As developers, we all have our favorite utilities, some used occasionally and then there are others that we refuse to work without. We might not use all of them everyday, but a good developer should know his options when the need arises.
Yes, it is possible to develop, using C# or VB, a core set of libraries that can be leveraged across WinRT, WinForms, WPF, Silverlight, ASP.NET, Windows Phone, Mono (Linux, Mac, Android, iOS). This can be done using Visual Studio 2010 (an extension) and Visual Studio 2012 (built in).
The Microsoft Kinect peripheral is the fastest selling gadget of all time, selling more than 9,000,000 units in its first 60 days.
Developing your own game can be a daunting task. In this session, you’ll see how easy it is to get started from scratch with XNA Game Studio 4.0, the latest version of Microsoft’s multi-platform game creation toolkit.
UPDATE: Presentation materials and slide desks are here.
Chris Koenig will discuss Windows Phone Database
Amir Rajan will discuss REST and BackBone.js
Attendees at Wednesday's meeting (4 Jan 2012) have a chance at winning a Kinect!
Chris Love will discuss How HTML5 and the Cloud Will Make You a Mobile Champion
Building a dynamic website involves a number of different technologies, including some sort of database, some web application framework, html, css and javascript. Some developers are good at all of these but most are just familiar with a few (if any).
Chander Dhall will discuss Algorithms and Patterns in C#, .NET
Amir Rajan will discuss Get Things Done with dynamic ASP.NET MVC
Keyvan Nayyeri will discuss Parallel Programming in .NET
Casey Watson will discuss Simplifying Package Management with NuGet
David Penton will discuss Web Security - How Secure Am I?
Tim Rayburn will discuss HTTP + WCP != Pain.
Todd Anglin will discuss Getting familiar with HTML 5.
David O'Hara will discuss Fluid Domain Models.
Matt Brock will discuss continuous integration principles and how they integrate with modern software development practices. It is demo heavy and will cover how to setup, configure and use CI tools to create a development system that promotes high quality software and supports continuous delivery.
David Penton will give an overview of the NoSQL movement and what it *might* mean for traditional database developers. What are folks really looking for with a NoSQL database? Then MongoDB installation, basic usage, and .NET drivers. Examples with NoRM will be used.