The Western Mass .NET Users Group is hosting its next monthly meeting Tuesday, January 8 at 6:00 PM in the Chicopee Conference Room at the Mass Mutual Learning Center. Coffee, Pizza, and Drinks will be provided compliments of Mass Mutual. Please note the new location - directions are below.
What's New in Visual Studio 2008
Now that Visual Studio 2008 is released and available, it's important to understand the new available features and adoption strategies. This demo-heavy session will cover many topics, including new features for Windows application developers: Client Application Services, WPF integration, WinForm/WPF interop, and Office development. New features for web developers: new ASP.NET controls, integrated AJAX, CSS tools, nested master pages, JavaScript IntelliSense and debugging. Plus new features for everyone: unit testing, debugging to .NET Framework code, multi-targeting, and improvements for WCF & WF.
About Chris Bowen
Chris Bowen (http://blogs.msdn.com/cbowen) is Microsoft’s Developer Evangelist for the Northeast. A software architect and engineer with over 15 years of experience, Chris joined Microsoft after holding senior architect and developer positions at companies such as Monster, VistaPrint, Staples, and IDX Systems and consulting on web presence and eCommerce projects with others. He is coauthor of "Professional Visual Studio 2005 Team System" from WROX and the upcoming “Essential Windows Communication Foundation” from Addison-Wesley. He specializes in application architecture and building highly-scalable transactional web systems and holds an M.S. in Computer Science and a B.S. in Management Information Systems, both from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Meeting Details
Tuesday, January 8 at 6:00 PM
MassMutual Learning & Conference Center
350 Memorial Drive
Chicopee, MA 01020
Telephone: (413) 598-9898
From the West
Take I-90 East (Massachusetts Turnpike) to Exit 5 (Chicopee).
Bear Right after toll booth, and then Right again onto Rte. 33.
The MassMutual Learning & Conference Center is one half mile on
the Right.
From the East
Take I-90 West (Massachusetts Turnpike) to Exit 5 (Chicopee).
Bear Right after toll booth, and then Right again onto Rte. 33.
The MassMutual Learning & Conference Center is one half mile on
the Right.
If you have questions, please direct them to:
Bill Bither (413-572-4443 x704)
User Group Leader, Western Mass .NET Users Group