http://www.vbug.co.uk/events/ en-gb Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:43:24 GMT http://www.vbug.co.uk/Events/October-2010/VBUG-Autumn-Conference-2010.aspx http://www.vbug.co.uk/Events/October-2010/VBUG-Autumn-Conference-2010.aspx Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:58:26 GMT Date: Wednesday 27 October 2010........A two-day conference including the following confirmed essions and much mre: Day One: Top of the Pops with Sharepoint 2010 - Dave McMahon Cache Out with Windows Server AppFabric - Phil Pursglove Mapping the Cloud - How far can we stretch it? - Johannes Kebeck Silverlight Development on Windows Phone 7 - Andy Wigley Day Two: TFS (actual title TBC) - Richard Fennel http://www.vbug.co.uk/Events/September-2010/VBUG-London-Virtualisation-for-Developers.aspx http://www.vbug.co.uk/Events/September-2010/VBUG-London-Virtualisation-for-Developers.aspx Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:23:41 GMT Date: Thursday 16 September 2010........Virtualisation for Developers Not used virtualisation technology yet? As a developer, you are missing out on some great time saving technologies. Concentrating on the use of virtualisation for developers on workstations and servers; What is virtualisation? What virtualisation tools are available (especially for free)? Why is virtualisation advantageous? Where should you utilise virtualisation? Tips and tricks - configuration and tweaking performance. Legacy application development (VB6, VS2003), installation tests, clean client images, documentation for screen capture as well as confirming how to get to configuration settings, consolidation of development hardware, internationalisation, breaking the 3Gb memory barrier, CI/build/test servers. Covers; VirtualPC, VirtualBox, VMWare Player and Workstation, as well as a quick look at Hyper-V. Speaker: Liam Westley is a consultant, runs his own company Tiger Computer Services Ltd, and specialises in software for Broadcast Television although he recently diversified into software for the NHS. His Niagara SMS moderation system has been used by QVC UK for the last four years to display SMS messages from viewers, live, on screen. Recently Liam completed a new ticketing system for Hat Trick Productions which is now providing e-tickets to shows such as Have I Got News For You, The Armstrong and Miller Show and It's Only A Theory. Liam has worked for chellomedia, GMTV, BSkyB, SmashedAtom and Original Thinking Group. In his time he has created the first in house weather system for Sky News using Visual Basic 1.0, acted as architect for two general election systems, project managed the launch of the GMTV web site, was key to delivering the first interactive television chat service in the UK for BSkyB and helped launch the first live shopping channels in the Netherlands. You can find out more at http://www.tigernews.co.uk and http://geekswithblogs.net/twickers, or follow Liam on Twitter @westleyl. Please arrive from 6.00pm for a prompt 6.30pm start. London VBUG events are made possible with help from our sponsors: Anteo Group. http://www.anteogroup.com/uk/ http://www.vbug.co.uk/Events/September-2010/An-Exceptionally-good-evening-with-Phil-Winstanley-online.aspx http://www.vbug.co.uk/Events/September-2010/An-Exceptionally-good-evening-with-Phil-Winstanley-online.aspx Wed, 01 Sep 2010 02:53:12 GMT Date: Wednesday 22 September 2010........If you're waiting around for users to tell you about problems with your website or application, you're only seeing a tiny fraction of all the problems that are actually occurring. The proverbial tip of the iceberg. In this session we'll explore how to detect and hunt down exceptions in live applications. You'll learn about .NET and JavaScript exception handling and more about Exceptions than you'll have thought possible! It'll be an ... Exceptional ... session. (Sorry). ***This is an experimental simultaneous broadcast over LiveMeeting of the Manchester regional event. If you wish to attend in person, look for the (in person) event.*** http://www.vbug.co.uk/Events/September-2010/An-Exceptionally-good-evening-with-Phil-Winstanley-In-person.aspx http://www.vbug.co.uk/Events/September-2010/An-Exceptionally-good-evening-with-Phil-Winstanley-In-person.aspx Wed, 01 Sep 2010 02:39:40 GMT Date: Wednesday 22 September 2010........If you're waiting around for users to tell you about problems with your website or application, you're only seeing a tiny fraction of all the problems that are actually occurring. The proverbial tip of the iceberg. In this session we'll explore how to detect and hunt down exceptions in live applications. You'll learn about .NET and JavaScript exception handling and more about Exceptions than you'll have thought possible! It'll be an ... Exceptional ... session. (Sorry). This is the Manchester / In-person version of this event, which may also be simultaneously broadcast on LiveMeeting. If you want the online version please look for the online version of this event. http://www.vbug.co.uk/Events/September-2010/VBUG-Bracknell-SQL-Server-CLR-and-Data-Tier-Applications.aspx http://www.vbug.co.uk/Events/September-2010/VBUG-Bracknell-SQL-Server-CLR-and-Data-Tier-Applications.aspx Wed, 11 Aug 2010 11:09:55 GMT Date: Tuesday 7 September 2010........Join us in Bracknell for a SQL Server themed meeting with our guest presenters Colin Leversuch-Roberts (aka GrumpyDBA) and Neil Hambly. During the evening, Colin will giving a presentation on CLR functions vs TSQL functions and the related performance issues. His session will be based upon real work on the Regus system which is a complex billing system available in 1,000 centres in 75 countries world wide. Next, Neil Hambly will be talking about Data Tier Applications (DAC). DAC was introduced in the SQL Server® 2008 R2 release. In collaboration with Microsoft Visual Studio® 2010 it allows Developers & DBAs to develop and deploy Data Tier Applications in self-contained units (dacpacs). Using DACs, developers and database administrators can now automate common operations and design practices during their database lifecycles in controlled environments Neil will discuss the key features and perform some demonstrations of the development & then deployments of a dacpac. As with any new feature it presently has several limitations. These will be discussed including where and when this feature can be used to good effect. Register today to avoid missing out on this great event! http://www.vbug.co.uk/Events/September-2010/VBUG-Bristol-The-Real-World-Experience-of-a-Startup-Using-and-Fighting-with-Azure.aspx http://www.vbug.co.uk/Events/September-2010/VBUG-Bristol-The-Real-World-Experience-of-a-Startup-Using-and-Fighting-with-Azure.aspx Thu, 17 Jun 2010 09:25:01 GMT Date: Wednesday 15 September 2010........We've seen the demos, written the "Hello World" but is it really a good idea? This session will take you through the first three months of a new startup developing on the Azure platform. The startup exists for one reason: to make a profit. So this will be the driving factor throughout the session. Areas of Azure covered will be: • Cost driven development, a new way of thinking. • Data storage, should I go with the easy option or change my relational mindset? • Lessons learnt. • What's it actually going to cost me? • A few tips and tricks http://www.vbug.co.uk/Events/October-2010/VBUG-Portsmouth-An-evening-with-Roy-Osherove.aspx http://www.vbug.co.uk/Events/October-2010/VBUG-Portsmouth-An-evening-with-Roy-Osherove.aspx Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:40:40 GMT Date: Monday 25 October 2010........In a ground-breaking event, and using the magic of the Interweb, we're excited to share an evening with the guitar playing, Unit Testing, leadership development guru, that is Roy Oshergrove. During a break from his world tour, Roy has kindly offered to spend a 'virtual' evening with us where he will be available for a Q&A session, answering questions from our members on topics such as unit testing, tdd and related, team leadership, or how to get those power chords just right. Watch this space for more details as this exciting opportunity unfolds. In the meantime, check out Roy's good stuff about himself here - http://osherove.com/ - and his leadership material here - http://5whys.com/about/ http://www.vbug.co.uk/Events/September-2010/VBUG-Portsmouth-HyperV-for-Developers.aspx http://www.vbug.co.uk/Events/September-2010/VBUG-Portsmouth-HyperV-for-Developers.aspx Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:30:10 GMT Date: Thursday 30 September 2010........This evening we're delighted to have Liam Westley coming down from London to share with us his insights into Microsoft's Hyper-V technology, geared towards developers and what Hyper-V can do for us.