Next Meeting: Lunch with .NET - August 25, 2008
Time: 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Location: Auburn Montgomery (AUM) Taylor Center, Room 214
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Topic: Embrace Open Source on CodePlex
Presenter: Sara Ford, Program Manager for CodePlex.Com at Microsoft
Embrace Open Source on CodePlex - a look at the codeplex feature set, how codeplex operates, what projects we host, and why Microsoft is doing this open source thing. CodePlex is Microsoft's open source project hosting web site. You can use CodePlex to create new projects to share with the world, join others who have already started their own projects, or use the applications on this site and provide feedback.
September 11, 2008
Time: 6:00 PM to 7:45 PM
Topic: LINQ in Action
Presenter: Jim Wooley, Microsoft MVP and author of the book "LINQ in Action"
LINQ, Language INtegrated Query, is a new extension to the Visual Basic and C# programming languages designed to simplify data queries and database interaction. It addresses O/R mapping issues by making query operations like SQL statements part of the programming language. Adding to its power, LINQ is extensible and can be used to query various data sources. It offers built-in support for querying in-memory collections like arrays or lists, XML, DataSets, and relational databases. Jim Wooley has been working with .Net since PDC 2000 and has been actively evangelizing LINQ since its announcement in 2005. He leads the Atlanta VB Study Group and serves as INETA Membership Manager for the Georgia region.
September 15, 2008
Time: 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Topic: MSDN Roadshow
Presenter: Microsoft
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