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DoEvents - August 2008
Dear Developer As you know over August we scale down our events programme, with about 60 regional events and a 2 day conference every year it’s good to have a break and catch our breath! Did you know that so far this year we have run 44 regional seminars and a 1 day conference.. phew! So watch out for September’s edition of DoEvents, promising to start the autumn with a hectic schedule for you! Enjoy the summer (if we get one!) With very best regards, Christian Mitchell VBUG Events SPONSOR: Programming problems solved with Wrox! DotNetNuke Websites Problem Design Solution builds a complete DNN website solution. DotNetNuke Websites Problem Design Solution builds a complete DNN website solution. The book introduces a business solution and progressively Professional Visual Studio 2008 is a book about the power of the development environment that makes up the core of this application. It explores each aspect of the development life cycle from a perspective of how Visual Studio 2008 can make a programmer’s life easier. Python Create-Modify-Reuse is a task-oriented book that teaches the developer how to use Python to accomplish real-world tasks in an efficient manner. It is not intended to be language centric book, but project based meeting an unmet need in the market for hands-on Python implementation. Order online at Computer Manuals and save up to 40% VBUG EventsVBUG Bracknell: Creating Silverlight apps using Blend & VS'08Date: Tuesday 12 August 2008 Topic: VBUG TECHNICAL SEMINAR Overview: Silverlight developer Tim Hustler and Expressions Blend designer Simon Sturgess plan to do a 2-hour how-to on creating Silverlight apps using Blend and Visual Studio 2008. They'll incorporate LINQ-to-SQL via a Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) service as well as add animations and events to some custom control created specifically for the seminar. Both of them have been following Silverlight from the off and they recently won a competition ran by Microsoft, the Web Harmony 'Be all you can be challenge' Come along and enjoy a TOP presentaion, networking and a bite to eat! Venue: Bracknell Leisure Centre, Bagshot Road, Bracknell, RG12 9SE Start Time: 6:00 PM Price: FREE More Info: click here VBUG Manchester: XML - The missing LINQ with Dave McMahon Date: Thursday 28 August 2008 Topic: VBUG TECHNICAL SEMINAR Overview: We've heard much about LINQ to SQL, its neat, but what is also neat is LINQ to XML, which hasn't has anywhere near as much press. So while everybody is looking the other way, lets sneak a look at how VB 9.0 is gearing up for a bit of a revolution in the way we handle XML: XML DOM is on its way out, XElement is on its way in. Along the way we'll check out a few new XML features in VB 9.0 including LINQ to XML, XML Literals and a bunch of other stuff too ... Speaker Bio: Dave works as Chief Architect for .NET Development at Ridgian Limited, a privately owned software house based in Central Birmingham. Ridgian are a Microsoft Certified Partner and specialise in Business Intelligence Solutions and Custom Software Solutions. He is very active in the Microsoft community speaking at DeveloperDeveloperDeveloper conferences, and at numerous User Group meetings around the country on such topics as SQL XML, SQL 2005 Security, Regular Expressions and his favouritte technology XSLT and XPATH. He has recently published articles on SQL Server 2005 Security in International Developer Magazine and on Vista and Office 2007 in the Microsoft Beta Newsletters. Venue: Manchester Digital Development Agency, Lower Ground Floor, 117-119 Portland Street, Manchester, M1 6ED Start Time: 6:30 PM Price: FREE More Info: click here Third Party EventsNxtGenUG: It's Alive-Workflow FoundationDate: Thursday 21 August 2008 Topic: THIRD PARTY EVENT Overview: Southamptons very own John McLoughlin steps into the limelight with a practical guide to Workflow Foundation, and like Dr Frankenstien the session will end with a living creation of workflow - minus the bolts. We'll also have a nugget and some Pizza too, for a change Venue: TBC Start Time: 7:00 PM Price: FREE More Info: click here About DoEvents
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