Category Archives: NxtGen

Upcoming talks and sessions

Posted on 18 March 2010 by John Mc

So I didn’t make it into DDD Scotland either, again the competition was fierce! Worried? Me? Not at all! I’ve currently got 3 sessions submitted to DDD South West! MUHAHAHAHAAA! As before I’ve submitted my intro to PRISM and intro … Continue reading →

Posted in .Net, .Net 4.0, Agile, DDD South West, DDDScotland, NxtGen, PRISM, Session, Silverlight, VS, VS2010, WF, WF 4.0, Workflow | 1 Comment

Win a ticket to TechEd Berlin!

Posted on 21 September 2009 by John Mc

As we approach TechEd 2009 in Berlin, NxtGenUG will be running our yearly contest to win a ticket (no flights or accommodation included) for the event. So what do you have to do?  Well, pop over to the competition page … Continue reading →

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Upcoming events at NxtGenUG Southampton

Posted on 11 August 2009 by John Mc

Over the next couple of months we will be continuing our Web technologies theme by having Ben Hall down to talk about Testing ASP.Net applications on the 20th August. We’ve also managed to grab some uber swag from TypeMock and … Continue reading →

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PRISM Assault Course and Julys event at Southampton NxtGen

Posted on 3 July 2009 by John Mc

Yesterday I passed the WPF MCTS, YAY! One of the reaons I wanted to get this done is to help me with the PRISM Assault Course I’m currently putting together with Peter Cook (who’s blog can be seen here). If … Continue reading →

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Slides for my PRISM-tation

Posted on 10 June 2009 by John Mc

Here are the slides for my Introduction to PRISM session that I given at Birmingham and Southampton. http://cid-b80e09d7827ce7cc.skydrive.live.com/embedrowdetail.aspx/PRISM The code examples are to follow. Thanks to everyone who attended! All comments welcome 🙂 UPDATE – The code is now up … Continue reading →

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Upcoming talks at Southampton & my talks around the country

Posted on 24 April 2009 by John Mc

Next month (14th May) I’m going to be doing a session on the PRISM (Composite WPF & Silverlight). This session will give an introduction to PRISM and give examples of how to use it various excellent features 🙂 Further details … Continue reading →

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The conclusions of the PDC Podcast Trilogy

Posted on 1 February 2009 by John Mc

The third and final part of Chris and my PDC Odessey is now available as a podcast on the NxtGen site here. Out of all the awesome people we interviewed at PDC, this was probably the most exciting for me … Continue reading →

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Silverlight Assault Course – Ireland

Posted on 19 January 2009 by John Mc

On the 16th January, 4 NxtGenUG bods flew out to Ireland to give the Silverlight Assault Course in Dublin and Cork our hostess for the weekend was Martha Rotter. I compiled a list of questions during the sessions, and they … Continue reading →

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Dr Neils coming to Southampton!

Posted on 8 January 2009 by John Mc

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PDC Podcast number 2

Posted on 16 December 2008 by John Mc

var gaJsHost = ((“https:” == document.location.protocol) ? “https://ssl.” : “http://www.”);document.write(unescape(“%3Cscript src=’” + gaJsHost + “google-analytics.com/ga.js’ type=’text/javascript’%3E%3C/script%3E”));The second podcast from my excursion to PDC is now up on the NxtGenUG site here. In this one Chris and I talk to Silverlight … Continue reading →

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