1. Building Applications for Windows 8 with HTML5

    May 09, 2012

    Why would a web enthusiast care about the future of Microsoft Windows?

    Because the new programming model for building compelling, connected, native apps that harness the full power of the PC will allow HTML5 and JavaScript developers to use what they already know. And because the new marketplace for distributing these applications gives you a potential paying customer base of more than a billion people.

    In this talk, you’ll get a hands-on introduction to the next version of Windows, and see how the UI was designed to work seamlessly with a diversity of devices and form factors. We’ll cover how to build and design Metro-styled applications using HTML5 and JavaScript, and connect you with tons of resources so you can capitalize on this new opportunity that brings your web skills to the next level.

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  2. Introducing the ASP.NET Web API

    April 11, 2012

    Microsoft likes big stacks! Look at Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) or, better yet, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF). With either of these "foundations", you start out a noob and you come out the other side a freak'in Ph.D in Quantum Physics. It doesn't have to be that hard! There has to be a better way….



    Well, Microsoft has been definitely been going the right direction. If you have followed any of the work on the WCF Web API, then you know how awesome this stuff is. This is its new home but you can still self host just like you could before. We are talking about a Web API that is heavily Convention-Over-Configuration based! Gone are the days of looking through a myriad of documentation as to how to setup your web.config file. Those days are over and you will be surprised at how nice the new stack is.



    Presented by Matthew Duffield:


    Matt Duffield has over 15 years working in IT, he enjoys building rich user centric applications. Matt is very active in the community speaking at user groups and code camps. He is an INETA speaker member and has been a Microsoft MVP in Client Application Development. He started working in .NET as soon as it was available to the development community and was also an early adopter of both WPF and Silverlight. He believes good business intelligence (BI) architecture is the formula for a successful software package that looks beyond just data and provides insightful information. He is the co-author of the book: Silverlight 5: Building Rich Enterprise Dashboards. His blog can be found at http://mattduffield.wordpress.com. You can follow him on Twitter at @mattduffield.
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  3. Javascript: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

    March 14, 2012

    Considered one of the worlds most misunderstood programming languages in some circles and at the same time being among the most popular in others, Javascript holds its fair share of good, bad and ugly parts. In this presentation Terrance will shine some light on the good while showing how to work around some of the bad and the ugly. Get a good whiff of Javascript  and bask in it with Terrance.

     

    About Terrance Smith

    In addition to being  a software developer who has worked in the web most of his professional career, Terrance Smith is a father, musician, gamer, veteran and all around nerd (and darn proud). When not he's not busy with his daughter or at work, you can find him programming in the shiniest looking thing holding his attention at the moment blogging at musicm122.blogspot.com, posting on google plus or lurking on stackoverflow.

     

     

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    City: Columbia
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  4. The Ultimate Stack

    February 08, 2012

    Join Nick Harrison as he shows you his favorite architecture stack for building web applications. You will learn how to use the following technologies together: NHibernate / SharpArch, T4, Automapper, MVC, jQuery. By combining these frameworks, I will demonstrate how to build a functional web application from the database up.

     

    About Nick Harrison

    Nick Harrison is a software architect who has worked with the .Net framework since its original release. His interests are varied and span much of the breadth of the framework itself. On most day, you can find him trying to find balance between his technical curiosities and family / personal life.

     

     

    Street: 151 Powell Rd
    City: Columbia
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    State: South Carolina

  5. Data Mining with Excel 2010 and PowerPivot

    January 11, 2012

    Excel 2010 provides a world-class platform for enterprise decision making. This presentation introduces the decision-making ability possible with the free Excel add-ins for PowerPivot and SQL Server Data Mining. The data mining is a service hosted in Microsoft's Analysis Services, but the Excel add-in exposes the enterprise-strength server technology to analysts and executives. This talk introduces some functions from the "Analyze" and “Data Mining” tabs, including data mining model creation from Excel data. Having seen this presentation some had thought it was all Excel since the functions seem so seamless. The Excel interface provides a familiar way for professionals to make actionable decisions.

    About the Speaker

    Mark Tabladillo (MVP, SAS Expert) has been an information technology professional since 1998, and has a primary career consulting with companies across the United States and around the world. Mark's business mission is to empower and inspire executives, architects and developers with insights from data mining, predictive analytics and business intelligence to make actionable decisions. Mark shares his thoughts on his professional blog at http://marktab.net

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  6. The Legend of Lambda

    December 14, 2011

    The Legend of Lambda

    Lambda expressions are a powerful feature of C#, one that can be wielded for good or evil. Attend this session for an adventure through the evolution of the C# language, from the depths of the delegate keyword to the expressiveness of the lambda expression. I will show you how anyone can easily learn to wield and empower code with lambda expressions. It's dangerous to go alone! Take this: =>.

    Biography

    Chris Eargle is a Telerik Developer Evangelist, Microsoft Most Valuable Professional – C#, and two-time INETA Community Champion from Columbia, SC, USA. He has over a decade of experience designing and developing enterprise applications, and he runs the local .NET User Group: the Columbia Enterprise Developers Guild. He is a frequent guest of conferences and community events promoting best practices and new technologies. His blog, kodefuguru.com, has been featured on ASP.NET, MSDN, and Reddit.

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  7. Build cool devices controlled by your phone!

    November 09, 2011

    Two years ago, Dan built a water cannon aimed and controlled by Windows Phone 7 / WCF / MEF / Arduino / IIS Live Smooth Streaming.  Last summer, Dan rebuilt the squirt gun using the netduino and the .net micro framework.  This presentation will focus on the C# .net object oriented code in VS2010 for the squirt gun and other cool projects.  Dan will focus on the software, but also present the .net microcontroller and the hardware to make it all work.  He built a device that uses servos to aim a squirt gun anywhere in the pool area!!  IIS Live Smooth Streaming video is used so that Dan can nail his kids with a high powered spray from the office or anywhere.  Spraying the kids is as easy as touching the position on the screen where they are located.  Come to the meeting to learn how to integrate custom hardware with your software.  Dan will also show you how he turned his Android phone into a remote control device for his garage door opener.

    Speaker - Dan Thyer

    Dan is CTO and managing partner of Logical Advantage.  Logical Advantage is a software consulting company that provides software consulting services, full SDLC services and technical workforce management services.  Dan has over 15 years of professional experience with utilizing a variety of Microsoft-driven technologies.  Prior to his professional experience he was having fun writing software in high school and started integrating with hardware on the Commodore 64.  Dan has duel degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering. 

    Street: 151 Powell Rd
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    Country: USA
    State: South Carolina