Mar 10 2009

Nwa .NET User Group: John Teague - “A Path to Automated Unit Testing”

Category: Jay Smith @ 05:41

nwadnug_logo Just a reminder that tonight is the next meeting of the Northwest Arkansas .NET User Group at the Jones Center in Springdale, AR at 5:30 PM.

John Teague will present "A Path to Automated Testing". This is a free event but RSVP is encouraged. For more information, contact Tim Tyrrell at officers@nwadnug.org, or for more details and to RSVP go to http://snipr.com/clioj.

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Feb 12 2009

Introduction to Agile Software Development

Category: AgileJay Smith @ 01:52

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At the February NwaDnug meeting I presented “Introduction to Agile Software Development”.  Several people requested access to the slides so I have updated my presentations page to include the slide deck (PDF format).

It was a great session and I really enjoyed everyone that made comment and help the discussion going.  These are my favorite types of presentations.

Rob Tennyson also did an awesome job presenting Advanced LINQ.  I always enjoy it when Rob presents and hope to see him behind the podium more.

Thanks to Zach Young for making the recording of the meeting available here.

It was a great meeting and I really enjoyed presenting.

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Aug 24 2008

NWA .NET User Group: New Venue for Dennis J. Bottjer - Tips for Improving SharePoint Performance

Category: Jay Smith @ 10:08

The Northwest Arkansas .NET User Group has gone big time!!!! For several months we have been struggling to find a good venue.  We moved to the Jones center, but the room we got still was not working out the way we wanted.  The awesome staff at the The Jones Center did a great job getting us setup and now will be meeting in the “Chapel”.  The new venue can hold 337 members with theater seating and a big screen, we have also hired the on-site caterer to provide meals each meeting.  So, if you have been tired of eating pizza and have been wanting better seating we now have it. 

This months meeting Dennis J, Bottjer will be presenting Tips for Improving SharePoint Performance. 

Description: A discussion for SharePoint Developers, Administrators and Solutions Architects focused on improving Internet and intranet performance.  Tips will discuss a wide range of topics from adjusting out of the box settings to identifying memory leaks in custom code.  This discussion will benefit anyone currently design a SharePoint implementation!

Presenter: Dennis J. Bottjer is a Software Solutions Architect, for Microsoft Gold Partner SpringPoint Technologies, in Tulsa, OK.  He is a Microsoft ASP/ASP.NET MVP.  He previously worked for one of the largest US based Financial Services Companies on the FORTUNE 100.  He has an undergraduate degree in Management Information Systems from the University of Oklahoma.  Dennis served for two years as the President of the Jacksonville Developers User Group.

SWAG:
Inside Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 ($49.99)
Inside Office SharePoint Server ($44.99)
Professional Team Foundation Server ($39.99)
Hunting Security Bugs ($49.99)
JetBrains ReSharper ($199)
CodeSmith Studio ($99)
Infragistics NetAdvantage Suite ($999)
Windows Vista Ultimate ($319.99)

When:
September 2, 2008
5:30 PM - 5:45 PM - Welcome and News, Sign-in and Food
5:45 PM - 6:00 PM - Lighting Presentation
6:00 PM - 6:10 PM - Intermission – Presenter switch over
6:10 PM – 7:30 PM – Main Presentation
7:30 PM – 8:00 PM – Closing and Prize give-a-ways

Where:
The Jones Center
922 East Emma Avenue
Springdale, AR 72764
Room 100

NetMeeting URL: http://snipr.com/3a50w

Everyone mark you calendars and get ready to see the Northwest Arkansas .NET User Group to the next level!

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Aug 13 2008

Jeffry Palermo: TDD, DI, Soc with ASP .NET MVC TONIGHT!!!

Category: INETAJay Smith @ 22:08

Don't forget that Jeffry Palermo is speaking tonight at a special Nwa .NET User Group meeting.  He will be speaking about TDD, DI, and Soc with ASP .NET MVC.

Description: Spelled out, it is test-driven development, dependency injection, and separation of concerns with Active Server Pages .Net Model View Controller.  This talk will dive into how to design a presentation layer using ASP.NET MVC.  In today's industry, TDD, DI, and SoC are proven concepts that lead to more maintainable applications.  Along with demonstrating how to use these techniques with ASP.NET MVC, we will discuss just what concerns should be separated.  This talk provides a unique perspective on separation of concerns and uses TDD and DI to make it happen.  MvcContrib is used in all the demos.

Presenter: Jeffrey Palermo is a software management consultant and the CTO of Headspring Systems in Austin, TX. Jeffrey specializes in Agile coaching and helps companies double the productivity of software teams. Jeffrey is an MCSD.Net , Microsoft MVP, Certified Scrummaster, Austin .Net User Group leader, AgileAustin board member, INETA speaker, INETA Membership Mentor, Christian, husband, father, motorcyclist, Eagle Scout, U.S. Army Veteran, and Texas A&M University graduate.

Subscribe to Jeffrey’s blog feed here: http://feeds.jeffreypalermo.com/jeffreplaermo

When: August 14, 2008 5:30 PM - 5:45 PM - Welcome and News, Sign-in and Food 5:45 PM - 6:00 PM - Lighting Presentation 6:00 PM - 6:10 PM - Intermission – Presenter switch over 6:10 PM – 7:30 PM – Main Presentation 7:30 PM – 8:00 PM – Closing and Prize give-a-ways

Where: The Jones Center 922 East Emma Avenue Springdale, AR 72764 Room 113

NetMeeting URL: http://snipr.com/3a3sz

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Jul 3 2008

SharePoint Features at NWA .NET User Group

Category: Jay Smith @ 01:07

Zach Young, Vice President of the NWA .NET User Group has posted an updated regarding the groups August 5, 2008 meeting.  Steve Walker, colleague and friend will be presenting on SharePoint Features.

Steve Walker is a Senior Consultant for Microsoft Consulting Services in the South Central Region. Steve has been developing enterprise applications for well over a decade and currently specializes in development on the WSS3.0 and MOSS 2007 platforms but has extensive experience in security, infrastructure, Service Oriented Architecture and general .NET Development for the desktop and the web.

Session Description:  Microsoft SharePoint 2007 is an incredible development platform for building pretty much any type of web application that you currently build today. We will cover how to extend SharePoint through the use of features and solution deployment packages. We will cover some best practices that I have learned while developing on this powerful and robust development platform. Bring your SharePoint development questions as we will have an open QA after the formal presentation.

You can find out more info about this at the Northwest Arkansas .NET User Group, here is a direct link to the calendar event here.

This months meeting location is NWACC Corporate Learning at 4004 N. College Ave, Ste L. Fayetteville, AR.

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