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.

December 2012 Meeting–WordPress Inside Out, Literally

The next Northwest Arkansas .Net User Group meeting will be held December 11th, 2012 at 6:00 PM at Rockfish in Rogers. Please RSVP before noon on December 10th 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

Elections:
It’s that time of year again, no not Christmas, time to elect our officers for next year. Please come prepared to vote for your favorite candidates.
Title: WordPress Inside Out, Literally
WordPress Inside Out is an approach/method for designers and developers that want their pixel-perfect designs without the ordinary blog look.  To achieve this, we will literally turn WordPress inside-out. The presentation will include taking requirements (i.e. from a client) and efficiently create a custom theme for each new site/design without sacrificing beautiful design and functionality.
For simplicity, WordPress Inside Out is based on the default TwentyTen Theme. The approach is to break down the TwentyTen Theme to its bare essential layout blocks.  The goal is to show that a simple approach and good methodology can lead to beautiful and maintainable web sites.
About the Presenter: Shan Pesaru
Shan is CEO of Sharp Hue: a web design, development, and hosting firm that he founded in 2006 (Fayetteville, AR). Sharp Hue helps small businesses with the visual appeal and usability of their sites by designing pixel-perfect custom themes for WordPress. Shan has a B.S. in Computer Engineering from Georgia Tech and an MBA from the University of Arkansas.
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