The next meeting is scheduled for 15 June 2009 at 7 PM at the Bear Rock Cafe. [Bear Rock Cafe Directions]

This month we will have two short presentations by Kyle Kelly and myself (Zack Moore).

Kyle’s presentation will cover TSQL Tips and Tricks.

Flexible T-SQL: How to Bend T-SQL to Overcome Everyday Programming Obstacles

Using OpenXML as a substitute for passing arrays to stored procedures, using Partition Over and Row_Number to narrow down queries, and using BitWise operators to make fast, flexible queries.

Kyle maintains a blog at http://www.damba.net/

My presentation will be on log4net.

log4net: Adding runtime configurable logging to your applications

log4net is a free open source logging component that was originally ported from a java project. What makes log4net so useful is the ability to configure your logging at runtime and not at design or compile time. Developers can route their logging to multiple destinations including but not limited to the text files, the Windows Event log, a database, email, and a Syslog server.

Pizza and snacks will be provided. Bring your friends.

[UPDATE 12 Jun 2009]

Apex Systems will donate a copy of Pro ASP.NET MVC Framework for the raffle at the end. If you are interested in MVC, this is a pretty good book.

Apex Systems is a technical recruiter. Scott from Apex will be there to give the book to the raffle winner so if you know anyone who might be interested in a new job, Scott is the person to talk to.

Ken sent me the examples from his presentation and I haven’t gotten around to posting them.

For your enjoyment, here is his sample code.

Our next meeting will be on Monday, 13 Apr 2009 at 7PM

Our presenter will be our very own Ken Fortuna. Ken is a local developer at MERC in Warner Robins.

Ken will give a summary of Parallel processing techniques and gotchas when using .NET and provide some practical examples.

As usual, there will be some snacks and a software and book raffle.

I can't make this but for anyone interested it is Friday, 13 March 2009. Unfortunatly, it is 9AM to 3PM on a Friday but it looks like an interesting talk covering jQuery, Oslo, and the VS Debugger.

Click here to sign up for the MSDN Atlanta Souther Fried Road Show.

But I am going to the Atlanta Code Camp and SQL Saturday!

this almost snuck up on me, but Kyle was kind enough to remind me.

Saturday, 14 March 2009 is the Atlanta Code Camp

It's free. It's all day. They feed you.

There are 9 tracks with mostly local speakers and an eclectic selection of topics. The 9 tracks are Miscellaneous, Data, Architecture, Beyond the Framework, Web, Future Technologies, Silverlight, Open Spaces, and .NET Framework Fundamentals.

There are sessions on everything from MVC to Entity Framework to Silverlight to doing Interviews to becoming an Independing.

Check out the agenda.

Sign Up for Atlanta Code Camp 2009.

Email me or use the Contact Form if you want to carpool.

Tracks:

This event is almost full. If you are interested, then you should register right away.

If you tried to register before and couldn’t, there are a few extra seats open now. If you decide to go, let me know. I’m already planning a carpool with 2 other people!

AtlantaMDF is proud to host the first Atlanta SQLSaturday, on April 25, 2009

at the Microsoft offices in Alpharetta. A lunch fee of $10 covers a full

day of training, including a featured presentation by Joe Celko: "Nested

Sets Model - Trees & Hierarchies in SQL". Other presenters include Erik

Veerman, Andy Warren, Kevin G. Boles, and many more! Seating is limited, so

reserve your spot today at http://www.sqlsaturday.com

Here are my slides and examples. I will update this when I get Dave and Chad's files.

If you find any errors or typos, let me know.

The next meeting is January 12th and will be given by Dave Cameron, Chad Brooks from Microsoft, and myself.

The topic will be a summary of various .NET data access technologies or ...

".NET Data Access: Where do all these pieces fit?"

Topics we will hit are:

• LINQ
• Code Generation
• Entity Framework
• ADO.NET Data Services
• Dynamic Data

As usual, there will be snacks. Additionally we will be giving out 2 copies of Visual Studio 2008 at the end of the talk.

So mark your calendar! Location is the same as last time, right off I75 at the Bear Rock Cafe on the Mercer University Campus. Its easy to get to from anywhere in the area.

Meet up around 7 PM and the presentation should start around 7:15 PM. If you are running behind, don't worry about it. Just come on in.

The Macon group isn't planning  a Christmas party (however I'm open to one if anyone is interested in helping put it together!!) but the Atlanta group and invited the other local groups including us!

I'm driving up after work. Contact me if you want to carpool.

Atlanta Area User Group Holiday Party

Date:         Monday, December 8^th

Time:        7:30pm – 10:00pm

Where:     Microsoft Office – Alpharetta

We’ll have several Xbox360 consoles with games like Rock Band and Halo 3. We’ll also have some fun board games (feel free to bring some if you like). Mingle with fellow community members, enjoy food and drink, and even win some prizes!

Registration is required due to limited space and to have an accurate count for catering.

In the spirit of the holidays, please bring along a donation of boxed food, canned goods, or other items for the needy. These will be given to an area shelter on behalf of the Atlanta area user groups.

Click here to register today!

For anyone interested in Microsoft Virtualization technology there is an upcoming even this Monday in Atlanta. Its free as far as I can tell.

https://www.getvirtualnow.com/usevents/CitySelect.aspx#cities