Dev East

Dev East Halifax .NET UG Meeting Jan 5, 2010

What better way to kick off the new year than with an evening of MOSS?

Rough schedule for the evening:

• 6:00 pm to 6:30 pm :  Social mixer with pizza and pop
• 6:30 pm to 6:45 pm :  Introductions
• 6:45 pm to 8:00 pm :  Programming MOSS with Scott Rogers
• 8:00 pm to 8:15 pm :  Prize giveaways and wrap up

To register please visit http://deveast.eventbrite.com.

Programming MOSS with Scott Rogers

This session will introduce MOSS and will focus on programming reusable components (web parts) to reside in MOSS.  It will introduce the SharePoint application programming interface (API) and will discuss deployment of components.

Scott Rogers works for Cyberplex, a leader in providing web advertising solutions, online customer acquisition strategies and technology development. A software architect, he has over 13 years of experience covering a board range of technologies, including ASP, Java, .Net and most recently SharePoint. He has been working heavily with Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007 (MOSS) for the last several years.

Call For Speakers – Dev East Halifax UG Needs You

Next Dev East Halifax UG meeting is Jan 12th. If you, or anyone you know would like to be a speaker please let me know!

Silverlight Tour Coming to Halifax

The Silverlight Tour that has been travelling across Canada, will be making a stop Halifax this year.

That date has been tentatively set for Nov 23 – 25 based on the number of registrations. The price is 1695$ for 3 days of training, and there is a 10% discount for user group members. We also have group discounts, and special pricing for user group leaders and MVP’s.

For more information and to sign up for this great training opportunity please check out https://agilitrain.com/Workshop/Outline/Silverlight_Tour_Workshop .

Are you ready for Windows 7? Moncton Community Event

November 4, 2009 6:00 PM – November 4, 2009 8:00 PM Atlantic Time (Canada)
Welcome Time: 5:30 PM

Moncton Public Library
Room: AB
644 Main Street
Moncton New Brunswick E1C 1E2
Canada

Register:

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032427967&Culture=en-CA

Event Overview:

Are you ready for Windows 7?  It is a common question now that Windows
7 is released to manufacturing.  This 2 hour 4 part session will cover
all the key aspects, guidance, tools and resources to help prepare you
and company for Windows 7. For anyone looking how to Discover,
Explore, Pilot, Deploy or Manage Windows 7, this is the seminar for
you.

This session will answer questions like “Why and how to move to
Windows 7 from Windows XP?”, “What are the differences between the
versions of Windows 7?” and focus on the three key pillars of Windows
7 – deployment, security, and networking.  From new deployment
techniques, application compatibility, to improved security and remote
access options this session will get you ready to answer questions
about Windows 7.

Please note: there is no cost to attend this event.

Speakers for Dev East Halifax Oct. 13th

How To Create a Twitter Module With DotNetNuke in 30 Mins

Shawn Duggan

Shawn Duggan works for T4G Limited, a project-based, end-to-end technology services organization and Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. A technical leader, he has over 13 years of experience covering a broad range of industries including insurance, hospitality, networking, retail, oil and gas, and tourism. Much of his career has been designing and developing ASP.NET enterprise solutions, but he has also worked on large scale Windows applications.

This session will illustrate how to quickly build applications with DotNetNuke, as well as show how easy Tweet# makes Twitter development.

Introduction to Cloud Computing and Microsoft Azure

Darryl Dutton

Darryl Dutton is a senior software architect with T4G. He has over 16 years experience in the design and delivery of software applications across a variety of industries including the retail, insurance, manufacturing, financial, and government sectors in Canada, US and the Middle East. Darryl specializes in application design with primary focus Microsoft technologies and has experience in large enterprise integration and development projects. Currently living in Halifax, he enjoys traveling the world and masters swimming.

This presentation will provide a high level introduction to cloud computing and Microsoft’s Azure Platform.

You can register now for the event at http://deveast.eventbrite.com .

Dev East Halifax User Group Meeting Oct. 13th

Unfortunately the first speaker I had arranged for the evening is no longer able to make it.  So even though the presentations are still being arranged, please make sure to reserve your spot.  I’ll update this blog when the speakers are finalized.  If you would like to be a speaker please contact me directly over at shawnduggan.com.

There will be prizes and giveaways at this event – including XBox 360 Halo Wars, Resharper, T-shirts, and more.

Please make sure to register ahead of time at: http://deveast.eventbrite.com/.  Security will be using this list of names to allow entry to the building after hours.

Rough schedule for the evening:

• 6:00 pm to 6:30 pm :  Social mixer with pizza and pop
• 6:30 pm to 6:45 pm :  Introductions
• 6:45 pm to 7:15 pm :  First Speaker
• 7:15 pm to 8:15 pm :  Second Speaker
• 8:15 pm to 8:30 pm :  Prize giveaways and wrap up

Hope you can make it!

Shawn

Dev East Halifax July 14 Meeting Wrap Up

I think my first meeting went quite well.  The speakers were great (thanks Shawn and Russell), we didn’t run out of pizza, and lots of  folks got involved in the discussions.   Not only that, lots of great prizes were given out.

All feedback, topic ideas, speaker suggestions, etc are welcome – head over to my blog and drop me a note at the contact form.

Thanks to everyone for attending.  Next meeting is tentatively scheduled for October 13th.  Watch here for updates.

Speakers For Dev East Halifax Meeting July 14, 2009

UX & U

Russell Smith, Usability Specialist & Interaction Designer

As a Usability Specialist, Russell champions the user experience throughout the development process by consistently communicating and architecting research and design solutions that align with user, business and technical goals.

He has worked with T4G Limited for over eight years focused primarily on content delivery, design and front end development in the retail, telecommunications and utilities sectors. Over the past 4 years, Russell has gained skills and experience specifically in the evaluation and architecting of information and design, most recently with New Brunswick Tourism, New Brunswick Power, Bell Aliant and Atlantic Lottery Corporation.

A users experience can make or break the success, uptake and interest in your online application or website. This session will help to understand what UX is and how it can help create user focused applications.

ASP.NET MVC and jQuery

Shawn Peterson

Shawn is a Developer/Analyst with T4G Limited and works in Saint John, NB.  He has four years of experience in the development of web based systems, including customer-facing web self serve.

His technical experience has been centered on the Microsoft.NET framework and related technologies (ASP.NET, C#, VB.NET, SQL Server, Windows, and XML).  Most recently, he worked with ASP.NET MVC while creating a sample application, TouristForADay.com, for T4G’s GeekFest 2009.

The presentation for Dev East will include an overview of ASP.NET MVC (model view controller) and jQuery along with a code walkthrough from the TouristForADay.com application.

You can register now for the event at http://deveast.eventbrite.com .

Dev East Halifax Meeting July 14, 2009

After a brief hiatus and a leadership change we’re back!  Tonight’s presentations are User Interface Design and Usability, and ASP.NET MVC with jQuery.  Speaker bios and session abstracts will be posted within the next week.

There are lots of prizes and giveaways at this event – including Visual Studio 2008 Professional, XBox 360 Halo Wars, Resharper, T-shirts, and more.

Many thanks to the Faculty of Computer Science at Dalhousie University for hosting the event.  Their generosity is greatly appreciated and we look forward to continuing to work with them in the future.

Please register ahead of time for this free event at http://deveast.eventbrite.com.  The address details are there.  We need a list of the attendee names so that Dal Security will grant you access into the building after hours.  Hope you can make it!

Shawn

Rough schedule for the evening:

• 6:00 pm to 6:30 pm :  social mixer with pizza and pop
• 6:30 pm to 6:45 pm :  introductions
• 6:45 pm to 7:15 pm :  User Interface Design and Usability
• 7:15 pm to 8:15 pm :  ASP.NET MVC with jQuery
• 8:15 pm to 8:30 pm :  prize giveaways and wrap up

TechDays 2009 is coming to Halifax!

Thanks go to everyone who helped spread the word – we made it!   The official announcement can be found here: TechDays Expands to Another city in 2009!!