Developer Day Scotland.
Venue: Manchester Digital Development Agency, 117-119 Portland Street, M1 6ED
Start Time: 18:30
Price: FREE
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THE VBUG .NET ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2008!
Date: Tue 4 November to Wed 5 November 2008
Topic: THE VBUG .NET ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2008!
Overview: THE VBUG .NET ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2008!
Venue: Microsoft Campus - Building 3, Thames Valley Park, Reading, RG6 1WG
Start Time: 09:00
Price: THE VBUG .NET ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2008!
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