Past
Gigs
June 24, 2008
.NET 3.5 Language Enhancements
Presented By: Daniel Pratt
Held at: Kominsky Hall, Husson College, Bangor
Summary:
LINQ gets all the attention these days, but it's only one of a long list of
enhancements added to C# and VB.NET in .NET 3.5 / Visual Studio 2008. In this
talk, Daniel showed how the new features will change the way you
program in .NET.
Resources:
Coming soon
May 27, 2008
Heroes Happen Here -- 2008 Product Mini-Launch
Presented By: Jeff Hall and Greg Howe
Held at: Kominsky Hall, Husson College, Bangor
Summary:
In this
gig, we ran long and rushed the end, but there was just so much
to do to introduce the 2008 series of products and show what they do, including how your
development efforts will be easier and more powerful. We talked about web
improvements and also SQL Server 2008, and touched on Windows Server 2008's
new IIS7. We gave away a lot of cool stuff and had fun with it all.
Resources:
Coming soon
April 22, 2008
Step Into The Silverlight
Presented By: Chris Bowen, Microsoft
Held at: Kominsky Hall, Husson College, Bangor
Summary:
In this talk,
Chris introduced the concepts behind Silverlight, what it does, when you might use it in your web applications, and how to use it.
We saw some of the interesting ways customers are using Silverlight to improve the user experience of their web applications. We dove into both Silverlight 1.0 and 2.0 and showed some of the development experience using Visual Studio 2008.
Resources:
Silverlight website
April 1, 2008 (reschedule of March 25 date)
Converting VB6 Apps to .NET
Presented By: Eric Burdo
Held at: Hampton Inn, Bangor
Summary:
You feel
stuck in VB6 land...there is all this .NET stuff people are talking about. You
know you want to get there, but what does it take? Eric showed how to make the jump from VB6 to .NET and find out some of the pros and cons
to converting your older apps.
Resources:
Upgrading from VB Classic to VB.NET
March 4, 2008 (reschedule of February 26 date)
AJAX: What It Is, How Cool It Is and How You Can Use It Today
Presented By: Greg Howe
Held at: Hampton Inn, Bangor
Summary:
You've heard the
buzzword, and know it isn't just for cleaning anymore. But did you know that
you don't need a lot of ASP.NET programming experience and knowledge to use it in
your web apps today? And that with some simple programming you
can make a site more interactive and full of pizzazz to be like the big sites?
Greg spoke about:
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What AJAX is and what it isn't
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How some big sites are using it
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The AJAX Control Toolkit
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How to create a new AJAX-ified web app
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How to AJAX-ify your existing web apps
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How to take AJAX to the next level
Resources:
Greg Howe's PowerPoint Presentation
(lots of additional resources on final few slides)
AJAX Web Service used in demo (returns random Double)
AJAX Demo Site (both UpdatePanel and Next Level demos)