SVNUG Video Channel
What's New in .NET 4.5?
presented by Kathleen Dollard
ASP.NET Single-Page Applications (SPA)—May 2012
The Sangamon Valley .NET User Group (SVNUG) hosted its May 2012 presentation on Tuesday, May 1st, 2012, from 6:00 to 9:00 PM in Conference Room 4 of the Hilton (downtown Springfield). Colin Blair—Silverlight/RIA Services guru and Microsoft MVP—presented "ASP.NET Single-Page Applications (SPA)," and we learned how single-page web applications can deliver better end-to-end user experiences by leveraging rich client-side interactions with JavaScript. We discovered how ASP.NET Single-Page Applications (SPA) will enable cutting-edge web developers to deliver rich, engaging web applications that surface information and interactivity in fresh and exciting new ways. [Slides]
The .NET Micro Framework and Embedded Development—April 2012
The Sangamon Valley .NET User Group (SVNUG) hosted its April 2012 presentation on Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012, from 6:00 to 9:00 PM in Conference Room 4 of the Hilton (downtown Springfield). Terry Massey—President and Co-Founder of TheShieldStore.com—presented "The .NET Micro Framework and Embedded Development," and we learned how automation experts combine the power of .NET with modern development techniques to enable embedded systems to reach new audiences and overcome new challenges. We discovered how industry leaders are using the .NET Micro Framework and embedded development to deliver targeted, fixed-form solutions to real business problems—solutions that not only improve efficiency and productivity but also cut costs and reduce time-to-market.
NoSQL in .NET—March 2012
The Sangamon Valley .NET User Group (SVNUG) hosted its March 2012 presentation on Tuesday, March 6th, 2012, from 6:00 to 9:00 PM in Plaza Room 1 of the Hilton (downtown Springfield). Jose Arce presented "NoSQL in .NET," and we learned how industry leaders like Facebook, Twitter, and Reddit use NoSQL-based technologies like MapReduce, BigTable, HBase, SimpleDB, and Windows Azure Table Storage to read and write massive amounts of semi-structured data in real-time in order to surface large amounts of content to many end users concurrently. We also discovered how NoSQL can enable you to build highly visible, highly scalable, highly available next generation applications in today's competitive business environment. [Slides] [Source]
Agile Development in .NET—February 2012
The Sangamon Valley .NET User Group (SVNUG) hosted its February 2012 presentation on Tuesday, February 7th, 2012, from 6:00 to 9:00 PM in Conference Room 2 of the Hilton (downtown Springfield). Jim Daugherty—Director of Application Development Practices at Horace Mann—presented "Agile Development in .NET," and we learned how Agile development can accelerate delivery of business value and increase market competitiveness while simultaneously improving software quality, requirement traceability, and team collaboration and effectiveness. Jim demonstrated how industry leaders use Agile techniques today to deliver tomorrow's cutting edge business and consumer applications quickly and confidently. [Slides]