June 2009 - Posts - The Curtain Raiser

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June 2009 - Posts

Another one for PE :-)

The community event touches on a few .NET specific design and development patterns and practices.  Please join your fellow developers for a great afternoon/evening - 25 June, 15:00.

Topics:

  • Singelton Design Pattern
  • CAS (Code Access Security) - What, When, How
  • Interop - Using unmanaged code in .NET development
Posted: Jun 10 2009, 09:33 AM by Eben | with no comments
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CodeRush Xpress for C# and VB

Don't we just love productivity add-ons to Visual Studio.  Here's one I've picked up from Devexpress.  It's impressive and it's free.

Note that some of these productivity features you will also find in Visual Studio 2010!
Posted: Jun 09 2009, 12:56 PM by Eben | with 2 comment(s)
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FREE Telerik WPF Controls

It's almost too good to be true.  It's impossible to look at these controls and not start salivating :-)  They're gorgeous, but, so is the price for us South Africans.

Now, until end of July, if you're an MSDN subscriber you can get these controls for FREE.

Included controls.

Calendar, Carousel, Chart, DatePicker, Gauge, GridView, NumericUpDown, PanelBar, ProgressBar, Scheduler Slider, TabControl, TreeView.

License details.

The Developer License is perpetual and has no deployment limitations – it allows the use of the controls for an unlimited number of applications spanning various servers and domains. The applications you develop with the Telerik WPF controls can be distributed royalty free. The license comes with community support only.

Simply go register and start enjoying the experience.
Posted: Jun 09 2009, 09:14 AM by Eben | with 1 comment(s)
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LLBLGen Pro Workshop - Port Elizabeth

ORM has always been a very popular topic.  Come and join in on the workshop - it's going to be hands-on!

This hands-on workshop will cover the theory of how ORM products work and will provide dozens of real world scenarios and best practices for LLBLGen Pro.

Posted: Jun 09 2009, 08:55 AM by Eben | with 4 comment(s)
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Windows Mobile 6.5 Developer Tool Kit

Windows Mobile developers that want to stay ahead of the curve, go download and start exploring.  Rob Cameron provides a quick overview of the new features.

Posted: Jun 05 2009, 10:04 AM by Eben | with no comments
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It's time.

We're lining up an exciting list of presenters for developers attending TechEd Africa 2009.  Let me share with you who you can expect to see at TechEd.

As you can see, you simply have to make a plan to get there.  Go register at http://www.teched.co.za.  See you at TechEd!

Posted: Jun 04 2009, 08:37 AM by Eben | with 4 comment(s)
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JCSE Architecture Forum

The forum is planning their second event, this time on "how 'enterprise thinking' must drive 'solution thinking' to enable true business agility".  Come and join us on 11 June at the IBM Offices in Rivonia.  You will find all the details on http://www.jcse.org.za.

Posted: Jun 02 2009, 11:27 AM by Eben | with no comments
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