F# Programming

August 3, 2009

Monday, August 17, 2009 at 6:00 PM
This talk should be a very interesting one! We will be doing an introduction to F# syntax and language constructs, followed by a discussion of functional programming paradigms and concepts in general. All the while, keeping ourselves grounded with plenty of F# demos and code samples (as well as [...]

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Dependency Injection (DI) and Inversion of Control (IoC)

July 3, 2009

Wednesday, July 15, 2009 at 6:00 PM
This session will cover Dependency Injection (DI) and Inversion of Control (IoC) and their relationship to SOLID design principles, techniques, and side effects in statically typed languages. In addition, IoC containers, how they work, their usages, patterns, and role as building blocks for loosely coupled applications will be explored.

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Essential LINQ with C#

June 3, 2009

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at 6:00 PM
This session discusses LINQ and the other extensions to the C# 3.0 language that make LINQ possible. After outlining the features of LINQ, we demonstrate the elegance of the C# 3.0 language extensions that enable the functionality of LINQ. This includes discussions of extension methods, type inference with var, [...]

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Threading and Synchronization best practices

May 3, 2009

Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at 6:00 PM
Pulling your hair out trying to create multi-threaded programs? Come join us for some best practices regarding synchronization and threading. This will be a great presentation where you won’t only hear from a veteran speaking on the subject, but will also be an opportunity for you to get any [...]

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Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF), what’s it all about?

March 15, 2009

Wednesday, April 08, 2009 at 6:00 PM
This session will cover the Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) which is published as shared source by Microsoft and is the foundation of Visual Studio 2010 addins. MEF is an application composition framework enabling applications to be dynamically composed. This session will cover what the framework does, who should care, [...]

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An Early Look at VSTS 2010

February 10, 2009

Thursday, March 26, 2009 at 6:00 PM
Charles Sterling (aka Chuck) will be joining us From Redmond off with a look at the code focused features in Visual Studio and Visual Studio Team System in 2010 for more productively writing (and debugging) quality code such as:

Historical Debugger
Test Impact Analysis
Code Focused TDD enablers
Code Analysis
Coded User Interface Tests
Tool [...]

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Parallel Computing APIs with .NET 4.0

January 10, 2009

Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at 6:00 PM
We are approaching an asymptote for processor speeds using current technology. To overcome this, computer power is increasing by scaling the number of processors used within a system. This increase in multithreading capabilities, however, complicates development considerably. Attend this session to learn how .NET 4.0 simplifies this paradigm with [...]

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Essential C# 4.0

December 10, 2008

Wednesday, January 21, 2009 at 6:00 PM
Attend this session to learn about what´s happening in C# 4.0. We will cover everything from covariance and contravariance and its affect on collection casting, to changes in parameter declaration and the effect on interface versioning. From there we will look at support for late binding, a new contextual [...]

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Hacking the WiiMote

November 10, 2008

Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at 6:00 PM
With the holidays just around the corner, come find out how you can get your boss to buy you a wiimote for “business” reasons and then turn around and have some real fun with it. During this talk, we will discuss some business applications which can be used with [...]

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Branding a SharePoint site with Best Practices

October 10, 2008

Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at 6:00 PM
Join us for a great session on branding SharePoint. This will be an Ineta sponsored event, so pizza will be included as well as some giveaways.

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