Topic: Introduction to jQuery

jQuery is a newer JavaScript library/framework, backed by Microsoft with the inclusion in Visual Studio, as well as fueled by passionate, energetic jQuery Plugin developers.  Jessy Houle is excited to present an introduction to jQuery, covering Selectors, the Plugin architecture, and AJAX through jQuery (with MVC).

Speaker:

Jessy Houle is a Minnesota-based independent technical consultant and Web developer with 10+ years' experience leading Web-based and data-centric applications that have contributed to the success of client companies including GMAC, Allianz, General Mills, Best Buy, and Digital Marketing.

 
Jessy's passion for programming was sparked by the video games he played as a kid. He started his career with C and C++ applications, moving to VB and ASP, then on to VB.Net, C#, and ASP.NET, and most recently to ASP.NET MVC, jQuery, and Silverlight. He is also a fan of open source .NET frameworks like NHibernate, S#arp Architecture and StructureMap.

Jessy continues to build on his skills and can frequently be found at local meetings like TechMasters, the Twin Cities Developers Guild, Silverlight User Group, and .NET User Group.

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Title: A Special ugPDC Event!

This session will provide an overview of some of the major products and announcements that came of the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference 2009 held last November.  Topics to  be covered in this meeting include:

• "3 Screens and a Cloud"
• Azure
• Silverlight 4
• WCF RIA Services
• Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4
• Parallelism

Come check it out and get up to speed on the latest news for Microsoft developers.

Speaker: Jeff Brand

Jeff has been with Microsoft for over 12 years, starting with the company soon after the release of Windows 95. While at Microsoft, he has been a consultant, an ecommerce specialist, and an enterprise technology advisor. Prior to Microsoft, Jeff was in the Air Force stationed at Offutt AFB in Omaha, NE where he was Chief Network Engineer (his pre-developer days) for the USSTRATCOM LAN. Today, Jeff is a .NET Developer Evangelist for Microsoft's North Central District. He lives in Minneapolis and often travel to the surrounding states of Nebraska, Iowa, and the Dakotas. In his current role, he is responsible for working with developers and customers that are evaluating or using .NET and assisting in them in understanding and using Microsoft's developer platform.

Title: What's New In ASP.NET MVC2

In this session the audience will be exposed to what has changed in the ASP.NET MVC framework in version 2. During the presentation, an existing ASP.NET MVC application will be upgraded to MVC2 and features will be demonstrated. This demonstration will include the use of the new Data Annotations, Asynchronous controller actions, strongly typed input helpers, validation and more!. The session will end with an audience Q & A. An understanding of ASP.NET MVC is expected for this session.

Speaker: Donn Felker 

Donn Felker is an independent consultant with over 9 years of professional experience in various markets that include – entertainment, health, retail, insurance, financial, and real estate. He is a Microsoft ASP Insider, an MCTS in Web Client Development for .NET 2.0 and 3.5 and is also a certified ScrumMaster. He is the founder and coordinator of the Twin Cities Give Camp, leader of the Twin Cities Developers Guild and the founder of Twin Cities Pragmatic Beer. He is also a writer, presenter and consultant on various topics ranging from architecture, development in general, agile practices and patterns & practices. Follow Donn on twitter: @donnfelker or read his blog here: http://blog.donnfelker.com