Central Ohio .NET Developers Group

Topic

Intro to SignalR + Awesome Mobile Possibilities!

Abstract

Real-time communication. Required but always challenging for developers. May be SignalR offers a silver lining. SignalR is a very cool piece of technology that provides async signaling library to build real-time, multi-user interactive applications connecting disparate systems. What do you get when we combine personalization of our Mobile devices, specially Windows Phone & the adaptability of SignalR? We get instant real-time communication between phone & backend server. We get location service applications. Chat. Stocks. Alerts. Endless possibilities! Come join us as we explore some of these new opportunities through demos & code samples.

Speaker

Samidip Basu (@samidip) is a technologist & gadget-lover working as MSFT Mobility Solutions Lead for Sogeti USA out of the Columbus Unit. With a strong developer background in Microsoft technology stack, he now spends much of his time in spreading the word to discover the full potential of the Windows Phone/Windows 8 platforms & cloud-backed mobile solutions in general. He passionately runs the Central Ohio Windows Phone User Group (http://cowpug.org), labors in M3 Conf (http://m3conf.com/) organization and can be found with at-least a couple of hobbyist projects at any time. His spare times call for travel and culinary adventures with the wife. Find out more at http://samidipbasu.com.

Pizza/Geek Dinner

Pizza will be provided as a snack during the meeting. A Geek Dinner will be held immediately after the meeting at Claddagh Irish Pub at 8745 Sancus Blvd., Columbus OH

When

Thursday, 5/24/2012, 6:00 - ??

Where

Sponsorship

Our Sponsorship Policy has changed! Take a look here.

Our Annual Sponsors:

Our Meeting Sponsors:

Generous thanks to Microsoft for giving us the meeting space.

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

Topic

The Windows 8 platform for Metro style apps

Abstract

Windows 8 is Windows re-imagined!  Join this session to learn about the new platform for building Metro style applications.  Get an understanding of the platform design tenets, the programming language choices, and the integration points with the operating system and across Metro style apps.  We will dive into code, showing the new features that you will need to learn, like snapping, contracts and charms, appbars, and tiles.  You will walk away with the fundamentals for building a Windows 8 application. 

Speaker

Jennifer Marsman is a Developer Evangelist in Microsoft’s Developer and Platform Evangelism group, where she educates developers on Microsoft’s new technologies.  In this role, Jennifer displays her contagious enthusiasm for technology by speaking on a variety of Microsoft technologies.  She is a frequent speaker at software development conferences across the United States.  In 2009, Jennifer was chosen as "Techie whose innovation will have the biggest impact" by X-OLOGY for her work with GiveCamps, a weekend-long event where developers code for charity.  She has also received many honors from Microsoft, including the Central Region Top Contributor Award, Heartland District Top Contributor Award, DPE Community Evangelist Award, CPE Champion Award, MSUS Diversity & Inclusion Award, and Gold Club.  Prior to becoming a Developer Evangelist, Jennifer was a software developer in Microsoft’s Natural Interactive Services division.  In this role, she earned two patents for her work in search and data mining algorithms.  Jennifer has also held positions with Ford Motor Company, National Instruments, and Soar Technology.  Jennifer holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering and Master’s Degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.  Her graduate work specialized in artificial intelligence and computational theory.  Jennifer blogs at http://blogs.msdn.com/jennifer and tweets at http://twitter.com/jennifermarsman. 

Pizza/Geek Dinner

Pizza will be provided as a snack during the meeting. A Geek Dinner will be held immediately after the meeting at Claddagh Irish Pub at 8745 Sancus Blvd., Columbus OH

When

Thursday, 4/26/2012, 6:00 - ??

Where

Sponsorship

Our Sponsorship Policy has changed! Take a look here.

Our Annual Sponsors:

Our Meeting Sponsors:

Generous thanks to Microsoft for giving us the meeting space.

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

Topic

Introduction to TDD

Abstract

Test Driven Development (TDD) has been one of the biggest and most compelling paradigm changes to software development of the past few years. The ability to bake quality into your application as you develop it can change the way you think about software; it effects the way we approach, design and write applications. Test Driven Development is powerful. Yet many developers allow themselves to be intimidated by what they perceive as added complexity. Managers worry that the practice of "test first" will delay development. This presentation will explain the concepts behind TDD, outline the benefits, give you some concrete examples and some advice on how to sell it to your managers.

Speaker

James is the Vice President of Technology at Improving Enterprises in Columbus, OH. James has been involved in software development and architecture for 16 years. He has worked as a developer and architect on everything from small, single-user applications to Enterprise-scale, multi-user systems.  His specialties are .NET development and architecture, TDD, SOA, WCF, WF, cloud computing, and agile development methodologies. He is an experienced mentor and author. James is a Microsoft MVP and former President of the Central Ohio .NET Developers Group.  James book "Professional Test Driven Development with C#: Developing Real World Applications with TDD" was released in May of 2011. James maintains a blog at www.jamescbender.com and his Twitter ID is @JamesBender.

Pizza/Geek Dinner

Pizza will be provided as a snack during the meeting. A Geek Dinner will be held immediately after the meeting at Claddagh Irish Pub at 8745 Sancus Blvd., Columbus OH

When

Thursday, 2/23/2012, 6:00 - ??

Where

Sponsorship

Our Sponsorship Policy has changed! Take a look here.

Our Annual Sponsors:

Our Meeting Sponsors:

Generous thanks to Microsoft for giving us the meeting space.

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

Sponsorship

Sponsorship for this meeting is courtesy of Leading EDJE

Just like your ‘all night college’ study sessions….intense and fun. We, at Leading EDJE, thrive on having a good time at work. We deliver off the charts technical, project and program management solutions. And, we do it, because it’s what we love. Whether we are working as a team on the project, or as the solo ‘super geek’ at a client, we all work together. Our monthly brainstorming, cell diminishing meetings give our clients and our family the collective experiences of all of us. Part of becoming our client’s trusted advisor is about having a passion for developing the best solution and enjoying the process. We have a team of ‘full-timers’ meaning we are all salaried FTEs. To our clients, it means stability. They don’t have the knowledge of their systems tied to an individual, rather they know we have their back. To our team, it means an incredible, steady support group and no ‘OMG’ moment when you hit the beach. We’ve got each other's back!

We also would like to thank our yearly sponsor Improving Enterprises and our In-Kind sponsor Microsoft

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

Topic

Mobile Websites in ASP.NET MVC 4

Abstract

Mobile is no longer a developer niche. In the upcoming year more mobile devices will be sold than PCs. For web developers this means the era of targeting a handful of browsers and resolutions is ending. In response, many web frameworks have added features to support mobile. One such is ASP.NET MVC. In this talk, we will demonstrate how easy it is to get a mobile solution up and running using ASP.NET MVC 4 and discuss the strengths and weaknesses of using this approach.

Speakers

Josh Harrison is Director of .NET Solutions with Leading EDJE. For the past decade he has been working with organizations of all sizes to help them build custom software applications. He has written and given talks on a broad-range of Microsoft-related technology topics. Though recently his interest has been focused on the changing technologies that power the web.

Brad Isbell is a software developer at Leading EDJE and heads up the mobile studio. With 10 years of experience creating applications for a wide array of industries, he approaches tools and technologies open-mindedly. While specializing in the .NET environment, he enjoys exploring new geospatial and location-based technologies, mobile platforms, Java frameworks, and Ruby on Rails. Originally from Wyoming, he graduated from the University of Northern Colorado and is still fairly new to Ohio. In his spare time, he can be found hanging out with his wife, training Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and trying not to get addicted to video games.

Pizza/Geek Dinner

Pizza will be provided as a snack during the meeting. A Geek Dinner will be held immediately after the meeting at Claddagh Irish Pub at 8745 Sancus Blvd., Columbus OH

When

Thursday, 1/26/2012, 6:00 - ??

Where

Your officers for 2012:

• President – Brian Sherwin
• Vice President – Bramha Ghosh
• Secretary – Vince Fabro
• Treasurer – Brandon Schott

Congratulations to the new officers!