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DoEvents - September 2005
Rebecca
VBUG Events Manager
VBUG Annual Winter Conference 22-24th November 2005
We are extremely pleased to announce that the full outline for the VBUG conference is available for download on the website.
VBUG Conference 2005 will focus on developer issues, addressing both the new opportunities made possible
with VS2005 and continuity for established .NET developers with ongoing commitments to VS 2003. The Pre-Conference focuses on VB6 developers and .Net Virgins. Book your place now and make the most of the special offers.
VBUG Events
ASP.NET Optimisation with Steve Harris
Date: Monday 5 September 2005
Overview: ASP.NET has gained great popularity amongst web developers, allowing development teams to roll out projects in a fraction of the time that older technologies would require. However, doubts still linger, and a common question is "just how good is ASP.NET as a serious web application platform?" Experience has proven it to be pretty solid and reliable, but can it really offer the performance that real web applications demand? Location: Bournemouth VBUG: An Introduction to Programming “Indigo” with Benjamin Mitchell
Date: Wednesday 7 September 2005Overview: "Indigo" (the Windows Communication Foundation) is Microsoft’s unified framework for building service-oriented applications. It enables developers to build secure, reliable, transacted solutions that integrate across platforms and interoperate with existing investments. This session will provide an overview of "Indigo" & its programming model along with information on building secure, reliable & transacted messaging systems. Location: London Hacking web sites for fun and profit with Barry Dorrans from Charteris
Date: Wednesday 14 September 2005Overview: How safe are your web sites? Do you know what cross site scripting is? SQL injection attacks? Search engine leaks? Learn how to check your sites for nasties by seeing how its done and what you can do to secure your sites. Location: Cambridge Realising the Potential of the Windows Mobile 5.0 Managed APIs with Mr Tony Whitter
Date: Wednesday 14 September 2005Overview: This session will show how the new Managed APIs in Windows Mobile 5.0 can be used with VB05 to easily develop highly functional PDA & Smartphone applications that really exploit the potential of the latest generation devices. The session will demonstrate how VB developers can now easily overcome a number of traditional problem areas, such as richly interacting with Outlook Mobile PIM data, using the camera to capture pictures & video, interception & processing of SMS messages, placing phone calls. Location: Stockport Exploring Visual Studio .NET with Steve Hallam
Date: Wednesday 14 September 2005Overview: Most of use VS2003 to create VB or C projects - but who takes the trouble to explore the rich set of tools offered by Visual Studio itself? Some of the topics we will look at in this talk: Working with Projects & Solutions - why defaults are bad for you. Getting the best from the Debugger - some neat debugging tricks. Databases & data tools - getting the best from the Server Explorer. Macros & Add-ins – what’s worth the effort and what isn’t Well also preview some of the new IDE features in Visual Studio. Location: Exeter What’s New in ADO.NET 2.0? with Alex Homer
Date: Monday 19 September 2005Overview: ADO.NET in version 2.0 of the .NET Framework is more an evolution that a revolution. Yet there are many exciting new features, and enhancements of existing classes that make it easier to accomplish common data access tasks and get better performance at the same time. This session summarizes all of the new features, and looks in detail at those that are especially exciting - such as asynchronous data access, promotable transactions, provider-independent code etc. Location: Coventry .Net Mobile Development - Device Provisioning Software Installation with Mr Martin Lixenfeld
Date: Wednesday 21 September 2005Overview: 1. Net Mobile Development - Overview Development Resources and tools required to develop for the Pocket PC 2003, Development for .Net Framework and the .Net Mobile Framework - main differences and issues 2. Device Provisioning and Software Installation Specific Device Behaviour, Installation of CAB files ActiveSync and RAPI. Location: Bristol VBUG: New features and using managed code in SQL 2005
Date: Tuesday 27 September 2005Overview: It's been five years since Microsoft shipped SQL Server 2000. We've not been idle :-) SQL Server 2005 offers a real wealth of new features for the software developer. Come along to this session and see how SQL Server integrates the version 2.0 .NET Common Language Runtime enabling you to develop for the database in languages such as C# and Visual Basic. We'll look at what can be developed, how we go about doing it and how we make use of the bits we've developed inside of SQL. We'll also take a look a number of other great developer features in this session such as the new XML capabilities in SQL Server 2005 and the enhancements that have been made to T-SQL for this next major release. Location: Newcastle
Third Party Events
Get Ready for SQL Server 2005 Roadshow in Europe
Get the facts about migrating to SQL Server 2005. SQL Server experts will present real-world information about administration, development, and business intelligence to help you implement a best-practices migration to SQL Server 2005 and improve your database computing environment. Receive a one-year membership to
PASS and one-year subscription to SQL Server Magazine FREE. Register now!
The Developers Group Meeting with group leader Brian Long
Date: Tuesday 10 September 2005Overview: Sessions include: How to write User Documentation (Mike Unwalla); Petes Home Videos (& Windows Media Center) (Pete Sykes); Spreadsheet Components in Applications (Steve Wilcox); Dephi & Open GL - An Introduction to 3D Graphics (Chris Gold & Maciek Dakowicz). Location: London MSDN TechTalk: What’s new for Windows Mobile
Date: Wednesday 21 September 2005Overview: Evening event looking at what .NET Compact Framework 2.0 and Visual Studio 2005 have to offer those developing for the Windows Mobile 5.0 platform. Location: Reading Microsoft Technet: Integration Services, Analysis Services and Reporting Services
Date: Wednesday 28 September 2005Overview: This session will focus on the many improvements in the three core components for delivering BI: Integration Services, Analysis Services and Reporting Services. These improvements are likely to have major architectural implications over SQL Server 2000 installations. Also covered will be some new features in the relational database that can be used to support large data warehouses. Location: Reading About DoEvents
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