April Meeting: CryptoCurrencies

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Join us and SQL Sentry on Tuesday, April 22, at 6:00 PM in the Multi-Purpose Room (MPR) of the Charlotte Microsoft Campus. We are going to take the mystery out of CryptoCurrencies.

Maybe you’ve heard of BitCoin, but what about LiteCoin, DogeCoin, AmericanCoin or BBQCoin? (Yes, really.) These are just a few of the available CryptoCurrencies that are showing up. If you’ve wondered what they are, how to get them, how they work, or what Bitcoin Mining is, then this is the talk for you. Once you’ve got them, what do you do with them? We’ll cover some code and show ways to leverage BitCoin and other CryptoCurrencies in your applications. Whether it’s taking payments, or buying and selling the coins themselves.

The meeting presenter is Chris Williams.

Chris Williams is a Senior Developer for Level One. He is the author of Professional Windows Phone Game Development (WROX) and numerous articles in CODE Magazine. He’s also a Windows Phone MVP, MCT, MCSD (.NET) Early Adopter, blogger, cryptocoin enthusiast, freelance game developer, conference speaker, INETA Community Champion and 4 year Board of Directors member, and occasionally plays a pretty mean guitar in Rock Band. You can follow him on Twitter at @chrisgwilliams.

The meeting is sponsored by SQL Sentry.

SQL Sentry is a dynamic entrepreneurial organization that develops and markets premier software products for Microsoft SQL Server environments. We were started in 2004 as a business unit of InterCerve, a leading Microsoft hosting services provider, in response to the issues faced by organizations managing large SQL Server enterprises. Our unique software products grew out of our own experiences as Developers and Database Administrators.

We are an organization that values talent and are always on the lookout for the best people in the industry. If you are looking for a new opportunity in a challenging and fun environment, please send us your resume today! Learn more at www.sqlsentry.net/career.asp.

Downloads: Slides

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Developer Community Newsletter: March Edition

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Read the latest Guild news, events, and developer community announcements for March 2014: GruntJS, Call for Speakers, & Community Calendar: Developer Community Newsletter: March Edition

March Meeting: GruntJS at CPCC Harris Campus

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Join us and The Select Group on Tuesday, March 25, at 6:00 PM in the Harris I Auditorium of the CPCC Harris Campus. As developers we are tasked with building applications which simplify lives of our end users but how do we manage the code for these applications? How do we deploy this applications to our users? The answer to this seemingly simply question can be pretty complicated. If you want go super simple you can simply xcopy your application to the server, but this is not saleable nor does it address any enterprise needs such as compiling, transformations, validation or code manipulations. If your project requires the ability to transform, validate, compile, along with much more you will need a higher level tool to perform these actions. One such tool is GruntJS. In this session we will learn how to use GruntJS to build, transform, validate and deploy our code to our users.

The meeting will be held at the CPCC Harris Campus:

3210 CPCC Harris Campus Dr.
Charlotte, NC 28208

Directions

Access to the Harris I Auditorium is through the main entrance for the building on the right.

CPCC Harris Campus

The meeting presenter is Derik Whittaker.

Derik Whittaker is a Software Architect who specializes in all things .NET. Derik has been building enterprise systems on top of the .Net technology stack for over 14 years and along the way has picked up a thing or two about how to create enterprise scale software systems.

During his 14 year career Derik has worked in many different industries ranging from Marking, Healthcare, Retail, Insurance, Automotive and Online Entertainment. Currently Derik is working for a Technology startup (orgspan.com) in Durham North Carolina leading their windows phone and windows modern UI application development. Derik believes that the job of a developer is more than just turning syntax into working 1’s and 0’s. He believes that our job is to produce a system which gets out of the users way and allows them to do their job better.

Derik has been awarded the Microsoft MVP in C# for the past 6 years. Along with being an MVP he is also a member of the ASPInsiders group. Derik is also a Pluralsight Author with multiple course under his belt. He is a community leader, helping to organize events such as Chicago Codeapalooza, Chicago Code Camp and the Raleigh Code Camp.

Outside of his day job you can find Derik hanging out with his beautiful wife Tiffany and his 2 awesome boys Brendan and Ryan. You can read his blog at devlicio.us/blogs/derik_whittaker and follow him on Twitter at @DerikWhittaker.

The meeting is sponsored by The Select Group.

You’re in the business of being the best. We are too.

The Select Group takes a fresh and personal approach to recruiting. Headquartered in Raleigh, NC, The Select Group was founded in 1999 by Sheldon Wolitski, an industry leader and veteran recruiter. Seeing the need for more efficient and cost-effective hiring, he decided to venture out on his own and create one of the most unique and service-oriented recruiting companies in the nation.

We’ve based our business on honesty, integrity, and ethics. We believe in strong, long-term relationships, and in our commitment to represent only the top echelon of candidates for the best clients.

The Select Group Charlotte is one of our newest and most exciting offices. After officially opening February 6, 2012 we have already partnered with over 30 of the top companies in Charlotte. We specialize in the placement of IT professionals on contract, contract to hire, and permanently within these organizations. Learn more at www.selectgroup.com.

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Developer Community Newsletter: February Edition

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Around the first of every month, we are going to start sending out an awesome newsletter filled with the latest Guild news, events, and developer community announcements. If you are organizing a technology event that you want Guild members to know about, we want to hear from you! Please contact us at least one month prior to the date of your event.

Read the latest Guild news, events, and developer community announcements for February 2014: Unity 3D, Carolina Code Camp 2014, & Community Calendar: Developer Community Newsletter: February Edition

February Meeting: Introduction to Unity 3D

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Join us and TekPartners on Tuesday, February 25, at 6:00 PM in the Mt. Kilimanjaro/Mt. Everest rooms of the Charlotte Microsoft Campus. INETA is turning 12 in February and you’re invited to celebrate with us! Matt Duffield will present a high level overview of Unity 3D and what it takes to build a simple game. With the release of Unity 4.3, you can now develop awesome games in 2D. Don’t worry; you can still use all of your awesome C# skills to develop your games. Unity allows developers to build really cool games and target pretty much every device and console that is available. Come out and see what it takes to build a game!

The meeting presenter is Matt Duffield.

Matt Duffield has over 15 years working in IT. He enjoys building rich user centric applications. Matt is very active in the community speaking at user groups and code camps. He is the leader of the Charlotte ALT.NET user group. He is an INETA speaker member and has been a Microsoft MVP in Client Application Development. He started working in .NET as soon as it was available to the development community and was also an early adopter of both WPF and Silverlight. He believes good business intelligence (BI) architecture is the formula for a successful software package that looks beyond just data and provides insightful information. He is the co-author of the book: Silverlight 5: Building Rich Enterprise Dashboards. You can read his blog at mattduffield.wordpress.com and follow him on Twitter at @mattduffield.

The meeting is sponsored by TekPartners.

Power organizations with proven talent. Solutions start with understanding. TekPartners has been an industry trailblazer since the day it opened its doors a decade ago. The executives brought their years of experience together and a belief that it could be done better. Today, as we approach $115 million with multiple offices and divisions, the simple truths that got us here are stronger than ever.

TekPartners knows its business and wants to help yours. As a premier provider for workforce staffing and solutions, TekPartners clearly understands that technology needs require the most qualified consultants, contract staff and recruitment solutions. We are thankful for our elite commercial and government clients nationwide and are always looking for smart-fit clients to be a part of our extended family. Learn more at www.tekpartners.com.

Downloads: Slides and Code

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Asking for your permission

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To All Our Valued Enterprise Developers Guild Members,

I hate SPAM. I’m sure that you do too.

That’s why I’ve asked my web team here at the Guild to be diligent not just to meet the email privacy laws, but to exceed them. To support that goal, we have recently upgraded our email opt-in policy. We value our members, actively protect your privacy, and will never ever share your email address with others.

So why are you getting this email?

At one time or another, you have given us your email address. We want to make sure that you really want to continue receiving emails from us, so I’m asking for your permission. Our communications via email will exclusively be sent to our permission-based mailing list. We don’t want you to miss out on these announcements, so we need you to subscribe now.

Our emails will not only include the latest Guild news, events, and developer community announcements, it will also include:

  • Monthly meeting announcements (like the one we sent on the 15th – http://eepurl.com/MptSL)
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If you’d rather not receive any further emails of this type from us, please contact us with the word “unsubscribe” in the subject. While we hate to see you go, we’ll immediately remove you from our list.

If you would like to continue receiving emails from us, please click on the following link to join the new Guild mailing list: http://eepurl.com/I0SA9. The new mailing list is powered by MailChimp who uses a double opt-in process. Be sure to check your email to confirm your subscription when prompted!

Please contact us if you encounter any problems or have questions about the subscription process. We hope you’ll give us an opportunity to continue to communicate with you via email. Thanks and we look forward to seeing you soon at one of our monthly meetings!

Best regards,

Bill Jones Jr., MVP
President and Co-Founder
Enterprise Developers Guild

January Meeting: Introduction to Unity 3D

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We have decided to cancel tonight’s meeting.

As you are likely aware, a winter storm is expected to come through the Charlotte-Mecklenburg area this afternoon/evening. We’ve been monitoring weather and road conditions throughout the morning to determine the best course of action. With safety at the forefront of our decision-making, we have decided to cancel tonight’s Guild meeting.

We will work to reschedule Matt Duffield’s Introduction to Unity 3D for a future monthly Guild meeting. Please be sure to join the new Guild mailing list for updates. Please be careful driving home and stay warm.

Best regards,

Bill Jones Jr., MVP
President and Co-Founder
Enterprise Developers Guild

Join us and Mindseeker on Tuesday, January 28, at 6:00 PM in the Multi-Purpose Room (MPR) of the Charlotte Microsoft Campus for a high level overview of Unity 3D and what it takes to build a simple game. With the release of Unity 4.3, you can now develop awesome games in 2D. Don’t worry; you can still use all of your awesome C# skills to develop your games. Unity allows developers to build really cool games and target pretty much every device and console that is available. Come out and see what it takes to build a game!

The meeting presenter is Matt Duffield.

Matt Duffield has over 15 years working in IT. He enjoys building rich user centric applications. Matt is very active in the community speaking at user groups and code camps. He is the leader of the Charlotte ALT.NET user group. He is an INETA speaker member and has been a Microsoft MVP in Client Application Development. He started working in .NET as soon as it was available to the development community and was also an early adopter of both WPF and Silverlight. He believes good business intelligence (BI) architecture is the formula for a successful software package that looks beyond just data and provides insightful information. He is the co-author of the book: Silverlight 5: Building Rich Enterprise Dashboards. You can read his blog at mattduffield.wordpress.com and follow him on Twitter at @mattduffield.

The meeting is sponsored by Mindseeker.

Mindseeker holds exciting opportunities with a variety of well-known and well respected clients in both the public and private sectors. We support a number of government agencies as well as companies that range in size from small start-ups to the Fortune 500. If you are actively on the job market or passively searching opportunities, please send us your resume and contact your local Mindseeker representative today. Learn more at www.mindseeker.com.

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The Enterprise Developers Guild would like to continue to send you the latest Guild news, events, and developer community announcements via email. We greatly respect your privacy. We hate spam too! We will never ever share your email address.

If you’d rather not receive any further emails of this type from us, please contact us with the word unsubscribe in the message body. While we hate to see you go, we’ll immediately remove you from our list.

If you would like to continue receiving emails from us, please click on the following link to join the new Guild mailing list: http://eepurl.com/I0SA9. The new mailing list is powered by MailChimp who uses a double opt-in process. Be sure to check your email to confirm your subscription when prompted!

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December: No Meeting

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As you know, the Enterprise Developers Guild does not meet in December. (Our next meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 28, 2014.) However, we do want to extend season greetings to one and all. We also want to thank all our sponsors and volunteers who work all year-long to help make the Guild a success.

From all of us on the Board to all of you and your families, we wish you a very Happy (belated) Chanukah and best wishes for a beautiful Winter Solstice, a Merry Christmas, an uplifting Kwanzaa, a delightful Boxing Day, a Happy New Year…and we’ll see you in January!

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November Meeting: Windows Azure IaaS

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Join us Tuesday, November 26, at 6:00 PM in the Mt. Kilimanjaro/Mt. Everest rooms of the Charlotte Microsoft Campus. For this month’s talk we’ll explore everything you always wanted to know about Windows Azure IaaS but were afraid to ask. Ubiquitous cloud references often obscure the underlying technology. Last April Microsoft released Windows Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). This presentation explores specific questions that are on most people’s mind when they consider Microsoft’s IaaS offering. How much does it cost? What do I need? What can I do? With multiple cloud choices available, we’ll explore how the Microsoft IaaS offer differs from Amazon Web Services.

The meeting presenter is William Bellamy.

William is a Principal Escalation Engineer responsible for supporting Windows Azure developers. For 23 years, he has incubated support for numerous new Microsoft products. He published Azure troubleshooting and created the Channel 9 video series Windows Azure Troubleshooting. Originally from Pennsylvania, he earned a B.S. degree from Georgia Tech and a PhD from the Univ. of Paris I (Sorbonne). He moved to Charlotte in 1997. You can follow him on Twitter at @WilliamCBellamy.

The meeting is sponsored by Vircon.

Vircon has earned a reputation for consistently providing the highest quality services always with an emphasis on integrity, and has thus built strong, trust-based relationships with both our clients and our consultants. If you’re interested in joining a dynamic organization which fosters the opportunity for professional development and career advancement, you’re ready for Vircon. With clients all over the country and projects in a variety of technical and business domains, we offer stability, growth and continuous opportunities for expanding your professional experience. Learn more atwww.vircon.com.

Downloads: Slides

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October Meeting: Introduction to Test-Driven Development‏

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Join us Tuesday, October 22, at 6:00 PM in the Mt. Kilimanjaro/Mt. Everest rooms of the Charlotte Microsoft Campus. For this month’s talk we’ll explore Test-Driven Development. We’ll look at what many of us are doing now and how TDD changes our workflow. We will discuss what TDD is and what is isn’t. After a review of the open source tools that support TDD in VS 2012, we will work through an actual demonstration of the technique. Once you’ve seen the demo and reviewed the key points, we will open up for discussion of how to make TDD work for us.

The meeting presenter is Bill Jones Jr., MVP.

As Vice President and Systems Architect working on the Wells Fargo Securities Client Technology team, Bill specializes in software development using Visual Studio 2012 and .NET Framework 4.5. He is well versed in all phases of the software development life cycle – process, work flow, class abstraction, data structures, reporting and user interfaces. In his spare time, Bill founded and continues to lead the Enterprise Developers Guild, a professional programmers group in Charlotte NC with more than 3,500 members. Bill is a Microsoft Certified Professional in both C# and VB.NET. He is proud to be a multi-year recipient of the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional award and to be designated the North American Senior Mentor for the International .NET Association (INETA). You can read his blog at geekswithblogs.net/bjones.

The meeting is sponsored by Shamrock Search Associates.

Shamrock Search Associates is a premier recruiting firm that delivers qualified, game-changing talent and career opportunities to our customers. We have been very successful with our customers in many specialties including IT, Medical, Accounting & Finance, and sales.

Shamrock Search Associates take pride in “listening” to what our customers need while providing the best quality customer service. We provide a trusted, consultative service by truly listening to the needs of our clients and candidates. Our ability to really listen combined with our high level of customer service creates a partnership that is unmatched.

Shamrock Search Associates understands “today’s talent is tomorrow’s success.” Located in the Greater Charlotte, NC area, we are a Woman Business Enterprise (WBE) that has built long term and growing relationships by being a trusted resource partner. Learn more at www.shamrocksearch.com.

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September Meeting: Build Cross-platform Mobile Apps with Xamarin

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Join us Tuesday, September 24, at 6:00 PM in the Mt. Kilimanjaro/Mt. Everest rooms of the Charlotte Microsoft Campus. For this month’s talk we’ll look at how to build cross-platform native mobile iOS, Android, Mac and Windows apps in C# that access data from the web using mono, Xamarin tools, and Web Services. We will examine the libraries, techniques, and lessons learned from building and shipping mobile apps.

The meeting presenter is Peter Mourfield.

Peter Mourfield has been developing software for nearly 20 years and currently works for TaxSlayer.com, an online income tax preparation web site. Peter leads the Augusta Developers Guild, is an ASP Insider, and holds a number of certifications including; Microsoft Certified Professional Developer (MCPD) in Web Development and a Certified SCRUM Master. You can follow him on Twitter at @pmourfield and read his blog at www.mourfield.com.

The meeting is sponsored by Signature Consultants.

Signature Consultants was established in 1997 with a singular focus: Provide our clients and consultants with superior staffing solutions. At Signature Consultants, it’s not just about the bottom line; it’s about the people. We focus on the relationships we have with our clients, consultants and candidates. Our motto, “Getting IT Right,” is reflected in every aspect of our company – it guides our decisions and actions and ensures that our consultants and clients always come first. Learn more at www.sigconsult.com.

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