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March
27 2007
Speaker: Cal Schrotenboer
Topic: A Further Introduction to Windows Presentation
Foundation (WPF)
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This presentation by Cal Schrotenboer will extend and
deepen last month's
general introduction to WPF by Pradeep Tapadiya.
Windows Presentation Foundation is a new programming
paradigm introduced in Version 3.0 of the .NET Framework
as an alternative to traditional Windows Forms programming.
WPF effectively permits the separation of user interface
design (to be principally implemented by designers) from
the underlying functionality (to be implemented by developers)
using a new XML variant, XAML. WPF also permits almost
any control to host any other control, thereby allowing
dramatic user interface designs such as buttons hosting
videos or 3D drawings. WPF also permits every control
to be built in a scalable fashion so that an entire form
-- including buttons, graphics, labels, textboxes and
the text which they contain -- can be expanded or shrunken
simply by dragging the sizing handle.
This presentation will attempt to clarify the following:
- What is WPF?
- How does WPF compare to Windows Forms Development?
- Does WPF Require Windows Vista?
- What are the Other Requirements of WPF?
- What is XAML and how is it used by WPF?
- What is WPF/E?
- What is XBAP?
- What are the Applications in the Expressions Suite?
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Cal is a C#
developer with experience in building application front
ends for SQL Server databases. He also teaches programming
classes (Advanced C#, ASP.NET, VSTO, WPF, WCF, Perl, SQL
Server 2005) at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills and
Microsoft Network Administration (MCSE) classes at Mission
College in Santa Clara. A majority of the students in
Cal's Windows Presentation Foundation class (quite likely
the first such class in California) are Bay.NET members.
In April, in addition to a new session of the WPF class,
Cal will have a class in Windows Communication Foundation
based on the recently released Juval Lowy book. His outside
interests include travel and photography (www.travelswithcal.com).
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| Tuesday,
April 24th, 2007
Speaker: Mike McIntyre
Topic: Data Programming with ADO.NET 2.0
INETA Windows Vista Community Release: Pradeep
Tapadiya
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Mike will present a short review
of basic ADO.NET concepts followed by a series of data coding
exercises. The coding exercises will include ADO.NET 2.0
code using C# 2.0 and Visual Basic 2005, for both Windows
Forms and Web Forms applications.
Also, we will have our Windows Vista community release,
sponsored by INETA. Pradeep
Tapadiya will demonstrate key features of Windows Vista.
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Mike McIntyre,
a professional .NET consultant, is software architect,
engineer, developer, and project manager. Mike has
been working with .NET since 2001. He received the
Microsoft MVP (“Most Valuable Professional”)
award in 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007. In 2005 he was
awarded a Microsoft 'Ace' award for documentation
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Tuesday, May 29th, 2007
Speaker: Scott Stanfield
Topic: Microsoft’s UI Hat Trick: AJAX,
WPF and now Silverlight
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| Watching Microsoft embrace the user-experience
(“UX”--UI is so 1990s), you get the feeling
they know what they’re doing up in Redmond. First
we got “Atlas”, their rock-solid AJAX toolkit
for building seamless web apps that hide the ugly post-backs
of HTML. Then XAML + WPF bew the doors off what a Windows
program could be. Now, following up on their promise of
XAML as a flexible UI definition language, they release
Silverlight, a cross-browser RIA platform aimed squarely
at Flash. The Rubicon was crossed: .NET CLR in every browser.
So, what does this mean for your next app? My presentation
will give you a sampling of all three technologies, with
lots of real code and demos, so you can decide. But if
you’re still using MSPaint for your designs, you’re
in for ride!
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Scott Stanfield
is the CEO of Vertigo Software, Inc., a Microsoft Gold Partner
specializing in building unique .NET applications. Scott
is a proud member of the MSDN Regional Director community,
covering Silicon Valley, and participates in the Microsoft
.NET Partner Architect Council. His company built the Windows
DNA "Rosetta Stone" sample application Fitch &
Mather Stocks 2000, the ASP.NET Starter Kits and IBuySpy,
the Nile and Petshop benchmarks, Family.Show and many others.
He is a frequent speaker and has delivered keynotes at Microsoft
events including TechEd, PDC, DevDays and VBITs. Scott holds
a BS in Computer Science for Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. |
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