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NxtGenUG Southampton : Silverlight Assault Course

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 09:00:00 GMT

Silverlight 2.0 looks set to revolutionise web Development when it ships later this year. The NxtGenUG Southampton boys are proud to present in association with Developer Express (who have kindly provided the USB 2.0 Hard Drives), a one day workshop 'Silverlight Assault course' to be held on the 26th July 2008 in Poole, Dorset. We'll be having presentations from Richard Costall and Chris Hay, plus Hands-on-labs for you to get your hands dirty with experts on hand to answer your questions on the day. The price for the day is £40.00 and includes a Pizza lunch, plus the traditional NxtGenUG SWAG. Register on the site in order to register for this event and we'll get in touch with a simple paypal link or invoice details. All payments must be made in full prior to the course date. This course is ideal for people who want to understand Silverlight 2.0. No existing knowledge of Silverlight is required. The day will comprise of many short presentations, and Hands-on-labs. Don't forget to check out the new FREE Silverlight Grid control from DevExpress from here Book Early as places are limited.

NxtGenUG Oxford : To Be Continued ...

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:00:00 GMT

An evening on Continuous Integration featuring Liam Westley, stalwart member of the UK Community and man of many talents. Member nugeet will feature and the ubiquitous Swag and Pizza in whatever order!

NxtGenUG Coventry : XNA, Silverlight and Gaming

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:00:00 GMT

Somethings you do in the bedroom you don't talk about, but this certainly is worth it. Pete Mcgann (XNA) and Richard Costall (Silverlight) talk about XNA, Gaming and Silverlight in their own unique style. Plus we'll have a nugget and some pizza

NxtGenUG Cambridge : The Entity Framework...

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:00:00 GMT

Microsoft's Mike Taulty, bring his Famous Entity Framework session to Cambridge, and give us the low down on The Entity Framework and ADO.NET Data Services. We'll be showing a nugget and serving up the pizza!

NxtGenUG Birmingham : Run MVC ...

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:00:00 GMT

Alan Dean is back in town this time with a less cerebral session than "Object Thinking". The Microsoft MVC Framework is an alternative approach to developing web applications. Member nugget and Pizza and Swag as ever, and maybe a quick bevy at the "Sack of Spuds" since it's summertime ...

NxtGenUG Southampton : It's Alive-Workflow Foundation

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:00:00 GMT

Southamptons very own John McLoughlin steps into the limelight with a practical guide to Workflow Foundation, and like Dr Frankenstien the session will end with a living creation of workflow - minus the bolts. We'll also have a nugget and some Pizza too, for a change

Best Practices in Performance and Availability for SQL Server 2005-2008

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 09:00:00 GMT

Kimberly Tripp and Paul Randal : Hatfield, Hertfordshire 3 day Seminar: (early bird) £600 ex VAT; discounts apply for multiple delegates/events booked. Foundations – SQL Server structures and algorithms, Architecting for Availability, Architecting for Performance and Maintaining Performance and Availability.

NxtGenUG Oxford : It's Javascript Time...

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:00:00 GMT

Love it or hate it Web Developers have to embrace it. Helen Emerson drops in to explain the power of Javascript and what we can do with it. We'll also be having a nugget and maybe, just mayve, a slice of the old pizza.

Indexing for Performance in SQL Server 2000/2005/2008

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:00:00 GMT

Kimberly Tripp and Paul Randal:Edinburgh 2 day Seminar: (early bird) £400 ex VAT; discounts apply for multiple delegates/events booked. Index Internals, Statistics, Indexing Strategies, Part 1: SARGS and Joins, Part 2: Aggregations and Indexed Views, Index Maintenance, Is Your Indexing Strategy Working?

NxtGenUG Birmingham : I, Robot

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:00:00 GMT

The 3 Laws of Robotics Studio "A Microsoft employee shall demonstrate cool robotics stuff to NxtGenUG members", "A Microsoft employee shall give out copious amounts of 'swag' to NxtGenUG members", "A Microsoft employee shall eat Pizza with NxtGenUG members". Pretty sure Paul Foster will do that! Yes, Paul visits Birmingham to show off Microsoft Robotics Studio and all the cool stuff and games and worlds you can create with it. Don't Miss It!

Smart Database Design

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:00:00 GMT

Paul Nielsen : Hatfield, Hertfordshire and repeated 29th-30th Sept 08 in Edinburgh 2 day Seminar: (early bird) £300 ex VAT; discounts apply for multiple delegates/events booked. The seminar everybody has been waiting for! Data Architecture, Smart Database Design, Physical Schema Performance, Set-based Queries, Zen and the art of Indexing, Managing Transactions, Locking & Blocking and Advanced Scalability.

NxtGenUG Coventry : LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:00:00 GMT

When Rich met Ian Smith in Vegas he instantly knew he was a Video Buff, not because he had an eye for visual perfection, but because he carried around a 20KG Video Camera. Ian Smith drops in to Coventry to lift the lid, and explain the tips on Video Podcasting. We'll also be having a nugget and some Pizza. LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION !

NxtGenUG Oxford : Oh Ah Emm ...it's nHibernate

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:00:00 GMT

An evening of Object Relational Mapping (ORM) with a look at nHibernate and how it compares to the new Microsoft Entity Framework. Main speaker for the evening is Ian Cooper of London .NET,there will be a member nugge hopefully and of course that there Pizza stuff and swag ... Enjoy!

NxtGenUG Birmingham : Let's Rock with ASP.NET ...

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:00:00 GMT

Chris Hay the "Grande Fromage" of NxtGenUG Cambridge flies in to Birmingham, with outrageous T-Shirt and all to give a top performance on getting Top Performance out of ASP.NET Web Sites! Yes its a session on building High Performance ASP.NET web sites, plus a member nugget no doubt, Pizza and nice bright Swag ...

SQL Server Data Storage Formats: Internals, Performance and Best Practices

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 09:00:00 GMT

Kalen Delaney – 3rd Nov 08, Harpenden, Hertfordshire 1 day Seminar: (early bird) £200 ex VAT; discounts apply for multiple delegates/events booked.Learn to use the tools for examining storage; Compare the various storage formats available in SQL Server 2005; Understand the functionality of the new SQL Server 2008 storage options; Explore the costs and benefits of each type of format.

SQL Server Concurrency Control: Locking, Blocking and Row Versioning

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 09:00:00 GMT

Kalen Delaney: Harpenden, Hertfordshire 1 day Seminar: (early bird) £200 ex VAT; discounts apply for multiple delegates/events booked. SQL Server Storage Metadata; Tools for exploring storage structures; Physical Storage Structures; Index Design and Tuning; Query Processing and Query Plans; Optimization and Recompilation; Query Tuning Tips and Techniques.

SQL Server Data Internals and Tuning

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 09:00:00 GMT

Kalen Delaney – 5th Nov, Harpenden, Hertfordshire 1 day Seminar: (early bird) £200 ex VAT; discounts apply for multiple delegates/events booked. SQL Server Storage Metadata; Tools for exploring storage structures; Physical Storage Structures; Index Design and Tuning; Query Processing and Query Plans; Optimization and Recompilation; Query Tuning Tips and Techniques. .