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15 th November, 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 – Visual Studio 2005 Brian Long 2:30 - 2:50 – Tea/coffee & biscuits
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15th November, 2005 Meeting POSK, Hammersmith The Developers Grouphttp://www.richplum.net Group Leader Brian Long http://blong.com
Agenda • 1:00 - 2:00 – Welcome, News & Problem Clinic • 2:00 - 2:30 – Visual Studio 2005 Brian Long • 2:30 - 2:50 – Tea/coffee & biscuits • 2:50 - 3:50 – Introduction to Advantage Database Server Joachim Dürr
Agenda • 3:50 - 3:55 – Brief fidget break • 3:55 - 4:55 – Getting RicherIain Macmillan • 4:55 - 5:00 – Brief Fidget Break • 5:00 - 6:00 – Building a simple, real- world data app. with Visual Studio 2005 (.NET 2.0)Rob Bracken
News • 24 Hours of BDS 2006 BDNRadio event held on 24th October • Many Delphi luminaries involved • Official recordings of all sessions available at: • http://bdn.borland.com/article/0,1410,33368,00.html
News • BDNRadio – various “channels” available around the clock • All interviews from 24 Hours of BDS 2006 broadcast: mms://bdntv.borland.com/dexter24 • All interviews from 24 Hours of Delphi broadcast: mms://bdntv.borland.com/delphi24hrs • All Delphi content: mms://bdntv.borland.com/delphi • All Java content: mms://bdntv.borland.com/java
News • Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005 (and .NET 2.0) launched on 7th November 2005 • .NET Compact Framework 2.0 available for download. See http://blogs.msdn.com/mikezintel/archive/2005/10/29/486731.aspx
News • Express Editions - msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express • Windows Development • Visual C# 2005 Express Edition • Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition • Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition • Visual J# 2005 Express Edition • Web Development • Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition • Database Development • SQL Server 2005 Express Edition • All free downloads (for a year)!
News • Breaking Changes in .NET Framework 2.0: • http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/programming/breakingchanges • http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/changeinfo/Backwards1.1to2.0
News • LINQ Information, videos & downloads available from http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/future/linq
News • QuickReport 4 for VCL.NET • To be launched December 1st 2005
News • Next meeting on Tuesday, January 17th at POSK, Hammersmith • Topics to include • The tools of the lone developer • Generics and their uses • Data modules • The FastCode project and Delphi 2006 • Full agenda available at: • http://richplum.net/meetings/20060117.pdf