This Thursday ( Oct 27 ) night is another Richmond .NET User Group meeting. Microsoft's Regional Director will be there to present a talk on AJAX within the .NET framework. AJAX, as many of you know, is a technique to perform "micro-posts" of a webpage and simply refresh a single control, not the entire page. This boosts web application performance and enhances the user experience. The following blog entry quickly sums up what AJAX is in a 30-second tutorial
http://rajshekhar.net/blog/archives/85-Rasmus-30-second-AJAX-Tutorial.html
And because its a Microsoft presentation, there is a the possibility of premium swag!
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This Saturday ( Oct 29 ) is Code Camp in Reston, Virginia. Its an all-day event focusing entirely on Security in applications. The 3 presentation tracks are Application Security, Data Security, and Security Best Practices. Prior registration required at:
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032281388&Culture=en-US
They are doing a costume contest in between presentations which could be a lot of fun.
But wait, there's more!!!!
November 8, the WeProgram.Net User Group in Newport News will be having a presentation on "Building Custom controls for Smart Clients"
November 29 is the Visual Studio 2005 (.NET 2.0) launch event in Richmond at 1:00 PM. They will be giving away a free copy of Visual Studio Standard to all attendees. Register at http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032282525
December 1, the Richmond .NET User Group will have a presentation on "Building Custom Web Controls"
December 6, will be a INETA-sponsored event with WeProgram.Net.
December 10, we will be having our first ever Hampton Roads Code Camp, sponsored by Microsoft. This Saturday event will cover a little bit of everything. Current list of presentations is at http://www.hrssug.org/Lists/Code%20Camp/Presentations.aspx, growing day-by-day. Register for this event at http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032284696&Culture=en-US.