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Events coming up

• Nov 20

  VBUG Bracknell: LINQ to XML - Everything but the Kitchen SINQ

  Berkshire, United Kingdom

  Colin Angus Mackay will be giving an introduction to the new XML classes in .NET 3.5, how they work and what can be done with them. He'll then show ho

Past events

• VBUG Brighton: How to Write Crap Code in C# - Anti-Patterns for Performance

  Wed, 12 Nov 2008, 19:00 - 21:00 in Brighton, United Kingdom

  Most developers want the best possible performance from their code. Inspired by the idea of "proof by contradiction" this talk looks at how to write s

• VBUG LONDON: Object oriented javascript with Helem Emerson

  Wed, 12 Nov 2008, 18:00 - 21:00 in London , United Kingdom

  The object model in Javascript looks pretty foreign the first time you see it, particularly if you're from mainstream languages like C#, Java or VB.NE

• vbug's winter conference 2008

  4-5 Nov 2008 in Reading, United Kingdom

  Join VBUG and a host a stars for the 11th annual Developer Conference, held at the Microsoft Campus in Reading. Speakers confirmed include:-

• VBUG NEWCASTLE: Introducing OpenXML with Craig Murphy

  Wed, 29 Oct 2008, 18:45 - 21:00 in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

  With the release of Office 2007, Microsoft moved their document formats over to XML-based formats. This text-based format has many advantages, includ

• VBUG Bracknell: Virtualising Websites and Robotics

  Tue, 28 Oct 2008, 19:00 - 21:00 in Berkshire, United Kingdom

  Join us in Bracknell for an evening of Virtualising Websites and Robotics! Brian Squibb will be giving a session on Virtualising Websites. Brian di

• VBUG OnLine: CSLA.NET Introduction with Andrew Hallmark

  Tue, 21 Oct 2008, 19:30 - 20:30 in ONLINE, United Kingdom

  CSLA.NET is a free, open source business object framework that can help developers of all skill levels to build scalable, maintainable applications th

• VBUG Brighton: Informal Meeting - Favourite Tools and Utilities

  Tue, 14 Oct 2008, 18:30 - 21:00 in Brighton, United Kingdom

  Most of us have favourite Software Tools and Utility Programmes, some new and some we have been using for years. This meeting we will revolve around t

• VBUG LONDON: Create a production website using MVC, Spring, NHibernate, lambda

  Wed, 8 Oct 2008, 18:00 - 21:00 in London , United Kingdom

  * Basics of MVC Will start with a quick introduction to the MVC framework and

• VBUG Poole: Creating production website using MVC, Spring, NHibernate, lambda

  Wed, 1 Oct 2008, 18:00 - 21:00 in Poole, United Kingdom

  Presented by Gbemiga Medouye of Willaim Reed Session Outline Basics of MVC

• VBUG Manchester: Building Rich Internet UI with Silverlight 2 with Mike Taulty

  Thu, 25 Sep 2008, 18:30 - 20:30 in Manchester, United Kingdom

  Last September, Microsoft released its cross-platform offering for developing Ri

• VBUG Coventry: TFS - the answer to all project management problems?

  Wed, 24 Sep 2008, 18:00 - 21:00 in Coventry, United Kingdom

  Team Foundation Server - the answer to all project management problems? Sick of

• VBUG Bracknell: ADO.NET Sync Services / Software as a Service

  Tue, 23 Sep 2008, 19:00 - 21:00 in Berkshire, United Kingdom

  Join us in Bracknell for an evening with 2 excellent presentations! Our first sp

• VBUG Bracknell: ADO.NET Sync Services with John Price

  Tue, 23 Sep 2008, 18:00 - 21:00 in Berkshire, United Kingdom

  With more and more PC devices appearing in the market place, we have more and mo

• VBUG Brighton: Test 1st ASP.NET develop. Use ASP.NET MVC to build Ajax website

  Wed, 17 Sep 2008, 19:00 - 21:00 in Brighton, United Kingdom

  Asp.net MVC is Microsoft’s new web development model implementing the Model View

• VBUG Bristol: The ABC's of Windows Communication Foundation with Ben Lamb

  Wed, 10 Sep 2008, 18:00 - 21:00 in Bristol, United Kingdom

  The ABC's of Windows Communication Foundation Writing a client-server applica

• VBUG LONDON: CSLA.NET with Andrew Hallmark

  Wed, 10 Sep 2008, 18:00 - 20:30 in London , United Kingdom

  CSLA.NET is a free, open source business object framework that can help develope

• VBUG NEWCASTLE : ASP.NET MVC Framework Preview With Alan Dean

  Thu, 4 Sep 2008, 18:30 - 21:00 in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

  Alan will be providing an introduction to the new ASP.NET MVC Framework Preview

• VBUG Manchester: XML - The missing LINQ with Dave McMahon

  Thu, 28 Aug 2008, 18:30 - 21:00 in Manchester, United Kingdom

  We've heard much about LINQ to SQL, its neat, but what is also neat is LINQ to X

• VBUG Bracknell: Creating Silverlight apps using Blend & VS'08

  Tue, 12 Aug 2008, 18:00 - 21:00 in Berkshire, United Kingdom

  Silverlight developer Tim Hustler and Expressions Blend designer Simon Sturgess

• VBUG Manchester: Where’s my data? An intro to Spatial Queries in SQL Srv 08

  Thu, 24 Jul 2008, 18:30 - 21:00 in Manchester, United Kingdom

  It is reckoned that 80-90% of data has a spatial component to it. But what do we

• VBUG SCOTLAND: F# with Oliver Sturm

  Wed, 16 Jul 2008, 18:00 - 21:00 in Livingston, United Kingdom

  Taking efficiency one step further - F# Microsoft Research describes F# as "a sc

• VBUG Thames Valley: How to spend more time at the pub (and other fun places!)

  Tue, 15 Jul 2008, 18:30 - 21:00 in Berkshire, United Kingdom

  CSLA.NET is a business object framework that can help developers of all skill le

• VBUG Bournemouth: Go With the Flow. Understanding WWF with Ben Lamb

  Tue, 15 Jul 2008, 18:00 - 20:30 in Poole, United Kingdom

  Changing business requirements are the bugbear of the application developer. The

• VBUG Newcastle: F# with Oliver Sturm

  Wed, 9 Jul 2008, 18:30 - 21:00 in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

  Taking efficiency one step further - F# Microsoft Research describes F# as "a

• VBUG Coventry: Securing Web Services with WCF

  Wed, 9 Jul 2008, 18:30 - 20:30 in Coventry, United Kingdom

  WCF offers a strong array of tools for adding security to all boundaries of your

• VBUG Coventry: Securing Web Services with WCF with Chris Seary

  Wed, 9 Jul 2008, 18:00 - 20:30 in Coventry, United Kingdom

  WCF offers a strong array of tools for adding security to all boundaries of your

• VBUG London: Test 1st ASP.NET develop. Use ASP.NET MVC to build an Ajax website

  Wed, 9 Jul 2008, 18:00 - 20:30 in London , United Kingdom

  Asp.net MVC is Microsoft’s new web development model implementing the Model View

• VBUG Brighton: THIS EVENT IS FULL

  Thu, 3 Jul 2008, 18:30 - 21:00 in Brighton, United Kingdom

  THIS EVENT IS FULL

• VBUG Maidenhead: Powerbuilder, Robotics and more!

  Tue, 24 Jun 2008, 18:30 - 21:00 in Maidenhead, United Kingdom

  Join us at our next regional meeting which will be kindly hosted by our friends

• VBUG LONDON: Vis Studio Extensibility & Software Factories with Santosh Benjamin

  Tue, 24 Jun 2008, 18:00 - 20:30 in dfgfgdfgdgfd, United Kingdom

  NOTE VENUE CHANGE.... Visual Studio offers a broad spectrum of options for exte

• Access Regional User Group Meeting

  Thu, 19 Jun 2008, 14:15 - 17:30 in London, United Kingdom

  1. A brief presentation on Swift SQL 2. A proper presentation on a subject to

• VBUG Bournemouth: Building Dynamic Web Applications with Microsoft Silverlight

  Tue, 17 Jun 2008, 18:00 - 20:30 in Poole, United Kingdom

  Presented by Mike Taulty. Silverlight is Microsoft's new cross-browser, cross-pl

• VBUG BRIGHTON: Expression Web Design 2 with Ian Haynes

  Tue, 10 Jun 2008, 19:00 - 21:00 in Brighton, United Kingdom

  Expression Web V2 has a lot of new features we’ll be exploring, including: PHP s

• VBUG Peterborough: VBUG: SQL Server 2008 with Andras Belokosztolszki

  Tue, 10 Jun 2008, 18:00 - 20:30 in Peterborough, United Kingdom

  SQL Server 2008 is due in Q2 2008. It introduces many new T-SQL language enhance

• VBUG REIGATE: Introduction to Windows Workflow with Ben Lamb

  Tue, 3 Jun 2008, 18:00 - 20:30 in Reigate, United Kingdom

  Changing business requirements are the bugbear of the application developer. The

• VBUG Newcastle: The Web Client Software Factory with Gary Short

  Wed, 21 May 2008, 18:30 - 21:00 in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

  Architects and developers can use the Web Client Software Factory to quickly inc

• VBUG LONDON: Go With the Flow; An Introduction to Windows Workflow with Ben Lamb

  Wed, 21 May 2008, 18:00 - 20:30 in London , United Kingdom

  Changing business requirements are the bugbear of the application developer. The

• VBUG Leeds: Windows Workflow and Communication Foundation with Mike Taulty

  Wed, 14 May 2008, 18:30 - 20:30 in Leeds, United Kingdom

  In this session we’ll introduce Windows Communication Foundation and look at how

• VBUG Bracknell: 2008 Launch Event - REGISTRATION FULL

  Tue, 13 May 2008, 18:30 - 21:00 in Berkshire, United Kingdom

  Join us for our 2008 launch event in Bracknell! Vice Chairman Tim Leung will

• VBUG Newcastle: VS2008, SQL Server 2008 and Win 2008 Launch Event

  Wed, 30 Apr 2008, 18:00 - 21:00 in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

  Following Microsoft's launch event for Visual Studio 2008, Windows Server 2008 a

• VBUG London: Introduction into Web Content Management in MOSS with Ben Robb

  Wed, 23 Apr 2008, 18:00 - 21:30 in London , United Kingdom

  Recently peviewed at Mix08 VBUG is very pleased to present Ben Robb to the Londo

• VBUG Bristol: Understanding the ADO.NET Entity Framework

  Tue, 22 Apr 2008, 18:30 - 21:00 in Bristol, United Kingdom

  Join VBUG and Mike Taulty of Microsoft's Developer and Platform Group for the ab

• VBUG Manchester: SQL Server 2008, Win Server 2008 & VS.NET 2008 Launch Event

  Thu, 27 Mar 2008, 17:30 - 21:00 in Manchester, United Kingdom

  THIS EVENT IS FULLY BOOKED.

• COMPUWARE: Requirements Management Seminar - London

  Thu, 27 Mar 2008, 09:30 - 14:00 in London, United Kingdom

  We all know the statistics: IDC research indicates that 70 - 80% of IT projects

• VBUG Peterborough: What’s new in VS08 .NET Fx 3.5 for the Web Developer

  Wed, 26 Mar 2008, 18:00 - 20:30 in Peterborough, United Kingdom

  THIS EVENT IS FULLY BOOKED

• COMPUWARE: Requirements Management Seminar - Manchester

  Wed, 26 Mar 2008, 09:30 - 14:00 in Manchester, United Kingdom

  We all know the statistics: IDC research indicates that 70 - 80% of IT projects

• VBUG: What’s new in WPF for .NET 3.5 with Ian Griffiths

  Tue, 25 Mar 2008, 18:30 - 21:00 in Berkshire, United Kingdom

  TBC

• VBUG: Building User Controls in Silverlight 2.0 with Fritz Onion - FULL

  Wed, 12 Mar 2008, 18:00 - 21:00 in London , United Kingdom

  THIS EVENT IS FULLY BOOKED Bio: Fritz Onion is a founding partner of Plu

• VBUG: Accelerate Your I.T. Learning with David Ringsell

  Tue, 4 Mar 2008, 18:30 - 21:00 in Cardiff, United Kingdom

  People who work with I.T. face the challenge of life-long learning. Technologies

• VBUG: Code Access Security for Protecting Web Applications with Chris Seary

  Wed, 27 Feb 2008, 18:30 - 21:00 in Bristol, United Kingdom

  Code Access Security gives an extra layer of defence for protecting your web app

• VBUG and NxtGenUG - SQL Server 2008 - What's New? with Andras Belokosztolszki

  Tue, 26 Feb 2008, 18:30 - 21:00 in Cambridge, United Kingdom

  "SQL Server 2008 is due in Q2 2008. It introduces many new T-SQL language enhanc

• VBUG: SQL Server 2008 with Andras Belokosztolszki

  Wed, 20 Feb 2008, 18:00 - 20:30 in London, United Kingdom

  SQL Server 2008 is due in Q2 2008. It introduces many new T-SQL language enhance

• VBUG: '.NET 3 - The Game Challenge' with Oliver Sturm

  Thu, 7 Feb 2008, 18:30 - 21:00 in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

  .NET 3 - The Game Challenge Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and Windows C

• VBUG: 'Code Access Security for Protecting Web Applications'with Chris Seary

  Tue, 29 Jan 2008, 18:30 - 21:00 in Bristol, United Kingdom

  'Code Access Security for Protecting Web Applications' Code Access Security giv

• VBUG and SUGUK: Newcastle - SharePoint Designer for All and Forefront Security

  Mon, 10 Dec 2007, 18:30 - 21:15 in Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

  SharePoint MVPs Penny Coventry and Steve Smith will be visiting Newcastle just before Christmas to cover two great sessions for you all

• Visual Studio 2008 for the Web Developer With Daniel Moth

  Thu, 1 Nov 2007, 18:30 - 21:00 in Coventry, United Kingdom

  Visual Studio 2008 (formerly code named “Orcas”) brings with it a host of features for the web developer. In this session, we demonstrate the benefits you can get out of the Visual Studio toolset when working on your existing ASP.NET 2.0 projects as well as for new ASP.NET 3.5 projects.

• VBUG Conference 2007

  17-18 Oct 2007 in Reading, United Kingdom

  It’s an exciting time to be a .NET developer. Much has happened in the last year or so, and there’s loads more arriving in the coming months. You can use VBUG Conference 2007 to play catch up, to broaden or consolidate your skill base, or to launch yourself into the latest life-changing technologies.

• Microsoft Codename "Astoria and Visual Studio 2005 Tips and Tricks with Guy Smith-Ferrier

  Mon, 1 Oct 2007, 18:30 - 21:00 in Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

  In the first part of Guy's Four User Groups in Four Days tour, Guy Visits VBUG Newcastle to cover Astoria and Visual Studio 2005 Tips and Tricks.

• Building Distributed Solutions with the Windows Communication Foundation

  Wed, 11 Oct 2006 in Holborn, London, United Kingdom

  This talk shows you the basics of WCF and moves on to address & solve common problems in distributed systems designs and implementations. A number of examples will enable you to see the power & the potential of WCF. Come and see a practical approach to deal with security, reliability, interoperability, hosting & the design of service-oriented applications with WCF - beyond the hype

• A first glance at Ruby on Rails with Dave Verwer

  Wed, 11 Oct 2006 in Leeds, Ireland

  This session gives a first look at Ruby on Rails as both a language(Ruby)& a web development framework (Rails). With all of the buzz &hype around this new technology, this session will give a view of it from the perspective of somone familiar with MS.NET development tools & technologies. It will cover some of the basics of Ruby as a language & will then show some of what can be done with Ruby on Rails.

• Creating WebParts for SharePoint 2007

  Thu, 28 Sep 2006 in Ullesthorpe, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

  2007 Web Parts in 10 easy steps. ASP.NET 2.0 Web Part vs Microsoft.SharePoint Web Part Code Access Security for SharePoint Web Parts AllowPartiallyTrustedCallers() Bin, App_Bin or GAC??? DWP vs .WebPart Web.Config SafeControls entry Deploying Your WebPart.

• VBUG:WinFX Introduction to Windows Communication, Presentation & Workflow Foundation

  Wed, 8 Mar 2006 in London, United Kingdom

  With Windows Vista launching in 2006, Microsoft will release a greatly extended superset of the .NET Framework called WinFX which will become the primary mechanism for building applications for the Windows platform.In this session well look at the WPF WCF & WF.Well talk about their common themes & then drop into each technology to run some demos, have a look at how we program against them & what tool support is on its way for them

• VBUG: Introduction to BizTalk Server

  Wed, 22 Feb 2006 in SURREY, Ireland

  This session intends to provide an intro to the world of integration using BizTalk Server. We will look at WHY an integration server is needed & HOW BizTalk answers this need. We then look at the BizTalk Architecture & learn how it works at high level & learn what is involved in creating BizTalk projects

• VBUG: Whats new in ASP.NET 2.0 for web site developers

  Wed, 15 Feb 2006 in Cardiff, United Kingdom

  In this session well run through these new features in ASP.NET 2.0 that help you to be build great web applications in record time and well also take a look at the features in Visual Studio

• VBUG: Secure Code - The essentials of hack resistant applications

  Wed, 8 Feb 2006 in Swindon, United Kingdom

  This session is designed to help you understand the impact your code has on overall system security by demonstrating common attack scenarios, alerting you to bad practices and exploring techniques that help identify risks and mitigate system vulnerabilities

• VBUG: ASP to ASP.NET Migration

  Wed, 8 Feb 2006 in Holborn, London, United Kingdom

  We’ll cover the issues surrounding ASP / ASP.NET migration & compare a range of migration techniques so you can choose the right migration approach for your app. We’ll then take a deeper dive into the various strategies looking at the main technical problems you encounter for each. This presentation will give you all the info you need to plan & carry out a successful migration from ASP to ASP.NET

• VBUG: WinFX - Introduction to the Windows Communication, Presentation & Workflow Foundation

  Wed, 1 Feb 2006 in Stockport, United Kingdom

  With the launch of Vista in 2006 WinFX will become the primary mechanism for building applications for the Windows platform. In this session well take a look at the Win Presentation, Win Comm and Workflow Foundation. Well talk about their common themes & then drop into each technology for a while to run some demos & have a look at how we program against them & what tool support is on its way for them.

• VBUG: WinFX - Introduction to Windows Presentation Foundation

  Mon, 30 Jan 2006 in Coventry, United Kingdom

  This session will introduce the WPF (formerly code-named "Avalon") which forms part of the WinFX wave of technologies. The programming model is exposed in the traditional way through a compiler & a set of libraries but also through a new persistence format known as XAML.We'll take a look around the WPF from the bottom up,introducing the main functional areas & its future tool support.

• VBUG: Building Microsoft Office Solutions with Visual Studio

  Thu, 26 Jan 2006 in IPSWICH, United Kingdom

  This session will provide an overview of the many tools and techniques available for developing with Office today, particularly the new capabilities in Visual Studio 2005. Well also take a look into the future at Office 12 and the features of interest from a developers perspective.

• VBUG: VS 2005 Overview

  Wed, 25 Jan 2006, 18:30 - 21:00 in Shipley, West Yorks, , United Kingdom

  VS 2005 and .NET Framework 2.0 launch is the major event of the year. Every kind of application development has been enhanced with must-have features. Every kind of development and every kind of developer has compelling reasons why this is a must-have upgrade. In this session Phil Winstanley will try to cover several weeks of training in a couple of hours . . . If anyone can, Phils your man

• VBUG: Threading with Annie Matthewman

  Wed, 25 Jan 2006, 18:30 - 21:00 in Almondsbury Bristol , United Kingdom

  This session examines scenarios where you might want to use multi-threading & the common traps developers fall into when first trying to use it. It will look at how the .NET Framework exposes threads with worked examples in VB.NET

• VBUG: SQL Server 2005 Security

  19-19 Jan 2005 in Newcastle, United Kingdom

  This will be invaluable to SQL Server Developers who have found the interaction with SQL Server security frustrating & for SQL Server Database Administrators who have battled with Developers over imposing a security regime. Microsoft have worked hard to find a way for both sides to meet & agree on a security model that gives flexibility to the Developer and Security to the administrator.

• VBUG: Visual Studio 2005 - 15 Years Later: What can we do with Visual Basic in 2005? with Mike Taulty

  Thu, 19 Jan 2006 in Maidenhead, United Kingdom

  This session, will look at what got added to VS & VB language in 2005. Well talk about the wide range of application types that we can build with VB from the humble console application to the distributed web service & stop off along the way to point out both topics of general relevance such as threading, interop & data access.

• VBUG: VS 2005 Launch

  Tue, 17 Jan 2006, 19:00 - 21:00 in Glasgow, Strathclyde, United Kingdom

  VS 2005 &.NET Framework 2.0 launch is the major event of 2005. Every kind of application development has been enhanced with must-have features. Every kind of development & every kind of developer has compelling reasons why this is a must-have upgrade. In this session we will try to cover several weeks of training in a couple of hours including Generic & Protected Class & SQL Server 2005 Express.

• VBUG: VS 2005 - Desktop & Smart Client

  Thu, 5 Jan 2006, 18:30 - 21:00 in Horsham, West Sussex, United Kingdom

  We will take a look at the features of VB.NET 2005 that are useful to desktop applications and at smart client application development, deployment and updating using VB 2005.

• VS2005 Launch Party with Mr Ian Pettman

  Thu, 1 Dec 2005, 18:30 - 21:00 in Holborn, London, United Kingdom

  VS 2005 and .NET Framework 2.0 launch is the major event of the year. Every kind of application development has been enhanced with must-have features. Every kind of development and every kind of developer has compelling reasons why this is a must-have upgrade.

• VS2005 Launch Party

  Wed, 30 Nov 2005, 18:30 - 21:00 in Cambridge, United Kingdom

  The chaps from the Midlands VBUG region are taking their VS2005 Launch party on tour... Here is your chance to find out officially what is the best feature of the 2005 releases each revealed passionately by different presenters from around the world.

• VS2005 Launch Extravaganza

  Thu, 24 Nov 2005, 18:00 - 21:00 in Stockport, Manchester, United Kingdom

  VS 2005 and .NET Framework 2.0 launch is the major event of the year. Every kind of development and every kind of developer has compelling reasons why this is a must-have upgrade.