GANG Meeting August 18, 2010

When

From: August 18, 2010 06:15 PM

To: August 18, 2010 08:30 PM

Publication date: May 18, 2010 12:00 AM

Where: Street: 1000 Town Center Drive; City: Southfield; State: Michigan; Country: USA

What

Date: Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Title: Randy Pagels presents New Testing Features of Visual Studio 2010

Microsoft has made significant investments to improve the Testing/QA tools in Visual Studio 2010. The Next Generation Testing Event is your exclusive opportunity to experience the incredible power and capabilities these new tools bring to the QA and testing process. At this event, you’ll get a comprehensive overview, as well as a deep dive, into the range of new tools and how they can enable you to improve the way you develop and test software on the Microsoft platform.

This will be an invaluable opportunity to learn how to take software development to the next level with Visual Studio 2010’s new testing features around Test Professional 2010 & Lab Management 2010.

Speaker: Randy Pagels

Randy is a Developer Technology Specialist and part of the Developer Platform and Evangelism tools team covering the Heartland District. He provides expertise on the Visual Studio Team System and Team Foundation Server products. He helps customers get the most out of their ALM tools by explaining best practices, installation, and configuration through presentations, workshops, or quick starts. Prior to Microsoft he worked for 16 years as a developer in the IT area of DTE Energy. He has designed and developed many .Net web applications using agile methodologies.

Giveaways

Below is a tentative list of items we will be giving away at this meeting:

Sponsor	Category	Item	Qty
Addison-Wesley	Book	"Effective C#, 2nd Edition" by Bill Wagner	2
Apress	Book	"Introducting Silverlight 4" by A Ghoda	1
Wrox	Book	Professional Application Lifecycle Management' by Gousset et al	1
Sams	Book	"Teach Yourself VB 2010 in 24 Hours" by James Foxall	1
Component One	Clothes	Ski Caps	2
DevExpress	Clothes	White t-shirt	1
DevExpress	Clothes	Black t-shirts	2
Microsoft	Clothes	T-Shirt	1
Microsoft	Hardware	Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000	1
Microsoft	Software	Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit	1
Techsmith	Software	Camtasia Studio	1
Techsmith	Software	SnagIt	1
Telerik	Software	Premium Collection	1
Telerik	Software	Ultimate Collection	1
DevExpress	Software	CodeRush + Refactor Pro	2
JetBrains	Software	Resharper	1
Microsoft	Software	Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit	1
RedGate	Software	Ants memory profiler	1
TekPub	Training	30-day subscriptions	2
LearningVisualStudio.net	Training	1-month subscription	1