This mondays meeting will be: Kinect
What kind of design decisions go in to a Kinect UI? What do I need to know as a Developer? With the new kinect coming for the PC, this is the perfect time to start thinking Kinect.
When: Monday January 16th, 2011, 6:00 pm to start 6:30 pm
Where: City Hotel (map) 347 Kent Street (Corner of King Street). Second floor at the Kent Street Living Room.
Silverlight 5 is out!
and SDDN has a twitter account! https://twitter.com/#!/SydneySDDN
Sydney Designer and Developer Network Usergroup is going on Christmas holiday, So come over for a drink and a chat on the future of Silverlight.
When: Monday December 19th, 2011, 6:00 pm to start 6:30 pm
Where: City Hotel (map) 347 Kent Street (Corner of King Street). First floor at the Kent Street Living Room.
Our first meeting as the Sydney Designer and Developer Network Usergroup. I (Jasim Schluter) am happy as the new head of the group to present of the Designer and Developer sides of Metro, the new UI paradigm from Microsoft. From XBox to Win8, Metro has taken off as Microsofts UI of choice for application designers. With the new tooling coming to Blend and Visual Studio this design is being baked in for developers to get started quickly. Talking from both sides of the Des-Dev world this meeting will sink you in deeper to the Metro paradigm.
When: Monday November 21st, 2011, 6:00 pm to start 6:30 pm
Where: City Hotel (map) 347 Kent Street (Corner of King Street). Second floor at the Kent Street Living Room.
This month we’ll have a somewhat informal meeting. I was thinking that it would be good to have a “show and tell” meeting, where those who are willing and able can demonstrate some of their work in Silverlight, WP7, WPF, and LightSwitch. I’ve got 2 presentations lined up already (I’ll show off the expanz platform, and hand out beta invites which give you a lifetime perpetual license). If you can let me (Chris) know if you’re able to present beforehand, that’d be great (but not essential). It’ll be a good chance to see what your peers are building with these platforms, ask them questions, and inspire you with your own projects!
When: Monday October 17, 2011, 6:00 pm to start 6:30 pm
Where: City Hotel (map) 347 Kent Street (Corner of King Street). Second floor at the Kent Street Living Room.
Cost: Free, but please RSVP on our Meetup site.
This month we have Young Oh presenting on integrating LightSwitch applications with Silverlight applications (and vice versa). With version 1 of LightSwtich officially being released at the end of last month, this is the perfect time for this presentation!
When: Monday August 15, 2011, 6:00 pm to start 6:30 pm
Where: City Hotel (map) 347 Kent Street (Corner of King Street). Second floor at the Kent Street Living Room.
Cost: Free, but please RSVP on our Meetup site.
Abstract
Practical guide to LightSwitch for experienced Silverlight developers.
(Integrating a LightSwitch application with a standard Silverlight application)
Silverlight is great. With Silverlight we are capable of creating data intensive enterprise online applications using RIA services. But is it really practical to do so? If the requirements are fixed, maybe yes with lots of effort. In reality the ground shifts all the time. Everything above shakes constantly and Silverlight solution may not be acceptable for practical commercial use.
Then could LightSwitch be the solution? If yes, what could be the problem with everything LightSwitch approach. Is it possible to combine both? How? We will try to find a way to combine the best of Silverlight and LightSwitch for best ROI possible.
- How to put LightSwitch application inside Silverlight application. When. How. Why?
- How to embed Silverlight modules inside LightSwitch application. Different methods. What is the limit? Or no limit?
Bio
Young is a freelance application developer currently working for various Qantas / Q Catering projects.
This month we have Jason Schluter presenting on recreating http://script.aculo.us/ in Silverlight. We didn’t get to this presentation last month, so Jason agreed to postpone it until this month.
When: Monday July 18, 2011, 6:00 pm to start 6:30 pm
Where: City Hotel (map) 347 Kent Street (Corner of King Street). Second floor at the Kent Street Living Room.
Cost: Free, but please RSVP on our Meetup site.
Jason’s Abstract:
Light.aculo.us
Recreating http://script.aculo.us/ in Silverlight.
Javascript frameworks are out there to make animation easy. How easy is it in Silverlight? I?ll run through recreating the effects demos on http://madrobby.github.com/scriptaculous/combination-effects-demo/ in Silverlight. Expect Blend, demos, and No talk on Win8! 
Jason’s Bio:
Jason Schluter has been a keen Silverlight programmer since Silverlight 1.1 alpha following the rise of Silverlight in huge media and business application projects, and waiting patiently for the arrival of 3d Support in Silverlight. Jason currently works as a contractor on a large Silverlight project and has been building a variety of web projects on the side.
When: Monday June 20, 2011, 6:00 pm to start 6:30 pm
Where: City Hotel (map) 347 Kent Street (Corner of King Street). Second floor at the Kent Street Living Room.
Cost: Free, but please RSVP on our Meetup site.
Justin’s Abstract:
Microsoft Media Platform – Discovering the video stack of tools
With video streaming and viewing now accounting for 30% of down traffic bandwidth adding video to your websites is more important than ever. In this session Justin will run through the components that make up the Microsoft Media Platform, MMP Player, Content Manager, Video Editor, Audience Insight and Expression Encoder. We will run through adding Smooth Streaming/Adaptive Streaming to your site and creating a workflow to speed up the process, as well as adding rich functionality such as Frame Linking, Analytics and Advertising to pay for the bandwidth you are going to consume.
Justin’s Bio:
Justin has 15 years Developer/DBA experience in cross platform technologies. Currently working with ASP.NET MVC 3 for most projects and a Silverlight Smooth Streaming for a SQL Server Training website hosted on Windows Azure.
Jason’s Abstract:
Recreating http://script.aculo.us/ in Silverlight.
Javascript frameworks are out there to make animation easy. How easy is it in Silverlight? I’ll run through recreating the effects demos on http://madrobby.github.com/scriptaculous/combination-effects-demo/ in Silverlight. Expect Blend, demos, and No talk on Win8!
Jason’s Bio:
Jason Schluter has been a keen Silverlight programmer since Silverlight 1.1 alpha following the rise of Silverlight in huge media and business application projects, and waiting patiently for the arrival of 3d Support in Silverlight. Jason currently works as a contractor on a large Silverlight project and has been building a variety of web projects on the side.
When: Monday May 16, 2011, 6:00 pm to start 6:30 pm
Where: City Hotel (map) 347 Kent Street (Corner of King Street). Second floor at the Kent Street Living Room.
Cost: Free, but please RSVP on our Facebook group.
Peter’s Abstract:
Silverlight vs. HTML5 – Lessons learned
Peter tells us from his last project: building a better EBay in Silverlight and shows us his view on this topic.
Peter’s Bio:
Peter was born in South Tirol Italy, studied in Austria, and is now working in Sydney Australia as a consultant for SSW. Peter is an Agile Enthusiast, aspiring Software Craftsman, likes Clean Code and is a strong believer in improving in baby steps..
Jason’s Abstract:
3D with Silverlight 5 and WebGL
You can do 3D online with Silverlight 5 or WebGL, So what’s the diff? How does Silverlight 5 and WebGl compare? Jason has been messing with the API’s and will discuss the two. Expect code, demos and the unveiling of his current web project.
Jason’s Bio:
Jason Schluter has been a keen Silverlight programmer since Silverlight 1.1 alpha following the rise of Silverlight in huge media and business application projects, and waiting patiently for the arrival of 3d Support in Silverlight. Jason currently works as a contractor on a large Silverlight project and has been building a variety of web projects on the side.
When: Monday April 18th, 2011, 6:00 pm to start 6:30 pm
Where: Ambition Technology – Lvl 5, 55 Clarence St, Sydney (map)
Cost: Free, but please RSVP on our Facebook event.
Note the new location! Ambition Technology have very kindly sponsored this meeting, and we’ll be holding it in their boardroom. They will be providing Pizza + Beer! For more information on Ambition Technology please visit:
www.ambition.com.au/techblog/
www.ambition.com.au
This month is a Silverlight 5 extravaganza! We have two speakers – Chris Anderson, and Jose Fajardo. Chris will go through the new functionality added to Silverlight 5 (primarily the business application related features), and Jose will go through the cool new 3D and other graphics related features. There will no doubt be conversation around other HTML5 and IE9/10 announcements made at MIX11 too 
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This month we have two speakers, with Jordan Knight talking about MVVM, and Troy Wilson talking about Incite’s advanced implementation using the PivotViewer control.
When: Monday March 21st, 2011, 6:00 pm to start 6:30 pm
Where: City Hotel (map) 347 Kent Street (Corner of King Street). Second floor at the Kent Street Living Room.
Cost: Free, but please RSVP on our Facebook group.
Jordan’s Abstract:
In this session Jordan starts with a brief overview of the MVVM pattern before delving into the depths of a real world implementation. See how to get the most out of Silverlight as Jordan demonstrates a very effective implementation of MVVM that culminates in an intuitive and powerful display and navigation framework that works not only in Silverlight, but also WPF (incl. Surface) and the Windows 7 Phone!
Jordan’s Bio:
Hi, my name is Jordan (@jakkaj) and I’m the Solution Architect at a company I run with my brother Alex (@agkdesign) called Xamling. I’ve presented at big conferences here and overseas and just love Silverlight. I, like my brother, am a Silverlight MVP. I come from Bendigo, VIC, Australia, and now live in Sydney.
Troy’s Abstract:
I’ll be talking about how we integrated Pivot Viewer using dynamic collections, DeepZoom, using MEF, MVVM.
Troy’s Bio:
I’m a father of 2 (geeks in training), I love my tech, and all things full of awesome.I’ve been working for Incite for 18 months, I’m currently the team lead for the silverlight viewer, aka “Team Viewer”.
