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January 2012 - TVUG News and Events

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  • UX Design Essentials Class

    Everett McKay is hosting another UX Design Essentials class in Burlington this February 13-15.  If you are interested, he's knocking off a few bucks for TVUG members, bringing the cost down to $1200.  If you're interested in attending, contact Everett through his site and tell him you're from TVUG!

  • February Meeting, Wednesday Februrary 15th - ASP.NET MVC 3

    Where: Tyler Technologies, Latham, NY
    When: Wednesday February 15th, 2012, 6:30-8:30PM
    Who: Joseph Payette, Jr.


    Please note we are meeting on Wednesday the 15th instead of Tuesday the 14th!

    Topic: ASP.NET MVC 3

    ASP.NET MVC gives you a powerful, patterns-based way to build dynamic websites that enables a clean separation of concerns and that gives you full control over markup for enjoyable, agile development. ASP.NET MVC includes many features that enable fast, TDD-friendly development for creating sophisticated applications that use the latest web standards.

    Presenter Bio

    As co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Greane Tree Technology, Joseph Payette, Jr., leads his team of Agile software developers to create custom, standards-based, web, database, mobile and enterprise software. Joe and his team have enjoyed applying their ingenuity and skill to systems as diverse as a statistical tool for an international drywall manufacturer, a player-ranking system for a leading online gaming platform, a community-building database for technology companies, and a reservations system for New York City nightlife. Joe earned a B.S. in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and has many years of experience in all phases of software development, including analysis, architecture, coding and quality control. Joe is expert in technologies such as Ruby on Rails, .NET, PHP, Java, C++, AJAX, MySQL, and MSSQL, but he is always on the lookout for new tools to help Greane Tree Technology communicate more clearly, work more efficiently, and meet customer specifications more elegantly. Joe is an active contributor to area user groups, including the Tech Valley Ruby Brigade, the Tech Valley .NET User Group, the Capital District Linux User Group, and the Capital District Java Developers Network

  • January Meeting, Wednesday January 11th - Developing Metro-style Applications in Windows 8

    Where: Tyler Technologies, Latham, NY
    When: Wednesday January 11th, 2012, 6:30-8:30PM
    Who: John McConnell


    Update: John's session code can be found here.

    Please note we are meeting on Wednesday the 11th instead of Tuesday the 10th!

    Topic: Developing Metro-style Applications in Windows 8

    Microsoft's announcement of Windows 8 represents a major change in the Windows development landscape, with the inclusion of HTML/CSS/JavaScript as first-class development languages for Windows "Metro" applications. This presentation will explore the new Windows 8 architecture and development practices for Metro apps, and will focus on the new Windows Runtime and Windows Javascript libraries, which are central to Metro application development. Come watch John fumble-finger his way to building a Metro style application before your very eyes.

    Presenter Bio

    John McConnell is currently an Enterprise Architect at Fletcher Allen Health Care, where he has also been a Windows Systems Engineer and ASP.Net web developer since 2001. He also teaches at Champlain College and runs Faster Than Light Technologies, a health-care and technology consulting firm. Prior to working at Fletcher Allen, he worked in Information Technology at companies from the very large (a Fortune 5 company) to the very small (a company of 25 consultants). He has worked in Redmond, WA as part of the Microsoft Exchange development team, and has developed and supported mission-critical WinForms, WPF and ASP.Net web applications for more than twenty years in a variety of industries and disciplines. John lives in Middlesex, VT with his wife and three daughters, two cats he pretends to dislike, and a fat raccoon he would kill if only he could catch the SOB. He lives on twitter at john0831vt and blogs at http://john0831.wordpress.com 

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