Metro Toronto .NET

Toronto Code Camp 2008

User Group Leader — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:20:38 GMT

Date:
Saturday March 1st, 2008

Event Description:
In case you aren't familiar with Code Camps, they are designed to provide a forum for the developer community to speak, network and share ideas. In recent years, many user groups had lost the participation of their members for presentations. This core principle has been overshadowed by commercial aspects and user groups have really drifted from their fundamental purpose. The main tenets of a Code Camp are:

By and For the Developer Community: Code Camps are about the developer community at large. They are meant to be a place for developers to come and learn from their peers. Topics are always based on community interest and never determined by anyone other than the community.
Always Free: Code Camps are always free for attendees.
Community Developed Material: The materials of a Code Camps are always developed by the community. Only original content is accepted. All presentation content must be provided completely (including code) without any restrictions.
No Fluff - only Code: Code Camps are code & demo centric, not marketing materials and management overviews.
Community Ownership: All are welcome to attend and speak and do so without expectation of payment or any other compensation other than their participation in the community.
Never occurs during work hours: Code Camps always occur on weekends. This is to increase participation without impacting “work hours”.

Our last event was a huge success with over 350 attendees, 25 sessions, 24 speakers, 20+ volunteers and contributors including Manulife Financial, Microsoft, ObjectSharp Consulting, Infusion, Navantis, DevTeach, etc. This year we will continue to build on the success of the prior Code Camps and increase the number of attendees and make the event an even greater critical and logistical success.

[Details and Registration on www.torontocodecamp.net]

June 13, 2007 - Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) @ Metro Toronto .NET User Group

User Group Leader — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 20:16:09 GMT

June 13, 2007 (EST) - Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
speaker: Sheldon Fernandez - Infusion Development
location: 200 Bloor Street East Toronto (Manulife Financial) - International A

The Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) represents one of the most significant architectural changes to the Windows Operating System since its inception. Specifically, it replaces the ‘HWND’ windowing technology that has been used by Windows since the release of the original Windows Operating System in 1985. In addition to this architectural revamp, WPF gives developers a number of powerful tools in creating savvy and sophisticated GUI applications: XML authoring by means of XAML, Vector Graphics, Document Management, Styles & Animation, Media file support and 3D programming. In this lecture, author and industry guru Sheldon Fernandez will examine the exciting facets of Microsoft’s emerging GUI technology.

To Register

http://www.metrotorontoug.com/User+Group+Events/462.aspx

Sheldon’s Bio
Sheldon Fernandez graduated from the University of Waterloo in 2001 with a degree in Computer Engineering. As a student he won provincial and national awards for his design of the ‘Dynamic Infrared Photoretinoscopy system’, a product for ascertaining the eyesight of children who could communicate with an Optometrist.
After graduation, Sheldon joined a team of Waterloo graduates and co-founded Infusion Development’s Toronto office. While at Infusion, he has developed software for Silicon Valley startups, as well as financial and medical institutions the U.S. and Canada. He has worked with Microsoft technology for many years and has taught numerous aspects of the .NET Framework to a variety of companies, including some of the world’s largest banks and government agencies.
In addition to being a renowned speaker and trainer, Sheldon is also a published author; having been the primary writer of Infusion’s CodeNotes computer book series and the chief researcher on Applying COM+, a definitive work on Microsoft’s enterprise component technology prior to the .NET Framework.
Today, Sheldon is a Director at Infusion Development, and CTO of Infusion Angels, an early seed firm that attempts to foster economic growth in Canada by providing students and entrepreneurs with the critical resources needed to take their ideas, concepts and solutions to market. In addition, he continues to be closely involved with the University of Waterloo in an academic capacity as an Adjunct Lecturer for the Waterloo School of Optometry.

About Infusion Development
Infusion Development is a dynamic, IT consulting and software development firm with offices in New York City, Boston, Toronto and London. Founded in 1998, the company has enjoyed significant success since its inception, growing steadily while building an impressive client list that includes the world's largest banks and government agencies.
Infusion specializes in architecting, designing and implementing enterprise-scale and mission-critical applications. Customers also turn to Infusion for training, mentoring, and technical writing services, with many of our white papers being published on the MSDN. Infusion also authored the Random House CodeNotes™ book series, and we count among our staff numerous published authors, renowned industry speakers and technology experts. Infusion is also a key Microsoft Gold Certified Partner focused on new and emerging technologies. We are one of Microsoft’s “goto” partners for evangelism, architecture design sessions, and strategically important proofs of concepts.
Infusion’s continued success can be attributed to the entrepreneurial spirit of its employees. We employ an organic growth strategy allowing our employees to rise to whatever heights they wish within our organization, based solely on attitude and demonstrated aptitude. In addition, we as a firm are committed to fostering employee growth by way of training and other career enhancement opportunities. For more information please check out our website at www.infusiondev.com

Metro Toronto - March 20, 2007 - Fundamentals of Windows WorkFlow Foundation (WF)

User Group Leader — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 04:04:00 GMT

Don't miss this event on Fundamentals of Windows WorkFlow Foundation (WF).
This presentation will include demos and discussions of the newly released
Windows WorkFlow Foundation component of .NET 3.0.

Business workflows and how they can be designed and implemented using the WF framework will be discussed and demoed.
Discussions will also include how Windows Workflow Foundation together with BizTalk Server can be used to build a workflow/integration solution.

For More information and Registration:
http://www.metrotorontoug.com/User+Group+Events/379.aspx

Matt Meleski is a .Net Consultant specializing in application integration and instructor with Objectsharp Consulting based in Toronto. Matt is also a BizTalk Server MVP. His blog can be found here:
(http://objectsharp.com/cs/blogs/matt/).

Metro Toronto - Feb 12/07 - WCF and Transactions

User Group Leader — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 03:15:00 GMT

Don't miss this event on Windows Communications Foundation (WCF) and Transactions.

By now, many of you know that Windows Communications Foundation (WCF) is the next phase in the ‘servicification’ of the .NET platform. Through WCF, it is possible to build secure and reliable connected system, something which has been a challenge to this point. However, there is an aspect of WCF which allows connected systems to easily progress beyond what was available in the past – transactions. While transactions have been used by developers at the database level for years, they have not been readily available to the developers of distributed applications. And this is something that WCF has changed. In this session, we look at the problems that developers have had working with transactions in Web services and, most importantly, how WCF can be used to solve this often overlooked problem.

For More information and Registration:

http://www.metrotorontoug.com/User+Group+Events/378.aspx

January 11, 2007 - Why Developers Love Windows SharePoint Services - Eli Robillard

User Group Leader — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 04:39:00 GMT

January 11, 2007 (EST) - Why Developers Love Windows Sharepoint Services (WSS)
speaker: Eli Robillard - Eidenai Innovations
location: 200 Bloor Street East Toronto (Manulife Financial) - International A

Don't miss this event on Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) 3.0.

WSS 3.0 is a free extension to Windows Server 2003 and makes possible a whole new way of designing and developing enterprise applications. Office SharePoint Server 2007 extends WSS 3.0 with a wealth of new capabilities. As a developer, learn why SharePoint deserves your attention and see how to take advantage of its capabilities to make your job simpler and more interesting in 2007 and beyond.

http://www.metrotorontoug.com/User+Group+Events/default.aspx

Eli Robillard is SharePoint Practice Lead at Eidenai Innovations.

SharePoint Portal Server MVP

A founder and past-chair of the ASPInsiders.

Author and technical editor of SharePoint books,

Leads the Toronto SharePoint User Group.

Website: http://www.erobillard.com

Weblog: http://weblogs.asp.net/erobillard

Toronto Code Camp 2007

User Group Leader — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 21:47:00 GMT

Date:
Saturday March 31st, 2007

Are you a developer interested in improving your .NET skills? Then this is the event to attend. The Second Annual Toronto Code Camp promises to be the biggest and best community owned event we've ever had. This free one day seminar with 25 code intensive technical sessions is designed to guide the developer to the next skill level. The focus of a Code Camp is to deliver programming information and sample code that can be used immediately. All training, slides, manuals and demo code are provided free of charge!

Without the support of our generous contributors an event like this would not be possible so I encourage you to visit their sites.

For more information and to register visit http://www.torontocodecamp.net

Thursday December 07, 2006 - Unified Communication (UC) Discovery Session - Metro Toronto .NET User Group

User Group Leader — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 14:09:00 GMT

speaker: Ali Rohani - Microsoft Corporation
location: 200 Bloor Street East Toronto (Manulife Financial) - International A

Don't miss this event on Unified Communication (UC) Discovery Session.

Presentation is from 6:30-8:30pm
Doors are open at 6pm for registration and snacks.

Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 unified messaging
Microsoft Office Communicator 2007
Microsoft Office Live Meeting
Microsoft Office RoundTable
Microsoft Office Communicator

To Register:

http://www.metrotorontoug.com/User+Group+Events/321.aspx

Ali Rohani

As technical lead for Unified Communications Group (UCG - Americas), Ali is responsible for ensuring an excellent customer and partner experience with UCG products, such as Microsoft® Office Live Communication Server™ and Microsoft® Office Live Meeting™.

www.microsoft.com/uc

Monday November 20, 2006 - Gadgets, Vista Sidebar, and Live.com - Metro Toronto .NET User Group

User Group Leader — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 13:41:00 GMT

speaker: Scott Howlett & Noorez Khamis - imason inc
location: 200 Bloor Street East Toronto (Manulife Financial) - International A

Don't miss this event on Gadgets, Vista Sidebar, and Live.com .

Presentation is from 6:30-8:30pm
Doors are open at 6pm for registration and snacks.

Gadgets are a new type of mini-application used to provide information at a users fingertips. They are usually compact and focus on a single task at hand. There are different types of gadgets including Information Gadgets, Utility Gadgets and Application Gadgets. This session will give an introductory view to Sidebar gadgets in the new Windows Vista Operating System as well as Web Gadgets that are used in sites such as Live.com. This session will also focus on the different technologies used to develop Gadgets. Included in the presentation will be live demos on how to develop Sidebar and Live.com gadgets.

To Register:

http://www.metrotorontoug.com/User+Group+Events/319.aspx

Scott Howlett is a Founding Partner at imason inc; He is also a Microsoft Regional Director, and a Media Center and Windows Mobile enthusiast with a passion for wake boarding and snow boarding.

Noorez Khamis is an experienced software architecture with expertise in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Vista Gadgets as well as SharePoint Portal 2003. Noorez is a Microsoft Certified Solution Developer.

www.imason.com

Thursday October 12, 2006 - Reporting Services 2005 - Metro Toronto .NET User Group

User Group Leader — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 13:26:00 GMT

speaker: Colin Bowern - Official Community
location: 200 Bloor Street East Toronto (Manulife Financial) - International A

Don't miss this event on Reporting Services 2005.

Presentation is from 6:30-8:30pm
Doors are open at 6pm for registration and snacks.

To Register click Read More below:

SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services unlocks and enables users to analyze valuable data in structured and ad-hoc formats. We'll get in-depth with Reporting Services by building out several examples. Through these examples we'll show you how to take advantage of subscriptions, different report types, models, pull/push delivery. In addition we'll highlight the various ways Reporting Services can be integrated into your applications as well as extended to meet your specific needs.

To Register:

http://www.metrotorontoug.com/User+Group+Events/318.aspx

Colin Bowern is the VP of Technology at officialCOMMUNITY in Toronto.
Colin and the team help artists understand how to leverage and make better decisions on how to build their online community using technology.
Colin has been a past speaker at our User Group, Toronto Code Camp, in the MSDN web casts as well as the TechNet Tour series in Canada.

http://www.officialCOMMUNITY.com

Metro Toronto and TVBUG Combined Meeting - Windows Communication Foundation - April 12

User Group Leader — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 13:15:00 GMT

Date:
Wednesday, April 12, 2006

Topic:
MSDN User Group Tour: Windows Presentation Foundation

Speaker:
Jerome Carron, Microsoft Canada

The Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation (formerly code named "Avalon") provides the foundation for building applications and high fidelity experiences in Windows Vista, blending together application UI, documents, and media content, while exploiting the full power of your computer. If you haven’t had a chance of working with WPF yet this is going to be a great way to explore Windows Presentation Foundation using an application we wrote that not only demonstrates the power of WPF but showcases some interesting integration with other Windows products and technologies (We’ll highlight technologies like UPNP, Windows Media Connect, Windows Sockets and a Roku SoundBridge M1000).

For more information please visit the Metro Toronto .NET User Group.