November 2008 - Posts
While cruising my RSS feeds in Google Reader I noticed that the Patterns and Practices Group at Microsoft just released a bunch of pocket guides for designing different types of applications. They have a guide for Rich Client architecture, Web architecture, Service Oriented architecture, Mobile architecture and Agile architecture.
Check out the CodePlex project at http://www.codeplex.com/AppArch.
Although this books title states the book is for ASP.NET 3.5 application architecture and design, you will be able to take these concepts well beyond ASP.NET. The concepts and technics that this author conveys can be used for all Windows .NET development. The author starts out explaining basic 1 tier architecture and eventually graduates you to a five tier architecture.
The book covers ER diagrams, domain modeling, common design patterns, SOA, WCF and even database design. This book is a good starter book for those of you that want to move out of the developer role and start learning about basic principals in applications design.
There is only one downside the book and that is the formatting of the code samples. There seems to be an issue with the spacing and tabs (at least in the book). Other than that it is a good read.
You can purchase the book on the PackT Publishing site.
We are almost coming up to our one year anniversary of the Southeast Valley .NET user group (SEVDNUG). As part of our one year anniversary we are looking at launching a newly branded web site with new features like blog rolls, pod casts and more. This is where we need some hope because my Photoshop / graphic design skills stink!
We are looking for new images for the main site logo, our soon to be launched Most Valuable Member logo (similar to that of the Microsoft MVP program/logo) and a new logo for our pod casts. The chosen design will get their choice of some free software. I have some licenses of Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Expression Blend, Microsoft Windows Vista, controls from Telerik and Infragistics, and many more.
Please submit your designs or questions to Joseph Guadagno at jguadagno@sevdnug.org.
Color Scheme
Since our user group is based in the Southeast part of the Phoenix area we are looking to theme our web site with a desert theme. Our past logo incorporated a cactus in its design.
This is the new color scheme that we are looking at using:
| Color value | Name | used for | Color |
| #F0F0D9 | off white | Body Background | |
| #FAFAF1 | off white (light) | Page Background | |
| #AF9256 | lighter brown | Sidebar Heading | |
| #996633 | light brown | Main Content Heading | |
| #FBEBB9 | tan | | |
| #FFD85E | yellow brown | Borders | |
| #663300 | brown | | |
| #CC003C | reddish | Page Title | |
| #009900 | green | | |
| #E9F9FF | pale blue | Sub Menu | |
| #60C1D7 | light blue | Menu | |
| #2C9BC1 | mid blue | | |
Preview of the new site
Please join us on December 10th, 2008, as we present some of the highlights of PDC. We will be providing overviews of some technologies first discussed at PDC, such as Windows Azure, C# 4.0 and ASP.NET 4.0. But we will not only be talking about the future. We will also discuss some recent releases that you can take advantage of now, including the WCF REST Starter Kit and the Silverlight Toolkit. The afternoon will be broken down as follows:
| 11:00 am – 12:00 PM | Registration, Box Lunch and Networking |
| 12:00 PM – 12:15 PM | Kick-Off |
| 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM | What to expect with C# 4.0 (Joe Guadagno) |
| 1:15 PM – 1:30 PM | Break ; Raffle |
| 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM | Overview of REST in WCF and The WCF REST Starter Kit (Rob Bagby presenting his session at PDC) |
| 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM | Break ; Raffle |
| 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM | ASP.NET 4.0 and the Silverlight Toolkit (Scott Cate) |
| 3:45 PM – 4:00 PM | Break ; Raffle |
| 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Overview of Windows Azure (“The Cloud OS”) and Azure Services (Rob Bagby) |
| 5:00 PM – 5: 15 PM | Final Raffle |
Every attendee will receive a free “.Net REST in WCF” T-Shirt and will be entered in drawings to win great Prizes.
There are a limited number of seats available so please register early.
The event will be held at the Wells Fargo Conference Center, 100 Washington Street, Phoenix Arizona.
Please Note: Conference Center parking is limited to the garage at 303 N. 2nd Avenue (N.E. corner of Van Buren). All attendees who park in the Plaza Garage located above the Conference Center are subject to towing.
Look for the announcement soon about the Social Mixer after party brought to GoDaddy.
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