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Welcome to the June issue of DoEvents,
the UK Developer Community has seen a plethora of great events over the
last two months with various Developer Days in Belfast, Glasgow and Taunton
and WebDD in Reading. The list of events continues this month too with two
great VBUG Meetings in Newcastle and Bracknell, covering SharePoint
Development Testing and Agile Methods. Don't miss out register today!!
The new VBUG admin team is now in place
and hopefully things are running smoothly. We have regional events running
throughout the country but are always looking for enthusiastic people to
start up new groups. So, if you would like to start up a VBUG group in your
area, please contact me.
I am also starting to look for speakers
for the VBUG National Conference in November. If you have something you
would like to present just send me your ideas for consideration.
Finally, we have some special offers
this month too from VBUG partner Grey Matter – see below for details.
All the best
Nicky Gordon
VBUG Central Office
nic@vbug.co.uk
VBUG
Events
VBUG
Newcastle: Testing SharePoint with Typemock Isolator
Date: Wednesday 17
June 2009
Topic:
Overview:
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The development and testing of SharePoint applications is problematic. You
usually need to put a large infrastructure in place to allow even the
simplest operations to be performed usually meaning you need Windows server
on your development PC or you need to use VPCs.
In this session I will show how you can use Typemock Isolator to improve
your software quality by creating a robust testable environment for that is
not dependant SharePoint being installed on either the development PC or
any automated build servers.
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Richard Fennell is the Engineering Director of Black Marble Ltd a Microsoft
Gold Partner based in the North of England. Black Marble specialises in
BizTalk & SharePoint based business automation. As Engineering Director
Richard is responsible for the delivery of systems and tools to allow the
company, and their clients, to deliver solutions efficiently.
All Black Marble's development activity is underpinned by Team System using
Agile process models. Richard is a MVP for Team System and a Certified
Scrum master. Richard is a regular presenter at community events in the UK
(and the rest of the world given a chance) where his most common subject is
software testing and development process.
Venue:
Room 118, Claremont Tower, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE1
7RU
Start Time:
6:45 PM
Price:
FREE
More Info:
click
here
VBUG
London: This One Goes Up To 11, or How To Write Scalable ASP.NET
Date: Tuesday 23
June 2009
Topic:
VBUG London: This One Goes Up To 11, or How To Write Scalable ASP.NET
Overview:
Phil Pursglove will discuss his hot tips for writing scalable Web
applications.
So you've written the new MySpace and it's getting lots of use - but the
more users you get, the s-l-o-w-e-r the whole thing runs.
In this session we'll discuss strategies, hints and tips that you can use
to write ASP.NET that scales effectively as your user base grows.
This will include:
- how to cache HTML output so your page doesn't have to render every time.
- how to cache data so you don't have to get it from the database every
time.
- how to reduce your Viewstate to a few bytes in just three lines of code.
- how to shrink your JavaScript so it gets to the client faster.
- why letting the GridView do its' own paging is a bad idea.
- an introduction to Project Velocity, Microsoft's new caching engine.
Phil Pursglove is a Senior Software Developer with WSP Group in Cambridge.
He has worked with the .Net Framework since its' inception and was one of the
first developers to gain the MCSD qualification for .Net. Phil has been
involved with the UK Microsoft community for over five years and has
presented at user groups and conferences. Away from the keyboard his
interests are his XBox 360, cooking, and fencing.
Phil can be followed at http://www.twitter.com/philpursglove
and his blog is available at http://diaryofadotnetdeveloper.blogspot.com/
Please arrive from 6.00pm for a prompt 6.30pm start.
Venue:
Anteo Group, 8-9 Hayne Street, London, EC1A 9HH
Start Time:
6:00 PM
Price:
FREE
More Info:
click
here
VBUG
Bracknell: with Seb Lambla
Date: Tuesday 23
June 2009
Topic:
Overview:
Join us in Bracknell where Sebastien Lambla will talk about 'When agile
goes bad - how to stay calm and move forward'.
Here's an outline of the session from Sebastien:
With applying agile methodologies comes changes in many aspects of
delivering software. And with any change will come a time when something
fails. How to keep everyone calm? How to provide practical solutions to
prevent people from reverting back to non-agile practices at the first
roadblock? Through examples gathered from personal experience and the
community, we’ll explore ways to prevent the boat from sinking at the first
spilled glass of water.
Sebastien has been a passionate code monkey since his early teens, and has
experienced agile first hand, as a developer and as a scrum master, for
several years. He’s the director of London-based Caffeine IT, a consulting
/ contracting company, and writes open-source software in his spare time.
Venue:
Bracknell Leisure Centre, Bagshot Road, Bracknell, RG12 9SE
Start Time:
6:30 PM
Price:
TBC
More Info:
click
here
When
agile goes bad: how to stay calm and move forward with Sebastien Lambla
Date: Tuesday 14
July 2009
Topic:
When agile goes bad: how to stay calm and move forward
Overview:
With applying agile methodologies comes changes in many aspects of
delivering software. And with any change will come a time when something
fails. How to keep everyone calm? How to provide practical solutions to
prevent people from reverting back to non-agile practices at the first
roadblock? Through examples gathered from personal experience and the
community, we’ll explore ways to prevent the boat from sinking at the first
spilled glass of water.
Sebastien has been a passionate code monkey since his early teens, and has
experienced agile first hand, as a developer and as a scrum master, for
several years. He’s the director of London-based Caffeine IT, a consulting
/ contracting company, and writes open-source software in his spare time.
Doors open at 6:30 for a 7 o'clock start.
Venue:
GETEC CENTRE, George Eliot Hospital, Nuneaton, CV10 7DJ
Start Time:
6:30 PM
Price:
FREE
More Info:
click
here
VBUG
Bracknell: Windows 7
Date: Tuesday 21
July 2009
Topic:
Overview:
Join us in Bracknell to find out more about Microsoft's new operating
system. Further details will follow...
Venue:
Bracknell Council Chambers
Start Time:
6:30 PM
Price:
TBC
More Info:
click
here
Third Party Events
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Third
Party Events events:
The Developers Group has various events
going on. In the meeting on June 15th at Reading they will be covering:
* Windows 7 - Dave Allen (MS)
* Continuous Integration with Team City - Steve Tudor
* When Agile Goes Bad - Sebastien Lamla
* Azure - Pete Sykes
There is also a meeting in London on July 15th which comprises:
* Delivering Critical Data to the Mobile Field - Stephen Porton (Sybase)
* Morfik - Andy Denton
* Processing SMSs - Steve Ball
* Repetitive File Operations in Delphi - Cedd Burge
* A quick overview of Windows 7 - Pete Sykes
Bookings are open now and close on Wednesday July 8th.
For more details contact www.richplum.co.uk/meetings/20090715.pdf.
Scott Price's Visual Studio.NET & C# Masterclasses are taking
place in Upavon, Wiltshire on Monday 20th and Tuesday 21st July.
See www.richplum.co.uk/meetings/20090720.pdf for
two days
of intensive training from the ground up, including some hands-on..
Bookings are open now and close on Monday July 13th.
Plans are the drawing board for meetings on:
* September 21st at Reading - expected to include ASP.NET MVC
and a C# session.
* October 21st in London - expected to include Windows 7 in practice
and possibly more bloodshed on the Web battlefield.
* November 16th at Reading - no sessions yet decided
If you can present a session, however short, or want to suggest topics,
please let me know or discuss it on the newsgroup.
You may also be interested in:
* Weds 1st & Thurs 2nd July - Delphi Developer Days with Marco Cantu
and Cary Jensen, see www.DelphiDeveloperDays.com/
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