Tuesday, January 22, 2008 #

January 2008 Meeting Announcement

Topic:
WF Rules Engine - Be A Rule Follower


Abstract:
Windows Workflow (WF) was introduced as one of the four pillars of .Net 3.0.  WF provides a rich set of tools to embed workflow within your applications.  Sometimes you have to provide more than just a simple workflow though.  Sometimes you have an intricate set of business rules involved that may change quickly over time due to changing laws, industry trends, sales reports or the whim of pointy haired bosses.  WF provides the Policy activity to wrap rules that can be dynamically generated or declaratively included with your workflows.  This presentation will focus on the rules engine provided by WF and how it can be leveraged both within and outside your workflows.

Materials for Talk: download

Speaker:
Michael Wood

 

Michael is a Senior Consultant for Strategic Data Systems (SDS) in Centerville, OH, but lives across the river in Kentucky. He has been working in .Net since pre-Beta 2 back in 2001. He has contributed to the "Visual Studio Hacks" book from O'Reilly and has recently started publishing a series of blog posts called the .Net Nugget.  Michael is a MCSD for both .Net and VB6 as well as a Director for the Cincinnati .Net User Group.  You can find out more about Michael and read his blog at www.mvwood.com/blog.
 


When: Thursday, 1/24/2008, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Where: Microsoft Office - Columbus


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December 2007 Meeting Recap

Over 120 people showed up to our Decemeber meeting. Brian Prince did a lap around VS2008 and .NET 3.5. Jeff Blankenburg (MS Developer Evangelist) gave out a free copy of Visual Studio 2008 to all attendees. He also provided TWO rounds of pizza (the first was consumed quickly).

Most people hung around playing Rock Band (thanks William!) and Guitar Hero III with Jeff's Xbox 360 gear.

At the meeting we also announced that CONDG would be filing for non-profit status in Ohio. The paperwork is complete, and will be submitted to the Secretary of State this Friday. The Articles of Incorporation and our Bylaws will be posted once they are accepted. This does mean that we will have to start tracking member attendance at meetings. We hope to keep this as lightweight and easy as possible.

The December slides are here.

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