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21 st June, 2005 Meeting POSK, Hammersmith. The Developers Group http://www.richplum.net. Group Leader Brian Long http://blong.com. Agenda. 1:00 - 2:00 – Welcome, News & Problem Clinic 2:00 - 2:30 – Compression and Decompression Steve Wilcox 2:30 - 2:35 – Brief fidget break
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21st June, 2005 Meeting POSK, Hammersmith The Developers Group http://www.richplum.net Group Leader Brian Long http://blong.com
Agenda • 1:00 - 2:00 – Welcome, News & Problem Clinic • 2:00 - 2:30 – Compression and DecompressionSteve Wilcox • 2:30 - 2:35 – Brief fidget break • 2:35 - 3:15 – Introduction to ChromeDerek Davidson • 3:15 - 3:35 – Tea/coffee & biscuits
Agenda • 3:35 - 4:05 – Introduction to ChromeDerek Davidson • 4:05 - 4:10 – Brief Fidget Break • 4:10 - 5:10 – Portal Builder: Why we rolled our own web development environment in DelphiJohn Hair • 5:10 - 6:00 – Operational Criteria Joanna Carter
News • Installaware (http://www.installaware.com) have kindly donated copies of their software to be given away at each of the next few meetings • 3 Express versions (RRP £55.55) • 1 Developer version (RRP £195.80) • Online purchase, employing the crossgrade purchase option yields 33% discount on RRP • MSI-based • LZMA/BCJ2 compression • One-click patch creation • Debugging • Etc.
News • June 29th, 18:30-21:00pm • MSDN TechTalk: The Essentials of Hack Resistant Applications • By Marcus Perryman at Microsoft London • https://msevents-eu.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?culture=en-GB&eventid=118759244 • http://tinyurl.com/dlklt
News • Want to win a Smart Roadster valued at over £15,000? • Enter the MS smart client competition: • Set up your MSDN Connection profile • Answer a few questions about smart client application development • Other prizes include an Alienware PC, a Bluetooth enabled satellite navigation system, and 5 Axim X50v Pocket PCs • www.microsoftsmartcar.com • Competition closes 30th June
News • Component devlopment Masterclasses on 5th and 6th July in Upavon, Wilstshire • Delivered by Bob Swart and Brian Long • Full Win32 day (10am – 6pm) • Full .NET day (10am – 6pm) • Coverage includes: • run time and design time development • VCL for Win32, VCL for .NET, WinForms and ASP.NET • Full details at http://www.richplum.co.uk/meeting/20050705.pdf
News • Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005 launch date announced as 7th November 2005
News • Microsoft e-Learning is offering free 90 day subscriptions to eLearning courses on VS2005 and SQL 2005 until 8 November 2005. • https://www.microsoftelearning.com/visualstudio2005
News • Next meeting on Tuesday, July 18th at Microsoft, Reading • Topics to include • Upgrading databases • Migrating data-files to relational databases • SQL trees • DotNetNuke Web app development • Full agenda at: • http://richplum.net/meeting/20050718.pdf