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From:
Chris Wallace |
Message Date: May 17, 2010 |
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Join our e-mail Group membership list
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User Group on LinkedIn
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Study Group on LinkedIn |
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Next Meeting
No Registration Required
for this Event |
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Feature
Presentation
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Practical WCF -- Windows Communication Foundation
with
Fernando Cardenas,
Consultant |
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This talk is a crash course in WCF
- Windows Communication Foundation! *
Fernando will
answer your questions like: What is WCF? When/Why should I
use it/not use it? How should I use it? (and many more -
bring your questions).
He will focus on the
practical aspects of coding WCF services by building a
Clients and Projects WCF service from an existing legacy web
application that manages clients and projects for a
consulting firm. First, he will discuss with you an overview
of WCF, then Fernando will introduce you to WCF-specific
notions and best-practices when designing and developing
services using the Clients and Projects example.
By the end of the night,
you will feel excited at the prospect of solving your
business needs using WCF, instead of spending countless
hours debugging strange configuration problems in WCF.
* WCF is a part of the
.NET Framework that provides a unified programming model for
rapidly building service-oriented applications that
communicate across the web and the enterprise -- see WCF in
action and find out what this definition really means.
No experience necessary
-- join us for the practical side of WCF!
 FMI:
Windows Communication Foundation |
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Fernando
Cardenas
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Fernando Cardenas has been helping
clients solve business problems with technology for over 13
years as a software consultant.
Fernando and his team at AppVenture have
worked with clients like Amazon, McDonald’s, Jimmy Johns,
Kelty, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, and Siemens on projects involving enterprise
architecture, reporting systems, and ecommerce to name a
few. |
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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. |
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Contact
Fernando Cardenas,
Twitter: avfernando
AppVenture,
AppVenture Foundations |
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Meeting Sponsor
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Sogeti – Open for business
with Marty Brann,
Director, Colorado Unit |
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Marty
will give an overview of Sogeti, USA, what Sogeti offers to
their employees, and what positions are now available.
Marty will follow up with plenty of time for Q and A about
Sogeti.
Sogeti has vast IT solutions that span multiple
technologies—ensuring our customers that they get the
services they need. With flexible solutions, Sogeti has what
it takes to best meet our customers’ business goals.
Sogeti provides a competitive and compelling environment for
application developers to practice their knowledge and build
on their skills. Our local touch – global reach approach
ensures that our customers and consultants are working in a
common local environment, giving the consultant a chance to
build a meaningful business relationship with the customer.
This, paired with our worldwide Gold Partner status with
Microsoft, exclusive training programs, and the like make an
ideal place for consultants, both junior and senior, to
build their careers.
FMI,
see
Sogeti.
Contact:
Katina Lundberg,
Recruiter, 303-256-2500
FREE
TESTING TOOL:
Sogeti TMap
Process Template - A structured test
management approach for Visual Studio 2010 delivered by a
Process Template with a detailed descriptive guidance. |
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Marty
Brann
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Marty Brann is an I.T.
veteran with over 15 years of pertinent development and
infrastructure experience.
As the Director, he is currently responsible for managing the relationship
between Microsoft and Sogeti USA’s Colorado Unit.
In addition, he is now leveraging .NET and MOSS at
his current client, a major NASCAR manufacturer. |
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Contact:
Marty Brann.
Contact:
Katina Lundberg, Recruiter,
303-256-2500 |
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Meeting
Sponsor Refreshments
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Refreshments for you, provided by our meeting
sponsor.
Giant Sandwiches and Soft drinks.
For your light
dinner / snacks and drinks during our Informal Networking and Refreshments
before our meeting begins.
Quantities
Limited
- Come early, 5:30 -
6:00 |
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Meeting
Agenda
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5:30 p.m. -
9:00 p.m.* PLEASE silence your electronic devices during
our events.
5:30 - 6:00 (30 min) Informal Networking and
Refreshments (come early)
You may arrive at or after 5:00 p.m.
Meeting
starts
PROMPTLY
at 6:00 p.m.,
entry after that is not
guaranteed.
You
must arrive before 7:00 p.m., when
access is scheduled to be locked.
If you
leave the 4th floor after 6:00 p.m., return entry is not
available.
See FAQ.
6:00 -
6:15 (15 min) Welcome and Announcements with
Chris
Wallace
plus Open "Mic" Time - Member Announcements and
Job Talk, your
time to speak!
6:15
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6:45
(30 min)
Sponsor Introduction
-
Sogeti
6:45
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7:00
(15 min) Networking Break
7:00 - 8:30 (90 min)
Feature Presentation
Practical WCF -- Windows Communication Foundation
with
Fernando Cardenas
8:30
- 9:00
(30 min) Closing Thoughts, Door Prizes,
and Wrap-up
with
Chris Wallace
* All times are approximate and
subject to change.
Please note: we need to vacate
the room no later than 9:00 p.m.! |
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Meeting Door Prizes
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To
qualify to win any of our door prizes, follow the
complete door prize requirements and details.
You must be a qualified
group member and you must be present to win -
Include your name and current e-mail address on your ONE (only) business card
entry per meeting. All door prizes are subject to change. Other door prize qualifications may be required by third
party sponsors, check with them.
Winners agree to send a business-like thank you by e-mail to
your door prize
provider (you will be given the name and e-mail address to send your
thank you). Accepting a door prize obligates each winner to
send a thank you note to their door prize provider.
Previous
winners who have not sent their thank you note are not eligible to
win again! Thank you for your participation!
Many
door prizes are NOT listed here (if you have attended
before, you know)!
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From
Sogeti
Our monthly meeting sponsor! |
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1. 1 –
Zune HD 16GB
1 –
Microsoft Wireless Arc mouse |
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From Softpro
Books
Your User Group's Preferred Bookstore! - See their
new web site! |
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Celebrating 6+ years of
support from Softpro Books to our user group! |
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1 –
$20 gift certificate
to
Softpro
Books
-- Winners: Check
expiration
date !!!
6862 S. Yosemite St., Centennial, CO (near DTC, SW of Arapahoe Rd & I-25)
An independent computer
bookstore -
wide selection of the best computer books available anywhere!
303-740-7751 |
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From
JetBrains
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3 –
ReSharper full
licenses
-- The Most Intelligent Add-In To Visual Studio |
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From
Nevron
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From
PrimalBits Software
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1
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SQL Sets
-- full license --
Quickly capture and organize query-based
snapshots of your SQL Server data into a single, self-contained file
called a Portable Data Set Document. |
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From
TekPub
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3
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TekPub 30-Day
Subscription -
Straight from the
Experts |
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From A
Variety of Developer Book Publishers and Software Vendors
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Selected from developer
software, books, and
other items! |
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From Microsoft
See all Microsoft Press Books and Upcoming Titles! |
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Selected from developer books, software, hardware,
t-shirts, mugs + other cool stuff!
(subject to availability) |
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FREE
Book Offers |
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"FREE Book in Exchange for a Book Review." |
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If
selected, you agree to write a
review which the user group will post to our web site and provide to the
publisher, then you get to keep the book! |
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How to claim your F R E E book
and write your review:
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1.
Select one of the books currently offered for
review (one outstanding review per member, please): |
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2.
Be the first to send an e-mail message to
Chris Wallace.
State that you will write a review of that book within 60 days of
receiving that book and that you understand and agree to follow the book
review process and submit your review as described in our
“How To Review.”
Make your best convincing
argument to pick you, to ensure you are selected for the
book review! |
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Do Not Participate - Unless you agree to follow our "How To Review"
Steps! |
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3.
Attend our Meeting described in this e-mail to see if
you are a winner of your book choice! Get your book at our Meeting. You must be present at that Meeting to pick up your book, no exceptions. If
you are not present to obtain your book at the time during the Meeting when
it is offered, it will go to the next person who submitted an e-mail in the
order received. |
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4.
Start reading and writing! |
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Next
Lab
No Registration Required for this Event |
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User Group Lab (usually
monthly on
Friday
before our Meeting, check here for updates)
Friday, May 21,
2010
L a b -- t h i s
F r i d a y
7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
Location:
LeaderQuest,
Directions and Bing Maps
Address:
6825 South Galena St., Englewood,
CO 80112,
Phone: 303-832-4665 |
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Silverlight 4 with RIA Services in C#
with
William
Wegerson, MVP C# |
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Want to code in to Silverlight 4.0?
Yes,
join William Wegerson as he gives you an introductory
step-by-step into creating an off-the-shelf Silverlight 4
application.
This will be more of a presentation than a lab, but
you can optionally bring your personal laptop* and
follow along with the presentation and make this into your
own 'hands-on' lab. Our time will be paced so that those who
are coding on their laptops can type and ask questions as
the talk progresses.
Laptops
are optional. This time, no hardware will be provided by the
lab, unlike most of our Denver Visual Studio User Group
Labs. Enjoy yourself in the intimate setting of our lab as
we build a real Silverlight application together!
FMI:
Silverlight
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If you bring your laptop, please have (at least) the 30 day
trial version of Visual Studio 2010 installed along with
Silverlight 4:
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Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate Trial - Web Install
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Get Started with Silverlight with One
Install
NOTE: William will be there
one hour early (6:00 p.m.) to help with those who don’t have
these above tools installed. Disks are limited so please try
to have both items installed before arriving at the lab.
Seating is limited so be there early. |
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William Wegerson
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William Wegerson
is a C# developer with over twenty years experience in the
industry going from C to C++ to C# targeting many
disciplines from GUI applications to websites to VSTO
addins.
In 2009 William was
recognized by Microsoft for his community work as a MSDN
(C#/Regex) Forums moderator and his
blog . |
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Contact
William via his
blog. |
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Lab Sponsor
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Future Lab Dates are Available for YOU to Present |
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Your name and title here! Plus, your photo,
bio, and contact information here!
FMI
or for YOU to present at a future Lab, Contact
Larry Haskin. |
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Denver
Visual Studio 2010 Community Lauch
No
Registration Required for this Event
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Denver Visual Studio
User Group
Microsoft
Visual Studio 2010 Community Launch
with
YOU,
Our Denver Visual Studio User Group Members as SPEAKERS
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Volunteer
to present during our special event to celebrate our
community launch of Microsoft Visual Studio 2010. We will be
bringing to our members a special night with three
presenters (like YOU) from our own user group! |
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1. Read the Features
list below, reply to Chris Wallace, and tell
me that you are definitely interested in presenting. You
have until Friday, May 28 to commit.
2. Select
one or more of the features listed below or pick different
ones for your 30 minute presentation on Monday, August 23 to
your fellow user group members.
3. Contact
me by Friday, May 28, with your selection and commit
to your presentation to your fellow user group members.
4. I will
notify you by Friday, June 4, whether you and your
topics were selected plus the names of all three selected
volunteer speakers and their topics. I will coordinate
and follow up. You will prepare for your presentation
and present at our special event.
5. Have a
good time! |
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Visual Studio 2010 is a major upgrade in functionality and
capability from its predecessor. It includes some major
rewriting of core features, as well as many new features.
Developers, architects, and testers will all find areas
where the new version makes their jobs easier.
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Top New and Improved Features in Microsoft Visual Studio
2010
(in no particular order) --
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+ Better and more capable code editing and design views, new
WPF IDE, more flexible, feature-rich environment that
supports multiple monitors and minimizes context switching
between files; improved code navigation (without needing
compilation)
+ Cleaner start page with extensibility to easily
personalize work environments and turn the start page into a
custom application hosted in Visual Studio; to work the way
you want to
+ Improved performance, especially in the IDE
+ Better abilities when running in virtualized environments
+ Revamped IntelliSense, including JavaScript IntelliSense
to get IntelliSense function code auto-completion support on
dynamically generated JScript objects, to enjoy IntelliSense
support for third-party JavaScript frameworks and also to
enjoy faster IntelliSense support in client-side Web
development situations
+ Better help engine
+ Improved AJAX support to easily add interactivity use in
ASP.NET applications, to use the jQuery framework in ASP.NET
AJAX applications and to use client-side databound controls
to improve Web application performance
+ Smart targeting of multiple .Net Framework versions (2.0
through 4.0)
+ Better support for test-driven development
+ Enhanced debugging for threads and historical debugging
for managed code; use of IntelliTrace to step back through a
recorded history of application execution, especially good
with actionable bug reports
+ Test Impact Analysis Window to fight regression errors
with test impact analysis, to keep developers informed about
tests that need to rerun with every check-in, and improves
application quality with real-time information about tests
results
+ Support for Azure development, including SQL Azure
support, to develop, debug, test and deploy cloud
applications
+ Support for SharePoint 2010 development with integrated
access to SharePoint functionality; with Business
Connectivity Services, to use LINQ with SharePoint to easily
join multiple data sources; developers can pull in external
data into SharePoint and create Web parts and custom lists
+ Support for Silverlight RIAs development (versions 1
through 4)
+ Silverlight Designer, to build one broad-reaching
application to run on the Web and offline
+ Support for Office 2010 development
+ Improved capabilities for architects and testers, such as
Sequence Diagrams, Dependency Graphs (for managed
assemblies), better bug reporting and reproducibility
+ Includes F# (functional programming) and supports dynamic
languages
+ Improvements to Team Foundation Server (TFS), including
gate check-in controls and team management
+ Touch support in WPF, as in Windows 7 gesturing
capabilities, multitouch and "ribbon" interfaces
+ Database development features
+ Windows Phone 7 series development
+ One-Click Deployment to move a database, registry and
Web.config settings into production with one click, and to
quickly push Website updates into production with one click;
and xcopy deployment is much improved
+ Visual Studio 2010 installer has been improved where the
install does not require a reboot |
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Visual
Studio 2010 Launch Live from Seattle
NOTE:
Registration Required for this Event
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MSDN Simulcast Event, Live
Meeting Webcast --
REGISTER NOW
-- FREE
Launch 2010
Technical Readiness Series,
Life Runs on Code
Visual Studio 2010 Launch
Live from Seattle
Register for
the Developer Track and add your calendar reminder.
This is similar to our super-sized
Denver Launch Event
for Visual Studio 2010.
Get presentation materials from the launch event plus
other great resources,
here.
Thursday,
May 27,
2010
9:30 a.m.
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2:30 p.m. MT, Live Meeting
(link for webcast will be available
at 9:00 a.m.)
View other sessions from:
Simulcasts: Live Events on the Latest
Technologies. |
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Visual Studio 2010 Launch Live from Seattle
-- Live Meeting Webcast |
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Career
Opportunities and Professional Networking
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Denver .Net Study Group
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Denver .Net Study Group
Check our Study Group
on
LinkedIn
(see
above),
for updates!
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. (usually
twice monthly on the first and third Thursdays)
Location:
ExecuTrain of Denver,
Directions and Bing Maps
Address:
7400 E. Orchard Rd., Suite 1450
(first floor-north), Greenwood Village, CO 80111
Business Phone: 303-771-3776 or
303-695-5057
(please - no study group related calls)
Can't make our
above study group dates/times/location?
Check
our Study Group on
LinkedIn
for other Study Groups meeting at
different dates/times/locations or start your own Study
Group.
Post your Study Group notices on our
central
Study Group
LinkedIn (each
time, please clearly post your dates/times/location/any
other important details).
Also, make sure
to announce your Study Group at our monthly user group
meetings.
We support and encourage YOU! Good luck to all! |
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Denver .Net Study Group |
Our Denver .NET Study Group
uses laser sharpness to focus our combined energies where it
matters the most – the .net technologies that we use or want
to use (if we only knew how).
Our study group is a lesson itself in participation,
since this is no typical classroom setting. When you join,
plan to contribute as an active participant in your Denver
.NET Study Group. Learn from others how they go about
getting the job of learning done, the difficulties they
encounter, and some good solutions. We meet casually, but we
are all business when it comes to getting familiar with .net
technologies.
Some members want to realize their goal of .net
certification, others want to learn in order to put into
practice new skills in their current and future assignments,
still others need to learn new skills for whatever comes
their way (even when they are not sure what that is now).
Our study group is open to our members who want to study for
their .NET certifications as well as those who are not
pursuing certification. Come join us whether you are
experienced in .NET or new to .NET, but we expecting you to
have some programming background and therefore, we structure
our topics for members who are somewhat experienced in .NET.
Join us to learn during our special sessions set up
just for our Denver .NET Study Group. Keep track of our
activities through our Denver .NET Study Group which
is a subgroup of our Denver Visual Studio User Group on
LinkedIn (which is, of course, a part of our larger
Denver Visual Studio User Group
(join as displayed on this web site).
FMI
on our Denver .Net Study Group, join our
LinkedIn subgroup
(see
above).
Contact
Ely Lucas,
our user group member volunteer. |
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