Meetings

2008-10: Introduction to Silverlight 2 - Colin Neller

Colin Neller — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 14:09:58 GMT

Download includes sample code and slide deck. Silverlight 2 brings the power of .NET to the browser by combining a powerful UI rendering engine with a programming model that Microsoft developers are already familiar with. In this presentation, we will explore the capabilities of Silverlight along with an overview of how Silverlight applications are developed. Read more about this download at: http://www.colinneller.com/blog/MNUGIntroductionToSilverlight2October232008.aspx

2008-09: Windows PowerShell - David Mohundro

Colin Neller — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:27:01 GMT

Windows PowerShell is a command-line shell with associated scripting language that brings the power of the .NET Framework to the command line. It provides features that can benefit both system administrators and developers. We'll introduce PowerShell and go over why developers should be interested in the command line and we'll also cover the benefits that scripting can provide, whether that be through efficiency or automating repetitive tasks.

2008-06: Discovering C# 3.0 and LINQ - John Kellar

Colin Neller — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:30:21 GMT

John's Blog: http://www.anvilsystems.com

2008-02: Implementing Scrum and Team Foundation Server - Tommy Norman

Colin Neller — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:05:39 GMT

Both Scrum and Team Foundation Server have received a large amount of attention the last few years and it is hard to separate the theoretical rhetoric from practical guidance. This presentation demonstrates the practical lessons learned from implementing both for a new .NET software development department. The focus will be on working with TFS and Scrum on a daily basis with real world examples of both successes and failures. Specific topics to be covered include: * Overview of Scrum * Overview of TFS * Walk through of implementing Scrum and other agile concepts using TFS and VSTS. * Demos of the Conchango Scrum plug-in for TFS, extending TFS with new templates, taking advantage of the TFS/Excel integration, and more.

2007-12: Generics, the Great Enabler - James Hanauer

Colin Neller — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 00:25:40 GMT

Generics provides strongly-typed reusability, making it a core enabler of the technologies and methodologies provided in the .Net 2.0 framework and beyond. Generics can be leveraged by your existing system to help provide reusability, increase performance, and facilitate maintainability. In this session we will review the fundamentals of Generics, see how you can leverage it, and investigate its role in .Net 3.5. James Hanauer is a Software Engineer for the ServiceU Corporation, a Memphis-based application service provider (ASP) that hosts event management, ticketing, and PCI compliant transaction processing applications via software as a service (SaaS). His current focus is in enterprise architecture leveraging .NET technologies, service oriented architecture (SOA) principles, enterprise application integration (EAI) design patterns, and the knowledge of others. He possesses experience in developing software for several industries including third party logistics (3PL), utilities, industrial organizational (IO) research, athletics, and veterinary medicine. In addition to the .NET technologies, his technical background also includes ESRI GIS spatial technologies, SQL Server, Oracle, Oracle Forms and Reports, SQL Loader, JavaScript, AJAX, and Classic Microsoft technologies to name a few. Most of all, he enjoys learning from and educating others.

2007-08: Tools, Tips and Best practices - John Kellar

Colin Neller — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:05:52 GMT

Tools, tips and best practices that you can leverage in your daily operations. This is an opportunity to discover performance improvements and more. PowerPoint & source files.

2007-07: Smart Client, WPF, and Test Driven Development - Allen Noakes

Colin Neller — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 18:43:21 GMT

Allen will show some of the intricacies of developing with WPF and Smart Clients. In addition, he will cover techniques for testing the UI to ensure that the user experience is what it should be.

2007-06: Requirements Management - Dan Petit

Colin Neller — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:01:07 GMT

2007-05: SQL Performance Analysis and Tuning - Kevin Boles

Colin Neller — Fri, 18 May 2007 15:07:55 GMT

Contains presentation and SQL files.

We will cover a wide range of topics related to efficiently getting data into and out of SQL Server including (but not limited to): how to use ADO/ADO.NET efficiently; Best/Worst practices in Data Access; monitoring SQL Server query performance, as well as overall server performance; stored procedure coding/use; efficient data structure design; eliminating cursors; indexing strategies.