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Developers Group Meeting Highlights - 12th April 2005

The Developers Group meeting held on 12th April 2005 at POSK, Hammersmith, featured an exciting agenda led by Brian Long. Presentations included "Using Arcana Components" by Russell Weetch, and "Address Formatting Components" by Sandy McCourt, along with updates on Delphi 2005 and news from APress. Highlights included the announcement of DevCon 2005 in San Francisco and details about new .NET tools like ILMerge. The meeting provided a platform for developers to share knowledge and learn from each other.

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Developers Group Meeting Highlights - 12th April 2005

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  1. 12th April, 2005 Meeting POSK, Hammersmith The Developers Group http://www.richplum.net Group Leader Brian Long http://blong.com

  2. Agenda • 1:00 - 2:00 – Welcome, News & Problem Clinic • 2:00 - 2:55 – An Introduction to Using Arcana Components to Develop Intraweb ApplicationsRussell Weetch • 2:55 - 3:15 – Tea/Coffee & Biscuits

  3. Agenda • 3:15 - 4:05 – Address Formatting Components Sandy McCourt • 4:05 - 5:00 – Yes, No or MaybeJoanna Carter • 5:00 - 5:05 – Brief Fidget Break • 5:05 - 6:00 – Compact Framework In C# Jim Cooper

  4. News • DevCon (née BorCon) 2005 announced • To be held in San Francisco • 7th – 10th November • Focusing on developers (not managers) • http://www.borlandevents.com/devcon05

  5. News • Delphi 2005 Update Pack 2 has been released • http://www.borland.com/products/downloads/registered/download_delphi.html • Fixes many problems! • Keep posting issues in Quality Central

  6. News • APress release some of their books as free eBooks • Notable examples: • COM and .NET Interoperability • A Programmer's Introduction to PHP 4.0 • Dissecting a C# Application: Inside SharpDevelop • Oh, and there’s one on VB.NET too • http://www.apress.com/free

  7. News • Bob Reselman’s acclaimed novel Coding Slave about being a developer is available free online:http://codingslave.blogspot.com/2005/03/q-wheres-it-going.html

  8. News • Two new free .NET command-line tools available: • ILMerge – merge multiple .NET assemblies into one (was on MSR originally): • http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=22914587-b4ad-4eae-87cf-b14ae6a939b0&DisplayLang=en • http://tinyurl.com/4ur5l • LibCheck – report assembly differences in terms of removed and added APIs • http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=4b5b7f29-1939-4e5b-a780-70e887964165&displaylang=en • http://tinyurl.com/3rbzs

  9. News • MSDN Technical Briefing at Microsoft on Thursday 12th May, 09:30-16:30Visual C# and Windows Forms in Visual Studio 2005 User Group Tour • The Visual C# and Windows Forms teams are coming to a city near you! Sign up now for this full day event covering Visual C# and Windows Forms enhancements in Visual Studio 2005. You’ll get one-of-a-kind expert advice directly from the product team on how to build powerful applications that leverage the .NET Framework 2.0. • Registration: • https://msevents-eu.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?culture=en-GB&eventid=118758224 • http://tinyurl.com/55rga

  10. News • Free event at Microsoft on Saturday 14th May09:30-16:30 (welcome time at 09:00)DeveloperDeveloperDeveloper! • For the first time ever in the UK, Microsoft is hosting a unique, event for Developers to learn, share and hear from other Developers - NO Microsoft speakers will present. DeveloperDeveloperDeveloper is designed to be an informal day; the agenda will be determined by the developer community. You will have the opportunity to see new faces present in a relaxed atmosphere. Activities will include presentations on a wide range of topics, a networking area and fun zone. And as it’s often it’s hard to justify a day off work to attend training and events, the DeveloperDeveloperDeveloper day is being held on a Saturday and is FREE. • Registration: • https://msevents-eu.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?culture=en-GB&eventid=118757999 • http://tinyurl.com/6e8vs

  11. News • Next meeting on Monday, May 16th at Microsoft Campus, Building 3 • Topics to include • Driving Office with Visual Studio • MS Windows Installer • .NET ClickOnce • Registry delvings • Full agenda at http://richplum.net/meeting/20050516.pdf

  12. News • As .NET 2.0 Beta 2 nears readiness/is ready, we see that MS are dropping the .NET moniker: • VB.NET (aka Visual Fred) -> Visual Basic • JScript.NET -> Jscript • Some feature drop • ENC for C# • Performance enhancements, e.g. in JIT

  13. News • Beer not fattening: official • http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4329323.stm • What actually causes the beer belly is the overwhelming desire to partake of an enormous kebab or plate of curry after a particularly robust session, the BBPA (British Beer & Pub Association) says

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