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Chris Bowen: Upcoming Developer Events in the Northeast – September 2010

cbowen — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:05:13 Z

Welcome to September! Traditionally, as we wind down summer and move toward the fall, conferences, events, and community normally kick into high gear. This year is definitely no exception, and here’s the latest roundup.

As always, if you know of a missing event please let me know.

-Chris

Connecticut

September 1
Hartford SQL Server Users Group – Farmington, CT
”Installing SQL Server 2008 on a Windows Server 2008 R2 Failover Cluster” – Chuck Boyce
”PowerPivot Demonstration and Discussion” – Jon Gore

September 2
Fairfield/Westchester .NET User Group – Stamford, CT
“And Introduction to Microsoft’s WebMatrix” – Rachel Appel

September 14
Connecticut .NET Developers Group – Farmington, CT
“ASP.NET MVC 2 Best Practices” – Robert Hurlbut

September 14
Build Guild – Simsbury, CT

September 30
MSDN Windows Phone 7 Firestarter & Garage Events – Farmington, CT
A daytime Firestarter (9-5) and an evening Garage (6-9) to give you an opportunity to learn all of the latest about the Windows Phone 7 platform and development.

October 18
New England Silverlight Guild – Farmington, CT (and Cambridge, MA)
Inaugural Meeting – “Silverlight as a Transmedia Platform” – Jesse Liberty

November 2
MSDN ASP.NET Web Platform Firestarter – Farmington, CT
A full day of content progressing through developing with the ASP.NET Web Platform. ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Web Forms, Web Matrix, and more.

Schedule TBD
Fairfield/Westchester SQL Server UG - Stamford, CT
Agile Connecticut - Farmington, CT

Maine

September 9
Maine Bytes User Group - Portland, ME
“ASP.NET 4 and Visual Studio 2010” – Fritz Onion

September 28
Bangor Area .Net Developers (BAND) - Bangor, ME

Schedule TBD
Maine Developer Network - Augusta, ME
Maine Microsoft Certification Study Group – Online!

Massachusetts

September 2
Beantown .NET User Group - Cambridge, MA
“Windows Phone 7 Development” – Chris Bowen

September 2
New England Visual Basic Professionals - Waltham, MA
“Windows Azure Storage and SQL Azure Storage” – Bill Wilder, Andy Novick

September 2
Boston JavaScript Meetup – Cambridge, MA
“CouchDB for JavaScript Programmers” – Boaz Sender

September 8
Boston .NET User Group - Waltham, MA
“Test-Driven Development in VS2010: Theory and Practice” – Michael de la Maza

September 8
Boston Area SharePoint Users Group – Cambridge, MA
“Becoming a SharePoint Solution Provider” – Steven Fowler

September 8
Agile Boston User Group - Waltham, MA
“New Tools for the Agile Quiver” – Jim McCarthy

September 9
New England SQL Server User Group - Waltham, MA
“2010/2010 Season Kickoff” – Kalen Delaney

September 9
Boston Web Design Meetup – Cambridge, MA

September 13
New England F# User Group – Cambridge, MA
“Web Development in F#” – Vladimir Matveev

September 14
Build Guild – Salem, MA

September 15
Boston .NET Architecture Study Group - Waltham, MA
“Silverlight 4”

September 20
DotNetNuke Boston Meetup – Waltham, MA

September 22
Boston XNA Developers Group - Waltham, MA

September 23
Lean Startup Circle Meetup – Cambridge, MA
“Analytics + A/B Testing” – TBD
”Discarding Ideas as the Essence of Lean Startups” – John Prendergast

September 24
SQL Server Loadfest R2 – Waltham, MA

September 25
SharePoint Saturday Boston 3 – Waltham, MA
The third annual edition of this free, full day of SharePoint sessions delivered by area experts.

October 2
New England Code Camp 14 – Waltham, MA
Join hundreds of fellow developers for this free day, packed with amazing sessions, networking opportunities, and a new Entrepreneurial Track.

October 7
New England Visual Basic Professionals - Waltham, MA

October 14
New England SQL Server User Group - Waltham, MA

October 14
Boston Web Design Meetup – Cambridge, MA

October 18
New England Silverlight Guild – Cambridge, MA (and Farmington, CT)
Inaugural Meeting – “Silverlight as a Transmedia Platform” – Jesse Liberty

October 21
Boston WebsiteSpark Group – Cambridge, MA
“Developing iPhone Applications with ASP.NET” – Jim Wilson

October 26
Agile Software Development in VS2010: Test-Driven Development – Michael de la Maza
A “Pay What You Can” Course at the Microsoft Waltham MTC

October 28
Lean Startup Circle Meetup – Cambridge, MA

November 4
MSDN ASP.NET Web Platform Firestarter – Waltham, MA
A full day of content progressing through developing with the ASP.NET Web Platform. ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Web Forms, Web Matrix, and more.

November 6
Design Camp Boston – Cambridge, MA
A new event, featuring a full day with 18 sessions focused on design, user experience, and creativity.

November 30
MSDN Windows Azure Firestarter – Waltham, MA
A full day of content for developers interested in moving to the cloud with Windows Azure.

Schedule TBD
Boston Cloud Services – Waltham, MA
Boston BizSpark Meetup – Cambridge, MA
New England Windows Phone User and Developer Group - Waltham, MA
New England ASP.NET Professionals – Waltham, MA
Boston Azure User Group – Cambridge, MA
Boston Business Intelligence – Waltham, MA
Cape Cod .NET User Group - Hyannis, MA
Cape Cod XNA User Group – Hyannis, MA
IASA New England – Waltham, MA
North Shore Web Geeks – Newburyport, MA
Refresh Boston – Cambridge, MA
Western Mass Microsoft Technology Users Group - Chicopee, MA

New Hampshire

September 9
Nashua Scrum Club – Nashua, NH
“True Agility Requires Us to Re-Examine Our Beliefs” – Damon Poole

Schedule TBD
Seacoast SQL Server Users Group – Portsmouth, NH
NH .NET User Group – Nashua, NH

New York (Upstate)

September 8
Central New York .NET Developer Group - East Syracuse, NY
“PowerShell at Work: Background Jobs Exposed” – Jeffery Hicks

September 28
VDUNY - Visual Developers of Upstate NY - Rochester, NY
“Active Reports 6” – Chuck Baldo

November 16
MSDN Windows Azure Firestarter – Rochester, NY
A full day of content for developers interested in moving to the cloud with Windows Azure.

Schedule TBD
Build Guild – Albany, NY
Upstate NY PowerShell Users Group – Syracuse, NY
Upstate NY PowerShell User Group – Rochester, NY
Tech Valley .NET Users Group - Latham, NY
Western New York .NET Users Group - Amherst, NY

Rhode Island

September 8
Southern New England SQL Server User Group, Warwick, RI
“Accelerated MDM with SQL Server 2008 R2 Master Data Services” – Brian Berry

Schedule TBD
Providence Geeks – Providence, RI
Rhode Island .NET User Group - Bristol, RI

Vermont

September 11
Vermont Code Camp 2 – Burlington, VT
Returning for a second year, join many area (and some not from the area!) developers for a free day of sharing and learning in a variety of technologies!

Schedule TBD
Vermont SQL Server User Group - Burlington, VT

Chris Bowen: Design Camp Boston – November 6th

cbowen — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:35:42 Z

Community-driven events like Code Camps and BarCamps have been great ways for developers to connect and share knowledge. With the strong design community here in New England, a similarly-structured event focusing on designers would clearly be helpful.

Enter Design Camp Boston:

Design Camp focuses on both current trends and future developments in web design and user experience across their many forms. Community driven, Design Camp Boston is a free, weekend-day event featuring some 18 sessions spanning web site design, frameworks, content management systems, motion graphics, standards, mobile applications, marketing, social media and more.

Design Camp Boston will be held on Saturday, November 6th from 8 AM – 5 PM at the Microsoft New England Research & Development (NERD) Center in Cambridge, MA.

The schedule has been posted and registration is now open.

Thanks to Bryan Phillips of Grey Wolf Design for his tireless efforts in leading the turning of this idea into reality!

-Chris

Chris Bowen: SharePoint Saturday Boston 3 – September 25

cbowen — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 23:11:36 Z

Returning for its third year (and part of an international series of events), registration is now open for SharePoint Saturday Boston 3, on September 25th in Waltham, MA.

From the registration page:

SharePoint Saturday will be an educational, informative & lively day filled with sessions from respected SharePoint professionals & MVPs, covering a wide variety of SharePoint-orientated topics. SharePoint Saturday is FREE, open to the public and is your local chance to immerse yourself in SharePoint.

This is a free event (thanks to the event sponsors) with a lineup of 30 sessions in three tracks: "Developer”, “Administrator”, and “End User”.

Whether you’re already working with SharePoint, or are considering it, this will be another great chance to learn and share with many other area SharePoint professionals!

-Chris

MDN: -+#+- MDN CODE CAMP 1 SCHEDULE -+#+-

mark.blomsma@develop-one.com (Mark Blomsma) — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:24:46 Z

When: August 27th, 28th, 29th, 2010

Where: Mt. Blue State Park, Weld, Maine (Link to offical site)

Sign up: http://www.maine-devnet.org/Home/SignUpForEvent.aspx
>>>>

-- [ CODE CAMP EVENTS ON FRIDAY ] --

THE CODE CAMPFIRE EXPERIENCE: ( FRIDAY EVENING)

THIS SESSION IS ABOUT SHARING EXPERIENCES. COME PREPARED TO TELL THE OTHERS ABOUT A RECENT PROJECT YOU WORKED ON. WE EXPECT TO HEAR ABOUT THE CHALLENGES AND THE VICTORIES! PEOPLE ARE ENCOURAGED TO ASK QUESTIONS AND MAKE THIS INTO A LIVELY DISCUSSION.

-- [ PARK EVENTS ON FRIDAY ] --

2:00-4:30 p.m. GOLD PANNING: EXPERIENCE GOLD PANNING ON THE SWIFT

RIVER. TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FOOLS GOLD (PYRITE) AND REAL GOLD.

DISCOVER HOW TO READ THE RIVER FOR BEST LOCATIONS ON WHERE TO FIND

GOLD. SWIFT RIVER GOLD IS THE PURIST GOLD IN THE UNITED STATES. MEET AT

THE NATURE CENTER.

2:00-4:00 NATURE CENTER OPEN

5:00-7:00 p.m. EAGLE/LOON WATCHING FROM A CANOE: TRY YOUR HAND

AT CANOEING ON WEBB LAKE WITH A RANGER. EAGLE AND LOON SIGHTINGS ARE

POSSIBLE. MEET AT THE BEACH NEAR CANOES.

8:00 p.m. MOVIE AT THE AMPHITHEATER: WATCH MOVIES UNDER THE

STARS AT OUR AMPHITHEATER. DURING INCLIMATE WEATHER, MOVIES WILL BE

CANCELED. BRING A FLASHLIGHT FOR THE WALK BACK

-- [ CODE CAMP EVENTS ON SATURDAY ] --

DAY OF FUN:

DURING THE DAY THERE WILL BE TIME FOR OUTDOOR FUN, OR JUST RELAXING TIME. WE’D LIKE TO HAVE A JOINT BBQ AT THE END OF THE AFTERNOON. SO IF YOU CAN, BRING A GRILL, MEAT AND OTHER THINGS YOU FEEL ARE A BBQ NECESSITY.

EVENING (AFTER DARK):

AT THE AMPHITHEATER: SHAWN AND MARK HAVE SOME PRESENTATION MATERIAL ON C# 4.0, LIGHTSWITCH AND SILVERLIGHT.

WE CAN ALWAYS USE MORE PRESENTERS!

WE’RE LOOKING FOR A PRESENTATION CONSISTING OF JUST 2 OR 3 SLIDES WITH SOME SAMPLE CODE ON THE SIDE.

IT WILL ALL BE VERY INFORMAL AND FUN! THE MORE PEOPLE THAT PUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT TOGETHER, THE MERRIER!

-- [ PARK EVENTS ON SATURDAY ] --

9:00-11:00 a.m. NATURE CENTER OPEN

2:00-4:30 p.m. GOLD PANNING: EXPERIENCE GOLD PANNING ON THE SWIFT

RIVER. TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FOOLS GOLD (PYRITE) AND REAL GOLD.

DISCOVER HOW TO READ THE RIVER FOR BEST LOCATIONS ON WHERE TO FIND

GOLD. SWIFT RIVER GOLD IS THE PURIST GOLD IN THE UNITED STATES. MEET AT

THE NATURE CENTER.

5:00-6:00 JUNIOR RANGER PROGRAM: AGES 6-12 DEVELOP SKILLS RANGERS

USE IN THE OUT OF DOORS. TRY YOUR HAND AT MAKING TRACKS, MAP AND

COMPASS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES. CHILDREN WILL RECEIVE A JUNIOR RANGER

BADGE. PARENTS MUST ACCOMPANY CHILDREN. MEET AT NATURE CENTER.

8:00 p.m. EVENING PROGRAM AT THE AMPHITHEATER: MOUNT BLUE

STATE PARK PRIDES ITSELF ON OUR GUEST SPEAKERS. MUSIC, MAGIC OR NATURE

EXPLORATION ARE PRESENTED EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT.

-- [ CODE CAMP EVENTS ON SUDAY ] --

TO BE DECIDED SATURDAY EVENING.

-- [ PARK EVENTS ON SUNDAY ] --

8:30-10:00 COFFEE WITH THE RANGER: HAVE A CUP OF COFFEE WHILE

VISITING THE NATURE CENTER. ASK THE RANGER QUESTIONS; SEE THE NATURE

DISPLAYS AND ANIMALS.

11:30-12:30 JUNIOR RANGER PROGRAM: AGES 6-12 DEVELOP SKILLS

RANGERS USE IN THE OUT OF DOORS. TRY YOUR HAND AT MAKING TRACKS, MAP

AND COMPASS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES. CHILDREN WILL RECEIVE A JUNIOR RANGER

BADGE. PARENTS MUST ACCOMPANY CHILDREN. MEET AT NATURE CENTER.

1:00-4:00 NATURE CENTER OPEN

Mark Blomsma: Important update for Visual Studio 2010 & Team Foundation Server 2010 (TFS2010) users

Mark Blomsma — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:50:33 Z

Neno Loje blogged about an important update that is available and should be installed by everyone that uses Visual Studio 2010 and Team Foundation Server 2010.

It enables Lab Management, but also installs all hot fixes that have been made available since 2010 became available.

Neno’s FAQ says it all:

Frequently asked questions

Should I install the update although I do not use Lab Management?
Yes, it contains all TFS fixes that have been made since TFS 2010.

Is this a Service Pack?
No.

If I reinstall or add TFS components later, do I have to reapply this patch?
Yes.

Should I stop TFS service prior to installing?
No, this is not necessary and will be done automatically by the update.

More on: http://msmvps.com/blogs/vstsblog/archive/2010/08/23/update-for-tfs-2010-rtm-version-including-all-hot-fixes.aspx

Or jump directly to the download: KB 983578

Chris Bowen: Announcing the New England Silverlight Guild

cbowen — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 05:52:39 Z

In October, a new group will be joining the New England developer and designer community! The New England Silverlight Guild will hold meetings in Cambridge, MA and Farmington, CT on the 3rd Monday of each month.

The group’s goal is to “promote and encourage designers, developers, and innovators of all skill levels to share, laugh and grow our skills and knowledge around Silverlight, Expression Blend and Windows Phone 7”.

The first meeting, on October 18th, will be a linked MA & CT meeting, with none other than Jesse Liberty as the guest speaker:

New England Silverlight Guild
“Silverlight as a Transmedia Platform” - Jesse Liberty
October 18, 2010
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Venues (note there are different registration links by city):

Microsoft NERD (New England R&D Center)
One Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA 02142 (Thomas Paul Room)
Cambridge Registration: http://neslg101810ma.eventbrite.com


Microsoft Farmington Office
74 Batterson Park Rd, #100 Farmington Connecticut 06032 (MPR Room)
Farmington Registration: http://neslg101810ct.eventbrite.com


Group Organizers

Please join me in thanking Gary Chin and Dennis Perlot for creating and co-leading this new group!

-Chris

Chris Bowen: ASP.NET Web Platform Firestarter Series

cbowen — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:34:33 Z

A new set of free Firestarter events covering the ASP.NET Web Platform will be running from late September to December along the east coast. (Part of the series of Firestarters mentioned in an earlier post.)

Firestarter events focus on a particular topic area and progress from introductory through intermediate topics, helping you to quickly ramp up in that area, in this case the Microsoft Web Platform. You’ll get up to speed on the latest in web development, from ASP.NET Web Forms and ASP.NET MVC, to WebMatrix, and tools and techniques for creating effective web applications with CSS, jQuery, and AJAX.

I’ll be helping to deliver a bunch of these along with teammates Rachel Appel and G. Andrew Duthie, so I hope to see you there!

Registration is now open, so reserve your seat today:

City Date Link

Iselin, NJ 9/30 Registration

New York, NY 10/26 Registration

Farmington, CT 11/2 Registration

Waltham, MA 11/4 Registration

Chevy Chase, MD 11/9 Registration

Malvern, PA 11/16 Registration

Tampa, FL 11/30 Registration

Orlando, FL 12/2 Registration

Atlanta, GA 12/9 Registration

Raleigh, NC 12/10 Registration

The Agenda

8:30 – Registration

9:00 – To the Web with ASP.NET 4 Web Forms

The tried-and-true approach for creating effective and robust websites, ASP.NET 4 Web Forms offers powerful abstractions and rapid application development features. Add in recent advances in ASP.NET 4 and Visual Studio 2010 and you’ll be crafting amazing sites in no time.

10:30 – Looking at ASP.NET MVC

ASP.NET MVC (Model View Controller) is a relatively new option, offering a variety of potential benefits such as separation of concerns, flexibility, control, and testability. In this session, you’ll learn the essentials, along with the latest advances, so you can get started right away.

12:00 – The Web Platform Smorgasbord

Grab a bite to eat and join us for this relaxed but rapid-fire lunchtime look at a variety of web topics, including tools and tech that you’ll surely find appetizing.

12:45 – Introducing WebMatrix

WebMatrix is a new option that provides a simple but powerful way to create web applications. You can create sites based on existing open-source applications, or dive right in and create from scratch. From code and testing to data and deployment, we’ll introduce WebMatrix and show you how it can make your life easier.

1:40 – Evaluating Your Web Options

You’re up to speed with the latest in ASP.NET MVC, Web Forms, and WebMatrix, but you may be wondering how and when to choose between them. The great news is you don’t always have to choose just one. In this session we’ll talk about factors to consider, options for adoption/migration, and ways to combine ASP.NET Web Forms and MVC in the same web application.

2:40 – Creating Effective Websites with ASP.NET

Knowing how to create websites with ASP.NET is important, but making them effective is the key. This final session dives into additional options and techniques that apply to both Web Forms and ASP.NET MVC applications. From scripting with jQuery and AJAX, design with CSS, markup and validation techniques, and tools for testing, you’ll learn how to set your sites (and skills) apart from the rest.

-Chris

Chris Bowen: Announcing New England Code Camp 14 – October 2nd, 2010

cbowen — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:15:17 Z

All systems are go for New England Code Camp 14, a major community event for developers coming to Waltham, MA on October 2nd!

Registration (free), the Call for Speakers, and Call for Contributors are all now open.

    New England Code Camp 14
    Saturday, October 2nd
    8:30 AM – 6 PM+ (and post-event Geek Gathering)
    Microsoft, 201 Jones Road, Waltham, MA

    http://www.thedevcommunity.org

New! This Camp, in addition to a variety of technical tracks, an Entrepreneurial Track will be featured, offering a chance to share and learn about the business side of technology.

For social media fans, the tag will be #necc14.

Code What?

Code Camps (started in 2004 with New England Code Camp 1), are free events, held outside of normal work hours, organized by and for the developer community. They’re a great opportunity to network and to share knowledge without marketing noise getting in the way.

Code Camp has something for every developer - a blend of the technical to the practical, established to new, and beginner to advanced. Check out the Code Camp Manifesto for the guiding principles.

Register Now

It’s a free event, so register today and join hundreds of fellow developers for a day of sharing, learning, and networking!

Call for Speakers – You!

Code Camp is driven by speakers who volunteer their time and expertise. From first-time presenters to veterans of national conferences, Code Camps are great because we hear from many perspectives – we want to hear yours.

So, have something to share? Submit a session today:

Sign in to an existing account or create a new one at TheDevCommunity.org site.

Complete a Speaker Registry profile (if you don't already have one.)

Go to the Code Camps home page.

Next to the CC14 entry, you should see a "Submit a Session" link.

Submit as many sessions as you'd like.

Please ensure that you also register as an attendee

Topics are open and sessions are normally scheduled for 75 minutes.

Call for Contributors (Sponsors)

Code Camps rely on contributors to donate giveaways and funding for food to help make the event happen. Needed:

Morning coffee (and doughnuts are always appreciated, too)

Lunch

Giveaways – items to be given out by speakers in sessions

SWAG - items like pens, pads, and bags – branded or unbranded – it’s all welcome!

You’ll have a highly-targeted audience thanking your company for its support of the developer community, so please let me know if your company is interested in helping to made Code Camp 14 a success.

Thanks

Special thanks to Patrick Hynds for volunteering to lead the organization of this event, and to Chris Pels for his continuing help with organizing these events!

See you at Code Camp 14!

-Chris

Chris Bowen: Maine Developer Network Code Camp

cbowen — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:01:43 Z

For as long as Code Camps have been running here in the northeast, there’s been talk of running a real camping Code Camp. Well, the wait is over and the chance is coming up very soon!

The Maine Developer Network (the user group in Augusta, ME) will be hosting this event the weekend of August 27th – 29th at Mt. Blue State Park in Weld, ME.

From the event page:

The time for the long awaited much anticipated first ever code camp with actual camping is upon us! Please join us for an amazing coding adventure at one of the most coveted parks in Maine. Camping will begin at 1:00 p.m. Friday and continue through 11:00 a.m. Sunday. Daytime will bring outdoor activities, the evenings will be filled with code! Bring just yourself or your entire family, because this weekend of camping is totally free.

We have tremendous activities available for coders and non-coders alike. We have included the short list below for your reference. We are even going to attempt a real life version of Conway's Game of Life!

Wait, did that say “free”? Yes, yes it did. Read on for more and to register.

This should be a great way to relax, get away from it all, make new friends, and reconnect with nature!

-Chris

Mark Blomsma: Maine Developer Network Code Camp #1

Mark Blomsma — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:13:32 Z

A little bit late, but the invitation for the first Maine Code Camp just went out!

When: August 27th, 28th, 29th, 2010
Where: Mt. Blue State Park, Weld, Maine (Link to offical site)
Sign up: http://www.maine-devnet.org/Home/SignUpForEvent.aspx
More info: http://www.maine-devnet.org/Home/Meetings.aspx

MDN: Maine Developer Network Code Camp #1

mark.blomsma@develop-one.com (Mark Blomsma) — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 23:37:13 Z

When: August 27th, 28th, 29th, 2010

Where: Mt. Blue State Park, Weld, Maine (Link to offical site)

Sign up: http://www.maine-devnet.org/Home/SignUpForEvent.aspx

Greetings Fellow .NET enthusiasts!

The time for the long awaited much anticipated first ever code camp with actual camping is upon us! Please join us for an amazing coding adventure at one of the most coveted parks in Maine. Camping will begin at 1:00 p.m. Friday and continue through 11:00 a.m. Sunday. Daytime will bring outdoor activities, the evenings will be filled with code! Bring just yourself or your entire family, because this weekend of camping is totally free.

We have tremendous activities available for coders and non-coders alike. We have included the short list below for your reference. We are even going to attempt a real life version of Conway's Game of Life!

Activities:
ATV Riding (outside the campground only)
Picnicking
Boating (Canoe and kayak rentals available)
Fishing (Be sure to purchase a Maine fishing license)
Horseback riding
Off-road biking
Swimming
Watching Wildlife
Nature Center
Gold Panning
Junior Ranger Program (Ages 6-12)
Eagle/Loon Watching from a Canoe
Movie at the Amphitheater (Watch The Aristocrats under the stars)
Geocaching

What you will need to bring:
* Camping equipment
* Enough food and drinks to last the weekend.
* Officially, alcohol is prohibited from the park. So don't strap a 30 pack to your roof while driving through the park gate. Unofficially, no one is going to question what that bubbly mystery liquid is in your travel mug.

Presenters:
If you are interested in presenting please include the Topic you wish to present along with the day you would like to present when you register. A projector and questionable power source will be provided.
Check in:
A group tent site has been reserved for this event. When you arrive at the Weld beach gate for Mt. Blue State Park please tell them that you are with the MDN group staying in the south shelter. Give them the secret password "flaming marshmallows" and you will not be charged to enter the park. However, if you wish to bring a camper you will be required to reserve a campsite at www.CampWithME.com.

We are very excited to kick off this one of a kind camping experience. If you can't make it for the whole weekend feel free to drop by for a day visit. We will post a schedule of events Thursday evening.

See you all soon!

-The MDN Team

Directions to the park:

From Portland (South)

' Come up Interstate 95 North

' Take Exit 75 ' Lewiston/ Auburn Exit go to light, take a left will be on (Rt. 100 + Rt. 4 North).

' Drive approximately 24.8 miles Rt. 4 North toward Livermore

' Take a left on to Rt. 108 West

' Drive approximately 18 miles

' In West Peru you will take a right

' Drive approximately 3/10ths of a mile

' Stop turn right on to Rt 2, drive approximately 3/10ths of a mile

' You want to be in the left lane at the light.

' Turn left on to 142 North

' Drive approximately 8.4 miles to Carthage

' Take a left after Bradbury's Market on to the West Side Road

' Drive 4 miles, Mt Blue State Park (Webb Beach) campground is on the right

Directions From Augusta

' Take Rt. 27 to Rt 2 west

' At light in Farmington turn left (Rt. 2 and 4) South

' Drive approximately

' In Wilton take a right on 156 West to Weld

' Drive approximately 1 mile at stop sign turn left

' Drive 1/10 of a mile

' Turn right 156 to Weld, drive 13.5 miles to stop sign in Weld

' Drive straight through intersection

' Drive 2.4 miles

' Take a left on to the West Side Road

' Drive 4 miles

' Mount Blue State Park campground is on the left. About 1 mile down in you will come to the entrance booth

From Phillips

Take 142 South toward Weld

Drive approximately 10 miles

Take a right on to the West Side Rd

Drive 4 miles

Take a left, drive approximately 1 mile to entrance booth

Directions From Lewiston/Auburn

' Take Rt. 4 North to Wilton. Rt. 4 will connect with Rt. 2.

' Drive approximately 1 mile take a left onto Rt. 156 West

' Drive approximately 1 mile stop turn left.

' Drive approximately 1/10 of a mile.

' Turn right drive approximately 13.5 miles.

' Stop in Weld village go straight . (Now on 142 North)

' Drive approx. 2.4 miles

' Take a left on the West Side Road

' Drive 4 miles, campground entrance is on the left.

Chris Bowen: MSDN Firestarter Events Coming Soon

cbowen — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 21:16:00 Z

[Update 8/23/2010 – Registration for the ASP.NET Web Platform Events is now open]

Starting soon and running throughout the rest of the year, our regional team will be delivering three series of “Firestarter” MSDN events along the east cost, covering client, cloud, and web development topics. The idea behind a Firestarter is to concentrate on a particular topic and build knowledge by progressing from the basics through deeper topics over the course of the day.

The first of these series focuses on Windows Phone 7 development. In addition, we’re combining these free daytime events with special evening Windows Phone Garages, hands-on workshops where you can get hands-on experience coding with experts on hand to help.

Windows Phone 7 Firestarter
9 AM – 5 PM

Introduction to Windows Phone Development and the WP7 platform

Building Windows Phone 7 Applications with Silverlight

Building Windows Phone 7 Applications using XNA

Lunch (included)

Monetizing Your Apps with Marketplace

Windows Phone 7 Services

Light Up Windows Phone 7

Windows Phone Garage
6 PM – 9 PM

This hands-on workshop will feature one-on-one proctoring from Microsoft and community experts. It's the perfect opportunity to design and implement that cool new app you've been dreaming about, so bring your ideas and get ready to code.

Windows Phone 7 Events

If you’d like to attend both the Firestarter and Garage events, make sure you register for each separately.

City

Date

Registration

Atlanta, GA August 24 Firestarter | Garage

Waltham, MA August 24 Firestarter | Garage

Tampa, FL August 31 Firestarter | Garage

Ft. Lauderdale, FL September 2 Firestarter | Garage

New York, NY September 7 Firestarter | Garage

Raleigh, NC September 8 Firestarter | Garage

Chevy Chase, MD September 21 Firestarter | Garage

Charlotte, NC September 21 Firestarter | Garage

Philadelphia, PA September 22 Firestarter | Garage

Pittsburgh, PA September 28 Firestarter | Garage

Farmington, CT September 30 Firestarter | Garage

More Firestarters… Save the Dates!

I’d mentioned there are three series, the other two will focus on web and cloud development. The dates and cities are confirmed, so you can plan ahead and we’ll post details when registration opens.

ASP.NET Web Platform Firestarters (Now Live)

[Update 8/23/2010 - Details on this series have now been posted.]

The focus of these events is on getting your up to speed with options for creating web applications on the ASP.NET Web Platform, from ASP.NET MVC and Web Forms, to WebMatrix, tools, and practices.

City

Date

Registration

Iselin, NJ September 30 Registration

New York, NY October 26 Registration

Farmington, CT November 2 Registration

Waltham, MA November 4 Registration

Chevy Chase, MD November 9 Registration

Malvern, PA November 16 Registration

Tampa, FL November 30 Registration

Orlando, FL December 2 Registration

Alpharetta, GA December 9 Registration

Raleigh, NC December 10 Registration

Windows Azure Firestarters

These events will help you understand cloud computing, what Windows Azure offers you, and how to get right in and use the latest development options to create applications to take advantage of those benefits.

City

Date

Registration

Tampa, FL November 8 coming soon

Alpharetta, GA November 10 coming soon

Charlotte, NC November 11 coming soon

Rochester, NY November 16 coming soon

Waltham, MA November 30 coming soon

New York, NY December 1 coming soon

Malvern, PA December 7 coming soon

Chevy Chase, MD December 9 coming soon

“Great! But What About Northeast MSDN Roadshow?”

While a good number of these are in the northeast, Jim and I couldn’t imagine not hitting the road to reach other parts of the northeast, so you can bet we’re busily planning a schedule for the Northeast Roadshow to visit other cities near (or hopefully “near enough”) to you.

Stay tuned for more!

-Chris

Chris Bowen: New England Code Camp 14 – Save the Date!

cbowen — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 17:19:30 Z

I’m glad to announce that the date is set and venue reserved for our 14th Code Camp, a free, full day of knowledge sharing and networking! (What is a Code Camp?)

    New England Code Camp 14
    Saturday, October 2nd, 2010
    Microsoft
    201 Jones Road, 6th floor
    Waltham, MA

Registration and Calls for Speakers and Sponsors will be coming later, but in the meantime, mark your calendar and get ready to join hundreds of your fellow developers for this great community event!

Organization and Thanks

Special thanks to Patrick Hynds for stepping up to volunteer to help lead the organization of this event! Many of you know Patrick, as he has been a long time supporter of the community (and among many other things, is a Microsoft Regional Director here in the northeast), so it’s fantastic to have him involved.

Stay tuned for other details and opportunities for you to participate.

-Chris

Chris Bowen: Northeast Roadshow Screencasts and Resources

cbowen — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:21:22 Z

Jim and I completed two Northeast Roadshow tours from March through May, and we’ve recorded screencasts based on the core content.

Whether you attended and want a refresher, or are hearing about the Roadshow for the first time, let me know if you find these useful and any suggestions you may have!

You can also find these links, includes those from prior Roadshow tours, listed on the Northeast Roadshow portal.

The “Driving Toward a New Horizon” Tour

Session 1 - Windows Azure: What? Why? And a Peek Under the Hood

Slides and Resources

Screencast (34 minutes, 23 seconds)

Session 2 - Data: At Your Service

Slides and Resources

Screencast (21 minutes, 18 seconds)

Session 3 - Visual Studio 2010: That’s a 10-4, Good Buddy

Slides and Resources

Screencast - Part 1 (35 minutes, 58 seconds), Part 2 (7 minutes, 7 seconds)

The 2010 Launch Tour

Session 1 - “Fore!” Slicing Into What’s New in Silverlight 4

Slides and Resources

Screencast (10 minutes, 32 seconds)

Session 2 - “Don’t T(h)read on Me” – Snaking Through the New Parallel Programming Options

Slides and Resources

Screencast (42 minutes, 43 seconds)

Session 3 - “Weaving the Next Web” – ASP.NET, Windows Azure, and Beyond

Slides and Resources

Screencast (14 minutes, 20 seconds)

Session 4 - “It’s Your Call” – Windows Phone 7, Silverlight, and XNA

Slides and Resources

Screencast (18 minutes, 51 seconds)

We’re busily hatching new schemes for the Northeast Roadshow this fall, so stay tuned for more.

Enjoy!

-Chris

Chris Bowen: Vermont Code Camp 2 - September 11, 2010

cbowen — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:11:48 Z

After an excellent first event last year, the Vermont Code Camp is making a return to Burlington, VT on September 11th. A Code Camp is a free event (always outside of work hours) for developers to meet, share experiences, and learn.

    Vermont Code Camp 2
    Saturday, Sept. 11th, 2010
    9 AM – 6 PM
    Kalkin Hall, University of Vermont
    Burlington, VT

    The Details and Registration

You, the Speaker

All Code Camps rely on speakers to volunteer their time and expertise. If you’re interested in helping, just submit a Speaker Session Proposal via the registration page (http://vtcodecamp.eventbrite.com). The community will thank you!

-Chris

Mark Blomsma: What’s new in C# 4.0?

Mark Blomsma — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:41:15 Z

I’ll be speaking at the upcoming Bangor Area .NET Developer (BAND) meeting (July 27th). If you want to know more about C#4.0 then come and join the fun. More info here.

Abstract:
What’s new in C# 4.0?
Mark Blomsma
A quick introduction to the new language features of C#4.0: Late-Binding Support, Named and Optional Parameters and last but not least Covariance and Contravariance.

Mark Blomsma: Purchasing Visual Studio 2010

Mark Blomsma — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:45:24 Z

Amazon sells various versions of Visual Studio 2010. Here is an overview of versions and this will give you a good indication of prices. Below the prices is a feature comparison also…

Visual Studio Professional

Plain
Upgrade from 2005/2008
with MSDN

Visual Studio Premium

with new MSDN
with MSDN renewal

Visual Studio Utlimate

with new MSDN
with MSDN renewal

Visual Studio 2010 Feature Comparison

Debugging & Diagnostic

IntelliTrace (Historical Debugger)

Static Code Analysis

Code Metrics

Profiling

Testing

Unit Testing

Code Coverage

Test Impact Analysis

Coded UI Test

Web Performance Testing

Load Testing¹

Microsoft Test Manager 2010

Test Case Management²

Manual Test Execution

Fast-Forward for Manual Testing

Lab Management Configuration³

Database Development

Database Deployment

Database Change Management²

Database Unit Testing

Database Test Data Generation

Development Platform Support

Windows Development

Web Development

Office and SharePoint Development

Cloud Development

Customizable Development Experience

Architecture and Modeling

Architecture Explorer

UML 2.0 Compliant Diagrams (Activity, Use Case, Sequence, Class, Component)

Layer Diagram and Dependency Validation

Read-only diagrams (UML, Layer, DGML Graphs)

Lab Management

Virtual environment setup & tear down³

Provision environment from template³

Checkpoint environment³

Team Foundation Server

Version Control²

Work Item Tracking²

Build Automation²

Team Portal²

Reporting & Business Intelligence²

Agile Planning Workbook²

Test Case Management²

Microsoft Visual Studio Team Explorer 2010

MSDN Subscription - Software for Production Use

Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010

Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010 CAL

1

1

1

1

Microsoft Expression Studio 3

Microsoft Office 2007 Ultimate, Communicator 2007, Project 2007 Standard, Visio 2007 Professional, SharePoint Designer 2007

MSDN Subscription - Software for Development and Test Use⁴

Windows Azure™

†

††

†††

Windows (client and server operating systems)

Microsoft SQL Server

Toolkits, Software Development Kits, Driver Development Kits

Microsoft SharePoint

Microsoft Dynamics

All other Servers

Windows Embedded operating systems

MSDN Subscription benefits

Team Explorer Everywhere (tools for cross-platform development)

Technical support incidents

4

4

2

2

Priority support in MSDN Forums

Microsoft e-learning collections

2

2

1

1

MSDN Magazine

MSDN Flash newsletter

MSDN Online Concierge

† Azure benefit includes 250 compute hrs/mo, 7.5 GB storage, 3 GB SQL Server database capacity, 1M .NET messages/month
†† Azure benefit includes 100 compute hrs/mo, 5 GB storage, 2 GB SQL Server database capacity, 500k .NET messages/month
††† Azure benefit includes 50 compute hrs/mo, 3 GB/mo storage, 1GB SQL Server database capacity, 300k .NET messages/month
1. May require one or more Microsoft Visual Studio Load Test Virtual User Pack 2010
2. Requires Team Foundation Server and a Team Foundation Server CAL
3. Requires Microsoft Visual Studio Team Lab Management 2010
4. Per-user license allows unlimited installations and use for designing, developing, testing, and demonstrating applications.
UML is a registered trademark of Object Management Group, Inc.
Windows is either a registered trademark or trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

Chris Bowen: Introduction to WebMatrix Beta – A New, Free Tool for Website Development

cbowen — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 22:55:58 Z

What is WebMatrix?

WebMatrix is a free tool that features a complete stack (web server, database, programming) for web development. It’s lightweight, installs quickly, and has been designed to make things easy.

Building a Site

Want to build your site using an open source application like a blog engine, eCommerce site, or photo gallery? Use the Site from Web Gallery option to selecting from a number of open-source applications – WordPress, DotNetNuke, Joomla!, and others. These include both ASP.NET (tutorial here) and PHP (tutorial here) based applications.

If that application has dependencies that aren’t installed, WebMatrix will help install and configure what you need.

Prefer to create things yourself? Use the Site From Template option and choose from “Empty Site” or one of the other starter templates.

Either way, you’ll then be able to customize your site using the integrated tools, organized into four Workspaces – Site for overall tools, settings and request details, Files to view and modify your site, Database to work with your data, and Reports including tools for Search Engine Optimization (SEO).

WebMatrix takes care of installing what you need (in this case, IIS Developer Express and SQL Server Compact Edition), so go ahead and click the Run button to test your application using your choice of browsers. Here’s a shot of the “Bakery” template using the Site from Template option.

Need to change your markup, code, stylesheets, etc.? The editor’s there as well, in the File workspace.

Wondering what that syntax and .CSHTML file extension in the example are? It’s called ASP.NET “Razor”, and Scott Guthrie introduces Razor here. There’s also a Razor tutorial on ASP.net.

When you’re ready to deploy, use the included publishing tools and you’ll find guidance for finding hosting as well.

Get WebMatrix

Ready to take a look? You can learn more and download it from:

       http://www.microsoft.com/web/webmatrix

To download WebMatrix, you can use the Beta of the Web Platform Installer 3 (which makes it easy to install a lot of things, not just WebMatrix).

Learn More

Here are some good resources for learning more about WebMatrix:

WebMatrix Home/Overview, Features, Workspaces, and Learn

Scott Guthrie’s Post on WebMatrix – Scott includes significant detail on the background and features of WebMatrix.

WebMatrix Tutorials at ASP.net – Featuring a set of 15 walkthroughs

WebMatrix Forum on ASP.net

WebMatrix Forum on IIS.net

Have Something to Say?

It’s a Beta, and the WebMatrix team would love to hear from you, so please share your thoughts via the Microsoft Connect site.

Chris Bowen: Upcoming Northeast Developer Events - July 2010

cbowen — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:30:09 Z

Welcome to July! Here’s the latest roundup of events and meetings for developers in the northeast.

As always, if you know of a missing event please let me know.

-Chris

Connecticut

July 1
Fairfield/Westchester .NET User Group – Stamford, CT
“And Introduction to Windows Azure” – Ben Poserow

July 6
Agile Connecticut - Farmington, CT
Jeff Sutherland on Scrum

July 8
Fairfield/Westchester SQL Server UG - Stamford, CT
“Developing and Testing Databases with Visual Studio 2010” – Andrew Novick

Schedule TBD
Connecticut .NET Developers Group – Farmington, CT
Hartford SQL Server Users Group – Farmington, CT

Maine

July 22
Bangor Area .Net Developers (BAND) - Bangor, ME
“Visual Studio 2010 Launch Event”

Schedule TBD
Maine Bytes User Group - Portland, ME
Maine Developer Network - Augusta, ME
Maine Microsoft Certification Study Group – Online!

Massachusetts

July 1
New England Visual Basic Professionals - Waltham, MA
“What’s New in Team Foundation Server 2010 (TFS)” – Ben Day

July 5
New England F# User Group – (Note: The meeting location is different for this month) – Cambridge, MA
”F# for High Performance, Readable, and Efficient Code” – Daniel Mohl

July 8
Boston Web Design Meetup – Cambridge, MA

July 12
Boston BizSpark Meetup – Cambridge, MA
“Market Strategy for Entrepreneurs, Tadashop Pitch to Graham Brooks of .406 Ventures”

July 13
Build Guild – Salem, MA
Two Year Anniversary

July 14
Boston Area SharePoint Users Group – Cambridge, MA
“Developing Great Solutions with SharePoint 2010 and Silverlight” – Bob German

July 21
New England Windows Mobile User and Developer Group - Waltham, MA
“Silverlight UI Tips and Tricks for Windows Phone Developers” – Don Sorcinelli

July 21
New England ASP.NET Professionals – Waltham, MA

July 21
Boston .NET Architecture Study Group - Waltham, MA

July 22
Lean Startup Circle Meetup – Cambridge, MA
”Analytics + A/B Testing” – David Cancel

July 28
Agile Boston User Group - Waltham, MA
“Essential Deprogramming for Traditional Project Managers” – Lyssa Adkins

July 29
Boston WebsiteSpark Group – Cambridge, MA
“How to design and app without writing a single line of code” – Michael Bourque

August 2
New England F# User Group – Cambridge, MA
”Understanding F# Workflows” – Scott Theleman

August 3
Boston Cloud Services – Waltham, MA

Summer Vacations
Beantown .NET User Group - Cambridge, MA (Taking July & August off)
DotNetNuke Boston Meetup – Waltham, MA (Taking July & August off)
New England SQL Server User Group - Waltham, MA (Taking July & August off)

Schedule TBD
Boston .NET User Group - Waltham, MA
Boston Azure User Group – Cambridge, MA
Boston Business Intelligence – Waltham, MA
Boston JavaScript Meetup – Cambridge, MA
Boston XNA Developers Group - Waltham, MA
Cape Cod .NET User Group - Hyannis, MA
Cape Cod XNA User Group – Hyannis, MA
IASA New England – Waltham, MA
North Shore Web Geeks – Newburyport, MA
Refresh Boston – Cambridge, MA
Western Mass Microsoft Technology Users Group - Chicopee, MA

New Hampshire

July 13
Seacoast SQL Server Users Group – Portsmouth, NH
“As a DBA, Where Do I Start?” – Mike Walsh

Summer Vacations
NH .NET User Group – Nashua, NH (Taking July & August off)

Schedule TBD
Nashua Scrum Club – Nashua, NH

New York (Upstate)

July 7
Build Guild – Albany, NY

July 20
VDUNY - Visual Developers of Upstate NY - Rochester, NY
“Windows Phone 7 Development in Silverlight Using Visual Studio 2010” – Andy Beaulieu

August 11
Central New York .NET Developer Group - East Syracuse, NY
“UI is Communication” – Everett McKay

Schedule TBD
Upstate NY PowerShell Users Group – Syracuse, NY
Upstate NY PowerShell User Group – Rochester, NY
Tech Valley .NET Users Group - Latham, NY
Western New York .NET Users Group - Amherst, NY

Rhode Island

July 14
Providence Geeks – Providence, RI

Schedule TBD
Southern New England SQL Server User Group, Warwick, RI
Rhode Island .NET User Group - Bristol, RI

Vermont

July 12
Vermont .NET User Group - S. Burlington, VT
“An Evening of VS2010 and .NET 4” – Chris Bowen & Jim O’Neil

August 16
Vermont .NET User Group - S. Burlington, VT
“Manage Your Database with Visual Studio 2010” – Christian Cote

Schedule TBD
Vermont SQL Server User Group - Burlington, VT

Chris Bowen: Directory of Audio Podcasts for .NET Developers

cbowen — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 22:48:00 Z

On the Joys of Travel

If you’re anything like me, you might enjoy driving (or flying, riding the train, etc.), but hate that it’s generally “lost” time.

For years now, I’ve made a habit of taking whatever MP3 player I’ve had (currently my trusty Zune HD) whenever I hit the highway, listening to podcasts so I feel at least partially productive.

And so here’s a listing of audio podcasts (I may add a post for video podcasts later) that you may find useful as a .NET developer. I’ve focused on podcasts that have recent activity, but if you have others that should be added to this index, please let me know.

The Audio Podcast List

.NET Rocks! – Carl Franklin, Richard Campbell
http://dotnetrocks.com

Bytes by MSDN (also in video) – Various Hosts
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/bytes.aspx

CodeCast – Ken Levy, Markus Egger
http://www.code-magazine.com/codecast

Coding QA Podcast – Federico Silva Armas, Matthew Osborn
http://codingqa.com

Community Megaphone Podcast – Dane Morgridge, G. Andrew Duthie
http://www.communitymegaphonepodcast.com

The Connected Show – Dmitry Lyalin, Peter Laudati
http://www.connectedshow.com

Deep Fried Bytes – Keith Elder, Chris Woodruff
http://deepfriedbytes.com

Developer Smackdown – Clark Sell, Mark Nichols
http://DeveloperSmackdown.com

Hanselminutes – Scott Hanselman
http://www.hanselminutes.com

Herding Code – K. Scott Allen, Kevin Dente, Scott Koon, Jon Galloway
http://herdingcode.com

Misfit Geek Podcast – Joe Stagner
http://misfitgeek.com/podcast

NextGen User Group Podcast – Richard Costall
http://www.nxtgenug.net/podcasts.aspx

The Official jQuery Podcast – Rey Bango, Ralph Whitbeck
http://twitter.com/jQueryPodcast

Pluralcast – David Starr
http://www.pluralsight.com/community/blogs/pluralcast

Polymorphic Podcast – Craig Shoemaker
http://www.polymorphicpodcast.com

Software Engineering Radio – Bernd Kolb, Martin Lippert, Markus Volter, Michael Kircher, Robert Blumen
http://www.se-radio.net

Spaghetti Code Podcast – Jeff Brand
http://feeds2.feedburner.com/SpaghettiCodePodcasts

Sparkling Client Silverlight Podcast – Erik Mork, Monica Mork
http://www.sparklingclient.com

The Thirsty Developer – Dave Bost, Clark Sell
http://www.thirstydeveloper.com

Windows Weekly (also in video) – Paul Thurrott
http://www.twit.tv/ww

Any Others?

Again, if you know of other related podcasts out there, contact me or sound off in the comments!

-Chris

City	Date	Link
Iselin, NJ	9/30	Registration
New York, NY	10/26	Registration
Farmington, CT	11/2	Registration
Waltham, MA	11/4	Registration
Chevy Chase, MD	11/9	Registration
Malvern, PA	11/16	Registration
Tampa, FL	11/30	Registration
Orlando, FL	12/2	Registration
Atlanta, GA	12/9	Registration
Raleigh, NC	12/10	Registration

City	Date	Registration
Atlanta, GA	August 24	Firestarter \| Garage
Waltham, MA	August 24	Firestarter \| Garage
Tampa, FL	August 31	Firestarter \| Garage
Ft. Lauderdale, FL	September 2	Firestarter \| Garage
New York, NY	September 7	Firestarter \| Garage
Raleigh, NC	September 8	Firestarter \| Garage
Chevy Chase, MD	September 21	Firestarter \| Garage
Charlotte, NC	September 21	Firestarter \| Garage
Philadelphia, PA	September 22	Firestarter \| Garage
Pittsburgh, PA	September 28	Firestarter \| Garage
Farmington, CT	September 30	Firestarter \| Garage


Debugging & Diagnostic
IntelliTrace (Historical Debugger)
Static Code Analysis
Code Metrics
Profiling
Testing
Unit Testing
Code Coverage
Test Impact Analysis
Coded UI Test
Web Performance Testing
Load Testing¹
Microsoft Test Manager 2010
Test Case Management²
Manual Test Execution
Fast-Forward for Manual Testing
Lab Management Configuration³
Database Development
Database Deployment
Database Change Management²
Database Unit Testing
Database Test Data Generation
Development Platform Support
Windows Development
Web Development
Office and SharePoint Development
Cloud Development
Customizable Development Experience
Architecture and Modeling
Architecture Explorer
UML 2.0 Compliant Diagrams (Activity, Use Case, Sequence, Class, Component)
Layer Diagram and Dependency Validation
Read-only diagrams (UML, Layer, DGML Graphs)
Lab Management
Virtual environment setup & tear down³
Provision environment from template³
Checkpoint environment³
Team Foundation Server
Version Control²
Work Item Tracking²
Build Automation²
Team Portal²
Reporting & Business Intelligence²
Agile Planning Workbook²
Test Case Management²
Microsoft Visual Studio Team Explorer 2010
MSDN Subscription - Software for Production Use
Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010
Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010 CAL	1	1	1	1
Microsoft Expression Studio 3
Microsoft Office 2007 Ultimate, Communicator 2007, Project 2007 Standard, Visio 2007 Professional, SharePoint Designer 2007
MSDN Subscription - Software for Development and Test Use⁴
Windows Azure™	†	††	†††
Windows (client and server operating systems)
Microsoft SQL Server
Toolkits, Software Development Kits, Driver Development Kits
Microsoft SharePoint
Microsoft Dynamics
All other Servers
Windows Embedded operating systems
MSDN Subscription benefits
Team Explorer Everywhere (tools for cross-platform development)
Technical support incidents	4	4	2	2
Priority support in MSDN Forums
Microsoft e-learning collections	2	2	1	1
MSDN Magazine
MSDN Flash newsletter
MSDN Online Concierge

Maine Developer Network

Chris Bowen: Upcoming Developer Events in the Northeast – September 2010

Connecticut

Maine

Massachusetts

New Hampshire

New York (Upstate)

Rhode Island

Vermont

Chris Bowen: Design Camp Boston – November 6th

Chris Bowen: SharePoint Saturday Boston 3 – September 25

MDN: -+#+- MDN CODE CAMP 1 SCHEDULE -+#+-

Mark Blomsma: Important update for Visual Studio 2010 & Team Foundation Server 2010 (TFS2010) users

Frequently asked questions

Chris Bowen: Announcing the New England Silverlight Guild

Group Organizers

Chris Bowen: ASP.NET Web Platform Firestarter Series

The Agenda

Chris Bowen: Announcing New England Code Camp 14 – October 2nd, 2010

Code What?

Register Now

Call for Speakers – You!

Call for Contributors (Sponsors)

Thanks

Chris Bowen: Maine Developer Network Code Camp

Mark Blomsma: Maine Developer Network Code Camp #1

MDN: Maine Developer Network Code Camp #1

Chris Bowen: MSDN Firestarter Events Coming Soon

Windows Phone 7 Events

More Firestarters… Save the Dates!

ASP.NET Web Platform Firestarters (Now Live)

Windows Azure Firestarters

“Great! But What About Northeast MSDN Roadshow?”

Chris Bowen: New England Code Camp 14 – Save the Date!

Organization and Thanks

Chris Bowen: Northeast Roadshow Screencasts and Resources

The “Driving Toward a New Horizon” Tour

Session 1 - Windows Azure: What? Why? And a Peek Under the Hood

Session 2 - Data: At Your Service

Session 3 - Visual Studio 2010: That’s a 10-4, Good Buddy

The 2010 Launch Tour

Session 1 - “Fore!” Slicing Into What’s New in Silverlight 4

Session 2 - “Don’t T(h)read on Me” – Snaking Through the New Parallel Programming Options

Session 3 - “Weaving the Next Web” – ASP.NET, Windows Azure, and Beyond

Session 4 - “It’s Your Call” – Windows Phone 7, Silverlight, and XNA

Chris Bowen: Vermont Code Camp 2 - September 11, 2010

You, the Speaker

Mark Blomsma: What’s new in C# 4.0?

Mark Blomsma: Purchasing Visual Studio 2010

Visual Studio 2010 Feature Comparison

Chris Bowen: Introduction to WebMatrix Beta – A New, Free Tool for Website Development

What is WebMatrix?

Building a Site

Get WebMatrix

Learn More

Have Something to Say?

Chris Bowen: Upcoming Northeast Developer Events - July 2010

Connecticut

Maine

Massachusetts

New Hampshire

New York (Upstate)

Rhode Island

Vermont

Chris Bowen: Directory of Audio Podcasts for .NET Developers

On the Joys of Travel

The Audio Podcast List

Any Others?