Steel City SQL November Meeting
Join us on Tuesday the 17th at New Horizons Computer Learning Center for our November meeting. This meeting will feature two famaliar favorites, Morgan Smith and Robert Cain, presenting The Best Thing I Learned at the PASS Summit. Fresh off there trip from Seattle to the biggest gathering of SQL Server Professionals in the world the 2009 PASS Summit, Morgan and Robert will share some of there experiences the took away from the Summit for those of us who were not able to make it.
As usual the meeting will begin at 6:00pm with a thirty minute networking session. Robert and Morgan beginning their presentation at 6:30pm. Food and beverages for the month’s meeting will be sponsored by PASS. If you plan on attending this month’s meeting let us know by sending us an RSVP so we can get an accurate headcount for the food. Hope to see you there.
A Developers Guide to SQL Server Integration Services – BSDA Meeting for November 12 2009
We’ve all been there. We develop a new system to replace some older system long overdue for retirement. The dread always comes around the data conversion step. Having to figure out the quickest, easiest way to get the data from the old system to the new. What most developers don’t realize is that they already have an extremely powerful tool for data conversion: SQL Server Integration Services. SSIS isn’t just for feeding your warehouse, it’s also a great tool for data migration. At the next BSDA meeting Robert C. Cain will be presenting “A Developers Guide to SQL Server Integration Services”. Come get an introduction and learn how you can be using SSIS for your projects.
The meeting will begin at 6:30 pm at the normal location, the New Horizons training center in Homewood AL.
Robert Cain is a Microsoft MVP in SQL Development, and works as a Senior BI Architect for ComFrame. His main responsibility is the SQL Server Business Intelligence Data Warehouse for the NASA ARES project. He is also a contributing author to the book “SQL Server MVP Deep Dives”. Prior to his current position, Robert spent five years working for a south eastern nuclear power company designing and developing the BI/Data Warehouse as well as leading the development team. Robert also spent 10 years as a senior consultant, working for a variety of customers in the Birmingham area using Visual Basic and C#. He also maintains the popular blog http://arcanecode.com .
T-SQL – Common Table Expression (CTEs)
Do you need recursive queries, do you want your T-SQL to be easier to read and maintain? Come checkout the presentation.
Bug.Net – Nov 10, 2009 – Intro to Prism V2 in Silverlight 3
Prism can be thought of as a set of libraries that help Silverlight applications be scalable and testable. It has a number of features (modularity, view regions and commanding) that help with this. In this presentation, Sista SriHarsha will given an introduction and overview of Prism V2 for Silverlight 3.
As usual the meeting will take place at the New Horizons offices. Meeting will kick off at 6:30 pm, there will be food provided, and swag given away at the end of the meeting.
CANCELLED – Unit Testing and Test Driven Development in Visual Studio Ultimate 2010
AL Code Camp 8 01/23/2010 – Call for Speakers
AL Code Camp 8 has opened up our Call for Speakers!
Have a great topic you’d like to submit for consideration? Polish up
your abstract and hit the Code Camp site at http://alabamacodecamp.com/!
Here are a few things to keep in mind for your submissions:
* 1 Hour sessions
* you can submit several
Event Date: 01/23/2010
Location:
University of South Alabama
307 University Blvd N.
Faculty Court West 20
Mobile, AL 36688
Questions? Contact Ryan Duclos at rduclos@gmail.com.
Sharepoint Saturday Birmingham is Coming! November 21, 2009
On November 21st, 2009 Birmingham will be the host of Sharepoint Saturday! This event will feature local and regional speakers, professionals and MVPs providing the latest in Sharepoint training.
The event is free, but you need to register to reserve your spot. The attendance is filling up fast, so don’t wait. To register or get more information about the event, please go to:
http://www.sharepointsaturday.org/birmingham/default.aspx
Sharepoint Saturday is also looking for speakers and sponsors. If you have something to share, or would like to have your business represented at this event, you can get more info at the link above.
AL Code Camp 01/23/2010
My name is Ryan Duclos I run the local Microsoft .Net User Group in Mobile, AL. The name of the group is Lower AL .Net User Group (LANUG) and we are organizing an event for Developers and IT Professionals to receive a free day of training from local and regional experts on the latest Microsoft technologies. There will be several tracks and levels of presentations. The event will be held on Saturday January 23rd, 2010 in the Mobile, AL area, planning for the event to be held at the University of South Alabama. As details are finalized the following website will be updated http://www.alabamacodecamp.com/.
And we are looking for sponsors! The estimated audience of 150+ students, experts, and professionals would benefit tremendously from your generosity. This event is free and open to all interested, only requirement is registration. This event is a great way to get your company involved with the local and regional Microsoft community. As well as advertise who you are and what you do.
Outside of training, your employees whom attend will also benefit from:
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Your Goals or Goals for your colleagues |
How we can Deliver |
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Learn new skills, keep skills up-to-date |
Be immersed and sharpen your edge on new and current Microsoft Technologies, with experts and professionals of all levels. |
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Solve high-priority, mission-critical issues |
Get the answers you need right away. There will be several industry leaders at the event and even representative from Microsoft. |
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Network and best practices |
Network and share best practices with your peers and grow both knowledge and expert contacts. |
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Identify and meet potential customers or employees |
For consultants, vendors, and those looking for new colleagues, Code Camps are the perfect environment to meet and impress potential new customers and employees. |
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Build your network |
Breaks, breakfast, lunch, and a potential after party are included with your registration and are designed to offer dedicated networking opportunities. |
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Get new ideas, get re-invigorated, and be inspired! |
Code Camps are all about meeting and talking with people, sharing issues and solutions, and gaining knowledge that will make you a better professional. Get new ideas that leverage and optimize your technology choices to improve your business. |
I can be reached by email rduclos@gmail.com. I look forward to hearing from you. Thank you for considering this request.
Sincerely yours,
Ryan Duclos
rduclos@gmail.com
Lower AL .Net User Group
AL Code Camp 8 Lead Organizer
BSDA LINQ Bootcamp Wrapup
At the recent BSDA LINQ Bootcamp, there were two chapters in the book that we did not get to. BSDA member Vito Amato has volunteered to cover these chapters for us at the next Birmingham Software Developers Association meeting.
Programming Microsoft LINQ Chapters 11 and 13
Inside Expression Trees (Chapter 11)
The chapter starts with an introduction to the characteristics of expression trees and the lambda expression syntax. Then leads to dissecting an expression tree, analyzing the more common and important node types. The chapter closes with showing some techniques for navigating and modifying an expression tree and finally reaching some discussion about the dynamic generation of expression trees.
Parallel LINQ (Chapter 13)
This chapter introduces the basic concepts of the Parallel Extension to the .NET Framework and describes the syntax and common uses of PLINQ
Vito has nearly 20 years in the IT industry, and is presently employed with CVS\Caremark. His experience ranges from system administration to development. Vito’s first programming language was Apple Basic, he now primarily work with C# and vbscript to automate system administration tasks, compile and display data for business analysis and develop software to interface with various functions within our automation environment.
The meeting will take place at the usual location, the New Horizons Training Center in Homewood Alabama. We’ll kick off the meet and greet at 6:30 and start the presentations shortly thereafter.
TechMixer University Call For Speakers Extended
Good news, due to requests from some interested speakers we have decided to extend the call for speakers at TechMixer University for one week. The new deadline is Midnight, Monday September 28th 2009. Please see the original post at http://altechevents.com/2009/08/23/techmixer-university-call-for-speakers/ for the submission form and other info.
If you are interested in attending TMU, registration is now open! Just go to http://www.techmixeruniversity.com to register and get more info.
