March 24, 2010, 6PM – MIX 2010 Overview - Jeff Blankenburg
Location: Discovery Room (E163), Wright State University Student Union
Description:
This presentation will cover the highlights of Microsoft’s Mix 2010 conference. We will discuss development for Windows Phone 7 Series, Silverlight 4, ASP.NET MVC 2, and Visual Studio 2010, among other topics. This will be an overview of these subjects, and will also include demos as well.
Bio: Jeff Blankenburg is an ultra-passionate web developer who works for Microsoft. As a Developer Evangelist, he has the unique responsibility to consult and advise software developers about the new tools, technologies, and practices available to them. Jeff's previous roles as a software developer allowed him to build industry-changing websites and marketing efforts for Victoria's Secret, Abercrombie & Fitch, Ford Motor Company, Sony, and several major pharmaceutical companies. Through many major speaking engagements and an active, technically-focused blog, Jeff has established himself as a valuable resource to anyone writing software or looking for advice on their next software endeavor.
Grok Talk: Telerik Reporting - Gene Price
Bio: Gene has been writing software professionally for over 10 years but began his journey writing Basic on his first Commodore Vic 20. Languages known and used include C++, Java and most recently C# and .Net. Currently he is specializing in design/implementation/consulting on SCORM learning management systems.
April 21, 2010, 6PM – Introduction to Unit Testing - Jim Holmes
Location: Rathskeller Room, Wright State University Student Union
Description:
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.
Bio: 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.
May 26, 2010, 6PM – 5 Classic Patterns in Everyday Code - Mike Wood
Location: Discovery Room (E163), Wright State University Student Union
Description:
Patterns are an important tool to use as architects and developers. They provide a common vocabulary for us to design with, as well as a common approach to a common problem. Come learn about at least five useful patterns, and how to use them in your everyday code. We’ll cover patterns such as the Command Pattern, Adapter, variations of the Factory Pattern and more.
Bio: Michael Wood is a Microsoft Practice Director for Strategic Data Systems in Centerville, OH, but lives across the river in Kentucky. He describes himself as a problem solving, outdoorsy, user group leading, dog-loving, blog writing, solution creating, event planning, married, technology speaking, father of one kind of guy. When he's not living up to that title he's an avid reader, (horrible) violinist and gamer. Michael is a Founding Director of the Cincinnati .NET User Group as well as the founder of the Cincinnati Software Architecture Special Interest Group. He is also a founding member of the software architecture web resource nPlus1 (http://nplus1.org), instigator of the informal code pairing Bitslinger events in Cincinnati and a Microsoft MVP in Client App Dev. You can catch up with Mike on his blog at http://mvwood.com/blog and on twitter under the handle @mikewo.
June 23, 2010, 6PM – Silverlight (exact topic to be determined) - Mike Eaton
Location: Rathskeller Room, Wright State University Student Union
July 28, 2010, 6PM – Testing .NET Code with Ruby - Tim Wingfield