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Daniel Moth on his Blog
Daniel Moth give us an indepth interview on all things including his blog
Rafal on TechEd and Data Mining
TechEd draws to a close and Dave and Rich meet Rafal Lukawiecki, top TechEd speaker again, to talk about Data Mining - but with a big difference...
Ted Pattison on Speaking and Sharepoint
At TechEd Dave meets his "Speaker Idol" Ted Pattison and ask him about his background, speaking and Ted's only current mistress Sharepoint.
Mobile Development
Rich and John catch up with Peter Foot and Andy Wigley, Mobile Gurus and MVP's to discuss mobile development, Dave joins to see if his phone is upto the job.
Michael Food on IronPython
Another chance meeting near the toilets Dave & Rich catch up with Michael Foord - A python developer who's embraced the IronPython language. Great interview!
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The 3 MVP's
Three members of the UK Community and NxtGenUG Speakers had been recognised in the latest MVP Awards.
DevExpress release new FREE Silverlight Control
DevExpress have just announced their new FREE Silverlight AgDataGrid
DevExpress Sponsor Silverlight Assault Course!
We're pleased to announce DevExpress are sponsoring the Silverlight Assault Course.
New SQL Server Courses Available!
4 Top UK Community SQL Server guys have formed SQL Know How, and are offering some TOP SQL Server Courses!
FEST08 G(r)eek Dinner
We're having a G(r)eek diner just before FEST08 - please feel free to join us if you're in the area
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NxtGenUG Articles
June, 2008
Richard Costall Manning : Silverlight 2 in Action Review
Silverlight junkie Richard Costall is asked to Review Mannings Upcoming Silverlight 2 in action Title - Will we be able to get it off him?
Chris Seary NexGenUG Fest 08 Review
FEST08 is NxtGenUG's one-day event. This year's theme was "Data Today, Data Tomorrow" with top speakers from the UK delivering new sessions and a gameshow!
April, 2008
Richard Costall Coventry Swagaganza Launch meeting
DC-3 Dakotas, Easter Eggs, Free Drinks, Content, Mints, NxtGenUG Chocolate and Wanted SWAG - What more could a launch want (apart from a launch kit?)
Richard Costall Silverlight - Getting Started
Following the IMTC Conference, Richard Costall lifts the lid on Silverlight 2.0 - In this article Richard gets us started in building our first application.
March, 2008
Dave McMahon Ian Cooper's Turn Again ...
Ian Cooper visited NxtGenUG Birmingham again this time to give us his views on LINQ in the Enterprise ...
Richard Costall Mix 08 Strip Report
Roving reporter Rich hits the Vegas strip clubs to bring us the news from Mix08 - A bath as deep as the Suez Canal and half a yard of Margaria [NOW WITH PART 5]
February, 2008
Richard Costall Coventry February Meeting
Building on the January meeting covering Astoria, the Coventry attendees were treated to a deep dive on the ADO.NET Entity Framework with Mike Taulty
January, 2008
Andrew Maggs WPF Training Day
October 2007 and Andy Maggs stalwart NxtGenUG member, travelled to Bristol for a one day WPF course, courtesy of DotNetDevNet.
Dave McMahon Just Another Day At NxtGenUG ...
The first meeting of NxtGenUG Birmingham in 2008 was a busy affair, with 29 attendees, 8 Pizza, 2 Tam O'Shanters and a Swag-Distribute-O-Meter.
November, 2007
Dave McMahon Book Review : Silverlight 1.0
Asthetically handicapped he may be, but that doesn't stop Dave taking a good look at a great book on Silverlight 1.0
July, 2007
Richard Costall Professional ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX
Forget Harry Potter, Rich sits down with Wrox's Professional ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX book. Is it for muggles, or does it leave Rich Spellbound?
Dave McMahon Beginning XML - 4th Edition
Given the opportunity to go back to basics with XML, Dave reviews "Beginning XML", and finds a book that's just as useful for XML vet's as it is for rookies ...
June, 2007
Richard Costall Professional Biztalk Server 2006
Like a war-vet. Rich dons his flak jacket, and goes back to Biztalk Server, and old battle ground, with a review of Wiley's Wrox title: Professional Biztalk Server 2006
May, 2007
Chris Seary Fest07 Event Report
Chris reports back on Fest07 - The first One-Day NxtGenUG event and talks about SWAG in, SWAG out and Swaggily fortunes - We also had some great speakers!
Richard Costall Look no Hands
Rich puts on the headset, sits back and shows us why Speech Recognition in Vista is a very powerful tool - Start Listening...
April, 2007
Peter McGann XNA and Gaming - Part 3
It's part 3 of the XNA tutorial and Pete McGann adds the bad guys to his 2D XNA shooter - Then promptly shoots them.
Dave McMahon Everything With An X - Part 3
In Part 3 of his 'X'series, Dave's taking a quick look at XPATH and with Rich's help explains 3 simple shortcuts to help people to quickly get to grips with XPATH.
Richard Costall Darth Vader, Pinata and Jetpac
On a strange night, we had Darth Vader, SWAG filled Pinatas, a Hot Chilli, and Fred Fintstone. What on earth was going on at the NxtGenUG meeting in Coventry?
Peter McGann XNA: Backgrounds and Lazers
Part 2 on XNA: It's backgounds and lazers time, as NxtGenUG member Pete McGann adds some more functionality to his 2D XNA shooter.
Peter McGann XNA Gaming Part 2
Pete gets us started in XNA: Setting up XNA Game Studio Express and creating a simple sprite with user controlled movement.
Peter McGann XNA Part 1: What is it?
In this multi part series; NxtGenUG member Pete McGann tells us all about XNA - In this article he tells us why use XNA over other technologies.
Dave McMahon uCertify SQL Server Review.
Dave takes the plunge on the uCertify SQL exam PrepKit with his review. But after Richards star performance - he's afraid to take the test.
Richard Costall Vista Certification with uCertify
In this review of uCertify's Vista 70-620 exam PrepKit. Rich lays his credibility on the line and attempts to pass the evaluation first time - but is he up to it?
March, 2007
Andrew Jacks Security Course Review
Andrew Jacks dived the dark world of hacking and security, when he attended the two day Dinis Cruz Advanced Security Course. Find out how he got on!
Richard Costall MVP Summit 1: Pensioners, Ducks and Aliens.
In part one of the NxtGenUG MVP Summit trip report, Rich looks at a day with a duck and a visit from outer space.
February, 2007
Richard Costall Fake Wigs, Vista Cakes and Dodgy Dealings
In 'just another' user group meeting, who would emerge as the champion Vista,Office and Exchange presenter - the gloves are off and the fake wigs on!
Richard Costall Video Nugget: Vista Speech Recognition 2
In this second Video nugget, Rich show us how to write "Hello World" in Visual Studio (which does not directly support speech) using Vista Speech Recognition.
Richard Costall Video Nugget : Vista Speech Recognition
In this first Video nugget, Rich show us Notepad, Solitaire and surfing the web with Vista Speech Recognition.
January, 2007
Restricted content to NxtGenUG membersDave McMahon Book Review - XSLT 2.0 Programmer's Reference, 3rd Edition
XSLT 2.0 and XPATH 2.0 have followed some long time after XSLT 1.0 first hit the streets. Michael Kay, one of the 'godfathers of XSLT' dives deep and provides a useful reference to all aspects of XSLT 2.0.
Richard Costall Those NxtGenUG boys are plane crazy!
Ladies and Gentlemen this is your Captain speaking. Welcome to a presentation on Vista, Office and .NET 3.0 - Fasten your seatbelts. Oh, and wrap up warm!
Richard Costall Book Review - VWD Starter Kit
Richard Costall looks at the shortly named "ASP.NET 2.0 Visual Web Developer Express Edition Starter kit" Wiley book and then orders a 'Carnivore Special'
December, 2006
Restricted content to NxtGenUG membersDave McMahon Access 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services - Part 2
In the second of a 2 parter we will look at how Access 2007 can work with other parts of the Office 2007 System to extend it's reach beyond the desktop.
Dave McMahon Access 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services - Part 1
In Part 1 of a 2 Parter, Dave goes back to his roots and takes a look at the new Access 2007, it's UI, capabilities and how it fits into the scheme of things.
Restricted content to NxtGenUG membersRichard Costall My Vista Experience - A Developers Story
Faced with a broken laptop and the task of a clean install, Richard grabbed the Vista RC1 DVD, took a deep breath and put it in the machine...
Richard Costall DDD4 - Cabbages!
Richard gives his view of DDD4 - Mince pies with Brandy Butter, Grok talks, and Cabbages as Swag! What could be going on?
November, 2006
Richard Costall Live from TechED - Keynote Review
Rich reports back live from TechED with a review of the Eric Rudder Keynote speech in Barcelona
Ben Hall Ben Hall on Test Driven Development
Member Ben Hall talk about the concept of Test Driven Development and how you can start using this approach with your code.
Richard Costall NxtGenUG Oxford Launch
NxtGenUG branch out from the midlands and Launch NxtGenUG in Abingdon, near Oxford. Richard gives his trip report on the new region
October, 2006
Dave McMahon Ed Gibson 'On The Road' Review
At DDD3 John Thomson of Scottish Developers suggested that Ed Gibson might like to speak at a User Group meeting, Craig Murphy and Dave McMahon subsequently decided to create a UK wide tour called Ed gibson 'On The Road'.
Ben Hall Book Review by Ben Hall
Ben Hall NxtGenUG member has done a great review of "Professional Pen Testing for Web Applications" from Wrox Books.
Restricted content to NxtGenUG membersStuart Wells Getting All Virtual
NxtGenUG Member, Stuart Wells, shows how the ListView control CAN handle large amounts of data with the new VirtualMode found in .NET 2.0.
Restricted content to NxtGenUG membersJohn Wiley ASP.NET Composite Controls
The second Sample Chapter, this time covering Server Control Development in ASP.NET 2.0 - a great primer for the October Coventry meeting
September, 2006
Dave McMahon XLINQ - A New Way To Use XML
XLINQ has been designed to handle XML data in a more natural and intuitive manner than currently available. This 'Nugget' looks at the basics.
August, 2006
Dave McMahon Five Months With 'Run as ...'
For about 5 months now I have been developing on my XP SP2 machine without running as a Local Admin. This 'Best Practice' is not without it's problems. Here's how you get around some of the issues...
Restricted content to NxtGenUG membersJohn Wiley Avalon Graphics and Animation
The first in a series of sample chapters from Wrox Press books published by John Wiley. This one discusses how to configure graphics, images and animation in WPF.
Dave McMahon Everything With An X - Part 2
In this, the second of a series of articles, Dave takes a look at XML Schema,what they are used for, what they consist of and the different ways to write them.
July, 2006
Restricted content to NxtGenUG membersRichard Costall Book Review - ASP.NET 2.0
Richard Costall gets his mitts on ASP.NET 2.0 Illustrated and his only problem is he dont want to give it back! - find out why
Chris Seary What is WSE ?
What is WSE? The acronym is short for Web Service Extensions. Join Chris Seary as he explains about the world of WSE.
June, 2006
Dave McMahon DDD3 Conference Review
DeveloperDeveloperDeveloper 3 conference (DDD3) took place Saturday 3rd June. Held at Microsoft, but ran 'By the community, for the community'.
May, 2006
Chris Seary Cryptographic is complete!
.Net 1.1 efficiently implemented a good deal of standard cryptographic algorithms, but it wasn’t complete from the viewpoint of a Public Key Infrastructure.
Dave McMahon Everything With an X - Part 1
In this series of articles, I want to introduce you to the world of 'X', that is XML, XML Schema, XPATH, XSLT, XQUERY, XAML, XOML and a few others along the way.
Dave McMahon Trip Report: MSDN WinFX
TRIP Report: WinFX MSDN Evening: WinFX, Pizza, XBOX 360 controllers and a David Beckham England shirt.
Restricted content to NxtGenUG membersDave McMahon Regular Expressions - Part 2
Dave dives into his beloved SQL Server and shows how to combine the powers of Regular Expressions and SQL Server securely and without SQL CLR!
April, 2006
Chris Seary Click once - is it secure?
Click once is a new deployment feature in VS2005. Chris Seary goes under the covers to investigate Security.
Chris Seary Security Matters
Running a process on your computer with unnecessarily high privileges makes the system vulnerable to a number of threats.
Restricted content to NxtGenUG membersRichard Costall Riding the technology waves
Richard talks about the relentless waves of technology coming from Microsoft and ways developers can cope with it.
Dave McMahon Regular Expressions - Part 1
In this first of a multi part series we take a high level look into regular expressions.
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