Meeting Notice - Tuesday October 8, 2013
"How to Build a REST API using ASP.NET Web API" by Fernando Cardenas
Wondering about the whole API craze sweeping developerdom? Come find out what REST is, why it’s useful, how it fits into an HTTP world, and how to build an API using ASP.NET Web API in C# in no time. We’ll build a quick API for my CD collection, showing basic Create-Read-Update-Delete functionality and cover standard REST practices and messaging in JSON/XML.
Bio: Fernando Cardenas [blog] [twitter] [linkedin]
Fernando Cardenas has been helping companies solve business problems with technology for over 14 years in various technical roles. He speaks at user groups around Colorado on improving software outcomes through better software design using approaches borrowed from TDD, BDD, DDD, and Agile. Fernando enjoys three letter acronyms, playing soccer, golfing badly, and losing money playing poker.
This meeting will be held in the Team USA Swimming building at the Olympic Training Center at our normal meeting time of 5:30 PM - CLICK here TO GET THE LOCATION AND TIME DETAILS.
There is a new security policy at the OTC. We are now entering through the side door (in the loading dock) around the corner from the main entrance. So, if you are facing the main entrance go around the building to the left. There are signs that point to the Carolyn Dirks room. That is where you want to go.
SouthColorado.NET
Here are the links to the PowerPoint presentation, and the ASP.NET Web API examples.
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Meeting Notice - Tuesday September 10, 2013
"JavaScript Patterns for the C# Developer" by Ben Hoelting
One of the biggest learning curves for C# developers trying to learn JavaScript is getting over the lack of language features available in JavaScript. Simple keywords like Namespace, Class and Interface are not currently available in JavaScript. So how do you create these things and do inheritance in JavaScript? After you attend this session you will know how. We will discuss some of the key differences between JavaScript and C#. Then we will discuss the Design Patterns used by experienced JavaScript developers to write large, maintainable and scalable applications.
Bio: Ben Hoelting [blog] [twitter] [linkedin]
Software Architect for Aspenware, C# MVP and Telerik Insider. He graduated from Colorado State University in 1997 with a BS in Computer Information Systems and a Minor in Computer Science. Ben joined the IT industry in 1996 as an intern and has worked with .NET since its inception back in 2002. Over the last few years he has done some work for the Department of Defense. He left the government world and now works for Aspenware in Denver. His most recent projects include a XAML line of business application that uses the ADO.NET Entity Framework to access the backend data store. He also is working on an MS Office automation project as well as geospatial ASP.NET MVC website. Ben is a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) for Web and Windows .NET 4.0. Finally, Ben is very involved in the local .NET community and is the leader of the South Colorado .NET User Group.
This meeting will be held in the Team USA Swimming building at the Olympic Training Center at our normal meeting time of 5:30 PM - CLICK here TO GET THE LOCATION AND TIME DETAILS.
There is a new security policy at the OTC. We are now entering through the side door (in the loading dock) around the corner from the main entrance. So, if you are facing the main entrance go around the building to the left. There are signs that point to the Carolyn Dirks room. That is where you want to go.
Meeting Notice - Tuesday August 13, 2013
"Building Sensor-based apps for the Windows Phone and the Windows Store" by Tim Binkley-Jones
A variety of sensors come standard on most Windows 8 based phones, tablets, and ultra books. Applications can use data provided by an accelerometer, compass, or gyroscope as an input mechanism or to augment reality with computer generated information. These sensors are accessed via the Sensors API found in the Windows Runtime, Microsoft's new application platform. In this talk, we will look at the Windows Runtime Sensor APIs you can use to build Windows Store and Windows Phone applications.
Bio: Timothy Binkley-Jones [blog] [twitter] [linkedin] [books]
Tim Binkley-Jones is the author of the book Windows Phone 8 in Action, by Manning Publications. Tim is a Windows Phone enthusiast and a staff engineer in the Enterprise Management group of VMware, Inc.
This meeting will be held in the Team USA Swimming building at the Olympic Training Center at our normal meeting time of 5:30 PM - CLICK here TO GET THE LOCATION AND TIME DETAILS.
There is a new security policy at the OTC. We are now entering through the side door (in the loading dock) around the corner from the main entrance. So, if you are facing the main entrance go around the building to the left. There are signs that point to the Carolyn Dirks room. That is where you want to go.
SouthColorado.NET
Here are the links to the PowerPoint presentation, and to the "Sensors" Win 8 Application.
Meeting Notice - Tuesday July 9th, 2013
"What’s new in Windows 8.1 for Developers" by Jerry Nixon
On June 27th, at Build, Microsoft released the preview bits to Windows 8.1, the free update to Windows 8.0. Although it was only 8 months from the launch of Windows 8.0, Windows 8.1 introduces hundreds of new APIs, controls, and core features to let developers build a broad range of modern and desktop apps. Come get a high-level “What’s happening” and “What’s new”; drill into specific updates that unlock real opportunities to developers like you. Don’t fall behind while change gets poured on!
Bio: Jerry Nixon [e-mail] [blog] [twitter] [linkedin]
Jerry Nixon is a Microsoft Developer Evangelist in Colorado. He has been developing and designing on the Microsoft platform for 15 years. He speaks at universities, events and groups on Kinect, XAML, Windows Phone, and Windows 8. Most of Jerry’s days are spent teaching his three daughters Star Trek character backstories and episode plots.
This meeting will be held in the Team USA Swimming building at the Olympic Training Center at our normal meeting time of 5:30 PM - CLICK here TO GET THE LOCATION AND TIME DETAILS.
Meeting Notice - Tuesday June 11, 2013
"Single Page Applications using ASP.Net MVC & HTML5" by William Wegerson
Introduction to building Single Page Applications (SPA) which allow for rich client side interactions using JavaScript and HTML 5. On the client one can target many different platforms, mobile, desktop and tablet using rich libraries such as Durandal, jQuery-Mobile and Knockout.Js in the .NET world.
Become familiar with the templates available as well as an overview and installation of the components which make up SPAs and how to put them together using Visual Studio 2012. This presentation will bring you up-to-speed on the technology, focusing on page creation and covering the interaction of ASP.Net MVC with basic data transport and JQuery libraries.
ASP.NET Single-Page Applications (SPA) enable cutting-edge web developers to deliver engaging rich web based applications that bring out back-end information in interactive and dynamic ways. All serious developers are learning this technology. Shouldn't you?
Bio: William Wegerson [blog] [twitter] [linkedin]
William Wegerson is an Architect Developer who has been working in Colorado and the tech industry for over 20 years.
He has presented to Colorado user groups before on such topics as Silverlight and Visual Studio releases (VS 2010 and 2012) as well as teaching labs to the members where offered.
He has been awarded Microsoft MVP status since 2009 as a result of his development community work. That body of work includes presentation such as this one as well as his blog and active online presence on the MSDN forums as a moderator and StackOverflow, answering questions of all types.
This meeting will be held in the Team USA Swimming building at the Olympic Training Center at our normal meeting time of 5:30 PM - CLICK here TO GET THE LOCATION AND TIME DETAILS.
There is a new security policy at the OTC. We are now entering through the side door (in the loading dock) around the corner from the main entrance. So, if you are facing the main entrance go around the building to the left. There are signs that point to the Carolyn Dirks room. That is where you want to go.