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Windows 7 Intro and Install Fest - Dave Glover
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IronPython - Tarn Barford
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Application Architecture Guide - Mahesh Krishnan
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Tuesday 12th May 2009
5:30pm (Pizza and drinks served); 6pm (presentations start)
Microsoft Theatre, Level 5, 4 Freshwater Place, Southbank |
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Windows 7 and Install Fest
Windows 7 Release Candidate was made available for TechNet and MSDN subscribers last week. If you would like to find out what all the buzz is around this new operating system, come and hear Dave Glover give an introduction to it.
After the talk, you will also be able to install Windows 7 RC on your laptop from the USB keys that we will provide. So, bring along your laptops and upgrade to the latest and greatest Windows OS.
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IronPython
The presentation is an introduction to IronPython, an implementation of the modern dynamic language Python on the .NET framework. It will also go deeper and investigate the awesome power and extensibility IronPython can add to traditional .NET applications.
Content is heavily weighted to coding examples as it’s the best way to demonstrate the productivity of developing in Python on the .NET framework. The demonstrations include doing stuff .NET developers do every day:
- Using and extending .NET objects and libraries
- Communicating with COM objects and SQL Server
- Building and Extending Windows Forms, Silverlight and WPF applications
Hopefully everyone will take away a basic understanding of what IronPython is all about and encourage developers to download the SDKs and get into it.
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Application Architecture Guide
Microsoft patterns and practices group released the Application Architecture Guide v2.0 early this year and Mahesh Krishnan walks us through what is present in the guide. He talks about the design-level guidance it offers, deployment patterns, different architectural styles, layering guidelines, archetypes and much much more.
You don't have to be an architect to attend, so don't miss out.
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About the speakers
Dave Glover works in the Developer Platform Group at Microsoft and is interested in Operating Systems (not just the MS ones), communication & collaboration, gadgets and in general has a fairly good and realistic view of Microsoft and general industry directions. He blogs at http://blogs.msdn.com/dglover
Tarn Barford recently started a role as a Senior .NET Developer at Hardcat Pty Ltd and previously worked as a Senior Developer at a Melbourne based start-up company thinkgroup. He enjoys writing advanced C# but recently decided to learn the Python language and has since been using Python and IronPython in his spare time to do anything and everything including using .Net, Azure Services, Django and the Google App Engine. He blogs at http://blog.sharpthinking.com.au and can be contacted via Twitter @tarnacious.
Mahesh Krishnan has presented at several user group meetings, code camps and at Tech Ed. He has spent several years working on architectures in many projects ranging from Shrink wrapped applications to large enterprise Apps. He blogs at http://blogesh.wordpress.com and his tweets can be found at http://twitter.com/MaheshKrishnan
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.NET News & Events
April Presentations
In April, Greg Linwood presented on SQL Server execution plans and Dr. Mike Liddel showed us the new Parallel extensions for .NET. The links to the presentations can be found here:
BizTalk Hands on Day
The Australian BizTalk User Groups would like to invite you to experience “what is new” in BizTalk Server 2009 in a series of one day Hands On Labs that will tour Australia in May and June.
These labs are designed for anyone who has used a previous version of BizTalk Server and wishes to explore firsthand the new features in BizTalk Server 2009. You will have an a dedicated BizTalk 2009 development environment to use during the event and the option to work on the hands on labs modules or experiment with the new features. The BizTalk Server 2009 development environment will include BizTalk Server 2009, RFID, ESB 2.0, Windows 2008, SQL Server 2008, Team Foundation Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 Team Suite.
The Hands On Days will be on the following dates:
Remix Australia
Catch the cream of the Australian Web industry for a huge knowledge download. 20 Industry Leaders plus dozens of real life examples of rich digital experiences make REMIX09 the must-attend event for designers, developers and Web professionals. Learn More
Thursday 11 June 2009
Star City, Pyrmont
SAVE $AUD 100... Register Now & Secure your Seat!
Early Bird Registration (until 21 May): $AUD 199 incl. GST (Save $AUD100)
Standard Registration (after 21 May): $AUD 299 incl. GST
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Other SIGs
The Victoria .NET Dev SIG usually meets on the second Tuesday of every month to discuss developer related .NET topics. Victoria .NET also runs an Office and SharePoint group called MOSSIG (that meets on the 4th Wednesday of every month) and a SQL SIG (that meets 12:30-2:00pm on the 2nd Monday of each month) to discuss topics related to SQL Server development and a new Silverlight Developer and Designer Network user group.
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Case Studies
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.NET keeps track of outsourcing contracts
Microsoft .NET has delivered a comprehensive browser-based contract management tool and an immediate bottom line result for businesses including the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.
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