Pittsburgh .Net User Group

Distributed Version Control is the latest fad for keeping your source code safe and under control. Git, a DVCS created by Linus Tovolds to host Linux development has grown by leaps and bounds and is now even being used for a lot of .Net Open Source projects on GitHub. Matthew McCullough, a trainer for GitHub, will be conducting a workshop on Git at the February PittJUG meeting on Tuesday, February 21st at 5:30 @ the Pittsburgh Technology Council.

If you have interest in finding out more, the PittJUG group has extended an invitation to the PghDotNet membership (and anyone else interested), so for more details or to sign up, check it out here: http://www.pghtech.org/networks/PittJug/events.aspx

Have you ever wondered how you could run more than one piece of code at the same time? Or maybe you would like to utilize a multiple processor computer so that your code can run quicker? These are just some of the problems that asynchronous (async) programming can help solve. In this session, we will begin with a brief overview of async programming and why it is needed, along with some possible pitfalls. Then, we will see with how async programming has been accomplished in the past, how it is accomplished today, and how it looks to be accomplished in the future. This session will be a basic to mid-level introduction to the async programming model from .Net 1.1 to .Net 5.0.

Justin has been working with C# .NET for a little over 5 years, but recently has spent a good portion of 2008-2010 working primarily with Microsoft SQL Server. Recently, he has transitioned to DDI (http://www.ddiworld.com/), a talent management company utilized by many well-known organizations. There, he has been able to work more software development in an agile environment. He particularly is interested in software as a craft rather than a job, with continuous improvement and an open mind being the most important aspects to him. He has always enjoyed helping/teaching others, and is very excited to finally dive into the world of public speaking.

Blog:http://justin-pihony.blogspot.com/

Twitter:@ScorpionbSmiter

Presentation & Content:  Async Programming & Async Presentation

The Pittsburgh .NET User Group is looking for speakers to start filling our 2012 schedule.  Below are the dates of the first 4 meetings in 2012 and the topics that we would like to have.  The topics are at a very high level so basically anything that would fall until this buckets would be great. Read the rest of this entry »

People use LINQ pretty regularly now, but how many people understand what is really going on behind the scenes.  Under the hood of LINQ is a powerful concept called Expression Trees, and understanding how these work can help you to create smarter and more flexible code.  We’ll take a look at Expression Trees basics, look at a helpful toolkit called PredicateBuilder that lets you build more dynamic LINQ statements, and also look at how you can use Expression Trees to make your LINQ statements extremely flexible based upon user input.  We’ll look at how you can also incorporate Expression Trees to make your searching with jqGrid a little easier and smarter.

David Hoerster, a C# MVP, is a recovering corporate financial analyst and has been working with the Microsoft .NET Framework since the early 1.0 betas. He is the co-founder of BrainCredits (www.braincredits.com), a recent start-up that is hoping to change the way people learn on the web. David is the co-chair of the Pittsburgh .NET User’s Group (PGHDOTNET), organizer of several recent Pittsburgh Code Camps and is also an occasional speaker at Pittsburgh and regional user group and code camp events. David can be found rarely blogging at http://geekswithblogs.net/DavidHoerster and also is an occasional Tweeter (@DavidHoerster).