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11 th September, 2006 Meeting Microsoft, Reading. The Developers Group http://www.richplum.net. Group Leader Brian Long http://blong.com. Agenda. 12:00 - 1:00 –Welcome, News & Problem Clinic 1:00 - 1:15 – Introduction to Phlab - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The Developers Group http://www.richplum.net
11th September, 2006 MeetingMicrosoft, Reading
Group Leader Brian Longhttp://blong.com
Agenda• 12:00 - 1:00 – Welcome, News &
Problem Clinic• 1:00 - 1:15 – Introduction to Phlab• 1:15 - 2:25 – Delphi (BDS) Win32
VCLWebBrokerAndrew Rowe
• 2:25 - 2:55 – Break
Agenda• 2:55 - 4:00 – Delphi (BDS) FCL
ASP.NET 1.1Brian Long
• 4:00 - 5:00 – C# (BDS) FCLASP.NET 1.1Brian Long
• 5:00 - 6:00 – C# (VS2005) FCLASP.NET 2.0Roger Graham
News• Microsoft Consolas font now available• Mono-spaced font• Targets programmers:
• http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=22e69ae4-7e40-4807-8a86-b3d36fab68d3
• http://tinyurl.com/kk9eb• Requires Visual Studio in order to install!
News• Turbo is back!
• Turbo Delphi• Turbo C++• Turbo Delphi for .NET• Turbo C#
• Two editions:• Professional – US$399• Explorer – FREE! (non-extensible)
• Only one Turbo product per computer• http://www.turboexplorer.com
News• ECO III in Action Seminar• At Borland UK office in Twyford, near
Reading• Tuesday 12th September............• 09:30-16:00• Jason Vokes and Gerard van der Pol• Registration was by Internet, but maybe
if you give them a call?
News• Nick Hodges (Delphi Product Manager)
is creating 30 Camtasia Delphi videos in 30 days
• Targeting beginners• Full list (thus far) at:
http://blogs.borland.com/nickhodges/articles/26687.aspx
News• Game developers, listen up• Microsoft XNA Game Studio Express
beta is out• XNA = XNA’s Not Acronymed• XNA lets you build games for Windows
and Xbox 360• XNA runs on Visual C# Express and
latest DirectX updates• http://msdn.microsoft.com/directx/XNA
News• Windows Vista RC1 is out• .NET 3.0 RC1 is out• Visual Studio Extensions for .NET 3.0
RC1 are out• Links to the .NET stuff available on
http://www.charlespetzold.com/wpf,the web page of Petzold’s newWPF book.
• Petzold’s new WPF book is out
News• Masterclass with Brian Long• “Back To Basics with Delphi”
Upavon, Wednesday 20th September• Looking at:
• VFI & frames• Actions and action managers• Debugging• Interfaces• Multi-threading
News• Double Masterclass with Bob Swart• Upavon, Mon/Tue 9th/10th October• “Distributed Database Applications”• Looking at:
• Win32, .NET and ASP.NET• DataSnap, Remoting and RemObjects
• “ASP.NET Techniques”• Looking at:
• HTTP handlers & modules• Templates• BDP• AJAX
News• Next meeting on Monday, October 17th at POSK, Hammersmith
• Agenda currently being worked on• To include:
• AJAX• Database Workbench• And more!
• Full agenda will be available at:• http://www.richplum.co.uk/meetings/20061017.pdf
News