Sponsored by: Antares Technology Solutions (http://www.antaresnet.com)
Main Presentation
Presenter: Cody Gros
Cody Gros has been in the IT field for 5 years working with Windows technology,
SharePoint, and Exchange. Recently, he is working extensively with PowerShell
scripting. He is the founder of the new Baton Rouge IT Professional User Group
which is starting up in April 2010. Cody started performing SharePoint
administration work in 2007.
Topic: PowerShell for Developers
Level: Intermediate
Agenda
| 5:45 pm - 6:15 pm: |
Networking and Refreshments |
| 6:15 pm - 6:30 pm: |
Introductions |
| 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm: |
Main Presentation |
| 8:00 pm - until: |
Open forum for questions & Raffle |
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Special thanks for assisting Ted with his travels and expenses goes to the New Orleans .NET User Group, INETA, and New Horizons.
Lightning Round (in the Lamar kitchen area)
Presenter: Stephanie Thomas
Stephanie is a Sales Manager for WillStaff Worldwide in Metairie and has extensive
experience as an IT recruiter.
Topic: Branding Yourself in a Tough Economy
In a tough economy it is important to prepare yourself for the worst. Stephanie
will provide some tips for making yourself more marketable.
Level: Introductory
Main Presentation (in the Lamar multi-media room behind the kitchen)
Presenter: Ted Neward
Ted Neward is an independent consultant specializing in high-scale enterprise systems,
working with clients ranging in size from Fortune 500 corporations to small 10-person
shops. He is an authority in Java and .NET technologies, particularly in the areas
of Java/.NET integration (both in-process and via integration tools like Web services),
back-end enterprise software systems, and virtual machine/execution engine plumbing.
He is the author or co-author of several books, including Effective Enterprise Java,
C# In a Nutshell, SSCLI Essentials, Server-Based Java Programming, and a contributor
to several technology journals. Ted is also a Microsoft MVP Architect, BEA Technical
Director, INETA speaker, former DevelopMentor
instructor, frequent worldwide conference speaker, and a member of various Java
JSRs. He lives in the Pacific Northwest with his wife, two sons, and eight PCs.
Topic: The Busy .NET Developer's Guide to Extending .NET Apps with Scripting
Ever wished you could just put parts of your program in end-users' hands and let
them build the infinite little changes they want? Ever thought about how you might
make your application more robust by writing less code, not more? Embed a scripting
engine into your application--complete with the safeguards necessary to ensure that
users can't do anything they shouldn't be able to--and release yourself from the
Principle of Perpetual Enslavement. This presentation will describe how to embed
a scripting engine, discuss the pros and cons of the various ones available, and
how to put enough safeguards around the scripts to make sure that your application
can't be hijacked by bad users' scripts.
Level: Intermediate
Agenda
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5:45 pm - 6:15 pm:
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Networking and Refreshments |
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6:15 pm - 6:30 pm: |
Lightning Round |
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6:30 pm - 6:40 pm:
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Introductions |
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6:40 pm - 8:10 pm: |
Main Presentation |
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8:10 pm - until:
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Open forum for questions
& Raffle |
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Presenters: Details to be sent out shortly.
Topic: Speaker Idol
4 Contestants will compete against each other for great prizes to see who can be the next speaker Idol. You will pick the winners. It will be great fun and lots of laughs.
Level: Intermediate
Agenda
| 5:45 pm - 6:15 pm: | General Introduction/Food and Drinks |
| 6:15 pm - 7:15 pm: | Contestants will compete to see who will be the next speaker Idol |
| 7:20 pm - until: | Open forum for questions |
Raffle and Giveaways
- Microsoft Office Professional
- Microsoft Mouse
- Windows Vista Ultimate
- Several Books
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Presenter: George Mauer
George is a .NET developer with a keen interest in maximizing long-term business value through good software development practices. He is particularly interested in Domain Driven Design, Test Driven Development, and the SOLID principles. He is currently the Vice President of the Greater New Orleans .NET Usergroup and a regular attendee at gnocode (New Orleans Programmers) and Virtual Alt.NET meetings.
Topic: .NET 3.5 Lambda Expressions
You Can't Dance the Lambda is a presentation on why he uses the .NET 3.5 lambda feature all the time and for everything and so should you. It covers the basic need for lambdas and why, despite the spooky syntax, functional programing is nothing new to .NET developers. The bulk of the presentation discusses various patterns of lambda usage and strives to impart an understanding of when one should use these techniques as well as how.
Level: Intermediate
Agenda
| 5:45 pm - 6:15 pm: | General Introduction/Food and Drinks |
| 6:15 pm - 7:15 pm: | George will speak on Lambda Expressions |
| 7:20 pm - until: | Open forum for questions |
Raffle and Giveaways
- TBD
- Windows Vista Ultimate
- Several Books
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Presenter: Brian Sullivan
Brian is a developer analyst for Praeses, LLC in Shreveport, LA. He has been working with Microsoft technologies for about 5 years, and is interested in increasing the exposure of agile techniques and methodologies in the Microsoft developer community. He is a graduate of Harding University in Searcy, AR.
Topic: Intro to NHibernate with Fluent NHibernate
Object-Relational Mappers (ORMs) have started to make their way into mainstream .NET development with the advent of LINQ-to-SQL and the Entity Framework from Microsoft. Before that, though, there was NHibernate. Based on the Java Hibernate project, NHibernate is one of the most mature .NET ORMs in the marketplace. The Fluent NHibernate project builds on this to make NHibernate a breeze to configure. In this presentation, Brian will discuss the pros and cons of ORMs in general, and demonstrate how NHibernate can take the pain out of writing your persistence layer.
Level: Intermediate
Agenda
| 5:45 pm - 6:15 pm: | General Introduction/Food and Drinks |
| 6:15 pm - 7:15 pm: | Brian will speak on NHibernate with Fluent NHibernate |
| 7:20 pm - until: | Open forum for questions |
Raffle and Giveaways
- Office SharePoint Designer 2007
- Windows Vista Ultimate
- Several Books
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