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Highlights from the 11th September 2006 Meeting of the Microsoft Developers Group

The Microsoft Developers Group meeting held on September 11, 2006, in Reading featured engaging discussions and presentations on various technologies. The agenda included introductions to Delphi, C#, ASP.NET, and the exciting new Turbo products. Noteworthy announcements included the release of Microsoft Consolas font, game development tools with XNA, and updates on Windows Vista and .NET 3.0. Attendees gained valuable insights through sessions led by experts like Brian Long and Roger Graham. Be sure to catch upcoming events including practical masterclasses and future meetings.

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Highlights from the 11th September 2006 Meeting of the Microsoft Developers Group

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  1. 11th September, 2006 Meeting Microsoft, Reading The Developers Grouphttp://www.richplum.net Group Leader Brian Long http://blong.com

  2. Agenda • 12:00 - 1:00 – Welcome, News & Problem Clinic • 1:00 - 1:15– Introduction to Phlab • 1:15 - 2:25 – Delphi (BDS) Win32 VCL WebBroker Andrew Rowe • 2:25 - 2:55 – Break

  3. Agenda • 2:55 - 4:00 – Delphi (BDS) FCL ASP.NET 1.1 Brian Long • 4:00 - 5:00 – C# (BDS) FCL ASP.NET 1.1 Brian Long • 5:00 - 6:00 – C# (VS2005) FCL ASP.NET 2.0Roger Graham

  4. 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!

  5. 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

  6. 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?

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

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