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

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

Topic: Moving Your Application to Silverlight

In this presentation we will take a look at the basics of Silverlight and how to put it all together to create an application. We will look at the Silverlight controls and layout, blend, navigation, data handling and communication including web services and the entity framework. We will finish with a brief look at styling and theming.

Presenter: John Baird

John Baird began his computer programming career while in the US Navy. In 1982, he helped form and direct the first PC-based computer processing department for training and manpower in the Department of Defense. After leaving the military in 1988, John began a varied career as a consultant developing business applications ranging from computer-based training to vertical market software for resellers.
Today, John is working for the industry leader in financial software for fund administration. John was recently awarded MVP status for device application development.

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

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

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

Topic: Moving Your Application to Silverlight

In this presentation we will take a look at the basics of Silverlight and how to put it all together to create an application. We will look at the Silverlight controls and layout, blend, navigation, data handling and communication including web services and the entity framework. We will finish with a brief look at styling and theming.

Presenter: John Baird

John Baird began his computer programming career while in the US Navy. In 1982, he helped form and direct the first PC-based computer processing department for training and manpower in the Department of Defense. After leaving the military in 1988, John began a varied career as a consultant developing business applications ranging from computer-based training to vertical market software for resellers.
Today, John is working for the industry leader in financial software for fund administration. John was recently awarded MVP status for device application development.

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

When: Tuesday, September 1st, 2009 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM

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

Topic: Sketching on a Screen: Using Blend 3 and Sketchflow to Gather Requirements and Begin Development of WPF and Silverlight Applications

Sketchflow is a new application released with Expression Blend for wire framing, sketching, and prototyping applications.  This session will be an interactive view at the process of wire framing.  The group will work together to develop an application sketch, while learning about Sketchflow, Blend 3, design time data, and designer developer workflow.   This session is meant as an interactive deep dive with lots of participation.

Presenter: Michael Wolf

A thirteen year veteran of developing web applications, Michael was an early adopter of Rich Internet technologies, developing solutions for initial betas of ASP.net, AJAX , Microsoft WPF/Silverlight, and the Microsoft Surface. As Principal Architect for Cynergy’s Microsoft practice Michael has presented on stage with Microsoft at both MIX 09 as well as TechEd 09.  Michael has also been cited and or contributed several white papers on Silverlight and WPF. In addition acting as Technical Lead Michael’s team won the first Microsoft Phizzpop National Design Challenge, beating a field of 30 of the top design firms in the country. Michael has also developed several enterprise WPF / Silverlight / Surface applications for companies from Startups , to Broadcast Television, to Microsoft.  Michael is an active member of the Silverlight and WPF community via blogs and user group presentations, as well as a member of the Silverlight/WPF insiders and Blend insiders group.

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

When: Tuesday, September 1st, 2009 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM

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

Topic: Sketching on a Screen: Using Blend 3 and Sketchflow to Gather Requirements and Begin Development of WPF and Silverlight Applications

Sketchflow is a new application released with Expression Blend for wire framing, sketching, and prototyping applications.  This session will be an interactive view at the process of wire framing.  The group will work together to develop an application sketch, while learning about Sketchflow, Blend 3, design time data, and designer developer workflow.   This session is meant as an interactive deep dive with lots of participation.

Presenter: Michael Wolf

A thirteen year veteran of developing web applications, Michael was an early adopter of Rich Internet technologies, developing solutions for initial betas of ASP.net, AJAX , Microsoft WPF/Silverlight, and the Microsoft Surface. As Principal Architect for Cynergy’s Microsoft practice Michael has presented on stage with Microsoft at both MIX 09 as well as TechEd 09.  Michael has also been cited and or contributed several white papers on Silverlight and WPF. In addition acting as Technical Lead Michael’s team won the first Microsoft Phizzpop National Design Challenge, beating a field of 30 of the top design firms in the country. Michael has also developed several enterprise WPF / Silverlight / Surface applications for companies from Startups , to Broadcast Television, to Microsoft.  Michael is an active member of the Silverlight and WPF community via blogs and user group presentations, as well as a member of the Silverlight/WPF insiders and Blend insiders group.

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

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.

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.

When: Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009 from 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM

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

Topic: Dissecting DevEvents.com: A Look at a Real World .NET MVC Implementation

The ASP.NET MVC Framework provides a powerful Model View Controller (MVC) approach to building web applications, and provides separation of concerns, increased testability, control over HTML output, and intuitive URLs. We will start by looking at building a model framework with LINQ to SQL, including validation and model binding. Then, we'll explore a custom generics-based repository and services implementation. Finally, we'll tie it all together with a look at Views and jQuery.

Presenter: Steve Andrews

Steve Andrews is a Team System MVP and INETA speaker, and has been working as a developer for more than 9 years. During this time, he has designed and developed applications in such widely varying areas as trust accounting, medical information management, supply chain management, and retail systems. Steve is also a MCTS, ICSOO, and community fanatic.

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