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Tuesday September 5th 2006 6:00p @ Manhattan Beach Library |
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Rick Strahl |
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ASP .NET Architecture: How the core ASP .NET engine work |
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Did you ever want to know how ASP.NET hooks up to IIS? How the plumbing connects the ISAPI interface to the ASP.NET runtime? Want to better understand how the HttpRuntime gets bootstrapped and how the HttpApplication pipeline gets kick started and how events flow through the HttpApplication pipeline? Then this session is for you as we'll look the architecture of ASP.Net along with a number of useful tips and tricks that you can use for building and debugging your ASP.Net applications more efficiently. We'll look at overall architecture, how requests flow from the IIS Web Server, through ISAPI to the ASP.Net runtime into HTTP Modules and Handlers, and finally into high-level handlers like the WebForm Page handler event chain and Web Services Pipeline. Focus of this session is on the low level aspects on the ASP.NET runtime, with examples that demonstrate the bootstrapping of ASP.Net, threading models, how Application Domains are used, how configuration files are applied and how all of this relates to the applications you write today. If the geek in you wants to know 'How the black box works' this session is for you.
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Rick Strahl: Rick Strahl is president of West Wind Technologies on Maui, Hawaii. The company specializes in Web and distributed application development, tools, training and mentoring with focus on .NET, IIS and Visual Studio. Rick's a C# Microsoft MVP, a frequent contributor to magazines and books, and has spoken at over 75 developer conferences over the last 8 years. He is also co-publisher of CoDe magazine. For more information please visit: http://www.west-wind.com/ or contact Rick at rstrahl@west-wind.com.
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Tuesday August 1st 2006 6:00p @ Manhattan Beach Library |
| Speaker : |
Stephen Rose |
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Networking For Coders |
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Are you tired of being told that "the problem is your app! Not my network!"Have trouble speaking the same language as your Network Admin? Then this is the session for you!
The goals of this class are to help you to better understand network terminology, understand how your applications fit into the network infrastructure and to give you practical examples of the conversion between coding and networking.
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Stephen Rose: is a technical consultant as well as Director of IT for the Pak West Corporation. He has spent 12 years teaching technical tracks for colleges like California State University and Columbia College as well as for several training corporations. His freelance work includes working with companies like Ford Motor Company, IBM, 5th 3rd Bank Corp, Apple Computers, UCLA Medical Center, Sony Pictures and Miller Brewing Company. His certifications include, MCSE, MCT, MCSA, MCP+I, iNet+, Net+, A+, CIW CI, CTT+, Linux+, Security +, IT Project + and Master CIW.
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FREE Voucher to Autumn Networking for Coders training $499 value! |
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Object Relational Mapping for .NET $399 Value! |
We will raffle off two grand prizes if we reach 20 attendees this evening. Otherwise, one winner will have a choice between the above two prizes.
Receive one additional FREE raffle ticket at event check-in when you RSVP @ LAC# before 3:00pm on event d |
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WEDNESDAY 7/12 - NOTE SPECIAL DAY!!! July 12th 2006 6:00pm |
| Speaker : |
Mark Miller |
| Where : |
Manhattan Beach Library |
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Cool Dev Tools for .NET – CodeRush and Refactor! Pro
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Learn how to write code quickly and efficiently in Visual Studio .NET, using CodeRush and Refactor! Pro from Developer Express. Mark will dive deep into productivity-accelerating features, including templates, selection manipulation and embedding, Quick Nav, and more. Mark will also show how CodeRush and Refactor! Pro work well together, making the elusive goal of continuous refactoring a real possibility. And the coolest thing is that coding faster doesn’t mean more work – it actually means less. Find out how simplicity and efficiency can be combined to make you significantly more productive. Attendees at this session will get a special discount for $50 off the price of CodeRush (which includes Refactor! Pro).
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Mark Miller has strong expertise in decoupled design, plug-in architectures, and great UI. Mark is Chief Architect of the IDE Tools division at Developer Express, and is the visionary force behind productivity tools like CodeRush and Refactor!, as well as the DXCore extensibility layer for Visual Studio. Mark has been writing software for over two decades
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CodeRush for Visual Studio .NET ($249.99 Value)! www.DevExpress.com for more info! |
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| Receive one additional FREE raffle ticket at event check-in when you RSVP before 3:00pm on event day. |
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| Date : |
May 2nd 2006 6:00pm |
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| Speaker : |
Bernard Wong |
| Where : |
Manhattan Beach Library |
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Creating Customizable User Interfaces with ASP.NET 2.0 Web Parts
Some of the most sophisticated Web sites on the Internet today implement portal pages which enable users to select their own custom arrangement of content modules. Inside corporate networks, Windows SharePoint Services has further popularized this type of personalization capability. Now, you will be able to add a dynamic, modular, customizable portal interface to your own ASP.NET 2.0 Web site with the new Web Parts framework. In this session, we’ll examine how this Web Parts architecture is implemented as a set of controls which contain, catalog, edit and connect together the Web parts. You will also learn how to persist user customizations like changing the page layout or the Web part properties, via the provider-based personalization service. Along the way, we’ll create several Web Parts from the standard ASP.NET server controls, our own user controls and even custom Web Parts.
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For over fifteen years with Microsoft, Bernard has created and delivered presentations and demonstrations at numerous developer conferences, executive keynotes, trade shows, user groups, product briefings and other events across North America, Europe and Asia. After all this time, he has finally found his independent voice and is forging his own path working with developers. He is also currently involved with organizing the Developer Connections conferences (www.devconnections.com). Prior to joining Microsoft, Bernard worked as a consulting engineer, programmer and general music industry lackey, a role which he hopes to return to some day. In his spare time, he can be found programming a wide array of synthesizers and other electronic music instruments (both virtual and classic)
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| 3 licenses to CodeSmith Tools ($399 value each)) |
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| Receive one additional FREE raffle ticket at event check-in when you RSVP before noon on event day. |
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| Date : |
April 4th 2006 6:00pm |
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| Speaker : |
Chris Rolon |
| Where : |
Manhattan Beach Library |
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C# 2.0 Languages Changes
Visual C# has been extended with a variety of constructs. Learn the ins and outs of how generics provide improved code reuse, iterators simplify implementation of enumerator patterns, anonymous methods ease work with delegates, and partial types provide easier development and code maintenance.
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Chris Rolon is a principal consultant for Neudesic, one of Microsoft's leading .NET professional services firms headquartered in Irvine, CA. Chris brings more than 25 years of software development expertise and experience in building complex, mission critical applications. For the past fifteen years he has specialized in development using Microsoft technologies. His passions include .NET development and security. Chris has been actively involved with Microsoft's .NET development environment since it was introduced at the Professional Developer's Conference in 2000. When not speaking about .Net or coding Chris could be found on his rode bike riding the hills of Southern California
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| SourceGear Vault+Dragnet 5-packs - $1,250 value! |
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| Receive one additional FREE raffle ticket at event check-in when you RSVP before noon on event day. |
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| Date : |
Tuesday March 7th 2006 6:00pm |
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| Speakers : |
Mark Rosenberg and Dave Foderick |
| Where : |
Manhattan Beach Library |
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Stored Procedure Optimization for Developers
This session is for anyone who wants to be able to write better T-SQL. Mark will look at techniques you can use to optimize your T-SQL and make your query run better and faster.
Composite UI Application Block
Web Parts have proved to be very popular and valuable for building modular web applications. Now you can use a similar concept in your .NET 2.0 Windows Forms applications using a new application block from Microsoft know as the Composite UI Application Block
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Mark Rosenberg
Mark Rosenberg has been writing software for the last 10 years. He has written applications in VB6, VB .NET, Access, and ASP .NET. He has written hundreds of Crystal Reports for various applications. He is also the Director of Speaker Relations for the LA C# and SoCalDotNet developer groups.
Dave Foderick
David Foderick is an independent developer located in Southern California. He is a Microsoft Certified Solution Developer for the .NET platform.
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Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (Includes 25 Microsoft Windows Client Access Licenses for Devices and/or Users
A $1,000 value! |
| Receive one additional FREE raffle ticket at event check-in when you RSVP before noon on event day. |
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| Date : |
February 7th 2006 6:00pm |
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| Speaker : |
Gerald Walsh |
| Where : |
Manhattan Beach Library |
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Programming New Data Access Features in ADO.Net 2.0
The System.Data namespace and .Net Data Controls have had many changes and additions made to them, this presentation will discuss and demonstrate many of the new features built into ADO.Net 2.0. We will look into the details of what’s new by examining the Data Grid View, Binding Source, and Binding Navigator controls, demonstrating the new System.Data.Common namespace, and working with some of the new SQL Server specific features of the System.Data.SQLClient namespace including a look into working with SQL Data Dependencies.
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Gerald Walsh is a Developer Evangelist for Microsoft and is focused on assisting the developer community to better understand and implement .Net technology. Gerald has over 10 years experience developing software applications for the Microsoft platform and is a Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer for VB6 and .Net. He has contributed his skills to writing applications for a wide variety of industries including mortgage, education, electronics, real estate, local government, healthcare and others. He is also a Microsoft Certified Trainer and has presented over 6000 hours of instruction on Microsoft developer technologies including: Visual Basic, C#, .Net Framework, ASP and ASP.Net, XML, SQL Server development and administration, and many others
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| Win 1 of 3 licenses to CodeSmith Tools Professional Edition - a $299 Value each! |
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| Receive one additional FREE raffle ticket at event check-in when you RSVP before noon on event day. |
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| Date : |
January 3rd 2006 6:00pm |
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| Speaker : |
Woody Pewitt |
| Where : |
Manhattan Beach |
| Topics : |
Improving Productivity with VS2005 and Team System |
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Woody Pewitt is the Southern California Developer Evangelist for Microsoft. He is an experienced teacher/trainer and is a part-time instructor at University of California San Diego. He has lectured at numerous colleges and has presented at a number of national technology conferences like Microsoft Developer Days. Woody is an advisory board member of the San Diego .NET Developers Group and performs numerous "grass roots" functions in the local developer community. Woody is also an accomplished author and has written a Microsoft Official Curriculum and has authored several published magazine articles.
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| Win 1 of 3 licenses to CodeSmith Tools Professional Edition - a $299 Value each! |
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| Receive one additional FREE raffle ticket at event check-in when you RSVP before noon on event day. |
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Special Combined Developer Group Meeting
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Tuesday December 6th 2005 6:30p |
| Speakers: |
Microsoft Visual Basic Product Manager Jay Roxe
Microsoft C# Program Manager Karen Liu |
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Anaheim Convention Center - this event replaces the regular meeting for the above-listed user groups! |
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Celebrating the launch of Visual Studio 2005. Visual Studio 2005 launched on November 7th - one month later, come get an opportunity to see some of the new features that are coming to both Visual Basic and C#. Microsoft's Jay Roxe, the VB 2005 product manager, and Karen Liu a Program Manager on the C# Product Team are coming down from Redmond to show off some of the new features in each language and talk about the features they share. This is your chance to see how the "other half" lives. It's also your chance to find out the tips and tricks of working with the language that only those in Redmond know. |
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Event and food/beverages are FREE but parking is $9:00 per car. |
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Microsoft will sponsor food & beverages for this special event |
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REGISTER LINK |
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| Date : |
Tuesday November 1st 2005 6:00p |
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Chris Kinsman |
| Where : |
Manhattan Beach Library |
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Enterprise Library.
Enterprise Library is a collection of Application Blocks from the Microsoft Patterns & Practices group. Learn what is available in the collection and how it can help you develop improved ASP .NET applications faster.
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| Date : |
Tuesday October 4th 2005 |
| Speaker : |
Scott Stansfield |
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Ajax Now, Atlas Tomorrow |
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Most web applications work by triggering an HTTP request to a web server, doing some work, then returning another HTML page. AJAX hides the jerky round-trip from the user through a clever stiching of Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (and a little DOM and XMLHttpRequest too). With a judicious application of these latent, but powerful techniques, you have the ability to enable a better user experience in your next web app. You’re probably already using it today through Google Suggest, MSN Virtual Earth or A9.com. A future release from the ASP.NET team called “Atlas” will make it simple to weave Ajax into your applications, but there’s no reason to wait.
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Scott Stanfield is the founder and CEO of Vertigo Software, Inc., a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for e-Business Solutions. Scott is a proud member of the MSDN Regional Director community, covering Silicon Valley, and participates in the .NET Partner Advisory Council. His company has built the Windows DNA "Rosetta Stone" sample application Fitch & Mather Stocks 2000 and the .NET sample IBuySpy.com. He is a frequent speaker at Microsoft shows like at TechEd, PDC, DevDays and VBITs. Topic Areas Web Applications (ASP.NET and the .NET Framework) Architectural and Performance comparison with the J2EE platform. Vertigo Software has built reference and best practices applications for Microsoft IBuySpy: http://www.ibuyspy.com/ PetShop: http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/compare/ ASP.NET Web Applications performance versus J2EE Windows Forms .NET Framework Web application scalability |
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| Date : |
Tuesday September 6th 2005 6:30p (click logo for details) |
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Kevin McNeish Microsoft C# MVP |
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C# Language and Tools: What's New in 2.0 |
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This session provides real-world examples and explanations of the new C# language features, including generics, anonymous methods, iterators, and partial types. It also provides a preview of some great new code editor, debugging and IDE enhancements for the C# developer such as refactoring, code expansions, code formatting, enhanced IntelliSense, change tracking, debug visualizations, and design-time expression evaluation. (Read more about this session...) |
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INETA Speaker Stephen Walthern ASP.NET 2.0 |
| Tuesday, August 02, 2005 at 6:00 PM |
| INETA Speaker Stephen Walther will be discussing Data Access in ASP.NET 2.0 -
Data Access in ASP.NET 2.0 has been dramatically simplified and improved. The new data controls -- such as the GridView and ...
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