May’s Meeting – Joe Mayo– Async : Today and Tomorrow

Last week we had a great talk on threading and asynchronous programming from Joe Mayo.  He started by going through the “old” methods of doing threading.  He gave good examples and discussed the pros and cons of each method.  He finished up by discussing the new Task Parallel Libraries (TPL) available in .NET 4 and the Async keywords coming in the next version of the framework.  Joe has provided his samples and slides here. Enjoy!

One other important note is that next month’s meeting will be a day early.  June’s meeting is on MONDAY, June 13th.  We are honored to have Philip Japikse speaking.  Philip travels the world and speaks at TechEd, VS Live as well as many community groups and code camps.  Make sure to mark your calendar and look for the email blast for meeting details.

Have a good one and see you soon!

This meeting will be held at the Team USA Swimming building at the Olympic Training Center. This meeting is at our normal meeting time of 5:30 PM - CLICK here TO GET THE LOCATION AND TIME DETAILS.

Joe Mayo – C# Async: Today and Tomorrow?

Asynchronous programming (async) is emerging as a common programming practice, especially in .NET technologies such as Silverlight. In sophisticated scenarios, async can be complex, which is why Microsoft is adding language support in the next version of .NET. This talk will cover the current state of async, what the challenges are, and how your job will be made easier with the new language features.

Joe Mayo: Joe is an author and independent consultant. His multiple books include C# Unleashed/Sams and LINQ Programming/McGraw-Hill. Joe's latest book is Microsoft Visual Studio 2010: A Beginner's Guide: McGraw-Hill. Joe has several industry certifications and has been consulting, teaching, and writing for several years. For his community contributions, Microsoft has awarded Joe with several Most Valuable Professional (MVP) awards.

April’s Meeting – Ely Lucas– ASP.NET MVC 3

Last month we had a great talk on ASP.NET MVC 3 from Ely Lucas. He started from scratch and worked his way up to some of the more advanced topics. The worst thing is he had even more but we ran out of time. Ely has uploaded his samples and slides here. Enjoy!

Have a good one and see you soon!

This meeting will be held at the Team USA Swimming building at the Olympic Training Center. This meeting is at our normal meeting time of 5:30 PM - CLICK here TO GET THE LOCATION AND TIME DETAILS.

Ely Lucas – What’s New in MVC 3?

It seems like it was only a few years ago that MVC 1.0 came out, while in fact, it was. Microsoft has been aggressive in releasing new updates to the MVC framework, and in this session we will take a brief look about what MVC is, and then dig into the new features that MVC 3.0 brings, including the new Razor view engine, new dependency injection support, unobtrusive validation, ajax, jQuery, Nuget, and more.

Ely Lucas: Ely has been writing web applications for over ten years on the Microsoft platform. He is a Senior Developer at SS&C technologies, and specializes in ASP.NET, C#, and SQL Server development. He lives with his wife, son, and dog in Westminster, CO.

This meeting will be held at the Team USA Swimming building at the Olympic Training Center. This meeting is at our normal meeting time of 5:30 PM - CLICK here TO GET THE LOCATION AND TIME DETAILS.

Adam Roderick – The JavaScript Revue: Frameworks and Patterns

Admit it. If it wasn't for jQuery plugins, you would still be hacking together JavaScript snippets from across the internets, in hopes that nobody came along later to discover your dirty little secret. That's nice and all, but it doesn't make you feel like a ""real"" JavaScript developer. Are there any patterns out there? When should we use dojo vs. jQuery vs. YUI? What are the other useful libraries? What about enterprise development--things like unit testing and automated builds?  JavaScript is heavily utilized by the new HTML 5 standard. The more you know about it, the better prepared you will be for the future of web development.  Come enjoy a Revue of JavaScript Frameworks and Patterns, and get your JavaScript development on!

Adam Roderick:  Adam "The Computer Whisperer" Roderick understands software. He is a developer at heart, but has spent time in all roles of a development project, including project manager, business analyst, and scrummaster.  Recent projects include technologies such as ASP.NET MVC, Silverlight, and SharePoint.