D/FW Connected Systems User Group

01/11/2012 - BizTalk 2010 Messaging Architecture and Pipelines

tstone — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:58:00 GMT

Abstract:

Pluralsight On-Demand! .NET Training is providing BizTalk 2010 Messaging Architecture and Pipelines presented by Matt Milner.

Messaging Architecture

Message fundamentals
Message Box
Message processing basics
Message context
System-defined message properties
User-defined message properties
Defining message properties in schema
Promoting properties
Understanding publish and subscribe
Subscribers
Understanding ports
Publish and subscribe
Adapter framework
Transport properties
Pipelines
Pipeline designer
Maps
Creating a send pipeline

Pipelines

Pipeline fundamentals
Pipelines components
Default pipelines
Pipeline configuration
Creating and configuring pipelines
Custom pipeline components
Working with messages in pipelines
Creating a custom pipeline component

Meeting Details

Meeting: BizTalk 2010 Messaging Architecture and Pipelines
Date: Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Time: 6:00PM
Where: Improving Enterprises, Dallas (One Hanover Park, 16633 Dallas Parkway, Suite 100, Addison, TX 75001)
Maps: Bing, Google
Cost: It's free thanks to our sponsors!
RSVP: rsvp@dfwcsug.com or via the Eventbrite meeting announcement.

IMPROVING'S OFFICES HAVE MOVED AND SO HAS OUR MEETING LOCATION!!!
The Improving's meeting rooms are located on the first floor North-West side. Please park in any unmarked spots behind the building that surround the garage. Entrance doors to the building lock at 6:00 PM and a security guard will let you in. The main entry doors from the atrium to Improving's meeting rooms will also get locked around 6:30 PM, so try not to be late.

Sponsors
We will have FREE food, drinks and a meeting room, courtesy of Improving Enterprises, and let's not forget the drawing for door prizes for those who attend! The food will arrive by about 6PM which offers plenty of time to socialize before the event start time at 6:30PM.

Be sure to thank our sponsor, Improving Enterprises, a premier, Dallas-based training and consulting firm and please keep them in mind for your company’s training and consulting needs.

We have several sponsors that have generously donated product and/or services to our user group community.

Microsoft has donated promotional items that will vary from meeting to meeting.
Pluralsight On-Demand! .NET Training - Pluralsight is a premier Microsoft .NET training provider. Pluralsight delivers classroom and On-Demand! training around the world. The reputation of the Pluralsight technical team, the in-depth course content, along with the variety of training delivery methods, guarantees you access to the highest quality learning experience that makes the most sense for you and your business. Pluralsight is offering a 1 month free subscription to their Pluralsight On-Demand! training for unemployed user group members. We will also raffle two certificates for one month free (Value: $29 each). All other members can receive a free trial into the Pluralsight On-Demand! library by requesting it directly from here.
JustCode and JustMock - Telerik’s mission is to make software development easier and more enjoyable. Our tools for agile project management, collaboration, development and testing allow companies of all sizes to create richer, more stable and aesthetic software faster than ever before. Trusted by over 100,000 customers worldwide for our devotion to quality and customer care, Telerik helps technical and business professionals maximize their productivity and "deliver more than expected” every day. As true craftsmen, we don't believe in compromises and our goal is to only release tools that we can be proud of.
CodeSmith Generator is a software development tool to help you produce higher-quality, more consistent code in less time. Technically speaking it is a template driven source code generator that automates the creation of common application source code for any language. The Generator enables software developers to efficiently: reduce repetitive coding, generate your code in less time with fewer bugs, produce consistent code that adheres to your standards and create your own custom templates for any language. Learn more at www.codesmithtools.com. (Value: $299)
Linxter - Your Cloud Messaging Platform. A .NET and Java software development cloud tool, the Linxter SDK allows software engineers to quickly and affordably connect distributed applications and integrate distributed systems. Picking up from where REST-only APIs leave off, Linxter takes care of dozens of coding complexities and provides sought after features.

Be sure to swing by this week for your chance to win!

The D/FW Connected Systems user group is a member of INETA. INETA provides structured, peer-based organizational, educational, and promotional support to the growing worldwide community of Microsoft® .NET user groups. Visit their website for more information and to sign up for their newsletter.

12/14/2011 - EDI Processing and Document (NoSQL) Databases

tstone — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 02:27:00 GMT

Abstract:

We'll be looking at nested EDI Files (whether XML, X12, or EDIFACT) and the possibilities inherent in Document Databases (specifically RavenDB).

Speaker Bio:

Allen Goodner is a Consultant with Sogeti USA, a Capgemini company. He specializes in BizTalk and connected systems development. He is also the Vice President of Meetings for the Dallas/Fort Worth Connected Systems User Group. His blog can be found at edi-fication.blogspot.com.

Meeting Details

Meeting: EDI Processing and Document (NoSQL) Databases
Date: Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Time: 6:00PM
Where: Improving Enterprises, Dallas (One Hanover Park, 16633 Dallas Parkway, Suite 100, Addison, TX 75001)
Maps: Bing, Google
Cost: It's free thanks to our sponsors!
RSVP: rsvp@dfwcsug.com or via the Eventbrite meeting announcement.

Be sure to thank our sponsor, Improving Enterprises, a premier, Dallas-based training and consulting firm and please keep them in mind for your company’s training and consulting needs.

We have several sponsors that have generously donated product and/or services to our user group community.

Microsoft has donated promotional items that will vary from meeting to meeting.
Pluralsight On-Demand! .NET Training - Pluralsight is a premier Microsoft .NET training provider. Pluralsight delivers classroom and On-Demand! training around the world. The reputation of the Pluralsight technical team, the in-depth course content, along with the variety of training delivery methods, guarantees you access to the highest quality learning experience that makes the most sense for you and your business. Pluralsight is offering a 1 month free subscription to their Pluralsight On-Demand! training for unemployed user group members. We will also raffle two certificates for one month free (Value: $29 each). All other members can receive a free trial into the Pluralsight On-Demand! library by requesting it directly from here.
JustCode and JustMock - Telerik’s mission is to make software development easier and more enjoyable. Our tools for agile project management, collaboration, development and testing allow companies of all sizes to create richer, more stable and aesthetic software faster than ever before. Trusted by over 100,000 customers worldwide for our devotion to quality and customer care, Telerik helps technical and business professionals maximize their productivity and "deliver more than expected” every day. As true craftsmen, we don't believe in compromises and our goal is to only release tools that we can be proud of.
CodeSmith Generator is a software development tool to help you produce higher-quality, more consistent code in less time. Technically speaking it is a template driven source code generator that automates the creation of common application source code for any language. The Generator enables software developers to efficiently: reduce repetitive coding, generate your code in less time with fewer bugs, produce consistent code that adheres to your standards and create your own custom templates for any language. Learn more at www.codesmithtools.com. (Value: $299)
Linxter - Your Cloud Messaging Platform. A .NET and Java software development cloud tool, the Linxter SDK allows software engineers to quickly and affordably connect distributed applications and integrate distributed systems. Picking up from where REST-only APIs leave off, Linxter takes care of dozens of coding complexities and provides sought after features.

Be sure to swing by this week for your chance to win!

11/09/2011 - Meeting Canceled

tstone — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 11:56:00 GMT

All,

I apologize for the late notice, but we need to cancel the user group meeting tonight. We will be back next month!

Thanks,

Todd

10/12/2011 - Meeting Canceled

tstone — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:43:00 GMT

All,

I apologize for the late notice, but we need to cancel the user group meeting tonight. We will be back next month!

Thanks,

Todd

09/14/2011 - WCF with Connected Devices

tstone — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 20:37:00 GMT

Devices such as your home appliances, thermostats, rain gauges, temperature sensors, etc. are rapidly becoming connected over the Internet. Todd Stone will discuss differences in the .NET Micro Framework (NETMF) vs the full .NET Framework and hardware requirements. We'll walk through several demo applications where we have a WCF service running on a NETMF device and where we have a WCF client on a NETMF device. If you know how to program in C#, then you can quickly become an embedded programmer using NETMF.

08/10/2011 - ExpenseReporter: Part II - Business Objects

tstone — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 10:53:00 GMT

Abstract:

In our ongoing series with the layered application “ExpenseReporter” we will continue by looking at the required business objects which do not map well to the database. While the latest CTP version of EntityFramework allows for the use of Enums, the layered and cross-platform nature of this application requires we handle them in a slightly different way.

We'll continue building on ExpenseReporter at future meetings using connected systems technologies (WCF, WF4, Azure, etc).

Please install SQL Server 2008 (any version) before the meeting. Here is a link for SQL Server Express 2008, which is free (http://www.microsoft.com/express/Database/). We'll also be using Visual Studio 2010 SP1. Here is a link for Visual C# Express 2010, which is also free (http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/2010-editions/visual-csharp-express)

Bring your notebook, roll up your sleeves and get ready to code!

Speaker Bio:

Allen Goodner is a Consultant with Sogeti USA, a Capgemini company. He specializes in BizTalk and connected systems development. He is also the Vice President of Meetings for the Dallas/Fort Worth Connected Systems User Group. His blog can be found at edi-fication.blogspot.com.

Meeting Details

Meeting: ExpenseReporter: Part II - Business Objects
Date: Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Time: 6:00PM
Where: Improving Enterprises, Dallas (One Hanover Park, 16633 Dallas Parkway, Suite 100, Addison, TX 75001)
Maps: Bing, Google
Cost: It's free thanks to our sponsors!
RSVP: rsvp@dfwcsug.com or via the Eventbrite meeting announcement.

Be sure to thank our sponsor, Improving Enterprises, a premier, Dallas-based training and consulting firm and please keep them in mind for your company’s training and consulting needs.

We have several sponsors that have generously donated product and/or services to our user group community.

Microsoft has donated promotional items that will vary from meeting to meeting.
Pluralsight On-Demand! .NET Training - Pluralsight is a premier Microsoft .NET training provider. Pluralsight delivers classroom and On-Demand! training around the world. The reputation of the Pluralsight technical team, the in-depth course content, along with the variety of training delivery methods, guarantees you access to the highest quality learning experience that makes the most sense for you and your business. Pluralsight is offering a 1 month free subscription to their Pluralsight On-Demand! training for unemployed user group members. We will also raffle two certificates for one month free (Value: $29 each). All other members can receive a free trial into the Pluralsight On-Demand! library by requesting it directly from here.
JustCode and JustMock - Telerik’s mission is to make software development easier and more enjoyable. Our tools for agile project management, collaboration, development and testing allow companies of all sizes to create richer, more stable and aesthetic software faster than ever before. Trusted by over 100,000 customers worldwide for our devotion to quality and customer care, Telerik helps technical and business professionals maximize their productivity and "deliver more than expected” every day. As true craftsmen, we don't believe in compromises and our goal is to only release tools that we can be proud of.
Red Gate SmartAssembly a better way to deal with bugs. Ignoring bugs in your software won’t make them go away. SmartAssembly’s Automated Error Reporting lets your users tell you about a problem, with all the details you need to fix it, in one click. Find out more. (Value: $799)
CodeSmith Generator is a software development tool to help you produce higher-quality, more consistent code in less time. Technically speaking it is a template driven source code generator that automates the creation of common application source code for any language. The Generator enables software developers to efficiently: reduce repetitive coding, generate your code in less time with fewer bugs, produce consistent code that adheres to your standards and create your own custom templates for any language. Learn more at www.codesmithtools.com. (Value: $299)
Linxter - Your Cloud Messaging Platform. A .NET and Java software development cloud tool, the Linxter SDK allows software engineers to quickly and affordably connect distributed applications and integrate distributed systems. Picking up from where REST-only APIs leave off, Linxter takes care of dozens of coding complexities and provides sought after features.

Be sure to swing by this week for your chance to win!

07/13/2011 - ExpenseReporter: Part I - Entity Framework 4.1: Code First

tstone — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 22:52:00 GMT

Abstract:

At this meeting, we’ll build an application, step-by-step, that implements the new Entity Framework Code-First release. Along the way, we’ll examine the moving parts of this framework, constructing an object model from plain “entity classes,” that enables querying, updating and inserting. This application will be used for our database and data layer for an expense report application that we have named ExpenseReporter. We'll continue building on ExpenseReporter at future meetings using connected systems technologies (WCF, WF4, Azure, etc).

Please install SQL Server 2008 (any version) before the meeting. Here is a link for SQL Server Express 2008, which is free (http://www.microsoft.com/express/Database/). We'll also be using Visual Studio 2010 SP1. Here is a link for Visual C# Express 2010, which is also free (http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/2010-editions/visual-csharp-express)

Bring your notebook, roll up your sleeves and get ready to code!

Speaker Bio:

Rob Vettor is a C# MVP, INETA Regional Speaker and senior .NET Technologist for Oz Systems. Rob has built systems for a number of corporations, including Avanade, Raytheon, American Express and Jack Henry and Associates. Rob lives in Dallas, TX, with his wife, twin sons and three dogs, and is the founder of Hands-On-Coding (http://www.hands-on-coding.net/), a user group in which attendees bring their laptops and learn .NET coding by doing. You can contact Rob at robvettor@hotmail.com

Meeting Details

Meeting: Entity Framework 4.1: Code First
Date: Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Time: 6:00PM
Where: Improving Enterprises, Dallas (One Hanover Park, 16633 Dallas Parkway, Suite 100, Addison, TX 75001)
Maps: Bing, Google
Cost: It's free thanks to our sponsors!
RSVP: rsvp@dfwcsug.com or via the Eventbrite meeting announcement.

Be sure to thank our sponsor, Improving Enterprises, a premier, Dallas-based training and consulting firm and please keep them in mind for your company’s training and consulting needs.

We have several sponsors that have generously donated product and/or services to our user group community.

Microsoft has donated promotional items that will vary from meeting to meeting.
Pluralsight On-Demand! .NET Training - Pluralsight is a premier Microsoft .NET training provider. Pluralsight delivers classroom and On-Demand! training around the world. The reputation of the Pluralsight technical team, the in-depth course content, along with the variety of training delivery methods, guarantees you access to the highest quality learning experience that makes the most sense for you and your business. Pluralsight is offering a 1 month free subscription to their Pluralsight On-Demand! training for unemployed user group members. We will also raffle two certificates for one month free (Value: $29 each). All other members can receive a free trial into the Pluralsight On-Demand! library by requesting it directly from here.
JustCode and JustMock - Telerik’s mission is to make software development easier and more enjoyable. Our tools for agile project management, collaboration, development and testing allow companies of all sizes to create richer, more stable and aesthetic software faster than ever before. Trusted by over 100,000 customers worldwide for our devotion to quality and customer care, Telerik helps technical and business professionals maximize their productivity and "deliver more than expected” every day. As true craftsmen, we don't believe in compromises and our goal is to only release tools that we can be proud of.
Red Gate SmartAssembly a better way to deal with bugs. Ignoring bugs in your software won’t make them go away. SmartAssembly’s Automated Error Reporting lets your users tell you about a problem, with all the details you need to fix it, in one click. Find out more. (Value: $799)
CodeSmith Generator is a software development tool to help you produce higher-quality, more consistent code in less time. Technically speaking it is a template driven source code generator that automates the creation of common application source code for any language. The Generator enables software developers to efficiently: reduce repetitive coding, generate your code in less time with fewer bugs, produce consistent code that adheres to your standards and create your own custom templates for any language. Learn more at www.codesmithtools.com. (Value: $299)
Linxter - Your Cloud Messaging Platform. A .NET and Java software development cloud tool, the Linxter SDK allows software engineers to quickly and affordably connect distributed applications and integrate distributed systems. Picking up from where REST-only APIs leave off, Linxter takes care of dozens of coding complexities and provides sought after features.

Be sure to swing by this week for your chance to win!

06/08/2011 - WCF 4 and jQuery Mobile

tstone — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 22:56:00 GMT

Abstract:

Smartphones and Tablets are flying off the shelves. In this meeting I'll get you up to speed on developing apps that target these platforms using your existing data via WCF 4 RESTful services. The service we'll build will output mobile data plan efficient JSON data which we'll consume in a web app using jQuery Mobile. jQuery Mobile is a touch-optimized web framework for smartphones & tablets. It will allow you to design a single web application that will work on all popular smartphone and tablet platforms.

This will be a Hands-On meeting, so please bring your notebook if you can.

We'll have officer elections at the start of the meeting. I encourage you to run for a position and get involved in the user group.

Speaker Bio:

Todd Stone is a senior software developer at HBS Systems in Dallas, TX, where he has been building web apps for smartphones and tablets. He also works with communicating and converting data from a variety of different platforms including Windows, UNIX, LINUX, and the IBM iSeries (AS/400). He's active in the local .NET community as President of the DFW Connected Systems User Group, member of the South Central District Developer Guidance Council, and as a speaker at local user groups and regional events.

Meeting Details

Meeting: WCF 4 RESTful Service with jQuery Mobile Client
Date: Wednesday, June 08, 2011
Time: 6:00PM
Where: Improving Enterprises, Dallas (One Hanover Park, 16633 Dallas Parkway, Suite 100, Addison, TX 75001)
Maps: Bing, Google
Cost: It's free thanks to our sponsors!
RSVP: rsvp@dfwcsug.com or via the Eventbrite meeting announcement.

Be sure to thank our sponsor, Improving Enterprises, a premier, Dallas-based training and consulting firm and please keep them in mind for your company’s training and consulting needs.

We have several sponsors that have generously donated product and/or services to our user group community.

Microsoft has donated promotional items that will vary from meeting to meeting.
Pluralsight On-Demand! .NET Training - Pluralsight is a premier Microsoft .NET training provider. Pluralsight delivers classroom and On-Demand! training around the world. The reputation of the Pluralsight technical team, the in-depth course content, along with the variety of training delivery methods, guarantees you access to the highest quality learning experience that makes the most sense for you and your business. Pluralsight is offering a 1 month free subscription to their Pluralsight On-Demand! training for unemployed user group members. We will also raffle two certificates for one month free (Value: $29 each). All other members can receive a free trial into the Pluralsight On-Demand! library by requesting it directly from here.
Telerik Ultimate Collection for .NET - RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX, RadControls for WinForms, RadControls for WPF, RadControls for Silverlight, Telerik Reporting and more. Telerik is a market-leading provider of end-to-end solutions for application development, automated testing, agile project management, reporting, and content management across all major Microsoft development platforms. Telerik’s award-winning software development products enable enterprises and organizations of every size to generate tangible productivity gains, reduce time-to-market, and stay on time and under budget. With tens of thousands of users in more than 90 countries around the world, Telerik’s customers include numerous Fortune 2000 companies, academic institutions, governments, and non-profit organizations. (Value: $1,999)
Red Gate SmartAssembly a better way to deal with bugs. Ignoring bugs in your software won’t make them go away. SmartAssembly’s Automated Error Reporting lets your users tell you about a problem, with all the details you need to fix it, in one click. Find out more. (Value: $799)
Crypto Obfuscator For .Net provides advanced code protection, obfuscation and optimization for your .Net assemblies with its powerful techniques such as symbol renaming, control flow obfuscation, resource and assembly encryption and decompiler & disassembler protection. You can find more info at http://www.ssware.com/cryptoobfuscator/obfuscator-net.htm. (Value: $399)
CodeSmith Generator is a software development tool to help you produce higher-quality, more consistent code in less time. Technically speaking it is a template driven source code generator that automates the creation of common application source code for any language. The Generator enables software developers to efficiently: reduce repetitive coding, generate your code in less time with fewer bugs, produce consistent code that adheres to your standards and create your own custom templates for any language. Learn more at www.codesmithtools.com. (Value: $299)
Linxter - Your Cloud Messaging Platform. A .NET and Java software development cloud tool, the Linxter SDK allows software engineers to quickly and affordably connect distributed applications and integrate distributed systems. Picking up from where REST-only APIs leave off, Linxter takes care of dozens of coding complexities and provides sought after features.

Be sure to swing by this week for your chance to win!

05/11/2011 - PLINQO: Advanced LINQ to SQL

tstone — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 22:52:00 GMT

Abstract:

In the time that LINQ to SQL has been available, we have been identifying ways to make LINQ to SQL better. We have compiled all of those cool tips and tricks including new features into a set of CodeSmith templates. PLINQO opens the LINQ TO SQL black box giving you the ability to control your source code while adding many new features and enhancements. This includes the key feature of automatically generating and setting up WCF for you! It's still LINQ to SQL, but better! (www.plinqo.com)

Speaker Bio:

Tom DuPont lives in Dallas, Texas, where he is the Vice President of CodeSmith Tools, LLC. But don’t let the title fool you, Tom is a total code monkey! He specializes in .NET development with C#, ASP.NET MVC, and even that crazy JavaScript stuff. Tom has a bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Software Engineering from the University of Texas at Dallas. In his spare time Tom enjoys long rides across the country on his motorcycle.

Meeting Details

Meeting: PLINQO: Advanced LINQ to SQL
Date: Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Time: 6:00PM
Where: Improving Enterprises, Dallas (One Hanover Park, 16633 Dallas Parkway, Suite 100, Addison, TX 75001)
Maps: Bing, Google
Cost: It's free thanks to our sponsors!
RSVP: rsvp@dfwcsug.com or via the Eventbrite meeting announcement.

Be sure to thank our sponsor, Improving Enterprises, a premier, Dallas-based training and consulting firm and please keep them in mind for your company’s training and consulting needs.

We have several sponsors that have generously donated product and/or services to our user group community.

Microsoft has donated promotional items that will vary from meeting to meeting.
Pluralsight On-Demand! .NET Training - Pluralsight is a premier Microsoft .NET training provider. Pluralsight delivers classroom and On-Demand! training around the world. The reputation of the Pluralsight technical team, the in-depth course content, along with the variety of training delivery methods, guarantees you access to the highest quality learning experience that makes the most sense for you and your business. Pluralsight is offering a 1 month free subscription to their Pluralsight On-Demand! training for unemployed user group members. We will also raffle two certificates for one month free (Value: $29 each). All other members can receive a free trial into the Pluralsight On-Demand! library by requesting it directly from here.
Telerik Ultimate Collection for .NET - RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX, RadControls for WinForms, RadControls for WPF, RadControls for Silverlight, Telerik Reporting and more. Telerik is a market-leading provider of end-to-end solutions for application development, automated testing, agile project management, reporting, and content management across all major Microsoft development platforms. Telerik’s award-winning software development products enable enterprises and organizations of every size to generate tangible productivity gains, reduce time-to-market, and stay on time and under budget. With tens of thousands of users in more than 90 countries around the world, Telerik’s customers include numerous Fortune 2000 companies, academic institutions, governments, and non-profit organizations. (Value: $1,999)
Red Gate SmartAssembly a better way to deal with bugs. Ignoring bugs in your software won’t make them go away. SmartAssembly’s Automated Error Reporting lets your users tell you about a problem, with all the details you need to fix it, in one click. Find out more. (Value: $799)
Crypto Obfuscator For .Net provides advanced code protection, obfuscation and optimization for your .Net assemblies with its powerful techniques such as symbol renaming, control flow obfuscation, resource and assembly encryption and decompiler & disassembler protection. You can find more info at http://www.ssware.com/cryptoobfuscator/obfuscator-net.htm. (Value: $399)
CodeSmith Generator is a software development tool to help you produce higher-quality, more consistent code in less time. Technically speaking it is a template driven source code generator that automates the creation of common application source code for any language. The Generator enables software developers to efficiently: reduce repetitive coding, generate your code in less time with fewer bugs, produce consistent code that adheres to your standards and create your own custom templates for any language. Learn more at www.codesmithtools.com. (Value: $299)
Linxter - Your Cloud Messaging Platform. A .NET and Java software development cloud tool, the Linxter SDK allows software engineers to quickly and affordably connect distributed applications and integrate distributed systems. Picking up from where REST-only APIs leave off, Linxter takes care of dozens of coding complexities and provides sought after features.

Be sure to swing by this week for your chance to win!

04/13/2011 - Windows Server AppFabric Hosting

tstone — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 02:04:00 GMT

Abstract:

Windows Server AppFabric is a collection of tools for hosting and caching of WCF and WF services. In this presentation, we'll cover the hosting part of AppFabric and the caching part will be covered at a future meeting. We'll start out with an introduction of hosting WCF and WF services using Windows Server AppFabric. Then we'll move into managing and monitoring of Windows Server AppFabric from within IIS and from PowerShell with tips and demos along the way.

Speaker Bio:

Todd Stone is a software developer at HBS Systems in Dallas, TX, where he has been building web apps for smartphones and tablets. He also works with communicating and converting data from a variety of different platforms including Windows, UNIX, LINUX, and the IBM iSeries (AS/400).

He's active in the local .NET community as President of the DFW Connected Systems User Group, member of the South Central District Developer Guidance Council, and as a speaker at local user groups and regional events.

Meeting Details

Meeting: Windows Server AppFabric Hosting
Date: Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Time: 6:00PM
Where: Improving Enterprises, Dallas (One Hanover Park, 16633 Dallas Parkway, Suite 100, Addison, TX 75001)
Maps: Bing, Google
Cost: It's free thanks to our sponsors!
RSVP: rsvp@dfwcsug.com or via the Eventbrite meeting announcement.

Be sure to thank our sponsor, Improving Enterprises, a premier, Dallas-based training and consulting firm and please keep them in mind for your company’s training and consulting needs.

We have several sponsors that have generously donated product and/or services to our user group community.

Microsoft has donated promotional items that will vary from meeting to meeting.
Pluralsight On-Demand! .NET Training - Pluralsight is a premier Microsoft .NET training provider. Pluralsight delivers classroom and On-Demand! training around the world. The reputation of the Pluralsight technical team, the in-depth course content, along with the variety of training delivery methods, guarantees you access to the highest quality learning experience that makes the most sense for you and your business. Pluralsight is offering a 1 month free subscription to their Pluralsight On-Demand! training for unemployed user group members. We will also raffle two certificates for one month free (Value: $29 each). All other members can receive a free trial into the Pluralsight On-Demand! library by requesting it directly from here.
Telerik Ultimate Collection for .NET - RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX, RadControls for WinForms, RadControls for WPF, RadControls for Silverlight, Telerik Reporting and more. Telerik is a market-leading provider of end-to-end solutions for application development, automated testing, agile project management, reporting, and content management across all major Microsoft development platforms. Telerik’s award-winning software development products enable enterprises and organizations of every size to generate tangible productivity gains, reduce time-to-market, and stay on time and under budget. With tens of thousands of users in more than 90 countries around the world, Telerik’s customers include numerous Fortune 2000 companies, academic institutions, governments, and non-profit organizations. (Value: $1,999)
Red Gate SmartAssembly a better way to deal with bugs. Ignoring bugs in your software won’t make them go away. SmartAssembly’s Automated Error Reporting lets your users tell you about a problem, with all the details you need to fix it, in one click. Find out more. (Value: $799)
Crypto Obfuscator For .Net provides advanced code protection, obfuscation and optimization for your .Net assemblies with its powerful techniques such as symbol renaming, control flow obfuscation, resource and assembly encryption and decompiler & disassembler protection. You can find more info at http://www.ssware.com/cryptoobfuscator/obfuscator-net.htm. (Value: $399)
CodeSmith Generator is a software development tool to help you produce higher-quality, more consistent code in less time. Technically speaking it is a template driven source code generator that automates the creation of common application source code for any language. The Generator enables software developers to efficiently: reduce repetitive coding, generate your code in less time with fewer bugs, produce consistent code that adheres to your standards and create your own custom templates for any language. Learn more at www.codesmithtools.com. (Value: $299)
Linxter - Your Cloud Messaging Platform. A .NET and Java software development cloud tool, the Linxter SDK allows software engineers to quickly and affordably connect distributed applications and integrate distributed systems. Picking up from where REST-only APIs leave off, Linxter takes care of dozens of coding complexities and provides sought after features.

Be sure to swing by this week for your chance to win!

03/09/2011 - OData and The Communication Stack in Windows Phone 7

tstone — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 03:23:00 GMT

Windows Phone 7 Launch Event

Abstract:

OData and The Communication Stack in Windows Phone 7

Speaker Bio:

Chris Koenig is a Senior Developer Evangelist with Microsoft, based in Dallas, TX. Chris focuses on building, growing, and enhancing the developer communities in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana while specializing in Windows Phone 7 and Silverlight development.

Meeting Details

Meeting: OData and The Communication Stack in Window Phone 7
Date: Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Time: 6:00PM
Where: Improving Enterprises, Dallas (One Hanover Park, 16633 Dallas Parkway, Suite 100, Addison, TX 75001)
Maps: Bing, Google
Cost: It's free thanks to our sponsors!
RSVP: rsvp@dfwcsug.com or via the Eventbrite meeting announcement.

Be sure to thank our sponsor, Improving Enterprises, a premier, Dallas-based training and consulting firm and please keep them in mind for your company’s training and consulting needs.

We have several sponsors that have generously donated product and/or services to our user group community.

Microsoft has donated a keyboard, some books and Windows Phone 7 promotional items.
Pluralsight On-Demand! .NET Training - Pluralsight is a premier Microsoft .NET training provider. Pluralsight delivers classroom and On-Demand! training around the world. The reputation of the Pluralsight technical team, the in-depth course content, along with the variety of training delivery methods, guarantees you access to the highest quality learning experience that makes the most sense for you and your business. Pluralsight is offering a 1 month free subscription to their Pluralsight On-Demand! training for unemployed user group members. We will also raffle a certificate for one month free (Value: $29). All other members can receive a free trial into the Pluralsight On-Demand! library by requesting it directly from here.
Telerik Ultimate Collection for .NET - RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX, RadControls for WinForms, RadControls for WPF, RadControls for Silverlight, Telerik Reporting and more. Telerik is a market-leading provider of end-to-end solutions for application development, automated testing, agile project management, reporting, and content management across all major Microsoft development platforms. Telerik’s award-winning software development products enable enterprises and organizations of every size to generate tangible productivity gains, reduce time-to-market, and stay on time and under budget. With tens of thousands of users in more than 90 countries around the world, Telerik’s customers include numerous Fortune 2000 companies, academic institutions, governments, and non-profit organizations. (Value: $1,999)
Crypto Obfuscator For .Net provides advanced code protection, obfuscation and optimization for your .Net assemblies with its powerful techniques such as symbol renaming, control flow obfuscation, resource and assembly encryption and decompiler & disassembler protection. You can find more info at http://www.ssware.com/cryptoobfuscator/obfuscator-net.htm. (Value: $399)
CodeSmith Generator is a software development tool to help you produce higher-quality, more consistent code in less time. Technically speaking it is a template driven source code generator that automates the creation of common application source code for any language. The Generator enables software developers to efficiently: reduce repetitive coding, generate your code in less time with fewer bugs, produce consistent code that adheres to your standards and create your own custom templates for any language. Learn more at www.codesmithtools.com. (Value: $299)
JetBRAINS ReSharper - The must-have productivity tool for Visual Studio, ReSharper provides solution-wide error highlighting on the fly, advanced code completion, superior unit testing tools, over 30 advanced code refactorings, multiple handy navigation and search utilities, single-click code formatting and cleanup, automatic code generation and templates, and a lot more. (Value: $199)
Linxter - Your Cloud Messaging Platform. A .NET and Java software development cloud tool, the Linxter SDK allows software engineers to quickly and affordably connect distributed applications and integrate distributed systems. Picking up from where REST-only APIs leave off, Linxter takes care of dozens of coding complexities and provides sought after features.

Be sure to swing by this week for your chance to win!

Pluralsight On-Demand! .NET Training Courses

tstone — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 01:22:00 GMT

I'd like to thank the folks at Pluralsight for providing an alternative to our normal monthly meeting that got canceled due to bad weather. The 5-day free pass to the Pluralsight On-Demand! .NET Training Courses for our members was very much appreciated. The training videos from Pluralsight are extremely top notch. They are made by professional software developers that have been recognized by Microsoft as MVPs.

Recently Pluralsight reduced their pricing, you can get a monthly subscription for only $29. That's extremely affordable and a whole lot of bang for the buck! Get a subscription, increase your knowledge, and help support our sponsor. Visit Pluralsight's website at www.pluralsight.com.

Thanks,
Todd

02/09/2011 - Pluralsight On-Demand! .NET Training Courses

tstone — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 21:42:00 GMT

A Winter Weather Warning has been posted for tomorrow's meeting. This month's meeting has been canceled.

Next month, Chris Koenig, our local Developer Evangelist at Microsoft will present on Windows Phone 7. He'll talk about OData and focus on the communication stack in WP7 rather than the “normal” stuff around the Silverlight bits.

With a lot of you staying home tomorrow, I contacted Pluralsight and they have stepped forward and offered all of our existing members a FREE 5-day full trial of their Pluralsight On-Demand! .NET Training Courses (see the full list below). I will be sending out a trial code via email to all of our members this evening. This trial code will only work through tomorrow night (it expires Thursday morning). You will get 5 days, BUT you need to activate it by Thursday morning. Also, please keep this trial code to yourself (do not post it online or share it) so we can can keep doing fun things like this in the future.

Pluralsight On-Demand! .NET Training Courses

Pluralsight On-Demand! is a rich library of full-length online training courses for .NET developers delivered by the best instructors in the business. Each course contains 2-5 hrs of .NET training videos, equivalent to 1-2 days of classroom training. Below you'll find the full-length courses available in the library today.

Course

Level

Duration

Released

.NET

C# Fundamentals

Intermediate

[06:04:42]

03/26/2010

CLR Fundamentals

Intermediate

[04:20:18]

04/13/2010

CLR Threading

Advanced

[02:37:08]

04/13/2010

Introduction to .NET

Beginner

[03:45:00]

07/14/2009

Moving from VB6 to VB.NET

Beginner

[02:07:13]

11/12/2009

What's New in C# 5

Advanced

[01:15:05]

12/10/2010

ASP.NET

ASP.NET 3.5 Advanced Topics

Advanced

[05:59:31]

12/05/2008

ASP.NET 3.5 Fundamentals

Beginner

[06:46:48]

11/12/2008

ASP.NET 3.5 Security

Intermediate

[02:38:24]

12/22/2008

ASP.NET 3.5 Working With Data

Intermediate

[07:27:38]

12/04/2008

ASP.NET 4.0 New Features

Intermediate

[02:25:42]

11/23/2010

ASP.NET Ajax Advanced Topics

Advanced

[02:53:25]

09/30/2008

ASP.NET Ajax Fundamentals

Beginner

[06:11:11]

09/11/2008

ASP.NET Ajax JavaScript and jQuery

Intermediate

[02:22:24]

01/21/2009

ASP.NET Dynamic Data Fundamentals

Intermediate

[05:01:38]

06/17/2010

ASP.NET MVC 2.0 Fundamentals

Intermediate

[01:54:31]

08/13/2010

ASP.NET MVC 3.0 Fundamentals

Intermediate

[03:17:13]

01/17/2011

ASP.NET MVC Advanced Topics

Advanced

[05:19:14]

07/22/2009

ASP.NET MVC Fundamentals

Intermediate

[04:42:34]

04/11/2009

Implementing Undo in ASP.NET WebForms and MVC

Intermediate

[01:19:05]

08/27/2010

iPhone ASP.NET Fundamentals

Intermediate

[07:07:18]

07/01/2010

BizTalk

BizTalk 2006 Business Process Management

Advanced

[06:09:18]

10/25/2008

BizTalk 2006 Fundamentals

Beginner

[06:44:11]

06/01/2008

BizTalk 2009 and WCF

Intermediate

[03:40:12]

11/12/2010

BizTalk 2009 Business Process Management

Intermediate

[04:42:24]

11/24/2009

BizTalk 2009 Fundamentals

Beginner

[03:51:26]

11/24/2009

BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Fundamentals

Intermediate

[06:06:14]

08/20/2008

IIS

Introduction to IIS Certificates

Beginner

[00:44:48]

06/25/2010

Windows Server AppFabric Fundamentals

Intermediate

[03:16:41]

08/27/2009

JavaScript

JavaScript Fundamentals

Beginner

[02:53:09]

01/25/2011

LINQ

LINQ Architecture

Advanced

[01:23:00]

10/08/2010

LINQ Data Access

Intermediate

[05:39:46]

12/06/2008

LINQ Fundamentals

Intermediate

[04:49:49]

10/26/2008

MSE

Managed Services Engine Advanced Topics

Advanced

[03:54:36]

11/24/2009

Managed Services Engine Fundamentals

Beginner

[03:39:06]

11/24/2009

OData

Introduction to OData

Beginner

[02:02:47]

06/07/2010

Other

Clojure Concurrency

Advanced

[02:33:51]

04/09/2010

SharePoint

SharePoint 2010 Basics

Beginner

[01:47:50]

08/27/2010

SharePoint 2010 Client Object Model

Intermediate

[02:23:51]

09/24/2010

SharePoint 2010 Development

Intermediate

[02:46:17]

09/24/2010

SharePoint Services Business Services

Intermediate

[04:10:47]

07/20/2010

SharePoint Services Client Programming

Intermediate

[02:21:38]

07/05/2010

SharePoint Services Fundamentals for Developers

Beginner

[07:28:25]

06/29/2010

SharePoint Tutorial for Site Administrators

Beginner

[02:08:35]

03/24/2010

Silverlight

Core Silverlight 4

Beginner

[06:19:04]

09/03/2010

Silverlight 3 Advanced Topics

Advanced

[02:05:31]

03/25/2010

Silverlight 3 Fundamentals

Beginner

[06:30:27]

10/28/2008

WCF RIA Services

Intermediate

[04:54:32]

09/03/2010

WCF RIA Services Advanced Topics

Advanced

[03:26:22]

09/03/2010

Software Practices

Agile Team Practices with Scrum

Intermediate

[03:44:41]

04/15/2010

Continuous Integration

Beginner

[02:34:09]

12/10/2010

Design Patterns Library

Intermediate

[09:21:10]

09/10/2010

Principles of Object Oriented Design

Intermediate

[04:07:57]

09/10/2010

Test First Development

Intermediate

[03:33:09]

11/16/2010

SQL Server

Designer Supported EDM Customization

Intermediate

[02:05:13]

01/06/2011

Entity Framework 4.0 By Example

Beginner

[02:18:50]

08/27/2010

Entity Framework and Data Models

Intermediate

[01:31:38]

11/05/2010

Introduction to Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence

Beginner

[01:13:19]

11/30/2010

Introduction to SQL Server

Beginner

[02:09:28]

01/24/2011

PowerPivot for Microsoft Excel 2010

Beginner

[02:23:40]

11/05/2010

Reporting Services Advanced Topics

Advanced

[02:35:02]

01/24/2011

Reporting Services Report Development Fundamentals

Beginner

[04:47:28]

12/14/2010

Reporting Services Report Development Fundamentals 2

Intermediate

[02:54:09]

12/29/2010

SQL Server - TSQL

Intermediate

[04:46:26]

03/22/2010

SQL Server Business Integration Tools

Beginner

[03:32:32]

05/10/2010

SQL Server Fundamentals

Beginner

[07:55:35]

06/15/2010

Using XML and XQuery Effectively with SQL Server

Intermediate

[05:29:07]

08/20/2010

Visual Studio

Customizing and Extending Visual Studio 2010 by Writing Code

Intermediate

[04:06:38]

08/27/2010

Customizing and Extending Visual Studio 2010 Without Code

Beginner

[04:54:36]

07/25/2010

Managing Work with Team Foundation Server 2010

Beginner

[02:30:10]

08/20/2010

Team Foundation Build 2010 Introduction

Beginner

[02:26:15]

01/12/2011

Visual Studio 2010 Database Projects

Intermediate

[01:49:30]

01/06/2011

Visual Studio Team System 2008 Developer Tools

Intermediate

[04:35:09]

04/26/2010

Visual Studio Team System 2008 Fundamentals

Beginner

[03:33:55]

04/26/2010

WCF

.NET Distributed Systems Architecture

Intermediate

[05:29:48]

07/06/2010

Introduction to WCF

Beginner

[04:31:52]

08/22/2008

WCF 4 New Features

Intermediate

[02:30:04]

07/21/2010

WCF Advanced Topics

Advanced

[04:10:43]

11/24/2009

WCF by Example

Beginner

[01:58:18]

11/12/2009

WCF For Architects

Intermediate

[04:03:23]

08/27/2010

WCF Fundamentals

Intermediate

[06:34:26]

08/22/2008

Introduction to WF 4

Beginner

[02:33:07]

07/07/2010

WF 4 Custom Activity Development

Advanced

[02:13:15]

08/27/2010

WF4 Workflow Services Fundamentals

Intermediate

[02:23:11]

08/27/2010

Windows Workflow Advanced Topics

Advanced

[06:11:07]

05/31/2008

Windows Workflow Fundamentals

Beginner

[06:25:45]

05/31/2008

WIF

Introduction to Federated Identity

Beginner

[01:29:48]

05/19/2009

Windows 7

Developing for Windows 7

Intermediate

[03:56:59]

07/12/2010

Introduction to Windows 7 Development

Beginner

[04:20:29]

05/05/2010

Windows Azure

Introduction to Windows Azure

Beginner

[02:24:55]

01/24/2011

SQL Azure

Intermediate

[02:38:18]

01/24/2011

Windows Azure AppFabric

Intermediate

[04:19:11]

12/26/2010

Windows Azure Fundamentals

Intermediate

[03:10:12]

03/27/2010

Windows Phone 7

Core Windows Phone 7 Development

Intermediate

[02:38:11]

01/31/2011

Introduction to Windows Phone 7

Beginner

[02:13:15]

12/10/2010

Windows Phone 7 Data Binding

Intermediate

[01:36:17]

02/07/2011

WPF

What's new WPF 4.0

Intermediate

[03:46:10]

01/31/2011

WPF Advanced Topics

Advanced

[02:43:42]

10/28/2008

WPF Fundamentals

Beginner

[06:58:56]

10/28/2008

January Meeting Canceled

tstone — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 20:54:00 GMT

All,

I apologize for the late notice, but we need to cancel the user group meeting tonight. We will be back next month!

Thanks,

Todd

No December 2010 Meeting

tstone — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 20:45:00 GMT

There will be no December 2010 meeting. We'll pick up after the holidays. A list of the upcoming meetings will be posted soon.

In the meantime we wish you and yours Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year.

11/10/2010 Meeting - Windows Phone 7 Data Connectivity and Persistance

tstone — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 13:44:00 GMT

We will be writing a Windows Phone 7 App for INETA Live on Wednesday, November 10th starting at 6:00 pm at Improving Enterprises. Bring your notebook if you can, if you don't have a notebook, you can pair up with someone who does for some pair programming.

This will be your chance to see and participate in a project that utilizes multiple Connected System technologies (WCF and OData) combined with mobile smart phone apps and Silverlight apps.

Meeting Details

Roundtable Meeting: Windows Phone 7 Data Connectivity and Persistance
Date: Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Time: 6:00PM
Where: Improving Enterprises, Dallas (15950 Dallas Parkway Suite 500 Dallas, TX 75248)
Parking Code: 5000#
Maps: Bing, Google
Cost: It's free thanks to our sponsors!
RSVP: rsvp@dfwcsug.com or via Codezone (new users use Access Code 'BizTalk2006' - see Join Us On Codezone for more info!)

The meeting location has a parking garage where you will need to enter the code 5000# for entry.
The Improving offices are located in building II.

Microsoft has donated some books and other items.
Pluralsight is offering a 1 month free subscription to their Pluralsight On-Demand! training for unemployed user group members. All other members can receive a free Guest Pass into the Pluralsight On-Demand! library by requesting it directly from here.
JetBrains has donated a ReSharper license.

Be sure to swing by this week for your chance to win!

10/13/2010 Meeting - Roundtable Discussion on Connected Systems Technologies

tstone — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 12:38:00 GMT

We will have a roundtable discussion on Connected Systems Technologies.

Meeting Details

Roundtable Meeting: Roundtable Discussion on Connected Systems Technologies
Date: Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Time: 6:00PM
Where: Improving Enterprises, Dallas (15950 Dallas Parkway Suite 500 Dallas, TX 75248)
Parking Code: 5000#
Maps: Bing, Google
Cost: It's free thanks to our sponsors!
RSVP: rsvp@dfwcsug.com or via Codezone (new users use Access Code 'BizTalk2006' - see Join Us On Codezone for more info!)

The meeting location has a parking garage where you will need to enter the code 5000# for entry.
The Improving offices are located in building II.

Microsoft has donated some books and a copy of Windows 7 Ultimate.
Pluralsight is offering a 1 month free subscription to their Pluralsight On-Demand! training for unemployed user group members. All other members can receive a free Guest Pass into the Pluralsight On-Demand! library by requesting it directly from here.
JetBrains has donated a ReSharper license.

Be sure to swing by this week for your chance to win!

09/08/2010 Meeting - Expense Report Project Utilizing Connected Systems Technologies

tstone — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:48:00 GMT

We will be starting our Expense Report project on Wednesday, September 8th starting at 6:00 pm at Improving Enterprises. Bring your notebook if you can, if you don't have a notebook, you can pair up with someone who does for some pair programming.

This will be your chance to see and participate in a project (over several meetings) that utilizes multiple Connected System technologies (WCF, WF, BizTalk, AppFabric, Azure, OData) combined with mobile smart phone apps and Silverlight apps.

Meeting Details

Roundtable Meeting: Building Mobile & Silverlight Apps That Utilize Connected Systems Technologies
Date: Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Time: 6:00PM
Where: Improving Enterprises, Dallas (15950 Dallas Parkway Suite 500 Dallas, TX 75248)
Parking Code: 5000#
Maps: Bing, Google
Cost: It's free thanks to our sponsors!
RSVP: rsvp@dfwcsug.com or via Codezone (new users use Access Code 'BizTalk2006' - see Join Us On Codezone for more info!)

The meeting location has a parking garage where you will need to enter the code 5000# for entry.
The Improving offices are located in building II.

Microsoft has donated some books and a copy of Windows 7 Ultimate.
Pluralsight is offering a 1 month free subscription to their Pluralsight On-Demand! training for unemployed user group members. All other members can receive a free Guest Pass into the Pluralsight On-Demand! library by requesting it directly from here.
JetBrains has donated a ReSharper license.
LINQPad has donated a LINQPad autocompletion license.

Be sure to swing by this week for your chance to win!

Building Mobile & Silverlight Apps That Utilize Connected Systems Technologies.

tstone — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 04:17:00 GMT

We are having a planning and architecture round table meeting this Wednesday, August 11th starting at 6:00 pm at Improving Enterprises on Building Mobile Apps and Silverlight apps that Utilize Connected Systems Technologies.

This will be your chance to see and participate in a project (over several meetings) that utilizes multiple Connected System technologies combined with mobile smart phone apps and Silverlight apps.

Bring your ideas as we will select a project that can be completed within several meetings.

Meeting Details

Roundtable Meeting: Building Mobile & Silverlight Apps That Utilize Connected Systems Technologies
Date: Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Time: 6:00PM
Where: Improving Enterprises, Dallas (15950 Dallas Parkway Suite 500 Dallas, TX 75248)
Parking Code: 5000#
Maps: Bing, Google
Cost: It's free thanks to our sponsors!
RSVP: rsvp@dfwcsug.com or via Codezone (new users use Access Code 'BizTalk2006' - see Join Us On Codezone for more info!)

The meeting location has a parking garage where you will need to enter the code 5000# for entry.
The Improving offices are located in building II.

Microsoft has donated some books and a copy of Windows 7 Ultimate.
Pluralsight is offering a 1 month free subscription to their Pluralsight On-Demand! training for unemployed user group members. All other members can receive a free Guest Pass into the Pluralsight On-Demand! library by requesting it directly from here.
JetBrains has donated a ReSharper license.

Be sure to swing by this week for your chance to win!

WF State Machine and ADO.NET Activity Packs

tstone — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:28:00 GMT

endpoint.tv - WF State Machine and ADO.NET Activity Packs

Are you missing the old WF 3.0 State Machine in .NET 4? Good news! The team has released some new activity packs on Codeplex at wf.codeplex.com In this episode Guang Yang will show us WF State Machine Activity Pack CTP 1 WF ADO.NET Activity Pack CTP 1

NYC Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) Firestarter

tstone — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:08:00 GMT

Stop starting new projects with ASMX Web Services or .NET Remoting. Now that we have your attention, let’s get serious. These two technologies are so 2002! You need to start learning Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) if you haven't already.

(Part 1 of 5): Keynote and Intro to SOA and WCF

(Part 2 of 5): Most Common WCF Usage Configurations

(Part 3 of 5): REST Programming with WCF

(Part 4 of 5): WCF Made Easy, Data & RIA Services

(Part 5 of 5): What\'s New with WCF 4.0

06/12/2010 Meeting - Visual Studio 2010 Tips and Tricks

tstone — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:24:00 GMT

Please note that this months meeting will be on Monday, July 12, 2010, in order to accommodate our speaker Steve Andrews who will be stopping in Dallas while he is on the GeekRoadTrip. Next months meeting we'll return back to the second Wednesday of the month and will cover a connected systems topic.

See you there!
Todd Stone, President

Meeting Details

Presentation: Visual Studio 2010 Tips and Tricks
Date: Monday, July 12, 2010
Time: 6:00PM
Where: Improving Enterprises, Dallas (15950 Dallas Parkway Suite 500 Dallas, TX 75248)
Parking Code: 5000#
Maps: Bing, Google
Cost: It's free thanks to our sponsors!
RSVP: rsvp@dfwcsug.com or via Codezone (new users use Access Code 'BizTalk2006' - see Join Us On Codezone for more info!)

The meeting location has a parking garage where you will need to enter the code 5000# for entry.
The Improving offices are located in building II.

Microsoft has donated some books and a copy of Windows 7 Ultimate.
Pluralsight is offering a 1 month free subscription to their Pluralsight On-Demand! training for unemployed user group members. All other members can receive a free Guest Pass into the Pluralsight On-Demand! library by requesting it directly from here.
DevExpress has donated a CodeRush license.
JetBrains has donated a ReSharper license.

Be sure to swing by this week for your chance to win!

Abstract
Based on real life experience of 8+ hours a day developing with Visual Studio 2010, learn some sweet tips and tricks to tame the IDE. With something new for everyone, these techniques will give you valuable information to start using right away, increase your productivity, and make you wonder how you survived all this time without them.

Bio
Steve Andrews is an independent consultant, INETA speaker, and Microsoft MVP for Visual Studio ALM. He has been working in technology for over ten years focusing on custom application development and Application Lifecycle Management. Steve is also Microsoft and IBM certified and a community fanatic having led sessions at over 100 events across North America. When he's not developing software solutions or engaging with the community about software technology, Steve is a closet singer and songwriter and plays the guitar and keys. Occasionally, Steve even gets to sleep. Occasionally.

No June (6/9/2010) Meeting

tstone — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:47:00 GMT

There will be no June 9th meeting.

We will have our officer elections next month in addition to our presentation. Next months topic is still to be determined.

Thanks,

Todd

05/12/2010 Meeting - Securing Your Silverlight Apps with Windows Identity Foundation

tstone — Thu, 06 May 2010 03:33:00 GMT

This month Jim Lavin will present on Securing Your Silverlight Apps with Windows Identity Foundation. The abstract for this presentation and Jim's bio are listed below.

See you there!
Todd Stone, President

Meeting Details

Presentation: Securing Your Silverlight Apps with Windows Identity Foundation
Date: Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Time: 6:00PM
Where: Improving Enterprises, Dallas (15950 Dallas Parkway Suite 500 Dallas, TX 75248)
Parking Code: 5000#
Maps: Bing, Google
Cost: It's free thanks to our sponsors!
RSVP: rsvp@dfwcsug.com or via Codezone (new users use Access Code 'BizTalk2006' - see Join Us On Codezone for more info!)

The meeting location has a parking garage where you will need to enter the code 5000# for entry.
The Improving offices are located in building II.

Microsoft has donated some books and a copy of Windows 7 Ultimate.
Pluralsight is offering a 1 month free subscription to their Pluralsight On-Demand! training for unemployed user group members. All other members can receive a free Guest Pass into the Pluralsight On-Demand! library by requesting it directly from here.
JetBrains has donated a ReSharper license.
TechSmith has donated a copy of SnagIt along with some nice swag!

Be sure to swing by this week for your chance to win!

Abstract
This presentation covers the existing application security features provided by Silverlight RIA Services and how to enhance them with the Windows Identity Foundation.

Topics Covered:

User Authentication
User Roles
Integrating Silverlight and RIA Services with WIF
Using WIF to provide Claims Based Authentication and Authorization

Bio
Jim Lavin is a proven professional with over thirty years experience architecting, developing, supporting and managing customer solutions on Microsoft and Unix platforms. Jim brings a broad range of development experience from the financial, manufacturing, petroleum, pharmaceutical, retail, travel and transportation industries. Jim is a recognized subject matter expert in Airline Systems, Kiosk Applications, Hand-held Applications, Enterprise Services, Services Oriented Architecture and Software Factories.

04/21/2010 Meeting - Implementing OData - The Open Data Protocol

tstone — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:36:00 GMT

This month the D/FW Connected Systems User Group's meeting has been moved back a week and will be held on Wednesday, April 21, 2010. Todd Stone will present on Implementing OData, the Open Data Protocol, on Windows using WCF Data Services in .NET 4. There will be a short overview of OData and how it works. Then we'll move into implementing OData producers and consumers with tips along the way.

See you there!
Todd Stone, President

Meeting Details

Presentation: Implementing OData - The Open Data Protocol
Date: Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Time: 6:00PM
Where: Improving Enterprises, Dallas (15950 Dallas Parkway Suite 500 Dallas, TX 75248)
Parking Code: 5000#
Maps: Bing, Google
Cost: It's free thanks to our sponsors!
RSVP: rsvp@dfwcsug.com or via Codezone (new users use Access Code 'BizTalk2006' - see Join Us On Codezone for more info!)

The meeting location has a parking garage where you will need to enter the code 5000# for entry.
The Improving offices are located in building II.

Microsoft has donated some books and a copy of Windows 7 Ultimate.
Pluralsight is offering a 1 month free subscription to their Pluralsight On-Demand! training for unemployed user group members. All other members can receive a free Guest Pass into the Pluralsight On-Demand! library by requesting it directly from here.
JetBrains has donated a ReSharper license.
TechSmith has donated a copy of SnagIt along with some nice swag!

Be sure to swing by this week for your chance to win!

Abstract
Come join us as Todd Stone presents on Implementing OData - The Open Data Protocol

Bio
Todd Stone is a Senior Software Developer for HBS Systems in Dallas, TX. He works with communicating and converting data from a variety of different platforms including Windows, UNIX, LINUX, and the IBM iSeries (AS/400). He's active in the local .NET community as President of the DFW Connected Systems User Group, member of Microsoft's South Central District Community Guidance Council, and as a speaker at local user groups and regional events.