BUILD is a new event that shows modern hardware and software developers how to take advantage of the future of Windows. Learn how to work with the all new touch-centric user experience to create fast, fluid, and dynamic applications that leverage the power and flexibility of the core of Windows. Hear how the UI was designed to work seamlessly with a diversity of devices and form factors. Go behind the scenes and learn all about the new app model that allows you to create powerful new apps. All while retaining the ability to use your existing apps. Web-connected and web-powered apps built using HTML5 and JavaScript have access to the power of the PC. Touch-optimized browsing, with the full power of hardware-accelerated Internet Explorer 10 transforms your experiences with the web. BUILD is the first place to dive deep into the future of Windows. Learn more

Building Business Application in Silverlight 4 When: Thursday, March 10th, 5:45pm – 7:30pm Where: AUM Clement Hall (Business Building) Room 208 Presenter: Bruce Thomas, Microsoft MVP
The Silverlight platform is an exciting development environment to build rich internet applications (RIAs). RIAs have quickly [...]

Have you been looking for the best place to learn all about how to develop for Microsoft’s new Windows Phone 7 platform? Well, Microsoft is getting ready to launch a series of events on the east coast to satisfy your cravings for Windows Phone 7 information. Join the upcoming Firestarter and Phone Garage events [...]

Come out Thursday, July 29th and see some of the exciting new advances and features of Visual Studio 2010 at the local community launch event! I’ll be presenting several different topics so I hope one or more pique your interest. In addition, if you are in Atlanta tomorrow (Wednesday, July 28th) check out the Windows [...]

The Montgomery Area .NET User Group meeting is tonight starting at 6PM. The location is AUM (College of Business, 210 Clement Hall). I’ll be speaking on building composable application using the Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) in Silverlight 4.
Hope to see you there!
Updated: Due to the fact that we ran out of time and [...]

 

I’ll be speaking at the Huntsville User Group on June 8th. The meeting starts at 6 pm. If you are in the area join us!
About MEF The Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) provides a standard way to create composable applications that can be maintained and extended after they have been deployed. Using [...]

MSDN, SharePoint and Code Camp! Lots of great upcoming .NET events.  Register early for these events to insure your seat!

MSDN Events Presents: The Southern Fried Roadshow, Fall 2009 Tour December 9, 2009, 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM CST (Welcome [...]

Microsoft Evangelist Glen Gordon, Chad Brooks, and Brian Hitney are cooking up some tasty treats with their southern fried show. This time around they headed to Huntsville on March 11th and Birmingham March 12th!
The topics will be Oslo and M, ASP.NET and jQuery, and a monster debugging talk!
Every attendee will receive a free MS [...]

It’s that time again!!! The date is set for Version 7 of the Alabama Code Camp. This time we are back in Montgomery at the Auburn Montgomery Campus (AUM). If you are up for another all day geek fest then join us for lots of developer-oriented tracks, code sessions, great give-a-ways, and all-around fun. As [...]

Attend the MSDN Developer Conference for a glimpse into the future of the Microsoft Application Platform. You will experience Microsoft’s vision for Cloud Computing and building applications that seamlessly bridge the gaps between PC, Web, and phone. Be among the first to see the full range of advances in Windows 7, the next major version [...]