The Western Mass .NET Users Group is hosting its next monthly meeting Tuesday, May 6th at 6:00 PM at the MassMutual Learning Center in Chicopee, MA. Free Pizza and Drinks will be provided compliments of MassMutual. Please note the location - directions are below.
Presentation Abstract: Learn how automated builds can improve your development process by making you always work with a green build instead of working toward one. We will take a look at the different technologies and concepts available for building a continuous integration environment and see how you can leverage that technology for any build process using customized tasks.
Whether you are programmatically removing references or modifying configuration files, there is a need to easily parse and manage XML. While NAnt provides tools to perform basic peek and poke using Xpath, they lack in the ability to add or remove XML elements. We will write a customized NAnt task that gives us the ability to do just that. You will also receive the source for other custom tasks that integrate with source control and remove source control bindings from projects and solutions.
About Jacob Lauzier: Jacob Lauzier is a Software Engineer for Atalasoft, in Easthampton, MA where he was a build systems engineer for the past 9 months. In that time, he used systems such as CruiseControl and NAnt to maintain and improve upon the continuous integration processes employed by Atalasoft. Recently, Jacob has begun work on extending the company's web image viewing technology which is based on zero-footprint principles using advanced AJAX techniques.
Jacob is a recent graduate from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and holds a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Systems Engineering with a second major in Computer Science. Throughout his college career, Jacob developed business solutions for university departments, area businesses, and local civic offices.
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Meeting Details
Tuesday, May 6th 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.
From the South
Take I-91 North
to Rte. 291 East in Springfield. Follow Rte. 291 East to Exit 6
(Ludlow/Chicopee Falls). Follow exit ramp to first Stop sign. Take
a Right onto Fuller Road. Continue on Fuller Road to third traffic
light. Take a Left at light onto Memorial Drive (Rte. 33). Take a
Right into MassMutual Learning & Conference Center entrance.
If you have questions, please direct them to:
Dan Caron
User Group Leader, Western Mass .NET Users Group