November 2013 - Officer Elections & Discussion on topics for next year

The next Northwest Arkansas .NET User Group meeting will be held November 12th, 2013 at 6:00 PM at Rockfish in Rogers.

Please RSVP as soon as possible, so we can order enough food for everyone.

Meeting Information: 

Title: Officer Elections & Discussion on topics for next year
This month, we will be holding officer elections and having a discussion on the future of the group. Please bring your ideas and suggestions on what topics/presenters you would like to see.

Agenda:
6:00 PM - 6:15 PM - Welcome and News, Sign-in and Food
6:15 PM - 8:10 PM - Main Presentation
8:10 PM - 8:30 PM - Closing and Prize give-a-ways

Where:
Rockfish Interactive Office
3100 Market St, Suite 101
Rogers, AR 72758

Please use the main lobby doors in the center of the building. If entering from the front the cafeteria will be toward the back on the left.

Please forward this announcement to anyone you think would be interested.

October Meeting–Win Phone 8 From the Locals

The next Northwest Arkansas .Net User Group at Rockfish in Rogers. locals will be presenting on Win Phone 8 .

Please RSVP by noon the day of the meeting so we can order enough food for everyone.

Meeting Information

Title: Win Phone 8 from the Locals

Rockfish will share insights on developing for the Win Phone platform. Interesting points from creative, user experience and development.

About the Presenters:

Caleb Khazoyan: Creative / App Developer
-Caleb a Colorandan who fell in love with Arkansas via JBU went from intern to Windows Phone app creator.  
www.linkedin.com/pub/caleb-khazoyan/32/487/34a
Jake Mitchell: UX Designer
-Jake a new addition to the Rockfish crew from California is making fast name for himself in the mobile space. 
www.linkedin.com/pub/jake-mitchell/20/577/13
Daniel Worthy: Architecture / Platform Developer
-Daniel is a seasoned veteran of .NET development for Rockfish. He keeps a blog and creates great technology videos.
www.linkedin.com/in/worthyd

Agenda

6:00 PM - 6:15 PM - Welcome and News, Sign-in and Food
6:15 PM - 8:10 PM - Main Presentation
8:10 PM - 8:30 PM - Closing and Prize give-a-ways

Where

Rockfish
3100 MARKET ST. SUITE 101 
ROGERS, AR 72758

Please use the main lobby doors in the center of the building. If entering from the front the cafeteria will be toward the back on the left.

Please forward this announcement to anyone you think would be interested.

September 2013 Meeting - Books, Blogs, and Tools

The next Northwest Arkansas .Net User Group meeting will be held September 10th, 2013 at 6:00 PM at Rockfish in Rogers.

Please RSVP as soon as possible, so we can order enough food for everyone.

Meeting Information: 

Title: Books, Blogs, and Tools - September 2013 Edition
As professionals, we all have different sources that we use to expand our knowledge about our fields.  Some of us read blogs about development or ways to manage a project.  Others read books about how to better manage their relationships with teammates or interact with managers.

This month's meeting offers you a chance to hear about books and blogs that other members of the group use to "sharpen their saws" and the opportunity to share your own sources of inspiration.  

Anyone wishing to present can share a brief (1-5 minutes) presentation about a book or blog that he or she finds useful.  If you have a copy of your book to pass around, please bring it with you.  No one will be required to share, and everyone is free to contribute.

Agenda:
6:00 PM - 6:15 PM - Welcome and News, Sign-in and Food
6:15 PM - 8:10 PM - Main Presentation
8:10 PM - 8:30 PM - Closing and Prize give-a-ways

Where:
Rockfish Interactive Office
3100 Market St, Suite 101
Rogers, AR 72758

Please use the main lobby doors in the center of the building. If entering from the front the cafeteria will be toward the back on the left.

Please forward this announcement to anyone you think would be interested.

August 2013 Meeting - Saltarelle C# to Javascript

The next Northwest Arkansas .Net User Group at Rockfish in Rogers. Pete Davis will be presenting on Saltarelle C# to Javascript.

Please RSVP by noon the day of the meeting so we can order enough food for everyone.

Meeting Information

Title: Saltarelle C# to Javascript

Developing an ASP.NET MVC web site using Saltarelle C# to Javascript for the client-side code.

About the Presenter: Pete Davis

Pete Davis has been a professional programmer for 25 years. He has worked for companies big and small and over his career has used over a dozen languages. He's currently working for George's, Inc leading  a small team to rewrite their 15 year old Oracle/Cobol LOB application in ASP.NET MVC using C# and Saltarelle.

Agenda

6:00 PM - 6:15 PM - Welcome and News, Sign-in and Food
6:15 PM - 8:10 PM - Main Presentation
8:10 PM - 8:30 PM - Closing and Prize give-a-ways

Where

Rockfish
3100 MARKET ST. SUITE 101 
ROGERS, AR 72758

Please use the main lobby doors in the center of the building. If entering from the front the cafeteria will be toward the back on the left.

Please forward this announcement to anyone you think would be interested.

July 2013 Meeting–Visual Studio 2013

The next Northwest Arkansas .Net User Group will Tuesday, July 9th at Rockfish in Rogers. Zain Naboulsi will be presenting on Visual Studio 2013.

Please RSVP by noon the day of the meeting so we can order enough food for everyone.

Meeting Information

About the Presenter: Zain Naboulsi

For over 18 years Zain has been working with the latest Microsoft technologies. He’s been a consultant and trainer since 1995. He currently works in the South Central District as a Developer Technical Specialist and writes the Visual Studio Ultimate Blog. Zain’s efforts have been featured by eWeek, Redmond Developer News, and many others. He has been interviewed by Forrester Research, Gartner, and the Science Channel for his work. He is a frequent speaker at events in LinkedIn, Facebook, and other online venues. Zain also lectures world-wide on a variety of developer topics.

Agenda

6:00 PM - 6:15 PM - Welcome and News, Sign-in and Food
6:15 PM - 8:10 PM - Main Presentation
8:10 PM - 8:30 PM - Closing and Prize give-a-ways

Where

Rockfish
3100 MARKET ST. SUITE 101 
ROGERS, AR 72758

Please use the main lobby doors in the center of the building. If entering from the front the cafeteria will be toward the back on the left.

Please forward this announcement to anyone you think would be interested.

June 2013 Meeting - Securing Your Web API Services

The next Northwest Arkansas .Net User Group meeting will be held June11th, 2013 at 6:00 PM at Rockfish in Rogers. Rob Tennyson will be presenting on Securing Your Web API Services.

Location:

Rockfish
3100 MARKET ST. SUITE 101
ROGERS, AR 72758

Please use the main lobby doors in the center of the building. If entering from the front the cafeteria will be toward the back on the left.

Meeting Information

Title: Securing Your Web API Services

Follow along as I add authentication to some Web API services.  There are many ways to accomplish this of course, but we're going to focus on the API key + shared secret.  We'll move slowly discussing as much as we can the what and why in each step.  By the end of the presentation, you'll hopefully not just have some code to copy/paste, you'll understand it well enough to confidently tweak things to meet your unique needs.

About the Presenter: Rob Tennyson

Rob has over 12 years of experience writing enterprise level applications. He has worked diligently in the development community trying to raise the bar of all developers. Most importantly, he takes pride in building more maintainable and higher quality applications. In short, he treats software development as a craft worthy of a great deal of dedication and passion. Read more at http://www.robtennyson.us

Agenda

6:00 PM - 6:15 PM - Welcome and News, Sign-in and Food
6:15 PM - 8:10 PM - Main Presentation
8:10 PM - 8:30 PM - Closing and Prize give-a-ways

Where

Rockfish
3100 MARKET ST. SUITE 101 
ROGERS, AR 72758

Please forward this announcement to anyone you think would be interested.

May 2013 Meeting–PowerShell

The next Northwest Arkansas .Net User Group meeting will be held May 14th, 2013 at 6:00 PM at Rockfish in Rogers. David Mohundro will be presenting on PowerShell.

Please RSVP before noon on May13th so we can order enough food for everyone.

New Location:

Rockfish
3100 MARKET ST. SUITE 101
ROGERS, AR 72758

Please use the main lobby doors in the center of the building. If entering from the front the cafeteria will be toward the back on the left.

Meeting Information

Title: PowerShell

PowerShell is a next generation command line interface, scripting language, and programming platform from Microsoft. We'll begin by taking a quick intro look into what PowerShell is and how it works, but we'll then look at some practical applications for PowerShell including things such as automating your deployments, configuring IIS and more.

About the Presenter: David Mohundro

David Mohundro has been working in the software industry for over 10 years. He began in the transportation industry but has been working in the SaaS field for the last 3 years. He has a passion for continual improvement and learning.

Agenda

6:00 PM - 6:15 PM - Welcome and News, Sign-in and Food
6:15 PM - 8:10 PM - Main Presentation
8:10 PM - 8:30 PM - Closing and Prize give-a-ways

Where

Rockfish
3100 MARKET ST. SUITE 101 
ROGERS, AR 72758

Please forward this announcement to anyone you think would be interested.

April 2013 Meeting - Show and Tell

Please RSVP before noon the day of the meeting so we can order enough food for everyone.

Location:

Rockfish
3100 MARKET ST. SUITE 101
ROGERS, AR 72758

Please use the main lobby doors in the center of the building. If entering from the front the cafeteria will be toward the back on the left.

Meeting Information

Title:  Show and Tell

Have you written some code lately that you are proud of?  A lot of time in our careers, we often don’t get the opportunity to show off the technical magic behind the facade that our customers use today.  Come to the April .Net User Group meeting on April 9^th and show it off!  If you don’t have anything to show, and have something that you are struggling with bring it as well and possibly get some advice.

Agenda

6:00 PM - 6:15 PM - Welcome and News, Sign-in and Food
6:15 PM - 8:10 PM - Main Presentation
8:10 PM - 8:30 PM - Closing and Prize give-a-ways

Where

Rockfish
3100 MARKET ST. SUITE 101 
ROGERS, AR 72758

Please forward this announcement to anyone you think would be interested.

March 2013 Meeting

The next Northwest Arkansas .Net User Group meeting will be held March 12th, 2013 at 6:00 PM at Rockfish in Rogers.

Please RSVP before noon on March 12th so we can order enough food for everyone.

Location:

Rockfish
3100 MARKET ST. SUITE 101
ROGERS, AR 72758

Please use the main lobby doors in the center of the building. If entering from the front the cafeteria will be toward the back on the left.

Agenda

6:00 PM - 6:15 PM - Welcome and News, Sign-in and Food
6:15 PM - 8:10 PM - Main Presentation
8:10 PM - 8:30 PM - Closing and Prize give-a-ways

Where

Rockfish
3100 MARKET ST. SUITE 101 
ROGERS, AR 72758

Please forward this announcement to anyone you think would be interested.

February 2013 Meeting - Blast-off with Geospatial

The next Northwest Arkansas .Net User Group meeting will be held February 12th, 2013 at 6:00 PM at Rockfish in Rogers.

Please RSVP before noon on February 11th so we can order enough food for everyone.

Location:

Rockfish
3100 MARKET ST. SUITE 101
ROGERS, AR 72758

Please use the main lobby doors in the center of the building. If entering from the front the cafeteria will be toward the back on the left.

Meeting Information

Title:  Blast-off with Geospatial

Location-based applications are everywhere.  From AccuWeather to Zillow, it seems that every application has some sort of geospatial integration or feature.  In this talk, you will get an introduction to developing .Net applications utilizing the Bing Maps web API front-ending a geospatial database.  You will learn that adding geospatial to your application is not only easy but also fin.

About the Presenter: Robby Gregory

Robby is a Systems Analyst at Walmart Stores Inc., where he focuses on building internal and external facing web applications.  He is also a community leader,  currently serving as the President of the Northwest Arkansas .Net User Group as well as the Founder of the Walmart .Net User Group.

Agenda

6:00 PM - 6:15 PM - Welcome and News, Sign-in and Food
6:15 PM - 8:10 PM - Main Presentation
8:10 PM - 8:30 PM - Closing and Prize give-a-ways

Where

Rockfish
3100 MARKET ST. SUITE 101 
ROGERS, AR 72758

Please forward this announcement to anyone you think would be interested.

January 2013 Meeting–No Meeting

There will be no meeting this month (January). We look forward to seeing you at our next meeting in February.