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.

Dave Milner – Blended SharePoint 2010 / ASP.NET Solutions

The SharePoint Server platform is Microsoft’s fastest growing server product. It is rapidly becoming the norm in the corporate environment, in online offerings such as Office 365, and seen with hooks in almost every platform including the latest Windows 7 Phone platform.  Without guidance and examples, interacting with underlying SharePoint components can be challenging, and working with the different SharePoint APIs is complicated.  Dave will introduce you to a variety of techniques to master the art of developing ASP.NET applications that are built upon a SharePoint foundation. You’ll explore integration with SharePoint components, configuration management, Code Access Security, feature packaging, proper use of SharePoint APIs, and advanced deployment techniques.   Come and be introduced to all of the steps needed to successfully build and deploy ASP.NET solutions within the SharePoint platform.

Dave Milner : Dave is a Sr. SharePoint Architect and the Products Lead for ShareSquared, a Gold Managed Microsoft Certified Partner. He has an MBA in Technology Management, is a MCPD and MCITP in SharePoint 2010, a Certified ScrumMaster and a MCT.  He has worked with the .NET framework since the beginning and has consulted and architected SharePoint solutions with multiple clients including utilities, DoD, and legal.  He is the co-leader of the COSPUG Colorado Springs branch – a statewide SharePoint User Group community. Dave also is a long time member of the leadership team for the South Colorado .NET user group, and is a frequent speaker at events such as the Rocky Mountain Tech Trifecta, SPTechCon, SharePoint Saturdays, Microsoft-hosted SharePoint events, and SharePoint and .NET user groups.

On Tuesday Ricardo gave a great presentation on Windows Azure for developers.  It was one of the best Azure presentations I’ve seen.  Many group members have asked for the slide deck.  It is included below.  There is also a link to the 30 day trial of Azure so you can play with it and see if it works for your applications.  Thanks to Ricardo for presenting and setting all this stuff up for us.  We hope to have Ricardo back real soon.

Click Here To Download The Slide Deck

Here is the 30 day trial info:

http://windowsazurepass.com/

Code: DP001

Have a good one and we will see you next month!

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.

Ricardo Villalobos – Designing, building and deploying Windows Azure applications using Visual Studio 2010

Writing applications for the cloud requires the understanding of specific patterns and techniques that ensure reliability, performance, and scalability. During this presentation you will learn how Visual Studio 2010 can help you design, build, and deploy this type of solutions to Windows Azure – Microsoft’s development platform for the cloud -; taking advantage of the tools and libraries included with the latest version of the Windows Azure SDK.

Ricardo Villalobos : Ricardo is a seasoned software architect, with over 15 years of experience designing and creating applications for companies in the Supply Chain Management industry, particularly wholesale distributors and manufacturers. Holding different Microsoft certifications, as well as an MBA in Supply Chain Management from the University of Dallas, he joined Microsoft 10 months ago as a Windows Azure Architect Evangelist, helping companies adopt this platform and take advantage of the benefits that cloud computing has brought to the industry. Ricardo currently lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

http://blog.ricardovillalobos.com

twitter: ricvilla

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.

William Wegerson – Effective Silverlight Development

Silverlight is still a very viable option for building applications of all kinds.  William discusses how to be an effective Silverlight Developer.  He will touch on topics for all levels of Silverlight development.  From using Visual Studio to Blend.  From using Sketchflow prototyping to WCF and or Ria Services.  He will also touch on what is new in Silverlight 5 and HTML5 and its impact on application software development.

William Wegerson : William Wegerson has been developing in Microsoft and other technologies for over twenty years and brings his passion to each of the events he speaks at.  He was awarded MVP status by Microsoft in C# for his work on the MSDN forums as a moderator of the C#/.Net/Regular Expression forums and his tech blog OmegaCoder.com which discusses all things .Net.  He is a free-lance Consultant primarily working in Silverlight for the past year and brings what he has learned in those projects to the audience.  He has recently spoken at the Boulder Silverlight User's Group and is slated to speak at the Denver Visual Studio User's Group in late July.

Please note this meeting is NOT on our normal meeting night.  It is on Monday the 13th.

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.

Philip Japikse – SOLID Development Patterns for Mere Mortals

Software development patterns have been around long before the MVC Framework gained momentum.  In this session we will start with a review of Robert C. Martin's (Uncle Bob) SOLID macronym.  After building the proper foundation, I will show you several development patterns, their C# implementation, and when and how they should be used in modern software development.

Philip Japikse: Phil has been working with .Net since the first betas, and developing software for over 20 years. Heis a Microsoft MVP and also holds MCSD, MCDBA, CSM, and CSP certifications. Phil is an international speaker and a passionate member of the developer community, speaking at Code Camps and Days of .NET all across the country as well as serving as the Lead Director for the Cincinnati .Net User’s Group. Phil works as the Patterns and Practices Evangelist for Telerik (www.telerik.com), is a Firefighter/Paramedic, and a volunteer for the Ski Patrol. You can follow Phil on twitter via www.twitter.com/skimedic and read his blog at www.skimedic.com/blog.

One other note:  There will be a HTML5 Webcamp on Friday, June 10th.  This is a free all day event presented by Microsoft.  Please check out Ben’s blog post about the event here or go here for details and to register.