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A Patterns & Practices double-header for QMSDNUG’s October meeting…

Neil Macdonald, David Sinnathamby and Patrick Nolan from TechnologyOne Plus : Real World WPF

Many times members have said to me, “It’s good to learn about new and upcoming technologies, but it would be even better to see them being used in a real live project.“  Well, thanks to the team at TechnologyOne Plus, this month’s QMSDNUG meeting will showcase a live one.

TechnologyOne Plus is undertaking a multi-million dollar development using WPF, Prism and a number of the latest Microsoft Patterns, Practices and Tools.

Come and see the innards of a real-world application of WPF.  Hear why they have chosen the path they have and see the challenges that they have encountered.

Bill Chesnut from Stargate Consulting : An introduction to the Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) 2.0 Toolkit

We are fortunate to have Microsoft MVP Bill Chesnut (a.k.a. “BizTalk Bill”) in town for one night only and we are taking the opportunity to hold a joint meeting with BrizTalk, the Brisbane BizTalk Community.  Bill will present an introduction to the ESB 2.0 Toolkit included with BizTalk Server 2009, focussing on the concept of itineraries.

More about Bill

Bill is also the founder of the Melbourne BizTalk User Group. His 25 years in the IT industry include 12 years of Windows development, including numerous enterprise projects using Microsoft C/C++, Visual Basic and SQL Server.  More recently, Bill has been driving various application integration projects using VB.NET, ASP.NET, XML, XSLT, SQL Server and BizTalk Server to connect a variety of Microsoft Business Solutions applications with other systems.  Bill is very involved in the Microsoft User Group Community as leader of the Melbourne .Net User Group.  Check out his blog at http://www.biztalkbill.com!

RSVP:
All welcome.  Bring your colleagues.
An early rsvp by email to mike@fitzsimon.com.au will help with planning.