| July 21 |
ASP.NET: WebMatrix, Web Platform, MVC2, jQuery, & JSON |
Wednesday
Malvern, PA |
Our monthly meeting will be held at the Microsoft Greater PA Office in Malvern, PA on Wednesday, July 21 from 5:30-8:30. Refreshments are provided courtesy of philly.NET.
We have some great meetings lined up for the next few months. Please take a look at the upcoming schedule on the web site. |
| 5:30 |
Bill Wolff, Agility Systems WebMatrix and Web Platform Installer |
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Microsoft has several tools that help new ASP.NET and IIS developers get started. WebMatrix is everything you need to build Web sites using Windows. It includes IIS Developer Express (a development Web server), ASP.NET (a Web framework), and SQL Server Compact (an embedded database). It streamlines Web site development and makes it easy to start Web sites from popular open-source apps. The skills and code you develop with WebMatrix transition seamlessly to Visual Studio and SQL Server. The Web Platform Installer 2.0 (Web PI) is a free tool that makes getting the latest components of the Microsoft Web Platform, including Internet Information Services (IIS), SQL Server Express, .NET Framework and Visual Web Developer easy. The Web PI also makes it easy to install and run the most popular free web applications for blogging, content management and more with the built-in Windows Web Application Gallery.
Bill Wolff is an independent consultant, trainer, and architect specializing in Microsoft development technologies. His company Agility Systems is based in the Philadelphia area. He served as a Solutions Architect in the Microsoft Practice at Unisys Corporation. He ran the consulting firm Wolff Data Systems for 15 years and directed armies of consultants in the dot com world. Bill is founder and President of the philly.net user group, a previous INETA board member where he served as Vice President, Speaker Bureau, and involved in several other user communities. Bill was a contributing author on several books. His certifications include trainer, systems engineer, developer, and Microsoft MVP for VB.NET. |
| 6:30 Break |
Meet your peers. Refreshments and drinks courtesy of philly.NET. |
| 6:45 Q&A |
Bill Wolff, philly.net leader, ask questions, get answers from your peers! |
| 7:00 |
Dane Morgridge, Roska Direct ASP.NET, jQuery & JSON: The Magic Unveiled |
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Both ASP.NET & jQuery can make building web applications easier and more fun. JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a very cool Javascript serialization format that has become very popular due to its lightweight nature and how easy it can be used with jQuery. What you may not know is how easy it is also to use from ASP.NET MVC. In this session, we will do a quick intro to both ASP.NET MVC, jQuery & JSON then take a look at how awesome they are all combined.
Dane Morgridge has been a developer for 9+ years and has worked with .Net & C# since the first public beta. His current passions are Entity Framework, WPF, WCF, Silverlight and LINQ and is currently a Microsoft MVP for Data Platform Development. He works mostly with C#, but is also a big fan of whatever new technology he happens to come across. In addition to software development, he is the host of the Community Megaphone Podcast and also enjoys dabbling in graphic design, video special effects and hockey. When not with his family he is usually learning some new technology or working on some side projects. He is currently working as the Development Manager & Architect at Roska Direct in Montgomeryville, PA. He can be reached through is blog http://geekswithblogs.net/danemorgridge or on Twitter @danemorgridge. |
| 8:30 Closing & Raffle! |
Books, software, and other goodies! |
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