July Meeting -- Planned Agility?!</h1> <article> <h1>July Meeting -- Planned Agility?!</h1> <p>Jess Chadwick — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:30:00 GMT</p> <span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:'Cambria','serif';">David Laribee</span><br /> <p><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:'Calibri','sans-serif';"> </span><span class="normal"><b><i><span style="font-family:'Calibri','sans-serif';">Thursday, July 10, 2008<span style="color:red;"> </span></span></i></b></span><span class="normal"><i><span style="font-family:'Calibri','sans-serif';">- <b>6:15 PM</b></span></i></span><span style="font-family:'Calibri','sans-serif';"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;">An Agile team values responding to change over following a plan. Does this mean that there's no such thing as planning on an Agile project? Absolutely not. Planning, like design, is a continuous activity. In this session, we'll cover the fundamental units of Agile planning: the User Story, the stand-up meeting, the iteration plan and retrospective, and the release plan. Priority will be given to sharing hard-fought tips about how to manage the various planning activities as we review each of these "check points" you'll encounter in the course of a well run Agile project. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;"><b><span>Speaker Bio</span><br /> </b><span style="font-size:12pt;">David Laribee is President of Xclaim Software, an ISV offering a platform for building document management applications. He has 10+ years experience designing, developing, and architecting enterprise applications with Microsoft technologies. David has worked with the .NET Framework since the zero-day in internal IT, product development, consulting, and rapid prototyping contexts across a wide variety of industries. David is a frequent speaker at local and national developer events, a Microsoft MVP, and a certified ScrumMaster. He writes about agile practices, software architecture, and the business of software on the CodeBetter blog network (<a href="http://thebeelog.com/">http://thebeelog.com</a>). </span></p> </article> <article> <h1>Inaugural NJDOTNET Agile Meeting</h1> <p>Jess Chadwick — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:59:00 GMT</p> <p>As I announced at the last few weeks' NJDOTNET Study & User Group meetings, we'll be having our very first <em>NJDOTNET Agile</em> meeting tonight, <strong>Thursday, June 6th starting at 6:30 PM</strong> in the Infragistics auditorium in East Windsor (the same location as the regular <a href="http://www.njdotnet.net/"><font color="#669966">NJDOTNET user group</font></a> meetings). Here's a little bit about the group:</p> <p>Taking a cue from both the growing ALT.NET movement and quite a few members of the main NJDOTNET user group, I've decided to augment the monthly meetings of our established user group to create a more interactive, discussion-based meeting. These <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Space_Technology"><font color="#669966">Open Spaces</font></a> meetings will occur once a month, on the weeks following the regular User Group (the third Thursday of the month). Hopefully the addition of these meetings will allow everyone to get the benefit of a different style of interaction and learning that the “Lecture-Learn” style of the main user group cannot provide.</p> <p>I'll see everyone there!</p> </article> <article> <h1>ASP.NET MVC Firestarter - June 7th</h1> <p>Jess Chadwick — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:33:00 GMT</p> <p>Are you interested in diving deep into the new ASP.NET MVC framework? If so, come check out the NYC ASP.NET MVC Firestarter!<br /><br />I'm not going to duplicate too many details here, but it's <b>Saturday, June 7th, 2008</b> at the <b>Microsoft offices in NYC </b>(1250 Ave. of Americas)<b>.</b> Oh yeah - free food, too! :)<br /></p><p><a href="http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032379492&culture=en-US">Check out this link for more information and to register!</a><br /></p> </article> <article> <h1>Join our group on Linked In!</h1> <p>Jess Chadwick — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:10:00 GMT</p> <p> I've created a Group for NJDONET on the LinkedIn professional networking site. For those of you who are interested in joining, feel free to click the link below:</p><p><strong></strong><strong><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/114719/674DBF31AF29" title="Join our group on LinkedIn!">Join our group on LinkedIn!</a></strong><br /> </p> </article> <article> <h1>May Meeting - The ASP.NET MVC Framework</h1> <p>Jess Chadwick — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:30:00 GMT</p> <p> </p><p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:'Cambria','serif';">Jess Chadwick</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><br /> </span><span class="normal"><b><i><span style="font-family:'Calibri','sans-serif';">Thursday, May 9th, 2008<span style="color:red;"> </span></span></i></b></span><span class="normal"><i><span style="font-family:'Calibri','sans-serif';">- <b>6:15 PM</b></span></i></span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt;"> </p><p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt;">The Model-View-Controller (MVC) architectural pattern is one that many developers are familiar with which separates an application into three main components: the model, the view, and the controller. The ASP.NET MVC framework provides an alternative to the ASP.NET Web Forms pattern for creating MVC-based Web applications. It is a lightweight, highly testable framework that allows you to easily incorporate this pattern into your applications, helping to separate the different aspects<span> </span>(input logic, business logic, and UI logic) into loosely-coupled and pluggable elements.</p> <p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt;"> </p> <p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt;">ASP.NET MVC is an alternative to standard ASP.NET Web Forms development, not a replacement.<span> </span>In this presentation we'll explore the advantages that ASP.NET MVC has to offer, including:</p> <ul><li><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt;">Maintaining a clear separation of concerns</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt;">Facilitating Test-Driven Development</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt;">More control over more aspects of your applications, particularly the URLs and the HTML you emit</span></li></ul> <p style="margin:0in;font-weight:bold;font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt;"> </p><p style="margin:0in;font-weight:bold;font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt;">Speaker Bio</p> <p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt;">Jess Chadwick is the Web Lead at Infragistics, responsible for keeping all their various web properties up and running.<span> </span>He has over 7 years experience with .NET technologies ranging from embedded devices in startups to enterprise-scale web farms at Fortune 500s.<span> </span>He is actively involved with the community, acting as Leader of the NJDOTNET Central New Jersey .NET user group and actively contributing to various open source projects such as CodeCampServer.<span> </span>You can visit his blog at <a href="http://blog.jesschadwick.com/">http://blog.jesschadwick.com</a>.</p> <p> </p> </article> <article> <h1>First Meeting of the Spring Study Group Tonight</h1> <p>Jess Chadwick — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:42:00 GMT</p> <p>Just like the title says, we'll be having our first meeting of the Spring '08 MS Certification Study Group tonight - 4/17/2008 starting at 6:30 PM. If you haven't already heard about it, check out the forum I've created for it for more info.</p><p>For those of you coming, it is in the some location and time slot as our regular NJDOTNET user group meetings, so you can use the directions listed on our homepage to get there if you don't already know where we meet.</p><p><b>Important Note:</b> Unlike the regular user group meetings, this group is <b>not sponsored</b> (at least not yet), so there will be <b>no free pizza</b>. You'll need to get your dinner beforehand, though you can feel free to bring it with you to the group.<br /> </p> </article> <article> <h1>April Meeting - Dive into WPF: Using the Visual Tree to Create Awesome UI</h1> <p>Jess Chadwick — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:49:00 GMT</p> <p> </p><p><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:'Cambria','serif';">Pavan Podila</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><br /> </span><span class="normal"><b><i><span style="font-family:'Calibri','sans-serif';">Thursday, April 10, 2008<span style="color:red;"> </span></span></i></b></span><span class="normal"><i><span style="font-family:'Calibri','sans-serif';">- <b>6:15 PM</b></span></i></span><span style="font-family:'Calibri','sans-serif';"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;">The Visual tree is one of the core concepts of the WPF framework. All things visible in a WPF application are objects from the Visual tree. In this talk I'll give a quick overview of the Visual Tree and then get into interesting ways of manipulating it. We will also look into the styling and templating aspects of visuals. The ideas presented here should be immediately useful to custom-control developers and application developers in general. The session will be very hands-on with cool demos and live coding! The techniques discussed here were used in my blog posts on ElementFlow, GlassWindow, Drag 'n' Drop with attached properties, Genie Effect, etc. </span></p> <b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Calibri','sans-serif';">Speaker Bios</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><br /> </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Calibri','sans-serif';">Pavan Podila has worked on a wide variety of UI technologies with current focus on WPF/Silverlight, Flash/Flex and DHTML. He has a Bachelors and Masters degree in Computer Science with specialization in Graphics and Image Processing. He has been working with .Net since 2004 and WPF since 2005. In the past he has worked with Java Swing, Eclipse plugins, AJAX UI frameworks and Trolltech Qt. His primary interests are in 2D/3D Graphics, Data Visualization, UI architecture and computational art. He blogs actively on <a href="http://blog.pixelingene.com/">http://blog.pixelingene.com</a>. </span><p> </p> </article> <article> <h1>March Meeting - Writing Better Code with Visual Studio 2008 Developer Edition</h1> <p>Jess Chadwick — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:42:00 GMT</p> <span style="FONT-SIZE:18pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Cambria','serif';">Steve Andrews</span><span style="FONT-SIZE:13.5pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><br /></span><font size="3"><span class="normal"><b><i><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';">Thursday, March 13th<span style="COLOR:red;"> </span></span></i></b></span><span class="normal"><i><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';">- <b>6:15 PM</b></span></i></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"></span></font><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;"><font face="Calibri">Ever wonder what it would take to really build software that has fewer bugs, runs faster, and is still maintainable? Visual Studio Team Edition for Software Developers includes several tools to assist in writing quality code. In this session, we'll learn how to create and use unit tests, review code coverage across tests, and how to use the code analysis and profiling tools to ensure your code conforms to accepted industry or internal design guidelines.</font></span><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;"><font face="Calibri"></font></span><b><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;COLOR:#76923c;FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:'Times New Roman';mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;">Speaker Bio</span><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:'Times New Roman';mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;"><br /></span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:'Times New Roman';mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;">Steve Andrews is a Software Engineer and Architectural Guidance Team member at RDA Corporation with over 8 years of experience implementing custom Microsoft solutions in the Financial, Medical, Manufacturing and Retail industries. Lately, Steve has been focusing on architecture, process, and the Team System platform. Steve is also an MCP, ICSOO, Speaker Liaison for the Philly .NET User Group, and all around .NET fanatic. You can visit his blog at <a href="http://www.dotneticated.com/">www.dotneticated.com</a>.</span> </article> <article> <h1>February's Meeting - UI Frameworks and Patterns</h1> <p>Jess Chadwick — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:02:00 GMT</p> <p>Please <a class="" href="mailto:info@njdotnet.net?subject=%5BNJ.NET%20Web%20RSVP%5D%20February%20Meeting">RSVP HERE</a> at your earliest convenience to ensure enough seating and food.</p> <h2>UI Frameworks and Patterns - J. Ambrose Little and Todd F. Snyder</h2> <p><em><strong>*** MEETING MOVED *** <span style="FONT-SIZE:larger;COLOR:green;">Thursday, February 21st, 2008</span> - 6:15 PM</strong></em></p> <h3 style="MARGIN:15pt 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:'Times New Roman';"><font size="3"><font color="#243f60"><font face="Calibri">CAB, WCSF, SCSF, MVP, MVC, and More</font></font></font></span></h3> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Are you confused by all of the UI frameworks and patterns out there for application development? If so, you’re not alone. In this session, we’ll cover the major .NET UI frameworks and UI patterns (and how the frameworks use the patterns). In addition to familiarizing you with the frameworks and patterns, helping you understand when to choose what, we’ll also delve into examples of some of them, including the Infragistics NetAdvantage CAB Extensibility Kit.</font></p> </article> <article> <h1>January's Meeting - SharePoint 101: A Developer's Introduction to SharePoint</h1> <p>Jess Chadwick — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 17:04:00 GMT</p> <p>Please <a class="" href="mailto:info@njdotnet.net?subject=[NJ.NET%20RSVP]%20January%20Meeting">RSVP HERE</a> at your earliest convenience to ensure enough seating and food.</p> <h2>SharePoint 101 - Todd F. Snyder</h2> <p><strong><em>Thursday, January 10th, 2007 - 6:15 PM</em></strong></p> <p>This talk introduces an experience .Net developer to the key concepts of developing solutions with SharePoint 2007 Platform.</p> <p><em>About SharePoint: </em></p> <p>SharePoint Products and Technologies provide enterprise-scale capabilities to meet business-critical needs such as managing content and business processes, simplifying how people find and share information across boundaries, and helping to enable more informed decision-making. Using the combined collaboration features of Windows SharePoint Services and Office SharePoint Server 2007, plus the design and customization capabilities of Office SharePoint Designer 2007, organizations can enable their users to create, manage, and more easily build their own SharePoint sites, and make these sites more discoverable throughout the organization.</p> </article> <article> <h1>December Meeting - WPF Data-Binding - Walt Ritscher & Visual Studio 2008 Installathon</h1> <p>EdBlankenship — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 20:36:00 GMT</p> <p><span style="FONT-SIZE:18pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Cambria','serif';"><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';mso-bidi-font-family:'Times New Roman';mso-fareast-font-family:'Times New Roman';mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA;">Please <a href="mailto:info@njdotnet.net?subject=[NJ.NET%20RSVP]%20December%20Meeting"><font color="#0000ff">RSVP HERE</font></a> at your earliest convenience to ensure enough seating and food.</span> </span></p> <p><span style="FONT-SIZE:18pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Cambria','serif';">WPF Data-Binding – Walt Ritscher</span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font><span style="FONT-SIZE:13.5pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><br /></span><font size="3"><span class="normal"><b><i><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';">Thursday, December 13<sup>th</sup>, 2007</span></i></b></span><span class="normal"><i><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"> - <b>6:15 PM</b></span></i></span></font></p><font size="3"><span class="normal"><i><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"></span></i></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"></span></font><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';mso-ansi-language:EN;"><font size="3">Once again Microsoft has created a new data-binding model for developers. This new binding framework permeates every corner of WPF and provides a simple and consistent way to synchronize elements and data. Any WPF element that implements a dependency property is bindable to a datasource. This means you can easily bind a 3D cylinder to an XML file or link a slider control to the current location in a media file. In WPF most of your binding can be written declaratively with XAML which greatly reduces the clutter of UI code in your code behind files. In this session you’ll learn the four cornerstones of WPF binding and how to sort, filter and group your data with CollectionViews. I’ll explain how to convert your data with native or custom type converters and explore triggers and the new binding events. Plus you’ll see how data-templates and styles simplify the creation of harmonious user interfaces. If you think you know data-binding, wait until you see what the WPF team has created for you.</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';mso-ansi-language:EN;"><font size="3"></font></span><b><span style="COLOR:#76923c;FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><font size="3">Speaker Bio</font></span></b><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><br /><font size="3">Walt Ritscher</font></span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><font size="3"> hopped on the .NET roller coaster after seeing the first .NET preview back in 2000. Instantly realizing that .NET is a fundamental shift in the way developers produce code he set to work to show programmers the merits of this emerging platform. Prior to his .NET enlightenment he spent six years persuading Visual Basic and COM to work together. </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><font size="3">Walt<b> </b>has trained thousands of corporate developers during the last ten years. His teaching schedule has taken him throughout the world providing developer training at corporations, universities and software conferences. He has collaborated on several books and videos produced for the developer market including early adopter .NET courses at Microsoft Press. He is also deeply involved in the local developer community — founding the .NET Developers Association in Redmond, WA. </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><font size="3">Walt has accumulated plenty of experience as a developer — he is fluent in database, component, and Win-Forms technologies. As a web programmer he has built numerous websites including: EPA sites and the Microsoft Community Starter Kit. Walt joined Wintellect in 2006 as a trainer and consultant and produced and teaches Wintellect’s WPF course. </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><font size="3">Before software development moved to center stage in his life, Walt enjoyed a lively career as a professional keyboard player. Once he cleared the stardust from his eyes, he realized that he loved programming as much as music except writing code was a lot more lucrative. Walt lives in Poulsbo Washington, a quaint waterfront town just a short ferry ride from Seattle. He still loves music, likes to travel with his family and is avidly planning his new dream house.</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><font size="3"></font></span><b><span style="COLOR:#76923c;FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><font size="3">Visual Studio 2008 Installathon</font></span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><br /><font size="3">Just in time for the holidays, Peter Laudati (our local Developer Evangelist from Microsoft) will be coming to talk about the Visual Studio 2008 launch (RTM’d two weeks) at the beginning of the meeting. His team was able to score <b>free licenses of Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition</b> for the users groups in our area<b>.</b></font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><font size="3">Here’s the rules:</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><font size="3"></font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore;"><font size="3">·</font><span style="FONT:7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><font size="3">We have 35 licenses to give away. It will go to the first 35 people to come to the meeting. (We will have a sign-up sheet at the table in the back.)</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><font size="3"></font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore;"><font size="3">·</font><span style="FONT:7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><font size="3">Peter will come up to talk about the VS 2008 launch and a contest they’re putting on. After that, we’ll start our normal talk and you’ll be able to install VS 2008 during the meeting on your laptop. Be sure to bring your laptop!</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><font size="3"></font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore;"><font size="3">·</font><span style="FONT:7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><font size="3">You will receive a PIN number on the CD to register online and receive your product key which you’ll be able to use to “activate” your trial copy.</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><font size="3"></font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore;"><font size="3">·</font><span style="FONT:7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><font size="3">If you have a pre-release version (Beta or RC) of Visual Studio installed, you’ll want to make sure you have that uninstalled. You can see </font><a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/11/20/steps-to-uninstall-vs-2008-beta2-before-installing-the-vs-2008-final-release.aspx"><font size="3">ScottGu’s blog post</font></a><font size="3"> about “cleansing” your system. </font></span> <p> </p> </article> <article> <h1>November Meeting - Cool Tools! Improving Developer Productivity - Ed Blankenship</h1> <p>EdBlankenship — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:53:00 GMT</p> <p><span style="FONT-SIZE:18pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Cambria','serif';">Cool Tools - Improving Developer Productivity – Ed Blankenship<br /></span><font color="red" size="3"><span class="normal"><i><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><strong>Thursday, November 15, 2007</strong> - <b>6:15 PM</b></span></i></span></font></p><font size="3"><span class="normal"><i><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"></span></i></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"></span></font><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;"><font face="Calibri">There are a ton of tools out in the market that aim to make developers more productive. Too many to even evaluate at times! This talk will go over the various tools available to a developer (both free and for purchase.)</font></span> <p><b><span style="COLOR:#76923c;FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><font size="3">Speaker Bio</font></span></b><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><br /></span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><font size="3"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <br /></span></font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><font size="3"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';">Ed Blankenship is the Configuration and Process Improvement Engineer at Infragistics, Inc. and is responible for integration of source control, automated builds, testing, project management, and other software metrics; process improvement, and assisting the management team by providing release status metrics. He also serves as a WinForms/WPF Technical Evangelist as needed. H</span><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;">e has been developing professionally for the last three years and has developed with the .NET Framework since the very beginning with the .NET 1.0 betas. Ed is a national .NET community speaker and currently blogs with his long-time professional friend at <a href="http://www.edsquared.com/" target="_blank">http://www.edsquared.com/</a>. Ed is also a </span><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;">leader of the New Jersey .NET User’s Group. Ed’s professional blog can be found at <a href="http://blogs.infragistics.com/blogs/eblankenship" target="_blank">http://blogs.infragistics.com/blogs/eblankenship</a>.</span></p></font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><font size="3"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE:14pt;COLOR:#76923c;FONT-FAMILY:'Cambria','serif';">Meeting Sponsor(s)</span></b><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="COLOR:#76923c;FONT-FAMILY:'Cambria','serif';TEXT-DECORATION:none;text-underline:none;"></span></span> </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><font size="3"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-ALIGN:center;" align="center"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-ALIGN:left;" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;COLOR:windowtext;TEXT-DECORATION:none;text-underline:none;">November’s meeting is being sponsored by <a href="http://www.infragistics.com/">Infragistics</a>. Infragistics is the world leader in Presentation Layer Technology. We are committed to providing our customers the highest quality of reusable presentation layer development tools for Windows Forms, ASP.NET, Tablet PC, and Java environments that allow them to empower themselves and their software development teams to realize the potential of the presentation layer by accelerating development cycles and improving usability to the end-users.</span></span></p></font></span> </font></font> <p> </p> </article> <article> <h1>October Meeting - Service-Oriented Architecture, WCF and ESB - Sam Gentile</h1> <p>Jess Chadwick — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:13:00 GMT</p> <p><span style="FONT-SIZE:18pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Cambria','serif';">Service-Oriented Architecture, WCF and ESB – Sam Gentile<br /></span><font color="red" size="3"><span class="normal"><i><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><strong>Wednesday, October 10th, 2007</strong> - <b>6:15 PM</b></span></i></span></font></p><font size="3"><span class="normal"><i><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"></span></i></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"></span></font><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;"><font face="Calibri">The term Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) has become ubiquitous in our industry. Unfortunately, that has led to massive hype that makes it difficult to understand and distinguish the real value of adapting SOA principles. The current definition also suffers from technology-centric views that are based on the technology environment in use today. The session focuses on Real-World SOA principles and patterns. The session then focuses on both WCF and ESBs as examples of technologies used to realize SOA's.</font></span> <p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM:12pt;"><b><span style="COLOR:#76923c;FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><font size="3">Speaker Bio</font></span></b><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><br /></span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><font size="3">Sam Gentile is a Principal Consultant II at Neudesic, responsible for managing and operating the Connected Systems East Region Practice.Sam Gentile is internationally known and recognized for his comprehensive expert Microsoft and .NET knowledge, and has been acknowledged by Microsoft as an Solutions Architect MVP. Sam is also an INETA Speaker, having delivered .NET training to user groups and companies all over the world. Sam has delivered over ten .NET based solutions into the market as well as provided expertise for a number of companies such as Microsoft, Algorithmics, Adesso Systems, BCGI, Groove and Pacific Mindworks.</font></span></p><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><font size="3"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE:14pt;COLOR:#76923c;FONT-FAMILY:'Cambria','serif';">Meeting Sponsor(s)</span></b><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="COLOR:#76923c;FONT-FAMILY:'Cambria','serif';TEXT-DECORATION:none;text-underline:none;"></span></span> </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><font size="3"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-ALIGN:center;" align="center"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-ALIGN:left;" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;COLOR:windowtext;TEXT-DECORATION:none;text-underline:none;">June’s meeting is being sponsored by <a href="http://www.infragistics.com/">Infragistics</a>. Infragistics is the world leader in Presentation Layer Technology. We are committed to providing our customers the highest quality of reusable presentation layer development tools for Windows Forms, ASP.NET, Tablet PC, and Java environments that allow them to empower themselves and their software development teams to realize the potential of the presentation layer by accelerating development cycles and improving usability to the end-users.</span></span></p></font></span> </font></font> <p> </p> </article> <article> <h1>September Meeting - CANCELLED</h1> <p>EdBlankenship — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:30:00 GMT</p> <p>Our original speaker is unable to make it to the meeting this week. We were also informed that Rosh Hashanah is also on Thursday as well. Therefore, we have decided to cancel this month's meeting.</p> <p>Next month, we will be having <a class="" href="http://codebetter.com/blogs/sam.gentile/" target="_blank">Sam Gentile</a>, an <a class="" href="http://www.ineta.org/" target="_blank">INETA</a> Speaker, coming to speak. More details soon...</p> </article> <article> <h1>July Meeting - NO MEETING - Summer Break</h1> <p>EdBlankenship — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 19:15:00 GMT</p> <p>There will be no meeting in July. Enjoy the summer!</p> </article> <article> <h1>June Meeting - Silverlight - Devin Rader</h1> <p>EdBlankenship — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 12:00:00 GMT</p> <p><span style="FONT-SIZE:18pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Cambria','serif';">Silverlight – Devin Rader<br /></span><font size="3"><span class="normal"><i><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';">Thursday, June 14th, 2007 - <b>6:15 PM</b></span></i></span></font></p><font size="3"><span class="normal"><i><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"></span></i></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"></span></font><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;"><font face="Calibri">Topic Description will be posted soon.</font></span> <p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM:12pt;"><b><span style="COLOR:#76923c;FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><font size="3">Speaker Bio</font></span></b><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><br /></span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><font size="3">Bio Available Soon</font></span></p><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><font size="3"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE:14pt;COLOR:#76923c;FONT-FAMILY:'Cambria','serif';">Meeting Sponsor(s)</span></b><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="COLOR:#76923c;FONT-FAMILY:'Cambria','serif';TEXT-DECORATION:none;text-underline:none;"></span></span> </font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><font size="3"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-ALIGN:center;" align="center"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-ALIGN:left;" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;COLOR:windowtext;TEXT-DECORATION:none;text-underline:none;">June’s meeting is being sponsored by <a href="http://www.infragistics.com/">Infragistics</a>. Infragistics is the world leader in Presentation Layer Technology. We are committed to providing our customers the highest quality of reusable presentation layer development tools for Windows Forms, ASP.NET, Tablet PC, and Java environments that allow them to empower themselves and their software development teams to realize the potential of the presentation layer by accelerating development cycles and improving usability to the end-users.</span></span></p></font></span> </font></font> </article> <article> <h1>Directions to User Group Meeting Location</h1> <p>EdBlankenship — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 18:21:00 GMT</p> <P>First, we want to appologize to everyone who had a problem with getting to the user group location. We wanted to clarify the directions and post more information to make sure you are able to get here in the most direct route possible.</P> <P>Auditorium<BR>Windsor Corporate Park<BR>50 Millstone Road<BR>Building 200 - Suite 150<BR>East Windsor, NJ 08520</P> <P>Windsor Corporate Park is located about 1 mile away from Exit 8 on the New Jersey Turnpike (I-95)</P> <P>Take the parking lot entrance to Windsor Corporate Park from Old Trenton Road. There is an entrance in the back of the building where the auditorium is located. We have included a screenshot of the building with the roads labeled.</P> <P><A href="http://njdotnet.net/photos/other/picture22.aspx" target=_blank></A><A href="http://njdotnet.net/photos/other/picture22.aspx" target=_blank></A></P> </article> <article> <h1>Slide Decks and Meeting Materials</h1> <p>EdBlankenship — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 17:27:00 GMT</p> We've fixed the problem that we had with uploading slide decks and other meeting materials. Only registered members on the site are able to download meeting materials. You can find the slides file library at: <A href="http://njdotnet.net/files/folders/slides/default.aspx">http://njdotnet.net/files/folders/slides/default.aspx</A> </article> <article> <h1>May Meeting - Composite UI Application Block (CAB) - Tom Puglisi</h1> <p>EdBlankenship — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 01:00:00 GMT</p> <span style="FONT-SIZE:18pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Cambria','serif';">Composite UI Application Block (CAB) – Tom Puglisi</span><span style="FONT-SIZE:13.5pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><br /></span><font size="3"><span class="normal"><i><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';">Thursday, May 10<sup>th</sup>, 2007 - <b>6:15 PM</b></span></i></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"></span></font><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;"><font face="Calibri">CAB is composed of a standardized architecture and component communication services which simplify the construction of smart clients. It is a framework which allows UI controls to be cleanly composed into application-specific workspaces and smart parts. The CAB also includes services that simplify workspaces and smart part communication. The power of the CAB lies within its ability to simplify UI component composition, decouple UI layer communication, and facilitate smart part reuse.</font></span><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;"><font face="Calibri"> </font></span><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore;"><font face="Calibri">1.</font><span style="FONT:7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;"><font face="Calibri">What is CAB and Why (00:00)</font></span><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore;"><font face="Calibri">2.</font><span style="FONT:7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;"><font face="Calibri">Anatomy of CAB (00:10)</font></span><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore;"><font face="Calibri">a.</font><span style="FONT:7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;"><font face="Calibri">UIElement Adapter(s)</font></span><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore;"><font face="Calibri">b.</font><span style="FONT:7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;"><font face="Calibri">WorkSpaces</font></span><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore;"><font face="Calibri">c.</font><span style="FONT:7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;"><font face="Calibri">Commands</font></span><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore;"><font face="Calibri">d.</font><span style="FONT:7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;"><font face="Calibri">Pub/Sub Event Wiring</font></span><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore;"><font face="Calibri">e.</font><span style="FONT:7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;"><font face="Calibri">Smart Parts</font></span><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore;"><font face="Calibri">f.</font><span style="FONT:7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;"><font face="Calibri">WorkItems</font></span><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore;"><font face="Calibri">g.</font><span style="FONT:7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;"><font face="Calibri">Method, Property and Class Attributes</font></span><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore;"><font face="Calibri">3.</font><span style="FONT:7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;"><font face="Calibri">Overview of MVP Design Pattern (01:10)</font></span><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore;"><font face="Calibri">4.</font><span style="FONT:7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;"><font face="Calibri">Automation using GAT and SCSF (01:20)</font></span><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore;"><font face="Calibri">5.</font><span style="FONT:7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;"><font face="Calibri">Code Review of SCSF Generated CAB Application (01:30)</font></span><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore;"><font face="Calibri">6.</font><span style="FONT:7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;"><font face="Calibri">Q & A (02:00 until whenever)</font></span> <p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM:12pt;"><b><span style="COLOR:#76923c;FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><font size="3">Speaker Bio</font></span></b><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><br /></span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><font size="3">Tom Puglisi is a Technology Evangelist for Infragistics, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner specializing in Presentation Layer Components for .NET, WPF and Java. Tom also creates written and video content for the Infragistics Best Practices and Training curriculum. Prior to working at Infragistics, Tom has worked at several corporations as a Programmer Analyst to develop a multitude of various corporate Applications and Systems. Tom likes to pass his free time by working on his CarPC.</font></span></p> <p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM:12pt;"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:'Times New Roman';mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA;"><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;COLOR:#76923c;FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:'Times New Roman';mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA;"><strong>Slides and Meeting Materials<br /></strong></span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:'Times New Roman';mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA;"><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:'Times New Roman';mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA;">The slides for this meeting can be found in the Slides file library: <a href="http://njdotnet.net/files/folders/slides/entry27.aspx" target="_blank">May Meeting - Composite UI Application Block</a></span></span></span></p><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><font size="3"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE:14pt;COLOR:#76923c;FONT-FAMILY:'Cambria','serif';">Meeting Sponsor(s)</span></b><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="COLOR:#76923c;FONT-FAMILY:'Cambria','serif';TEXT-DECORATION:none;text-underline:none;"></span></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-ALIGN:center;" align="center"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-ALIGN:left;" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;COLOR:windowtext;TEXT-DECORATION:none;text-underline:none;">May’s meeting is being sponsored by <a href="http://www.infragistics.com/">Infragistics</a>. Infragistics is the world leader in Presentation Layer Technology. We are committed to providing our customers the highest quality of reusable presentation layer development tools for Windows Forms, ASP.NET, Tablet PC, and Java environments that allow them to empower themselves and their software development teams to realize the potential of the presentation layer by accelerating development cycles and improving usability to the end-users.</span></span></p></font></span> </font> </article> <article> <h1>April Meeting - Chalk Talk - Architecture by J. Ambrose Little</h1> <p>EdBlankenship — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 02:00:00 GMT</p> <p><span style="FONT-SIZE:18pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Cambria','serif';">Chalk Talk - Architecture – J. Ambrose Little</span><span style="FONT-SIZE:13.5pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><br /></span><font size="3"><span class="normal"><i><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';">Thursday April 12th, 2007 - <b>6:15 PM</b></span></i></span></font></p><font size="3"><span class="normal"><i><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"></span></i></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"></span></font><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><font size="3">Ideally, this will be a general talk about current architectural trends and approaches, what’s good and bad about each, who likes what and why. But if there’s not enough audience involvement, Ambrose will dive into looking at a recent architecture created for a LiberMagnus, Infragistics’ new fictional company, application and talk about the thinking that went into it and the decisions that were made to get it where it is and where it is going. (Yes, this is a threat!) So come prepared to discuss what’s on your mind or else!</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><font size="3"></font></span><b><span style="COLOR:#76923c;FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><font size="3">Speaker Bio</font></span></b><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><br /></span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><font size="3">Ambrose is a Microsoft MVP, ASPInsider, and the group lead and codemunicator in the User Experience Group at Infragistics. He’s the author of numerous articles, co-author of Professional ADO.NET 2 and ASP.NET 2.0 MVP Hacks, and has spoken at various user groups, events, and conferences.</font></span><br /><br /><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><font size="3"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><font size="3"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE:14pt;COLOR:#76923c;FONT-FAMILY:'Cambria','serif';">Meeting Sponsor(s)</span></b><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="COLOR:#76923c;FONT-FAMILY:'Cambria','serif';TEXT-DECORATION:none;text-underline:none;"></span></span> </font></span></font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><font size="3"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><font size="3"></font></span></font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><font size="3"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><font size="3"></font></span></font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><font size="3"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><font size="3"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-ALIGN:center;" align="center"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-ALIGN:left;" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;COLOR:windowtext;TEXT-DECORATION:none;text-underline:none;">May’s meeting is being sponsored by <a href="http://www.infragistics.com/">Infragistics</a>. Infragistics is the world leader in Presentation Layer Technology. We are committed to providing our customers the highest quality of reusable presentation layer development tools for Windows Forms, ASP.NET, Tablet PC, and Java environments that allow them to empower themselves and their software development teams to realize the potential of the presentation layer by accelerating development cycles and improving usability to the end-users.</span></span></p></font></font></span> </article> <article> <h1>March Meeting - Security with AJAX by Anthony Lombardo</h1> <p>EdBlankenship — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 07:10:00 GMT</p> <P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:18pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Cambria','serif';">Security with AJAX – Anthony Lombardo</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:13.5pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><BR></SPAN><FONT size=3><SPAN class=normal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';">Thursday March 8th, 2007 - <B>6:15 PM</B></SPAN></I></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';"><FONT size=3>Security has always been a top concern for web developers - and AJAX hasn’t made our lives any easier. Learn about some of the most common vulnerabilities, including a new class of AJAX related security threats, and how you can defend your applications.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P> <P><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;COLOR:#76923c;FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:'Times New Roman';mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA;">Speaker Bio</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:'Times New Roman';mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA;"><BR></SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:'Times New Roman';mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA;">Anthony Lombardo is the product manager of NetAdvantage for ASP.NET at Infragistics, Inc. He is responsible for spearheading product management and strategies for Infragistics ASP.NET product line, working directly with the vice president of engineering to set the direction, plan, and manage product development. Prior to joining Infragistics, Anthony served as a Network Administrator for North Brunswick Board of Education and worked for Rutgers University in their technical support division. Since beginning his career with Infragistics in 2000, Anthony has been involved with every aspect of the development cycle, including playing a key role in the creation of the Presentation Layer Framework for ASP.NET, and determining the product feature set of NetAdvantage for ASP.NET.</SPAN></P> <P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:'Times New Roman';mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA;"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;COLOR:#76923c;FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:'Times New Roman';mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA;"><STRONG>Slides and Meeting Materials<BR></STRONG></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:'Times New Roman';mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA;"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:'Times New Roman';mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA;">The slides for this meeting can be found in the Slides file library: <A href="http://njdotnet.net/files/folders/slides/entry18.aspx" target=_blank>March Meeting - AJAX Security</A></SPAN></SPAN></P> </article> </main></body></html>