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March 3 Silverlight Tips + C# 4.0
Wednesday

Malvern, PA		 Our monthly meeting will be held at the Microsoft Greater PA Office in Malvern, PA on Wednesday, March 3 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 Matt van Horn Silverlight Field Tested Tips and Tricks
Matt van Horn

As someone that has been actively using Silverlight for over a year and is working towards migrating existing ASP.Net applications to Silverlight, I have hit my fair share of speed bumps along the road to Silverlight bliss. In this presentation I will go over how to use Silverlight in the REAL world as well as issues that you will have to address when working with Silverlight for application development. The following will be addressed:

  • Silverlight Navigation – how to use Silverlight Navigation Framework
  • Expression Blend Data Binding– some real world examples of complex data binding with IValueConverter
  • Control Choice – tools that out of box are ready for you to use in Silverlight and how to know which one will make your life easier
  • Silverlight Auth – make a Silverlight application that requires authentication
  • RIA Services – RIA Services is an amazing tool for Silverlight, see some of the tricks to take full advantage of it
  • Q & A – Ask about how to use Silverlight in your project

Matt Van Horn specializes in rapid development focused on flexible and dynamic code to leverage maximum results with minimal effort. His development tool of choice is Silverlight which he has use in projects from a clone of space invaders for facebook to back office accounting to dynamic business intelligence visualization system that turned heads at the Global Gaming(casino) Expo this year in Las Vegas.

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 Steve Michelotti, Applied Information Sciences Step into the New Decade with C# 4.0
Steve Michelotti, Applied Information Sciences

This presentation will cover the new C# 4.0 language features. This demo-heavy session will begin by covering various dynamic scenarios with C# including the new “dynamic” keyword, simplified Reflection, custom dynamic objects, duck typing, Iron Ruby integration, and more. We will also cover named and optional parameters, new COM Interop enhancements, co-variance, and contra-variance. If you are a C# developer, come learn about the new language tools that you can put in your toolbox!

Steve Michelotti is a Microsoft ASP.NET MVP and an Architect/Developer for Applied Information Sciences (AIS). He has consulted at Advertising.com/AOL where he was the Tech Lead for one of the highest volume .NET applications in the world. He previously was the Chief Technologist at e.magination. Steve is a frequent presenter at developer user groups and Code Camps along the East Coast and holds the MCSD, MCPD, and MCT certifications. Steve has been on Microsoft Channel9 and his published articles include Visual Studio Magazine and his blog: www.geekswithblogs.net/michelotti.
8:30 Closing & Raffle! Books, software, and other goodies!