This group was created to provide a place for practicing .NET developers to expand their knowledge and network with other .Netters, but anyone who is interested in learning more about .Net is more than welcome. The focus of the presentations will be on learning and utilizing the .Net framework to the fullest extent, best practices, and cutting edge programming tools and new technologies.
CINNUG and CinArch Weather Policy
It's that time of year again...school delays, school closings, winter weather advisories Oh My!
I know what you're thinking - "What if we have bad weather on a scheduled meeting night? I don't want to miss any of the great content, but how will I know if the meeting is canceled?"
Our primary concern is everyone's safety, so we will be making our decisions based on that. After alll, we can reschedule speakers! Here are the guidelines for the meetings:
- Max follows University of Cincinnati. If UC is closed, Max is closed, so we are cancelled. Tune to your fave news or web site to get the school closing lists.
- If Max decides to close on their own (but UC is still open), we will also not have a meeting.
- If the Directors decide to cancel the meeting (with the ultimate decision maker being the Lead Director), then the meeting will be cancelled.
Ok, so now we know the policy, but how we will be notified?
- This web site - we will update this page as soon as we know we are cancelling a meeting
- Twitter - follow www.twitter.com/cinnug or any of the directors (
So, here's to hoping for just enough to make it a fun winter, but not enough to cause any problems!
Sad News...
It is with a sad mind and a heavy heart that I have to report that Ed Smith (@EdSharp) has passed away. Ed, a longtime consultant with Sogeti, was successfully forging ahead as an independent consultant when his life was unexpectedly cut short. A member of the Cincinnati .NET Users' Group (CINNUG) and the Cincinnati Software Architecture Special Interest Group (CINARCH) since 2008, Ed was a valuable part of our community, contributing knowledge, camaraderie, and a quick wit to conversations (technical or otherwise). Beyond our official meetings, I know Ed was a friend to many of our members. He will be greatly missed.
One of the family's wishes is for donations to be made to either Taylor University or the Cincinnati Zoo. As such, CINNUG will be collecting donations for the Ed Smith Memorial donation for the Cincinnati Zoo. Please contact myself or any of the other directors (Mike Wood, Matt Brewer, or Jen Griffin) through the contact form at http://cinnug.org/blog/contact.aspx if you are interested or need more information. We will also have donation boxes at all of our meetings starting with our Dec 17th game night and continuing through all CINNUG and CINARCH meetings and events through the end of the March, 2010, and be taking donations via PayPal available as well (details to be worked out still).
Funeral services will be held this Saturday, Dec 5, at the Evangelical Community Church 2191 Struble Rd. 2 PM (friends may call as early as 1:00). Ed's online obituary can be found here: http://is.gd/5b3XR.
Please keep Ed's wife Darcey, parents, siblings, nieces, nephews, and all other family and loved ones in your prayers during this difficult time.
So long Ed, and rest in peace.
Phil Japikse
Lead Director, Cincinnati .NET User's Group
CinArc Meeting (Thursday, February 18th)
NOTE: We had to reschedule our planned guest speaker, Mark Harris, to next month's meeting. He will be our guest on the March 18th CinArc meeting instead. We will have our normal open discussion for the February meeting.
Come join this new special interest group as we discuss topics related to software architecture. This meeting is run using an open discussion or open fishbowl technique where the attendees are encouraged to share their thoughts with everyone while keeping the meeting from becoming a free for all. :) What topic will we cover? Well, that's up to the attendees! Here are some topics that will be considered for the evening's discussions:
- How to promote code cleanliness.
- SOA high level design patterns.
- Open Source ESB choices (pros-cons)
- Batch/Job management for Enterprises
- Team Skill set that drives Architecture decisions
- Fitting Architecture with a Budget
- Is Silverlight niche? Has Flex won?
- Should Architects seek jobs outside of the Enterprise?
- Even Driven Architectures vs. Workflows
If you have a strong opinion about any of these topics, have a topic you'd like to suggest, or want to learn more about the topics then make sure you swing by the meeting.
CinARC meets at 6PM at MAX Technical Training in Mason, OH
CINNUG January Meeting (Tuesday, February 23rd)
Sarah Dutkiewicz will be traveling down from Cleveland to talk to us about IronPython, one of the dynamic language options in the .NET platform. We'll also have a grok talk by Phil Japikse on a new developer features of SQL Server 2008.
Python 101 for the .NET Developer: The first part of the session will cover the basics of Python - its history, how its data structures compare to the those we're familiar with in the primary .NET languages, its strong and weak points, who's using it, and why you as a developer - both generally speaking and as a .NET developer - should care about Python. The second part of the session will get into the demos - starting with some basic Python scripts and getting into IronPython scripts, if time allows. By the end of this session, you'll have an idea of what Python is, why you should know it as a developer and specifically as a .NET developer, and how to get setup and write a basic app in both Python and IronPython.
Presented by: Sarah Dutkiewicz
Sarah Dutkiewicz is a self-admitted programming language addict, having done work in PHP, Visual Basic, FoxPro, VBA, VB.NET, JavaScript, and C#. Outside of the office, she's been tinkering with Python and IronPython since January 2007, having presented on Python and IronPython at events such as the Cleveland Day of .NET, Software Freedom Day - Cleveland 2008, and notably PyCon 2009. She also served as the publicity lead for the 2009 PyOhio, a two day conference on all things Python. In addition to this technical blog at http://www.codinggeekette.com, Sarah maintains a community site at http://www.clevelandtechevents.com/. She is a Microsoft MVP in Visual C#.
CINNUG meets at 6PM at MAX Technical Training in Mason, OH
BitSlingers (Monday, March 1st)
What is Bitsligners? This is an informal meetup of people interested in learning from one another. Bring your laptop and pair up with someone to work on an open source project, learn a new technique, or even dabble in a new language. There is no agenda or specific topic, just an time set aside for people to pair.
BitSlingers is held at 6PM in the Mason Panera in the Deerfield Town Center.
CinArc Meeting (Thursday, March 18th)
This CinArc we are breaking from the norm and will have a guest speaker. Mark Harris from Microsoft will talk to us about how Microsoft ships software. The first portion of the evening Mark will present the flow of development at Microsoft and, after pizza, we'll start with open discussion. If you ever wondered how your development practices stack up against Microsoft's, this meeting will be a great opportunity to find out. The meetings last about two hours and pizza is provided. Come join the conversation.
Mark Harris, a 14 year veteral with Microsoft, was raised in Gahanna and Bucyrus, Ohio. Upon graduation from The Ohio State University in 1995, he joined Microsoft as a test developer for the RPC subsystem in Windows. Mark held several roles in Redmond from tester to program manager, eventually leading the releases for Windows XP SP2 and Windows Server 2003 R2. He joined the field sales force in Columbus in 2006, and now works with large healthcare accounts in central and northeast Ohio as a Technology Strategist. Mark holds a BS in Computer and Information Science from The Ohio State University and an MS in Computer Science from the University of Washington. He lives in Lewis Center with his wife and 3 children.
CinARC meets at 6PM at MAX Technical Training in Mason, OH
Upcoming Meeting Topics:
- MIX Announcements overview in March with Jeff Blankenburg
- An Intro to RIA Services in April with Chris Woodruff
- Unit Testing C# with IronRuby in July with Tim Wingfield