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DoEvents - February 2007
Lots of events taking place this month, including 6 cracking VBUG seminars, the MSDN Road Shows as well as Dev Week! VBUG will be represented at both the MSDN Road Shows and DevWeek, so please make sure you say ‘Hello’ if you are attending! With DevWeek there is a special ticket discount available until the 2nd February – so be quick! This month also very pleased to announce we have teamed up with ComponentOne to offer up to 15% discounts on any purchases. Check out the newswire on www.vbug.net for full details! Don’t forget to mark the 17th and 18th October in your diary – the date for the 2007 VBUG Conference. Last year’s FREE member only event was a rip roaring success, help us to make this year’s even better by emailing me with you wish list of topics to cover! (emma@vbug.com).
Have a great month..!
Emma Britton
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Shown below are some of the Future events for VBUG, Microsoft, The London Database Developer's Forum, Scottish Developers, NxtGenUg, DNJOnline, The London .NET User Group, The Access User Group, the SQL Server User Group and The DotNET Developers Group. To recommend another developer event click here.
VBUG Events
VBUG: Vista Launch with Andrew Westgarth and John Price
Date: Wednesday 7 February 2007
Overview: January 2007 sees the consumer launch of the latest version of Microsoft’s flagship product – Microsoft Windows Vista. Along with Vista, the eagerly anticipated Office 2007 &Exchange 2007 are also released. Join us as we take a tour round the new features of Windows Vista, Microsoft Office 2007 & Exchange 2007. Learn about the new features that can be developed against. We will also explore the recently released .Net Framework 3.0 and look ahead to the coming year. Location: Glasgow URL: http://www.vbug.net/events/default.asp?region=Edinburgh VBUG: Developing Visio Solutions with VB with Roger Billsdon of ADE Ltd
Date: Tuesday 13 February 2007
Overview: Visio is a very flexible & powerful system for developing solutions that involve documents containing drawings & text. Unlike other similar systems, Visio was designed from the outset with VB programmability in mind. We’ll highlight some key features of the Visio object model, discuss some of the alternative Visio solution structures & work through a couple of simple VB programs that generate drawings & extract data from Visio drawings. Location: Cambridge URL: http://www.vbug.net/events/default.asp?region=Ipswich VBUG: Expression Web Design with Ian Haynes
Date: Thursday 15 February 2007
Overview: Microsoft Expression Web is a new class-leading tool for professional web design. Set for launch before the end of 2006, it brings together all the elements needed for building standards based web sites, with comprehensive support for CSS and data presentation. In this session well be introducing EW and looking at how these features combine to take web design tools to a new level. Location: Bournemouth URL: http://www.vbug.net/events/default.asp?region=Portsmouth VBUG: Real World Security Audit with Chris Seary
Date: Wednesday 28 February 2007
Overview: Chris Seary is an MVP and works for Charteris plc. He has specialised in security aspects of enterprise scale applications for a number of years. This talk condenses his experiences of auditing the security aspects of large applications. You’ll be introduced to many tricks and tools you can use to make your .Net and SQL Server applications secure. Location: Bracknell URL: http://www.vbug.net/events/default.asp?region=Reading VBUG: EVO (Exchange, Vista and Office) VBUG Launch with Chris Myhill
Date: Wednesday 28 February 2007
Overview: January 2007 sees the consumer launch of the latest version of Microsoft’s flagship product – Microsoft Windows Vista. Along with Vista, the eagerly anticipated Office 2007 &Exchange 2007 are also released. Join us as we take a tour round the new features of Windows Vista, Microsoft Office 2007 & Exchange 2007. Learn about the new features that can be developed against. We will also explore the recently released .Net Framework 3.0 and look ahead to the coming year. Location: Swindon URL: http://www.vbug.net/events/default.asp?region=Bristol VBUG: WCF (Windows Communication Foundation with Mehran Nikoo
Date: Wednesday 28 February 2007
Topic: VBUG TECHNICAL SEMINAR Overview: We have heard about the ABCs (Address, Binding and Contract) of the Windows Communication Foundation. In this session, we are going to see how WCF can be used in practice in building distributed applications based on the .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.0. This is a Level 350 session with a mixture of slides, code samples and demos. Location: London URL: http://www.vbug.net/events/default.asp?region=London
Third Party Events
Web DD Conference 2007
Date: Saturday 3 February 2007
Topic: THIRD PARTY EVENT Overview: Standards. Design. Future. Three topics that are on everyone’s wish list, but that often get left by the wayside as time rolls by. If you’re interested in all three, then WebDD is for you. WebDD is a new conference covering both design & development, with a focus on design standards, best practices, emerging & future technologies. There will be a variety of talks covering topics such as Accessibility, CSS, Standards, ASP.NET, & Ruby, with the aim of bringing developers & designers together to share ideas. Location: Reading URL: http://msevents.microsoft.com/ Dive Deeper Technology Event in partnership with Quality Training and Microsoft
Date: Monday 12 February 2007
Overview: Sessions are designed for both IT Pros & management. There will be 3 technical sessions running throughout the day delivered by professional Microsoft speakers. Venue: The Carmelite Hotel, Stirling Street, Aberdeen URL: http://www.quality-training.co.uk/event20Aberdeen.htm LINQ to SQL, LINQ to XML presented by NxtGen User Group
Date: Monday 19 February 2007
Topic: THIRD PARTY EVENT Location: Birmingham URL: http://www.nxtgenug.net/ViewEvent.aspx?EventID=38 MSDN Road Show - Nottingham
Date: Wednesday 21 February 2007
Topic: Third Party Event Overview: MSDN is firmly focused on the need to provide the developer with practical, usable developer info & techniques on upcoming MS products. The MSDN Roadshow will demonstrate the latest dev. in up & coming technologies from across the MS technology stack. Covering topics across a broad range of areas, eg Languages, Data. Presentation and Live. Office 2007 will also be covered throughout the seminar. Location: Nottingham URL: http://msevents.microsoft.com/ DevWeek 2007
Date: Monday 26 February 2007
Topic: Third Party Event Overview: DevWeek is the UK’s leading technical conference for software developers, database professionals and IT architects, and features expert speakers on a wide range of topics, including .NET 3.0, Windows Vista, Visual Studio 2005, ASP.NET AJAX, SQL Server 2005, C 3.0, Agile Development, ASP.NET 2.0, .NET debugging, Visual Studio Team System, and Service-Oriented Architecture. Location: London URL: http://www.devweek.com/ About DoEvents
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