This meeting will be held at the Microsoft Office in Edina

Topic: "Managing the .NET Compiler"

With the public release of Project Roslyn, Microsoft has finally let .NET developers get access to their long-awaited compiler APIs. The potential impact of having a compiler API available for all developers is immense. In this session, you'll get a tour of the elements behind this new API, such as syntax trees and engines, and how you can use them in code analysis and metaprogramming techniques.

Speaker: Jason Bock

Jason Bock is a Principal Consultant for Magenic (http://www.magenic.com) and a Microsoft MVP (C#). He has worked on a number of business applications using a diverse set of substrates and languages such as C#, .NET, and Java. He is the author of "Applied .NET Attributes", "CIL Programming: Under the Hood of .NET", and the forthcoming "Metaprogramming in .NET". He has written numerous articles on software development issues and has presented at a number of conferences and user groups. He is a leader of the Twin Cities Code Camp (http://www.twincitiescodecamp.com) and runs the Twin Cities Languages User Group (http://www.twincitieslanguagesusergroup.com). Jason holds a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from Marquette University. Visit his web site at http://www.jasonbock.net.

This meeting will be held at the 701 Tower conference center in downtown Minneapolis

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Topic: jQuery for the Enterprise

jQuery is widely known for its visual effects, interactive animations, and stylish jQuery UI widgets. However, jQuery also provides a less glamorous, feature rich enterprise offering. Come join me and explore jQuery in the workplace where we will discuss validation, data templates, and the extensible plugin architecture. This is an intermediate session. Attendees should be familiar with jQuery selectors and the basics of using third-party plugins.

Speaker: Jessy Houle

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.

Topic: NuGet

NuGet is a relatively new package management tool for the .Net framework. While many of us have used it, not many of us have really looked too deeply into it. In this talk, we'll learn what NuGet is, how to use it, how to get the most out of it and finally how to build your own NuGet package.

Speaker: Vince Bullinger

Vince Bullinger has been a passionate .NET developer and consultant since 2005. He has an MCSD for .NET with C#. In his spare time, he likes to do home projects, work out, play video games and learn everything there is to know about everything.