Central Ohio .NET Developers Group

Sponsorship

Sponsorship for this meeting is courtesy of Quick Solutions

We also would like to thank our yearly sponsor The Sophic Group and our In-Kind sponsor Microsoft

Opportunities to sponsor CONDG are available. For more information please email contact@condg.org

Topic

An Introduction to Windows Phone 7 Development

Abstract

This session will cover how to get started developing applications for the Windows Phone 7 platform. We’ll cover using both Visual Studio 2010 as well as Expression Blend 4, and walk through the entire process of designing, constructing, and deploying an app to the Windows Phone Marketplace. At the end of this presentation, you should understand how simple building powerful (and profitable) applications can be.

Speaker

Jeff Blankenburg is an ultra-passionate web developer who works for Microsoft. As a Developer Evangelist, he has the unique responsibility to consult and advise software developers about the new tools, technologies, and practices available to them. Jeff's previous roles as a software developer allowed him to build industry-changing websites and marketing efforts for Victoria's Secret, Abercrombie & Fitch, Ford Motor Company, Sony, and several major pharmaceutical companies. Through many major speaking engagements and an active, technically-focused blog, Jeff has established himself as a valuable resource to anyone writing software or looking for advice on their next software endeavor.

Grok Talk Topic

Should

Abstract

Should is an open-source library which provides a testing-framework-agnostic set of unit test assertions. It also includes fluent extensions which provide a natural-language interface for consuming the assertions. The library is portable between unit testing frameworks, and the fluent extensions are well-suited to test-driven and behavior-driven testing methodologies.

Speaker

Mel Grubb has been a professional developer since 1995, and a .NET developer from the early days of v1.0. He is currently a consultant for Quick Solutions in Columbus, Ohio. A "gadget geek", Mel likes to focus on identifying and promoting tools and techniques that enhance developer productivity and reduce friction, because our jobs should be interesting and fun, too.

Code and CONDG

The conference room behind the receptionist desk will be open and available for members who would like to spend their time at CONDG pair coding with other attendees. This will be a self-organizing session among the attendees; feel free to use the comments section to make arraignments to meet up and discuss things to work on before hand. Or, just show up and code! Whatever you feel comfortable with. This is YOUR time.

Please be advised that Internet access will not be available.

Pizza/Geek Dinner

Pizza will be provided as a snack during the meeting.

When

Thursday, 8/26/2010, 6:00 - ??

Where

Sponsorship

Sponsorship for this meeting is courtesy of Pillar Technology

We also would like to thank our yearly sponsor The Sophic Group and our In-Kind sponsor Microsoft

Opportunities to sponsor CONDG are available. For more information please email contact@condg.org

Topic

IronRubying your C#

Abstract

Dynamic languages are gaining some momentum, and for good reason. What better way to learn a new language than to use it to test your every day language? In this session we’ll look into testing your C# production code using IronRuby. We’ll take a good look at RSpec and how a dynamic language will make testing more expressive. After looking through a few tests, we'll take a peek at IronRuby on Rails.

Speaker

Tim Wingfield has been involved in web design and development for over 12 years and is a Software Craftsman with Pillar Technology, a consultancy focused on agile software development and business transformation in Ohio, Michigan, and the Southeast. Tim has a wide range of knowledge in .Net but focuses on the user interface and the user experience in ASP.Net applications. Recently he has put more time into practicing lean development processes and how to more efficiently create quality software. He also has a budding love affair with Ruby, and has done a cannonball into the Rails pool. In what time is left over, Tim enjoys coaching his sons’ hockey teams, playing a little hockey himself, and traveling with his family.

Grok Talk Topic

Productivity Boosters for .NET Developers

Abstract

Athletes are always trying to get better at their sport, musicians are always trying to become better musicians, and developers should always try to improve and become better and faster at software development.  We'll talk about what steps you can take to make that you are continuously improving and I'll share some productivity tips that have helped me become a better and faster software developer.

Speaker

Jon Kruger is an independent consultant in Columbus, OH where he provides technical leadership for software development projects.  Jon has over 10 years experience in various different programming languages (mostly C#/.NET) and is always looking for ways to create better quality software and speed up the software development process.  Jon is the creator of TDD Boot Camp, a comprehensive test-driven development training course in .NET (tddbootcamp.com).  You can follow Jon on his blog (jonkruger.com) or on Twitter (twitter.com/jonkruger).

Code and CONDG

Starting this month the conference room behind the receptionist desk will be open and available for members who would like to spend their time at CONDG pair coding with other attendees. This will be a self-organizing session among the attendees; feel free to use the comments section to make arraignments to meet up and discuss things to work on before hand. Or, just show up and code! Whatever you feel comfortable with. This is YOUR time.

Please be advised that Internet access will not be available.

Pizza/Geek Dinner

Pizza will be provided as a snack during the meeting.

As always our meeting will be followed by a Geek Dinner. Traditionally we’ve had this dinner at Hoggy’s. Some members have expressed a desire to try a new place. What do you think?

When

Thursday, 7/22/2010, 6:00 - ??

Where

Sponsorship

Sponsorship for this meeting is courtesy of Brooksource & Technical Youth.

We also like to thank our yearly sponsor The Sophic Group and our In-Kind sponsor Microsoft

Opportunities to sponsor CONDG are available. For more information please emailcontact@condg.org

Topic

A Tall Glass of Cold Milk (washing down NHibernate with Fluent Nhibernate)

Abstract

If NHibernate is the cookies, then Fluent is the tall glass of cold milk. You just wouldn’t do one without the other, right? You don’t want to spend your time writing XML…you want Fluent. You want to have compile time checking of your repository classes…you need Fluent. You want to have testable mappings (for your mocking framework), you’re going to want to get to know Fluent NHibernate.

Speaker

Brian Sherwin is an independent consultant in Columbus, OH. He has been a consultant and trainer for over 15 years. Trying to get companies to go back to making decisions based on value and not a particular technology is one of his core passions. When he's not trying to figure out some new technology, he spends time reading, Scouting, and drinking enough coffee to keep up with his five kids.

Grok Talk Topic

What is Rx?

Abstract

Reactive Extensions for .NET (Rx) is a .NET Library for composing asynchronous and event-based programs using observable collections.  The Rx API provides the ability to create observable collections from a number of sources, including standard .NET events, making it easier to integrate into existing codebases.  Rx allows programmers to glue together complex event processing and asynchronous computations using clean, declarative code. 

Speakers

James Hansen is a professional .NET developer with 5 years of experience building software in a variety of industries.  He has worked for Cardinal Health, Huntington National Bank, State Auto, and is presently a Brooksource .NET Consultant at Safe Auto.  His primary interests have been ASP.Net, SQL Server, and Silverlight.

Pizza/Geek Dinner

Pizza will be provided as a snack during the meeting.

As always our meeting will be followed by a Geek Dinner at Hoggy’s.

When

Thursday, 6/24/2010, 6:00 - ??

Where

This Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) session will led by two community leads. This 2 day briefing will discuss ALM, from initial conception through requirements gathering, design, development, testing, build & review processes.  We also integrate the SCRUM framework, integration with non-Microsoft development and offerings for Visual Studio 2010 Team System. There is no charge for this event.

Targeted Audience: Project Managers, Developers, Architects, DBAs and Business Analysts looking for ALM and researching Team Foundation Server 2010.

Speakers:

· Alexei Govorine, Quick Solutions is a co-founder of the Central Ohio ALM Group

· Ryan Cromwell, SDS Consulting, Team Foundation Server Technical Specialist

Agenda:  We will have a more complete agenda in a PDF at both of the speaker’s blog as the event nears.

Where:

· 8800 Lyra Dr, Suite 400, Columbus, OH 43240

When:

· June 22-23, 2010 from 9-4:30 PM, both days..

Registration Link: https://www.microsoftusevents.com/TFS/Default.aspx  - Registration Code – TFS

Sponsorship

Sponsorship for this meeting is currently available. If interested in sponsoring please email contact@condg.org

Topic

Windows Azure Boot Camp Express

Abstract

Windows Azure is Microsoft’s cloud services operating system that serves as a development, service hosting and service management environment.  Windows Azure provides developers with on-demand compute and storage capabilities to host, scale, and manage web applications on the internet through Microsoft® datacenters.  In this session, we will explore all the major features that Windows Azure has to offer.  We will also see how easy it is to leverage existing .NET skills and familiar tools to develop solutions that run in the cloud with Windows Azure.

Speaker

Michael Collier is an Architect with Centric Consulting in their Columbus, OH office. He has nearly 10 years of experience building Microsoft based applications for a wide range of clients. Michael spends his days serving as a developer or architect – helping clients succeed with the Microsoft development platform. He gets very “geeked up” about any new technology, tool, or technique that makes his development life easier. Currently he is working with a major national automobile insurance provider where he is helping to build out many new e-commerce offerings. Michael spends most of his spare time reading technology blogs and exploring new development technologies. He is also an avid golfer and attempts to be good at shooters on the Xbox 360.

Grok Talk Topic

Columbus Give Camp

Abstract

Give Camp is a weekend-long event where software developers, designers, and database administrators donate their time to create custom software for non-profit organizations. This custom software could be a new website for the nonprofit organization, a small data-collection application to keep track of members, or a application for the Red Cross that automatically emails a blood donor three months after they’ve donated blood to remind them that they are now eligible to donate again. The point is, Give Camp is a great way to give back to the local community by helping local non-profits while working with and learning from other developers, designers, architects and IT professionals that you might not otherwise get a chance to.

Give Camp committee members Bramha Ghosh and James Bender will tell you more about Give Camp, how it works, how much fun it is and how when a few determined, passionate geeks get together, they can accomplish amazing things in the span of a couple of days. You will hear stories from the previous two Columbus Give Camps, see examples of the work that has been done find out how you can get involved.

Speakers

Bramha Ghosh and James Bender are experienced Give Campers who also serve on the Central Ohio Give Camp committee along with Alexei Govorin under the benevolent and fearless leadership of Carey Payette.

When

Thursday, 5/27/2010, 6:00 - ??

IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT MEETING DATE!

Aprils meeting will be on a special night: Wednesday, April 28th. The time and place will be the same: The Microsoft Office at 6:00. We will be co-hosting this meeting with the Central Ohio Application Lifecycle Management Group (www.coalmg.org)

Sponsorship

Sponsorship for this meeting is courtesy of Microsoft.

Topic

Visual Studio 2010 Architecture Tools

Abstract

Have you ever had to work with a legacy codebase? Designing new functionality on existing applications can be daunting. There are always differences between the original design and the current implementation. The new Architecture tools within Visual Studio 2010 help you to understand the application you have, design new functionality you need, and validate that your design and your implementation do not deviate. Join us for a look at the new code visualization, UML, and architectural validation tools which allow you to model domain-specific problem domains and maintain proper control and visibility of your software systems.

Speaker

Cameron Skinner joined Microsoft in 2005 and is currently a product unit manager on the Visual Studio team. He is responsible for overseeing the Visualization and Architecture capabilities found in Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate. Prior to Microsoft, Mr. Skinner was the CTO and chief architect of application development tools for Embarcadero Technologies. Earlier in his career, he served as CTO for Advanced Software Technologies. In his limited spare time, Mr. Skinner enjoys spending time with his wife and three children, Crossfit, and playing his acoustic bass. Find out what Cameron is doing by following him on Twitter and his blog.

When

Wednesday, 4/28/2010, 6:00 - ??

Where

Microsoft Office - Columbus

Sponsorship

Sponsorship for this meeting is courtesy of TechSmith.

Topic

Be a Better Developer

Abstract

As a developer, you end up wearing a lot of different hats: researcher, designer, janitor, mediator, teacher, student… the list can go on. Likely, you juggle these hats almost every day... and we haven't even mentioned writing a line of code yet. If you want to become a better developer you'll have to learn how to switch these hats easily and what it means to wear each one well. Most talks focus on a given technology or tool: some resource that you can use. This talks focuses on how to improve the best resource you have: YOU. This talk will focus on tips you can learn and habits you can adopt to help make you stand out among developers.

Speaker

Michael Wood is a Microsoft Practice Director for Strategic Data Systems in Centerville, OH, but lives across the river in Kentucky. He describes himself as a problem solving, outdoorsy, user group leading, dog-loving, blog writing, solution creating, event planning, married, technology speaking, father of one kind of guy. When he's not living up to that title he's an avid reader, (horrible) violinist and gamer. Michael is a Founding Director of the Cincinnati .NET User Group as well as the founder of the Cincinnati Software Architecture Special Interest Group.  He is also a founding member of the software architecture web resource nPlus1 (http://nplus1.org), instigator of the informal code pairing Bitslinger events in Cincinnati and a Microsoft MVP in Client App Dev. You can catch up with Mike on his blog at http://mvwood.com/blog and on twitter under the handle @mikewo.

Grok Talk Topic

Working with SnagIt.

Abstract

Teams need to communicate visually, and Snagit is TechSmith's simple and effective tool for working with a snapshot of anything on the screen.  We will walk through a scenario between a developer and a stakeholder trying to express and understand what the system should do.  Rather than sending emails about "moving that dropdown next to the blue widget", the stakeholder shows the developer exactly what he expects.

Speaker

Bramha Ghosh is a software developer with Grange Insurance in Columbus, Ohio.  He's been writing progressively better software for 10 years.  When he's not complicating the simple, or simplifying the complex, he spends him time enjoying the Columbus food scene and being generally obsessed with soccer.

When

Thursday, 3/25/2010, 6:00 - ??

Where

Microsoft Office - Columbus

Sponsorship

Sponsorship for this meeting is currently available, if interested in sponsoring please email contact@condg.org

Topic

Introduction to Context Specification – Behavior Driven Development

Abstract

Note

This month we are starting a new format; There will be a longer (approximately one hour) “featured” talk followed by a brief intermission which will be followed by a 15-20 minute “grok” talk. If you would like to speak at an upcoming CONDG meeting or have any feedback on the new format please email contact@condg.org

Sponsorship

Sponsorship for this meeting is currently available, if interested in sponsoring please email contact@condg.org

Topic

Extending your Application with the Managed Extensibility Framework

Abstract

NOTE:

The normal meeting schedule has changed for this month due to the holiday season.  The meeting will be taking place on Monday, December 14th, 2009. 

 Elections will take place at this meeting.

An end-of-year social will occur at the end of this meeting which includes video games, food and time to socialize

Sponsorship

 Sponsorship for this meeting is currently available, if interested in sponsoring please email contact@condg.org

Topic

Gadget Showcase

Abstract

Please join us for the 2nd Annual Dog Food Conference; sponsored by the partner community. We will have MS speakers, MS partners, ISVs, MS MVPs and community leads presenting over 40 topics. Around half of the speakers are community leads; and half are MS specialists. As seating is limited, we encourage you to knowledge share with your peers, see overviews and chat one on one at the “Ask the Expert” area.

Register Here!

NOTE:

The normal meeting schedule has changed for this month due to the Thanksgiving holiday.  The meeting will be taking place on Wednesday, November 18th.  A reminder will be sent a week prior to the meeting.

Sponsorship

 Sponsorship for this meeting is currently available, if interested in sponsoring please email contact@condg.org

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Topic

Making A Name For Yourself

Abstract

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Lightning Talks

When

Thursday October 22nd, 2009 6-8pm

Where

Sponsorship

 Food and beverages for the meeting are being sponsored by CONDG

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Topic

Implementing MVVM for WPF

Abstract

Sponsorship

 Food and beverages for the meeting are being sponsored by ICC.

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Topic

C# 4.0

Abstract