October 2008 - Posts

• Next Meeting : Wednesday 10/22

  Topic: ASP.NET MVC Speaker: Justin Etheredge, Dominion Digital, Inc Wednesday October 22, 2008 6:30- 8:30pm Location: SNL Financial One SNL Plaza Charlottesville VA 22902 United States (Map) Agenda: 6:30 - 7:00: Sign In, meet & greet 7:00 - 8:00: Presentation 8:00 - 8:30: Informal discussion, socializing Description: ASP.NET MVC is a new framework from Microsoft that allows powerful, flexible, and testable web applications to be built quickly and easily. It represents a completely different paradigm than Web Forms for building web applications.  We are going to discuss the Model View Controller pattern, and show you what it is and why it makes sense to develop web applications using this model. We will then delve into ASP.NET MVC using Scott Guthrie's MVC demo application and give you a high level overview of its structure and workings.   About the speaker:Justin Etheredge is an obsessed software developer living and working in Richmond, VA. He is a Senior Consultant for Dominion Digital and since 2000 he has been creating software applications for a wide range of industries from insurance to healthcare to e-commerce. He is passionate about all things software related, and occasionally speaking and writing about his opinions at his blog "codethinked.com". He believes that creating software should be fun, and not just something you do for a paycheck.  There is no charge for this event and everyone is invited. Food and beverages will be provided. Thank You Vivus Software for providing the food & beverages. Thank You SNL for providing the meeting space. Posted Oct 15 2008, 04:58 PM by AlTenhundfeld with 1 comment(s)