Just in case you haven't heard, Silverlight 2 Beta 2 was released to market.
Why would you be interested?
- Silverlight 2 Beta 2 has a Go Live license, meaning that you can now build commercial applications on Silverlight.
- It contains a whole host of controls that will ease the development process.
Get an overview of the new features from Scott's blog.
Where can I download the necessary tools? You'll get it all from http://silverlight.net/GetStarted.
Come and share your experiences, both business and technical, at the first South African Information Worker Community Meeting. Bring along an open mind, and ideas of what you would like to see in future community meetings.
Date: 18th June 2008
Time: 16h00 - 17h30
Venue: Microsoft South Africa, 3012 William Nicol Drive, Bryanston
To Register: Click here.
The final agenda for Saturday's Devs4Devs event:
8:15-8:45 Registration
8:45-9:00 Welcome
9:00-9:20 Presenters
· Nyaladzi Mpofu - Windows Mobile Development with Visual Studio 2008
· Carlos Goncalves - Building and Interactive Agent using Unified Communications Managed API
9:30-9:50 Presenters
· David Russell - Introduction to Microsoft Sync Framework
· Martin Cronjé - Building Domain Specific Languages using Visual Studio 2008 Extensibility SDK
10:00-10:30 Tea break
10:30-10:50 Presenters
· Mike Geyser - Liberating Synchronous Processes from the Tyranny of Timeouts
· Erica Vismer - Increase your BIQ.: Developing a business intelligence solution with Visual Studio 2008, SQL Server and the Business ScoreCard Manager.
11:00-11:20 Presenters
· Rudi Grobler - WPF Data Binding Explained!
· Simon Munro - SQL Service Broker for Developers
11:30-11:50 Presenters
· Brent Samodien - ASP.Net 3.5 Dynamic Data Templates
· Paul Wandrag - Challenging technology forces on Application Development
11:50-12:00 Closing
MVPs (Microsoft Most Valuable Professional) and the Microsoft DPE (Developer and Platform Evangelism) Group in South Africa have joined forces to bring you an event on interoperability. No technology exists on an island. Come see how different technologies can be used together.
For further detail, visit Willy-Peter Schaub's blog entry on this event.