Alabama Tech Events

Microsoft will be hosting the MSDN Developer Conference on December 16th 2008 in Atlanta GA. This one day event brings the best of the PDC presentations to you at a fraction of the cost. For the attendance fee of $99 you will get to see a mix of Microsoft employees and Community Leaders present on the new Azure Services Platform, Client and Presentation layer development, and Tools Languages and Framework. You can register for the Atlanta event at http://www.msdndevcon.com/Pages/Atlanta.aspx .

If you cannot make the Atlanta event, the event will be repeated in many other cities, just check the main site for details on dates and locations.

It’s party time! The Birmingham Software Developers Association and the Birmingham .Net Users Group are joining forces to throw a holiday blast. The event will take place Tuesday, December 2nd 6:00 pm at Richard’s BBQ and Grill on Acton Road, just off Interstate 459. This is a family friendly event, spouses and children are encouraged to attend. We promise to keep the geek talk to a minimum.

The clubs want to extend an invitation to all user groups in the Birmingham community. No matter what your group we’d like to extend a special invite to all to attend. Rumor has it there will be some swell door prizes and swag to give away.

Please be aware the event is BYOW! Bring Your Own Wallet. Each family will be responsible for it’s own bill. Not to worry though, Richard’s rates are very reasonable, and they have a wide variety of food to pick from. In addition to BBQ they have a nice meat and three selection, and some of the best burgers you ever put in your mouth.

Please RSVP to altechevents@gmail.com by close of business Monday, November 30th with how many will be attending so we can give the restaurant a semi-accurate count. Look forward to seeing you all then!

Update: The Steel City SQL group has decided to join forces with the other groups to make this a spectaular holiday event!

Mark your calenders, the next RubyHam lunch
meeting is at the Cocina Superior, Monday, Dec.
8th at 11:30am til 1:00pm or so.

Please RSVP by 10:00 am before, so we know
how many people to expect. Cocina can
accommodate tables of up to 10 people without
prior notice.

Cocina Superior 587 Brookwood Village in
Homewood http://www.thecocinasuperior.com
205-259-1980

Map to Superior

http://www.thecocinasuperior.com/location.html

Brookwood Village is in Homewood, located
between Highway 280 and Highway 31, it’s next
door to Brookwood Hospital. Cocina Superior is
located in the outdoor shopping area (not inside
the mall). It’s near the restaurant Brio. You
can park along the street that runs between the
restaurant and the mall, or park in the parking
garage entrance just past the restaurant.

Just a last minute reminder, TechMixer Unplugged is coming up Thursday, November the 13th. This is Birmingham’s biggest geek social of the year, so be sure not to miss it!

Due to some last minute unforeseen circumstances, plus the conflict with PASS, the November Steel City SQL Meeting has been cancelled. Members are encouraged to attend the BUG.NET meeting which is also taking place at New Horizons at the same time the Steel City meeting had been scheduled.

We apologize for the last minute cancellation and hope to see you at BUG.NET or the TechMixer Unplugged event.

Todd Miranda will present “Getting Started with jQuery” at the next Birmingham .Net Users Group meeting on Tuesday, November 11th 2008. The meeting will start at 6:30 pm at the New Horizons facility in Homewood.

jQuery is a fast and concise JavaScript Library that simplifies HTML document traversing, event handling, animating, and Ajax interactions for rapid web development. jQuery is designed to change the way that you write JavaScript. Recently, Microsoft announced that jQuery will be included in and supported by Visual Studio 2010. Get a head start now. In this presentation, you will get a look at how to get started using jQuery in your applications immediately.

Drawings will be held for swag at the end of the meeting.

Due to a conflict with TechMixer Unplugged, the BSDA (Birmingham Software Developer Association) will meet 1 week early. The November meeting will take place on the 6th, at 6:30 pm. One of our members, Gordon will present an introduction to Ruby.

This months meeting will take place at it’s usual place, the New Horizons learning center in Homewood AL.