The Western Mass .NET Users Group is hosting its next monthly meeting Tuesday, September 11 at 6:00 PM in Easthampton. Please be aware the meeting is the second Tuesday of the month this month. This time we have Allan Da Costa Pinto for a presentation and discussion on Windows Communication Foundation. There will be a pizza dinner and time for socializing. WCF in Six Easy Pieces
Windows Communication Foundation is the strategic web services framework from Microsoft. Shipped as part of the .NET 3.0, WCF enables developers to build advanced, interoperable WS-* style services with less code. In this demo intensive session we’ll explore six facets of WCF including its architecture, extensibility and infrastructure. More powerful and capable than ASMX, WCF makes it easy to coexist with ASMX and reuse existing code by enabling new behaviors with simple XML configuration files. We will also review the exciting WCF enhancements coming with .NET 3.5/Visual Studio 2008 that enable Syndication (RSS/Atom), AJAX friendly web services and RESTful style architecture. If you care about interoperability or are building ASMX web services today, you’ll want to see WCF in action.
Speaker Bio
Allan Da Costa Pinto is a Developer Evangelist with Microsoft focusing on Health/Life Sciences and Financial Services. His charter is to build strong developer communities within the enterprise customers he supports. He blogs at http://blogs.msdn.com/allandcp and lives in Hartford, CT.
Meeting Details
Tuesday, September 11 at 6:00 PM
Atalasoft, Inc.
116 Pleasant St, Suite 321
Easthampton, MA 01027
866-568-0129
Directions to Atalasoft, Inc. (map):
From the South
Travel Interstate 91 North, take Exit 17B (Easthampton). Follow Route 141 to Easthampton. At the foot of the mountain, turn right onto East St. Follow for approx. 2.3 miles. Turn left on to Ferry St. Follow to the end. Take a left onto Pleasant St. Go approx 3/10 of a mile, Eastworks will be on your left at 116 Pleasant St. Enter the main entrance and take the stairs or elevator to the 3rd floor. The Atalasoft office is just past the Eastworks office on the left, Suite 321
From the North
Travel Interstate 91 South; take Exit 18 (Northampton). Take a right at the bottom of the ramp. Follow route 5 to Easthampton. Turn right onto East St. Follow for approx. 1.5 miles. Turn right on to Ferry St. Follow to the end. Take a left onto Pleasant St. Go approx 3/10 of a mile, Eastworks will be on your left at 116 Pleasant St. Enter the main entrance and take the stairs or elevator to the 3rd floor. The Atalasoft office is just past the Eastworks office on the left, Suite 321.
(if you miss East St. and end up in the town of Easthampton, follow signs for Rt. 10 north, and take a right at the rotary onto Pleasant St. Eastworks will be on your right.)
If you have questions, please direct them to:
Jami Albro-Fisher (413-536-5989 x116)
User Group Leader, Western Mass .NET Users Group