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Don Robins -User Group Leader
Send User Group-related questions and suggestions to Don at dbr@outformations.com. |
RSVP to the next meeting
You must RSVP by email to Don Robins before 2 pm of the day befor the meeting date. Your response helps us determine refreshments required, and insures that you will be let into the building. To RSVP or for more information or location details please email Don Robins at dbr@outformations.com |
About the .NET Developers User Group
The ADD .NET Developers User Group maintains a focus on development practices, demonstrations and show & tell in developer centric interactive sessions. Our intent is to bridge the gap between the small working groups of the BayNET User Group, and other more formal and less interactive presentations typically targeting larger audiences. It compliments the other existing user groups by providing peer support for developers in this ever evolving voluminous Microsoft development environment and platform. Topics include all aspects of development for desktop, browser and web services, as well as architectural choices and application development frameworks. We provide a face to face forum and encourage peer learning and networking while catering to developers who need to learn about what .NET is, how it will impact them professionally, and how to leverage it with their existing expertise and skillsets. |
General Agenda
06:15 to 07:00 - Introductions, discussion, networking
07:00 to 09:00 - Presentation, Q&A and Raffle (w/ break)
09:00 to 9:30 - Informal discussion and networking
Meetings are free for ADD members, and $10 at the door for nonmembers.
Pizza courtesy of ADD and Outformations, Inc. |
Directions To Meetings
Meetings are held at the new Microsoft Offices at 835 Market Street, Suite 700, in San Francisco. Click here for a map and more information. |
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April Meeting - Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Remember Our New Location: 835 Market Street, Suite 700.
At our April meeting, Cal Schrotenboer will present an Introduction to Silverlight - it's goals versus its current state.
Rocky Lhodka says of Silverlight: "The Web isn't dead, but it is about to undergo the biggest transformation in the past decade. Given a choice between writing complex JavaScript that must accommodate differences in browsers to interact with an antiquated browser API, or writing C# or VB .NET code that is consistent regardless of browser or platform, and which uses a modern API, I think most developers would choose the latter, hands down. And that's Silverlight..."
Alan Nathan says of Silverlight:: "A promising alternative to Flash, Silverlight enables the creation of rich web content and applications using a lightweight add-on that is friendly to both designers and developers".
Laurence Moroney says of Silverlight: "With Silverlight (and AJAX), the goal is to create Web applications that are much more like desktop applications, and ultimately, to create applications that are indistinguishable from desktop applications."
This presentation will evaluate how realistic these goals are and how far along Microsoft has progressed in achieving them. Speaker: Cal is a C# developer with experience in building Windows Forms application front ends for SQL Server databases. He also teaches programming classes (Advanced C#, WPF, Expression Blend, WCF, ASP.NET, VSTO, Powershell, SQL Server 2005) at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, California and Microsoft Network Administration (MCSE) classes at Mission College in Santa Clara.
Recently Cal has begun specializing in WPF. He has done five MSDN Webcasts on various WPF topics and has spoken to User Groups and Code Camps throughout California about WPF. His Foothill College WPF and Expression Blend classes were likely the first college level classes in these topics available anywhere. Cal maintains a WPF blog at www.WPFLearningExperience.com. His outside interests include travel and photography (www.travelswithcal.com). Cal has a sample XBAP application available at www.travelswithcal.com/wpfzone and sample Silverlight applications at www.schrotenboer.com/cal/resume and www.drinkmate.com/standardimprints/
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Additional Upcoming Meetings
Topics and Speakers will be posted when confirmed:
May: Wednesday 5/28/08
June: Wednesday 6/25/08
July: Wednesday 7/30/08
August: Wednesday 8/27/08
September: Wednesday 9/24/08
October: ANNUAL MEETING - date pending
November: Wednesday 11/26/2008
December: Pending due to holiday
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