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DoEvents - May 2008
No rest for the wicked, straight after the Spring VBUG Conference we have yet another full month of technical events! May sees our 2nd event in Cardiff, thanks to all the local developers there helping this new region take off! Quick straw poll, how many of you are using VS2008 yet? Just send a Yes / No mail to me at christian@vbug.com and let’s see the results from you 8500 developers. 5 winners drawn at random will get a 12 month subscription to the Visual Studio magazine OK, so on with the show.. Check the session listing for the month and sign up EARLY to avoid missing out! Have a great month (well with 2 bank holidays its hard not to!!) With very best regards Christian Mitchell VBUG SPONSOR: WROX Get up to speed with Visual Studio 2008 with these great new titles from Wrox…
Professional Visual Basic 2008 is different than other Visual Basic books because it explains intermediate to advanced topics in an easily understood and concise model. The comprehensive coverage provides detailed information on how to use Visual Basic in the ever-expanding .NET world using not only explanations of the topics, but demonstrations of code. Beginning Visual Basic 2008 teaches Visual Basic .NET from first principles to code deployment. Readers quickly learn how to write windows, web and mobile applications using Visual Basic 2008 and the .NET 3.5 Framework. To get started on the road to professional development, they also learn about object-oriented programming, creating custom controls, working with databases, creating menus, and working with graphics. Updated for .NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008, Beginning Visual C# 2008 helps readers get the most out of this robust development package so they can create powerful, secure applications for Mobile Devices, Web applications, Windows applications, and Web services. Order online at Computer Manuals and save up to 40%. VBUG EventsVBUG Bracknell: 2008 Launch EventDate: Tuesday 13 May 2008 Topic: VBUG TECHNICAL SEMINAR Overview: Join us for our 2008 launch event in Bracknell! Tim Leung and VBUG regulars Steve Culshaw, Ian Pettman and Steve Wilmot will be covering the new features in Visual Studio 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Windows 2008. There'll be food and prizes to give away! More details will follow... Venue: Bracknell Leisure Centre, Bagshot Road, Bracknell, RG12 9SE Start Time: 6:30 PM Price: Free More Info: click here VBUG Cardiff: SQL Server Reporting Services with Steve Hallam Date: Wednesday 14 May 2008 Topic: VBUG TECHNICAL SEMINAR Overview: Steve will explain what SSRS will do and how it might work in your organisation. We will look at report design, deployment, and discuss the security and licencing issues. There will be a demonstration, and we'll also look at the client-side reporting capabilities introduced in Visual Studio 2005. Venue: TBC Start Time: 6:00 PM Price: FREE More Info: click here VBUG Leeds: Windows Workflow and Communication Foundation with Mike Taulty Date: Wednesday 14 May 2008 Topic: VBUG TECHNICAL SEMINAR Overview: In this session we’ll introduce Windows Communication Foundation and look at how it facilitates a single programming model for building distributed applications with many options around transports, encodings, security and additional higher level capabilities such as transactions and reliable messaging. We’ll also cover Windows Workflow Foundation and look at how it provides a declarative, graphical model for building Workflow capabilities into your own applications with a rich component model and built-in support for long-running operations, tracking of Workflow activity. Finally, we’ll show how the Workflow and Communication Foundations come together in Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework V3.5. Please arrive from 18.00 ready for the 18.30 start. All developers are welcome to attend but only VBUG members have guaranteed access to these seminars. Venue: BNY Mellon, 1 Whitehall Riverside, Leeds, LS1 4BN Start Time: 6:30 PM Price: FREE More Info: click here VBUG LONDON: Go With the Flow; An Introduction to Windows Workflow with Ben Lamb Date: Wednesday 21 May 2008 Topic: VBUG TECHNICAL SEMINAR Overview: Changing business requirements are the bugbear of the application developer. The Windows Workflow Engine (WWF) allows business rules to be modelled in a graphical environment, possibly by a business analyst rather than the developer, making changes easier to accommodate. This talk explains the concepts behind Windows Workflow Foundation and demostrates its use. Please arrive from 18:00 ready for a PROMPT 18:30 start. Venue: 150 Minories, London, EC3N 1LS Start Time: 6:00 PM Price: FREE More Info: click here VBUG Bristol: N-Tier with LINQ by Ian Cooper Date: Wednesday 21 May 2008 Topic: VBUG BRISTOL TECHNICAL SEMINAR Overview: Full event details TBA shortly but registrations are OPEN Venue: TBC Start Time: 6:00 PM Price: FREE to all More Info: click here VBUG MANCHESTER: Technical Seminar with Morgan Skinner Date: Thursday 22 May 2008 Topic: VBUG TECHNICAL SEMINAR Overview: Full details TBA Venue: TBC Start Time: 5:30 PM Price: FREE More Info: click here Third Party EventsGreen IT 08Date: Wednesday 07 May 2008 Topic: THIRD PARTY EVENT Overview: Green IT 08, is the UK’s first conference and exhibition dedicated to Green IT issues, strategies and solutions across the Enterprise and Public Sector. Over 2 days this double faceted event will provide IT professionals tasked with delivering cost-effective, sustainable information systems and technology, the opportunity to learn about key strategies, best practices and solutions from industry leaders, analysts and providers in this field. Venue: Business Design Centre, London Start Time: 9:00 AM Price: Refer to site More Info: click here DDD: Developer Day Scotland Date: Saturday 10 May 2008 Topic: THIRD PARTY EVENT Overview: Developer Day Scotland is a community event, run by community for community, which is based upon the highly successful Developer! Developer! Developer! community conference events. Here’s a flavour of what DDS is about: * Technical Tracks - Each track will have different topics so you can choose to attend which sessions are of most interest. * Deep Technical Content - Because people who are prepared to attend on a Saturday are likely to want in-depth content most presentations will drill into specific features and technology areas. * 60 Minute Sessions - Balancing the number of presentations during the day, but still encouraging new speakers to share their knowledge. Activities will include presentations on a wide range of topics, a networking area and more. * Location - The Continuing Professional Development Centre, Glasgow Caledonian University, Cowcaddens Road, Glasgow G4 0BA * Date - Saturday, 10th May 2008 from 09:00 to 17:00 * Tracks - 3 with a total capacity of 150 delegates Venue: TBC Start Time: 9:00 AM Price: FREE More Info: click here DotNetDevNet: Silverlight 2.0 Unplugged with Chris Hay Date: Tuesday 13 May 2008 Topic: THIRD PARTY EVENT Overview: Chris Hay presents an evening of Silverlight 2.0. This is a major step forwards for web development as it allows WPF and C# to run cross-platform in a browser. Come and see the future of web development. Venue: TBC Start Time: 6:00 PM Price: More Info: click here Access User Group National Seminar – Access Thru & Thru Date: Thursday 15 May 2008 Topic: THIRD PARTY EVENT Overview: The Access User Group is proud to announce that one of the worlds leading exponents of Microsoft Access will be presenting at our national Seminar in May. Luke Chung is the CEO of FMS and one of the most entertaining and informative speakers you will ever hear. In addition we are very pleased to have two excellent speakers from the UK community: Mark Whitehorn, database columist for PCW magazine and Rob Ward of Continuum systems. Venue: Microsoft, Thames Valley Park, Reading, RG6 1WG Start Time: 8:45 AM Price: From £135 ex VAT More Info: click here MSDN Road Show Newcastle Date: Friday 16 May 2008 Topic: THIRD PARTY EVENT Overview: This is your opportunity to meet the MSDN team and find out all about the latest developer tools and technologies from Microsoft. Now that Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework V3.5 are done, we’re looking at what’s next. The 2008 MSDN Roadshow ... Venue: TBC Start Time: 9:00 AM Price: FREE More Info: click here XML & XQuery Workshops for Data Integration Date: Tuesday 20 May 2008 Topic: THIRD PARTY EVENT HOSTED BY DATADIRECT Overview: New to XQuery? XQuery offers great promise to enterprise IT architects and developers. This interactive workshop introduces an approach to data services based on XML and XQuery and is based on a typical scenario where a hypothetical IT organization needs to create a set of data services exposing various functionality. During this hands-on workshop we will be writing, testing and deploying a real XML and XQuery-based solution live in front of the audience. The Workshop covers: Transforming XML documents into user-defined formats Aggregating XML documents with relational data Consuming Web services in XQuery Exposing XQuery as data services Integrating with non-XML B2B standards, like EDI Adhering to XML industry standards, such as ACORD for insurance Venue: Dali Universe, County Hall Gallery, County Hall, London, SE1 7PB Start Time: 9:00 AM Price: FREE More Info: click here About DoEvents
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