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Free Seminar Featuring Paul Sherriff - WPF / Fundementals - WPF Real World
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Event is only a couple of weeks away. AUG 24th & 25th 2009
Hey Socal Developers!! YOU CANNOT MISS THIS opportunity.
We have world renowned Author/Speaker Paul Sheriff giving 2 FULL DAYS of training for FREE!!! This is an opportunity you just cant miss. Let me say this again ; Free Training with Paul Sheriff!!
MSDN Events Presents: Paul Sheriff
Fundamentals of WPF & WPF in the Real World Please
join Microsoft and Paul Sheriff from PDSA, Inc. for these half-day
sessions on Fundamentals of WPF and WPF in the Real World!
Fundamentals of WPF: (Register Below)
Learning
Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) can be a little daunting. This
seminar will introduce the basic concepts and show you how to get
started quickly and easily. This seminar will also explore the various
ways to retrieve and present data. You will see examples of using combo
boxes, list boxes, list views, etc. You will see how to use data
triggers and how to add/edit/delete data as well. If you are new to
WPF, and an ASP.NET developer or Windows Forms developer, you need to attend this seminar to see how to effectively use WPF and XAML.
WPF in the Real World: (Register Below)
Windows
Presentation Foundation and XAML are the future of desktop development.
So, the question is, how would a developer using Windows Forms or ASP.NET
move to this new development platform? This seminar will show you how
to use WPF to develop a business application using toolbars, status
bars, and all the normal functionality you are used to in Windows
Forms. This seminar focuses on best practices that you need to know for
business application development. If you are a business developer
looking to move to WPF from Windows Forms, you need to attend this
seminar.
*Please
note: Registration for each session is separate. They are meant to be
taken in order but registering for Fundamentals of WPF DOES NOT
register you for WPF in the Real World.
If you would like to take
both classes please register for both. Alternately, if you feel that
you already have a firm grasp on the fundamentals of WPF, you MAY
register for WPF in the Real World only.
To Register by Phone -
Call 1.877.MSEVENT (1.877.673.8368) with Event ID. |
Paul D. Sheriff is the President of
PDSA, Inc., a Microsoft Partner in Southern California. Paul is the
Microsoft Regional Director for Southern California, and he has three
books on .NET. The first book is entitled " ASP.NET
Developer's Jumpstart" from Addison-Wesley and is co-written with Ken
Getz. His other two books are eBooks and can be purchased directly from
the PDSA Web site. You can contact Paul directly at PSheriff@pdsa.com. |
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July 15th - .Net Entity Framework w/ Daniel Egan
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Abstract: In this session we will explore both Object Relational Mappers (ORM) as well as ERD’s (Entity Relationship Diagrams) and how the Entity Framework utilizes these to give the .Net developer the tools necessary to build powerful enterprise applications.
About the Presenter: Former President INETA - North America, Former Microsoft Regional Director, Microsoft MVP ASP/ASP.Net , MCSD, MCT Before joining Microsoft, I held a variety of positions in the information technology and engineering fields. At Odyssey Consulting Group I served as Chief Architect and CEO. I was fortunate enough to be a Microsoft Regional Director, Microsoft MVP - ASP/ASP.Net , Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) and an MCSD as well as a .Net Insider for the Southern California Region. I have always been active in the developer community and was the Co-Founder of the SoCalDotNet Developers Group. I had the unique opportunity to serve as President of INETA, the international .Net association and enjoyed my time there immensely.
When not working on technical stuff, you can find me shooting away with my Cannon trying to get that "perfect" shot, or teaching a .NET Certification course at California State University Fullerton. To find out more about me, visit my blog, Dot Net Doc at www.DotNetDoc.com.
This is a Green Dot sponsored event. There is no entry fee and the event is free for attendees.
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June 17th - Leveraging Visual Studio Team System w/ Mike Vincent
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Abstract: Visual Studio Team System can be a good investment in these tough economic times. In this fast moving session we'll explore some of the ways VSTS 2008 can deliver value by getting your whole organization team involved to deliver successful projects. We'll touch on people, process, process templates, TDD, continuous integration and reports. And, maybe provide you some material to convince pointy haired bosses the value of good application life-cycle management.
Then we’ll move on to highlight what’s coming in VSTS 2010. It’s BIG!
About the Presenter: Mike Vincent is a solutions architect based in Orange County, California providing clients with application lifecycle management, software architecture and development services, primarily focusing on Microsoft .NET technology. He has been in the software business for over 20 years in addition to engineering and marketing management positions.
Actively involved in the user group community since the early 90's, Mike is Vice President of INETA Noram. He founded both the SoCal .Net Architecture group which is now also IASA's SoCal Chapter and the Orange County C# Developers group, now OC .NET. Mike is a frequent presenter at user groups, regional events, and code camps.
DOWNLOAD SLIDES HERE
This is a Green Dot sponsored event. There is no entry fee and the event is free for attendees.
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May 20th - Generics, Collections, and Enumerables w/ Steve Bearman
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Abstract: With Generics, Generic Collections, and Generic Enumerables we are now writing code in new, much more powerful ways. Generics (MyClass<T>, List<T>, etc.) is the foundation of this, and all three are a critical part of many leading edge technologies, including LINQ. They are also powerful, effective tools for your own use. In this practical, feature-packed, C# code intensive session you will learn the ins and outs of Generics, and its uses and limitations. We will explore enumerable interfaces (required for foreach( ), LINQ, and LINQ extension methods), how they work, how to use them, and especially how to get the compiler to do most of the implementation. We'll cover the generic versions of .NET Collections (List< >, LinkedList< >, Stack< >, Queue< >, Dictionary< >, HashSet< >, etc.) and how to select and how to use them. We'll also look at the new generic delegate types and new design patterns that use them. We will see this in action with a simple Poker card example. From a card class (and its enumeration) and decks (collections), through shuffling (enumerating with a generic method), dealing and cheating (enumerating with collections, generic delegates), to evaluating poker hands (enumerations and surprisingly simple LINQ).
About the Presenter: Steve Bearman is an independent software developer with his company, Suzy B Studios, and Chase Computing International, and Systems Engine. He has developed software throughout his professional career, originally in direct support of science and engineering, later for the broader range of technology, medicine, business, ecommerce, and finance. He has taught graduate-level computer science, and has published technical papers dealing with the collection and use of data. For several years he managed operations and marketing for a manufacturing corporation. His recent large software projects include supporting international clients for a large, networked GPS-based fleet management system he developed; developing software for a large hedge fund; and designing and developing ASP.NET software in support of NASA/JPL's Deep Space Network. He has many great colleagues and enjoys collaborating on projects of all sizes.
DOWNLOAD SLIDES HERE
This is a Green Dot sponsored event. There is no entry fee and the event is free for attendees.
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Best Of MIX Events Silverlight 3, Azure, MVC vs Webforms
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Hey Socal Developers!! There are some cool new exciting things coming out in the next version of the .Net framework?
Have you had a chance to see Silverlight 3 or Azure? Well now is your chance.
We only have a few spots left for each location so dont miss out on this great event. Register ASAP at the links below before they are sold out.
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Daniel N. Egan - Developer Evangelist - MicrosoftFormer President INETA - North America Former Microsoft Regional Director Microsoft
MVP ASP/ASP.Net , MCSD, MCT Before joining Microsoft, I held a variety
of positions in the information technology and engineering fields. At
Odyssey Consulting Group I served as Chief Architect and CEO. I was
fortunate enough to be a Microsoft Regional Director, Microsoft MVP -
ASP/ASP.Net , Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) and an MCSD as well as
a .Net Insider for the Southern California Region. I have always been
active in the developer community and was the Co-Founder of the
SoCalDotNet Developers Group. I had the unique opportunity to serve as
President of INETA, the international .Net association and enjoyed my
time there immensely. When not working on technical stuff, you can
find me shooting away with my Cannon trying to get that "perfect" shot,
or teaching a .NET Certification course at California State University
Fullerton. To find out more about me, visit my blog, Dot Net Doc at www.DotNetDoc.com.
Rob Bagby - Developer Evangelist
Rob Bagby is a Developer Evangelist for Microsoft. He has
consulted on Microsoft technologies for over 10 years and began
developing on the .NET framework when the pre-beta bits were first
released to the public. Rob has developed various applications for
customers ranging from local companies to Fortune 500 firms. Rob was
developing AJAX applications before AJAX was AJAX. In 1998, he
co-architected and developed a browser-based front-end for OLAP using
XML/HTTP when both IE5.0 and SQL Server 7.0 were still in Beta. Rob has
a Masters degree in International Finance from Thunderbird, The
American Graduate School of International Management.
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What will be covered
AGENDA Did you make it to MIX 09? Join us for the afternoon and get the very Best of MIX! What's New in Silverlight 3? Are
you interested in building business-focused Rich Internet Applications
(RIAs)? Would you like to take advantage of 3D in the browser, but
assume it is too hard? Have you wanted to take a Silverlight
application offline? Then this session is for you. We will explore
and illustrate the new features of Silverlight 3, including the
following: · Support for perspective 3D · Offline Support · .NET RIA Services which simplifies the traditional n-tier application pattern by bringing together the ASP.NET and Silverlight platforms Building Web Applications with Windows Azure This
session will begin with a brief overview of Azure and discuss some of
the announcements made at MIX. We will then illustrate through demo
how to build a Windows Azure application from the ground up. We will
illustrate how to consume Azure Table Storage, how to host services,
web pages and Silverlight components, as well as how to deploy your
solution to the cloud. MVC 1.0 vs ASP.Net Webforms Have you heard about the new ASP.NET
MVC framework from Microsoft and wondered what it was all about? Are
you curious whether this replaces ASP.Net WebForms? Well in this
session you will learn how to use the model-view-controller (MVC)
pattern to take advantage of your favorite .NET Framework language for
writing business logic in a way that is de-coupled from the views of
the data. In addition, we will talk about the pros and cons of both
MVC and Web Forms, how to determine the best choice for a specific
project, various techniques and patterns used to build MVC applications
vs. Web Forms applications, and the implications for using each
approach. While we aren't validating parking, we've got plenty of fun give-aways to make it worth your while to attend! Please register for the event most convenient for you. Hope to see you there! | |
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April 15th - ADO .NET Connecting with Bill Vaughn
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Abstract: ADO.NET Connecting. This sessions walks through the maze of issues that developers from all parts of the universe (except Cleveland) encounter when trying to connect. We'll see how to determine which servers are visible, how to make servers visible (and hide them), how to determine if they're running or stopped, how to know when they go down and what to do when it happens. More importantly, we show how to build a ConnectString that can be seen from the Profiler, make sure that your ASP application does not bite the dust because it has overflowed the pool, how to monitor the pool and far more.
About the Presenter: William (Bill) Vaughn is an industry-recognized author, mentor and subject-matter expert on Visual Studio, SQL Server, Reporting Services and data access technologies. He’s worked in the computer industry for over thirty-seven years. In 2000, after 14 years at Microsoft, Bill stepped away to work on his books, consulting, mentoring and independent training seminars. His latest books include Hitchhiker’s Guide to Visual Studio and SQL Server (7th Edition) and Hitchhiker’s Guide to SQL Server Compact Edition. He and Peter Blackburn also wrote the critically acclaimed Hitchhiker’s Guide to SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services. He’s available for consulting, mentoring or custom training. See www.betav.com and www.betav.com\blog\billva.
Meeting Agenda:
* 6:00p Mixer/Networking/Pizza
* 6:30p Presentation Starts
* 7:30p Break
* 7:45p Presentation Resumes
* 8:45p Raffle
Directions: Park
in parking structure at 570 E Huntington Dr, Monrovia, CA 91016 .
Meeting is across the street in 605 E Huntington Dr. Once parked, use
the overhead walk way to get to the building. The meeting will be
right inside the door after the walk way.
This is a Green Dot sponsored event. There is no entry fee and the event is free for attendees.
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March 18th - Optimizing Stored Procedures w/ Mark Rosenberg
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Abstract: Have you ever wondered how to improve the performance of your stored procedures? When should you use Temp Tables? When should you use table variables? This talk will tell you when to use what and how to improve your stored procedures.
About the Presenter: Mark Rosenberg has been writing software with Microsoft technologies for the last 10 years. He has been speaking to user groups and at code camps for the last 2 years and been a certified trainer for the last year.
Mark likes to talk to developers and has been talking to anyone who will listen. He is very active in the community, both speaking at user groups and running 2 user groups in Southern California. As if that was not enough he also is the INETA User Group liaison in Southern California and is on the INETA Speakers Bureau Committee.
This is a Green Dot sponsored event. There is no entry fee and the event is free for attendees.
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Upcoming Events Hosted by O'Reilly
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Feb 18th - M in depth: the underpinning of Oslo w/ Jon Flanders
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Abstract: Oslo is the code name for a suite of products from Microsoft (currently in CTP) that encourage and enable model-driven applications. It includes a language for writing down models ("M"), a tool for viewing models ("Quadrant"), and a database for storing instances of models ("Repository"). M is the foundational technology in Oslo, enabling models to be created and stored in the repository. It has a declarative language (MSchema) for creating these relational models, as well as facilities to tap into the parsing and transformation engine used for MSchema to build your own Domain Specific Langauges (DSLs). In this session we'll build models with MSchema to use both in and outside of the Oslo Repository and peek into the engine to build a DSL to help drive an application.
About the Presenter: Jon is most at home spelunking, trying to figure out exactly how things work. Jon wrote Essential ASP for Addison-Wesley, and co-authored Mastering Visual Studio.NET for O'Reilly, and is currently working on a book on REST and WCF for O'Reilly. Jon has also been involved with Windows Workflow Foundation and Windows Communication Foundation since early betas and currently is interested in helping Microsoft developers learn about REST.
Meeting Agenda:
* 6:00p Mixer/Networking/Pizza
* 6:30p Presentation Starts
* 7:30p Break
* 7:45p Presentation Resumes
* 8:45p Raffle
Directions:
Park in parking structure at 570 E Huntington Dr, Monrovia, CA 91016 .
Meeting is across the street in 605 E Huntington Dr. Once parked, use
the overhead walk way to get to the building. The meeting will be
right inside the door after the walk way.
This is a Green Dot sponsored event. There is no entry fee and the event is free for attendees.
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Jan 21 - Do I need a Enterprise Service Bus? w/ Kevin Orbaker
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Enterprise applications rarely live in isolation; in today's highly integrated world, application can't do much that is very useful without working with other applications. Service-Oriented Architecture addresses the trend of integrating applications so that they can work together and accelerates it, breaking each application into parts that then must be integrated with each other. The SOA model may seem simple, but it introduces two significant problems; How does a consumer find a particular service to invoke, and secondly, how do these services get invoked quickly and reliably.
These questions are addressed by the Enterprise Service Bus. But the mere mention of an ESB creates more questions than answers. This session will discuss the why's and why not's of the Enterprise Service Bus, what it is and when you need it.
About the Presenter
As an Integration Practice Manager at speakTECH, Kevin Orbaker helps client to create seamless information sharing to enable business optimization and total information transparency through integrated systems and automated application process. Kevin is a member of the Microsoft CSD Virtual Technology Specialist team. He has extensive architectural and implementation experience with Microsoft's Enterprise Service Bus guidance. Kevin has years of integration experience with multiple technologies, including EDI, HL7, and Host Integration. Kevin has consulted for a variety of industries, ranging from commercial and residential real estate, entertainment, technology and public institution.
Meeting Agenda:
* 6:00p Mixer/Networking/Pizza
* 6:30p Presentation Starts
* 7:30p Break
* 7:45p Presentation Resumes
* 8:45p Raffle
Directions: Park in parking structure at 570 E Huntington Dr, Monrovia, CA 91016 . Meeting is across the street in 605 E Huntington Dr. Once parked, use the overhead walk way to get to the building. The meeting will be right inside the door after the walk way.
This is a Green Dot sponsored event. There is no entry fee and the event is free for attendees.
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Free Event - Silverlight Hands On Labs
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MSDN Unleashed: Silverlight 2.0 Hands on Labs
Join us for a new type of developer event - MSDN Unleashed is coming to SoCal!
This
special installment consists of hands on labs, with a preconfigured
computer set up for use for each attendee. The topic for this session
is Silverlight 2.0. These labs were written by experts from our
Silverlight product group in Redmond. The event will consist of three
labs:
· Silverlight Fundamentals
· Silverlight and Connected Applications
· Silverlight and Browser Integration
At
this event you can expect to work with Silverlight 2.0. We will
provide support for your work via proctors who are either Microsoft
Certified Trainers or working Silverlight 2.0 developers (or both).
Attendees will also be able to get copies of all of the labs to take
home with them (bring a USB key if you want to take home the labs).
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Location: QuickStart
16815 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 100
Irvine, CA 92606
Time: 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Register: Here at MSEvents
Admission is free, but seating is limited, please register ASAP.
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SoCalCode Camp is Back - January 24th and 25th!
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If you haven't already registered at http://www.socalcodecamp.com for the upcoming Rock & Roll Code Camp to be held in Fullerton - why not take a minute to do it now!?!?
Remember, CODE CAMP IS FREE!!!
January 24th & 25th, 2009
Cal State University Fullerton (CSUF)
We already have 73 sessions and counting. Many of your favorite speakers are returning to provide you with great new content including Paul Sheriff, Daniel Egan, Michele Leroux Bustamante, Mickey Williams, Woody Pewitt, David McCarter, James Johnson and more! Imagine, many of these internationally known speakers frequent conferences like Tech Ed, PDC, MIX, Dev Connections, VSLive and more! And you get to see them talk for FREE!!!!
There are
also some budding new speakers that offer great sessions based on their
real world experiences in the local community. You could even be one of
them - feel free to add more sessions to the site, we have room for
more!
The schedule will be posted one week before Code Camp so you can plan your attack!
We're also planning another GEEK dinner with the band Sound Cake!
They rocked us at the last San Diego Code Camp and they are returning
for more!!!! Check out the website for more details on the Geek
dinner.
We hope to see you at Rock & Roll Code Camp!
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Archived Events
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Book Reviews
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Professional ASP.NET MVC
Reviewed by Adnan Masood
...it's definitely a good introductory to intermediate hands-on starting book if you are interested in learning ASP.NET MVC framework
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Pro SQL Server 2008 Service Broker
Reviewed by Sudheer K. Maharana
The chapters are well organized and contain enough information to give a beginner a jump start on Service Broker
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Knight's 24-Hour Trainer: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Integration Services
Reviewed by Sudheer K. Maharana
I am definitely going to refer this book to anyone asking me to learn SSIS and be confident about it.
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Pro SQL Server 2008 Replication
Reviewed by Sudheer K. Maharana
I guess there are so many books out there on SQL Server replication but these advanced topics would have made the quality of this book even better.
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SQL Server 2008 Query Performance Tuning Distilled
Reviewed by Rajkumar Ramasamy
There is comprehensive information about most common performance issues that occurs due to Query designs and deadlocks.
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Expert .NET 2.0 IL Assembler
Reviewed by Jeff Bergman
The book is the only one that I have found on this topic and it is clearly written, and it may inspire you to take on a new project in IL
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Agile Retrospectives
Reviewed by Kevin Au
A lot of the activities I've heard at one time or another such as Five Why's, SMART goals, +/Delta, but this book does a good job of putting them together in one place
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C# 3.0 Cookbook
Reviewed by Karen Ngo
This is a solid reference book, but I don't think it is absolutely necessary to have in one's library because you can get similar and relevant examples from MSDN.
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Programming WCF Services
Reviewed by Vu Tran
This book has turned into great resource for me. It covered every detail of WCF from the basic concept of service contracts, hosting, addresses, and binding to higher level such as concurrency, or security.
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