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July 2006 - Posts

• Bonus Atlas Presentation!

  Bonus Meeting on Atlas! Bill Steele, our local Developer Community Champion from Microsoft, will be giving a special Atlas presentation. He's also has a guest with him that just so happens to be on the UI, Web Tools & Products Development Team! If you've got questions about Atlas, then be sure to make this special meeting (notice the special date, time and location below). Building the Next Generation of Web Applications with ASP.NET "Atlas" Tired of postbacks taking precious seconds away from your Web app's performance? Do users complain about slow-loading pages? Are you wondering what the AJAX buzz is all about? Learn how you can take advantage of ASP.NET 2.0's new AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) framework - code-named "Atlas"- to build next-generation Web applications. We'll start with an overview of the Atlas architecture, along with associated scenarios and discussion of the AJAX programming model. We'll also cover how to apply Atlas to enhance new or existing ASP.NET applications using the familiar server control approach, as well as how to create applications that incorporate AJAX, Web services, and rich DHTML-based user experiences. This presentation will cover: The Atlas architecture, including scenarios associated with the AJAX programming model How to apply Atlas to enhance new or existing ASP.NET applications Applications that incorporate AJAX, Web services, and rich DHTML-based user experiences Special Guest : Joe Stagner Joe is a Program Manager on the UI,Web Tools & Products Development team. This special meeting will be held on Wednesday, Augst 2nd at 6:00 PM. The location will be at the Microsoft Office in Mason (Directions). Posted Jul 22 2006, 02:14 PM by admin with 4 comment(s) Filed under: Meeting Annoucements

• August Meeting Announcement

  SQL Server 2005 Integration Services Microsoft introduced SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) as a replacement for DTS in SQL Server 2005.  Come learn more about SSIS, including development of tasks and transformations, as well as deployment. Chris Barth Chris has over twelve years of professional experience in application architecture, design, development, and support, and his specialties include designing, architecting and tuning DBMS environments.   Chris has designed and developed business solutions for the retail and legal industries.  The meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 15th at 6:00PM at Max Technical Training. Posted Jul 20 2006, 10:22 AM by admin with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Meeting Annoucements

• July Meeting Announcement

  Sorry for the late notice, but our July speaker disappeared.  Dave Donaldson was kind enough to jump in and lend us a hand, so he will be talking about using attributes to provide business logic validation and security for UI controls. Dave Donaldson David Donaldson is C# MVP and independent consultant specializing in application architecture and development for the Microsoft .NET platform. Before going independent he spent several years implementing large-scale web applications in the corporate world where he hopes to not go back to again. Dave is very active in the .NET community as he is the co-leader of the Central Ohio .NET Developers Group and is the founder of the Columbus Geek Dinner. He’s also the co-founder/co-organizer of the Day of .NET events (www.dayof.net) and is a part-time author where he maintains a .NET-focused blog at www.arcware.net. He’s also written articles for industry publications such as MSDN Magazine and VB2TheMax. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, July 18th at 6:00PM at Max Technical Training. Posted Jul 17 2006, 11:45 AM by admin with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Meeting Annoucements