Thursday, 10 September 2009

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Updated Code Camp time table – 3 days to go!

http://www.hack-ed.com/Event/Event.aspx?EventID=cb9e96a5-7a1a-4774-ac03-b2d0aa2c2954

.NET Development

Introduction and Welcome

10:00-10:15

What's Happening in .NET Languages, and Why Should You Care?

10:20-11:20

Behaviour Driven Development

11:25-12:25

C# 4.0

12:30-12:40

Lightning Talks

12:40-13:00

Lunch - Development

13:00-13:40

Becoming Certified

13:05-13:35

Domain Specific Languages

13:40-14:40

Silverlight with Prism

14:45-15:45

.NET on the iPhone and Beyond

15:50-16:50

Wrap-up, prizes, etc

16:50-17:00

Security

Introduction and Welcome

10:00-10:15

Security SDL / Threat Modelling Workshop

10:20-13:00

Lunch - Security

13:00-13:40

What's New in ForeFront 2010?

13:05-13:35

Secure Coding Practices

13:40-14:40

Wrap-up, prizes, etc

16:50-17:00

SQL Server

Introduction and Welcome

10:00-10:15

SQL Server Virtualisation Best Practices; Query Optimisation and Query Tuning; SSAS and Gemini

10:20-13:00

SQL Panel / Q&A

13:05-13:35

Lunch - SQL

13:40-14:40

Understanding SQL Indexing

14:45-15:45

SQL Server Maintenance

15:50-16:50

Wrap-up, prizes, etc

16:50-17:00

Monday, 31 August 2009

Code Camp Auckland 2009 - Development | SQL | Security

Code Camp Auckland on the 13th September 2009!

If you want to catch some free sessions on the state-of-the-art in .NET development, SQL Server and developer security then sign up for Code Camp Auckland 2009 now.

Code Camps are non-profit, and organised by members of the local developer community. This year the Auckland Code Camp is the day before TechEd (Sunday 13 September), so we've managed to nab a few great speakers on their day off to present to us.

It's the biggest Code Camp ever - over 14 hours of sessions across 3 streams from 10am till 5pm:

Development...

  • What's Happening in .NET Languages and Why Should You Care?
  • Behaviour Driven Development
  • Domain Specific Languages
  • C# 4.0 new features
  • Silverlight with Prism
  • .NET on the iPhone
  • Becoming Certified
  • Lightning Talks
  • and more!

The latest and greatest in development topics, by the people that know!

SQL Server?

  • SQL Server Virtualisation Best Practices and Recommendations
  • SQL Server Analysis Services and Gemini
  • Query Optimization and Query Tuning
  • Understanding SQL Server Indexing
  • SQL Server Maintenance

Training and guidance from the best SQL trainers in the industry!

Security!

  • Secure Development Lifecycle and Threat Modelling workshop
  • Secure Coding Practices

timetable

We are lucky to have Michael Howard, author of Writing Secure Code and 24 Deadly Sins of Software Security giving a free workshop for developers, architects and team leads on Threat Modelling and the Secure Development Lifecycle. This will be followed by a session on how to write secure .NET code.

Auckland has never seen such an awesome free event!

Presenters that are offering their time include Greg Low, Nicholas Dritsas and Auckland's Alex Henderson of Architecture Chat fame.

To cover the costs of the event, we have the help of our generous sponsors: Microsoft, Datacom, Intergen, INETA and Xero.

All that's left for you to do is to visit the website for more details, and sign up now!

 

P.S. Location! Of coz!

We have three rooms at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Auckland, which is across the road from TechEd:

http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/cp/1/en/hotel/aklnz

128 ALBERT STREET PO BOX 6841
AUCKLAND, 1030 NEW ZEALAND

Wednesday, 1 April 2009

GO! Recorder is released

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GO! Recorder is a tool we built for tracking work time quickly and easily. It’s now released to the market! Download a free 30-day trial to check it out!

GO! Recorder

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