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February 16, 2011
| Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 | Title: John Hopkins presents Microcontroller Programming with the .NET Micro Framework
| Have you ever wanted to write code to control a physical device, but were scared off by the low-level nature of device drivers and the need to know something about electronics? Fear no more…the .NET Micro Framework is here! In this presentation, John Hopkins will introduce you to the .NET Micro Framework 4.1, give you a basic primer on electronics and demonstrate writing C# to control LEDs, switches, sensors, servos and motors through the open source Netduino microcontroller board.
| Speaker: John Hopkins
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Street: 1000 Town Center Drive
City: Southfield
Country: USA
State: Michigan
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January 19, 2011
| Date: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 | Title: TBD
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| Speaker: Gary Short
| | Gary Short works for DevExpress as the Technical Evangelist on the frameworks team. He has a deep interest in technical architecture, especially in the areas of technical debt and refactoring. Gary is a C# MVP and gives presentations at user groups and conferences throughout the UK.
As well as C#, Gary also has an interest in dynamic languages such as Smalltalk, Ruby and Python as well as iPhone development using Objective-C. Gary's ducelt tones can also be heard on the SodThis and the CodeCast podcasts.
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November 17, 2010
| Date: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 | Title: Nino Benvenuti presents Windows Phone 7 Development
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| Speaker: Nino Benvenuti
| Nino Benvenuti works in the role of Principal Solution Developer for Avanade and is focused on creating enterprise mobility solutions. He has helped to create a variety of device, desktop, and server-based solutions for a diverse set of customers. Nino is active in the Cincinnati .NET community as well as in the Windows Phone forums and newsgroups.
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October 27, 2010
Pair Coding and Idea Exchange
Wed October 27 from 6-9PM
at Biggby Coffee, 26185 Evergreen Rd., Southfield, MI
Each month, GANG hosts an informal meetup of people interested in learning from one another. Programmers of all skill levels can bring a laptop and pair up with someone to work on an open source project, learn a new technique, or even dabble in a new language. There is no agenda or specific topic, just a time set aside for people to pair.
Some attendees have agreed to bring software books that they are no longer reading. If you have books that you would like to exchange with other developers, bring them Wednesday evening.
Codeslingers will take place at Biggby Coffee on Evergreen Rd in Southfield (down the road from the Microsoft office) at 6PM. If we run out of room, we may move to the Chipotle next door.
Street: 26185 Evergreen Rd.
City: Southfield
Country: USA
State: Michigan
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October 20, 2010
| Date: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 | | Title: Chet Kloss presents LOB Application Development with Microsoft CRM | During this session we will examine the Rapid Application Development (RAD) environment with Microsoft Dynamics CRM product which is used for building Line of Business (LOB) applications. This is the development environment in use by over 22,000 customers worldwide with a user base of approximately 1,100,000. We’ll examine all the built in tools but we’ll spend the bulk of our time writing code to customize the applications. During the talk we’ll bring in many elements of the Windows development platform including C#, SQL Server, Windows Workflow, Silverlight, and JavaScript just to name a few.
| Speaker: Chet Kloss
| Chet Kloss is pre-sales technology specialist covering the CRM & XRM product set for the Heartland Area. He works with Microsoft sales people as well as partners in this four-state area comprised of Michigan, Ohio Kentucky, and Tennessee. Kloss brings to his position more than 25 years of management, sales, and technology experience. Prior roles with the company include; technology specialist manager for Heartland EPG, sales manager for the Automotive and Industrial Equipment vertical, interim General Manager for Heartland SMS&P, and Central Region Business Manager for SMS&P. He joined Microsoft in June of 1999 as a senior developer technology specialist, responsible for managing developer relationships and tools sales with Heartland EPG customers and partners.
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Street: 1000 Town Center Drive
City: Southfield
Country: USA
State: Michigan
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September 22, 2010
Pair Coding and Idea Exchange
Wed September 22 from 6-9PM
at Biggby Coffee, 26185 Evergreen Rd., Southfield, MI
Each month, GANG hosts an informal meetup of people interested in learning from one another. Programmers of all skill levels can bring a laptop and pair up with someone to work on an open source project, learn a new technique, or even dabble in a new language. There is no agenda or specific topic, just a time set aside for people to pair.
Some attendees have agreed to bring software books that they are no longer reading. If you have books that you would like to exchange with other developers, bring them Wednesday evening.
Codeslingers will take place at Biggby Coffee on Evergreen Rd in Southfield (down the road from the Microsoft office) at 6PM. If we run out of room, we may move to the Chipotle next door.
Street: 26185 Evergreen Rd.
City: Southfield
Country: USA
State: Michigan
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September 15, 2010
| Date: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 | Title: Jim Holmes presents Introduction to Unit Testing
| Unit testing can save you time, money, and frustration by helping you create a safety net around your software to guarantee its stability and quality. This introductory session sets aside any testing methodologies such as Test or Behavioral Driven Development and instead focuses on the fundamentals of what unit tests are, how to write them, and some differences between the most popular unit test frameworks. You’ll also learn about organizing tests, creating test hierarchies, and heading off painful or brittle tests. We’ll also show you how to isolate dependencies using stubs, fakes, and mocks. You’ll leave this session with an understanding of how to get started writing unit tests.
| Speaker: Jim Holmes
| | Father. Husband. Geek. Veteran. Around 25 years IT experience. Co-author of “Windows Developer Power Tools.” Coffee Roaster. MVP for C#. Chief Cat Herder of the CodeMash Conference. Liked 5th grade so much he did it twice. One-time setter, middle blocker, and weakside hitter. Blogger (http://FrazzledDad.com). Quality Lead at Telligent, makers of neat social software. Big fan of naps.
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Street: 1000 Town Center Drive
City: Southfield
Country: USA
State: Michigan
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August 25, 2010
Pair Coding and Idea Exchange
Wed August 25 from 6-9PM
at Biggby Coffee, 26185 Evergreen Rd., Southfield, MI
Each month, GANG hosts an informal meetup of people interested in learning from one another. Programmers of all skill levels can bring a laptop and pair up with someone to work on an open source project, learn a new technique, or even dabble in a new language. There is no agenda or specific topic, just a time set aside for people to pair.
Some attendees have agreed to bring software books that they are no longer reading. If you have books that you would like to exchange with other developers, bring them Wednesday evening.
Codeslingers will take place at Biggby Coffee on Evergreen Rd in Southfield (down the road from the Microsoft office) at 6PM. If we run out of room, we may move to the Chipotle next door.
Street: 26185 Evergreen Rd.
City: Southfield
Country: USA
State: Michigan
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August 18, 2010
| 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 |
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Street: 1000 Town Center Drive
City: Southfield
Country: USA
State: Michigan
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July 21, 2010
| Date: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 | | Title: Len Smith presents Javascript is Real Code: SOLID and TDD in the Browser | Most good programmers wouldn't consider their clipboard a tool for code reuse. They wouldn't write sixty line methods. They wouldn't write code without tests. They wouldn't flagrantly violate good design principles.Unless they were writing in JavaScript.In 2010 it is no longer acceptable to post-back for every request. This means we have to write more JavaScript than ever before. If we don't treat our JavaScript with the same respect as our server-side code it will yield maintenance nightmares. In this session, we'll discuss what makes JavaScript different and techniques and practices that allow us to make it maintainable.
| Speaker: Len Smith
| Len Smith has been developing software on Microsoft technologies for eleven years. He is a senior software engineer for Mediacom in Ann Arbor, Michigan. When not writing software, Len is probably thinking or talking about writing software. His passions are all things ALT.NET, Agile and Lean methodologies, Ruby and a fascination with Domain Specific Languages.
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