When: Tuesday, August 4th, 2009 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Where: HCC Business Training Center, 6751 Columbia Gateway Drive, MD, 21046

Topic: LINQ From The Ground Up

In this practical demonstration of LINQ we'll look at what makes language integrated query work. Bring your questions and thinking cap to this fast and fun journey through interfaces, extension methods, and lambda expressions, and see how to apply this wonderful technology to everyday business problems and not just traditional data queries.

Presenter: Scott Allen

Scott Allen is a founder of OdeToCode and a member of the Pluralsight technical staff. Scott has over 15 years of commercial software development in areas ranging from 8 bit embedded systems to highly scalable web applications. He is a Microsoft MVP, a frequent speaker at international conferences, and writes the Extreme ASP.NET column for MSDN magazine. You can reach Scott on his blog at http://www.OdeToCode.com/blogs/scott/, or on Twitter as @OdeToCode.

For more information about the meeting, please visit the CMAP website.

For anyone interested in eating lunch with a bunch of "Geeks", we will be meeting at Panera Bread Company this Wednesday, July 8th.

I am planning on being there around 11:45am.

This is a very informal gathering. There is no set time for this to start or end.

The address for the restaurant is below.  Hope to see everyone there.

Panera Bread Company
Dobbin Center
6435 Dobbin Road, Columbia, 21045
(410) 772-8632

Please visit the Yahoo Upcoming event and RSVP if you think you may attend.  This is only to get a feeling on how many people may attend.

http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/3017550/

Thanks

Chris

When: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Where: HCC Business Training Center, 6751 Columbia Gateway Drive, Columbia, MD 21046

Topic: A Lap Around Silverlight 3

Exactly two years ago, on 7/7/7, Pete and a coworker flipped the switch on the first managed code Silverlight application ever to go into production. Silverlight sure has come a long way since then. Join us for a lap around the new features in Silverlight 3 ranging from business application development to rich media, validation, navigation and out of browser support, plus a little fun stuff thrown in for grins. If you're new to Silverlight 3, or new to Silverlight itself, you'll want to join us for this end-to-end look at Microsoft's RIA platform.

Presenter: Pete Brown

Pete Brown is a Microsoft Silverlight MVP, an INETA speaker, and a RIA Architect for Applied Information Sciences in the Washington, DC area.

From his first sprite graphics and custom character sets on the Commodore 64 to 3D modeling and design through to Silverlight, Surface, XNA, and WPF, Pete has always had a deep interest in programming, design, and user experience. His involvement in Silverlight goes back to the Silverlight 1.1 alpha application that he co-wrote and put into production in July 2007. Pete has been programming for fun since 1984, and professionally since 1992.

In his spare time, Pete enjoys programming, blogging, designing and building his own woodworking projects and raising his two children with his wife in the suburbs of Maryland. Pete's blog is at http://www.irritatedVowel.com/Blog, and you can follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/pete_brown.

For more information about the meeting, please visit the CMAP website.

When: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Where: HCC Business Training Center, 6751 Columbia Gateway Drive, Columbia, MD 21046

Topic: A Lap Around Silverlight 3

Exactly two years ago, on 7/7/7, Pete and a coworker flipped the switch on the first managed code Silverlight application ever to go into production. Silverlight sure has come a long way since then. Join us for a lap around the new features in Silverlight 3 ranging from business application development to rich media, validation, navigation and out of browser support, plus a little fun stuff thrown in for grins. If you're new to Silverlight 3, or new to Silverlight itself, you'll want to join us for this end-to-end look at Microsoft's RIA platform.

Presenter: Pete Brown

Pete Brown is a Microsoft Silverlight MVP, an INETA speaker, and a RIA Architect for Applied Information Sciences in the Washington, DC area.

From his first sprite graphics and custom character sets on the Commodore 64 to 3d modeling and design through to Silverlight, Surface, Xna, and WPF, Pete has always had a deep interest in programming, design, and user experience. His involvement in Silverlight goes back to the Silverlight 1.1 alpha application that he co-wrote and put into production in July 2007. Pete has been programming for fun since 1984, and professionally since 1992.

In his spare time, Pete enjoys programming, blogging, designing and building his own woodworking projects and raising his two children with his wife in the suburbs of Maryland. Pete's blog is at http://www.irritatedVowel.com/Blog, and you can follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/pete_brown.

For more information about the meeting, please visit the CMAP website.