We’re just finishing up the Silverlight cycle with the help of Gary and Roman! We’ve got two chapters to go in our book, so now’s the time to plan out our summer agenda. Our next topic will be the jQuery framework followed by MVC, now that MVC3 has released.

The text for jQuery core and jQueryUI will be Bear Bibeault’s jQuery in Action, Second Edition (http://www.amazon.com/jQuery-Action-Second-Bear-Bibeault/dp/1935182323/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1306242921&sr=8-1) published by Manning Press and the online docs http://docs.jquery.com/Main_Page

Our next meeting will be June 6^th where we’ll cover optimizing Silverlight performance and some advanced topics.

-          Abe

Rosner Technologies

Effective Solutions for Productive Business

9 Clinton Street

Cambridge, MA 02139

(617) 876-0884

http://www.rosnertech.com

Hi Jim,

Welcome to our group. We meet (almost) every Monday evening 6:30 to 9:00 at Cambridge NERD (One Memorial Drive) first floor. This is an open meeting, so all you need to do to join is to get the material and be prepared to participate!

Best,

-          Abe

I just wanted to pass along an event that might be of interest. Bryan Tuttle of CodeBright is sponsoring the third architecture oriented “ArchetectorFactory” event. I’ve attended the last two and there was a lot of great content.

The ArchitectFactory 3

“Many experienced developers look to become software architects as the next step in their careers, but find it difficult to find opportunities to learn about the skills needed to make the transition. Aspiring architects...”
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Site: www.architectfactory.com
Registration: http://architectfactory.eventbrite.com/?ref=ebtn
 

Regards,

  - Abe

Hi All,

Thanks to Gary Chin, we finished Silverlight 4 optimization last night, the last topic of our Silverlight cycle. We’re now ready to pursue proficiency of a hot JavaScript library, jQuery.

Starting this coming Monday (6/13), we will tackle jQuery with the help of Manning Press’ jQuery in Action, second edition http://www.amazon.com/jQuery-Action-Second-Bear-Bibeault/dp/1935182323

On Monday we will begin covering core jQuery, cover some basic JavaScript, and chapters 1 and 2 of the text, Introduction and Selectors.

I look forward to seeing everyone there.

Best regards,

-          Abe  

Rosner Technologies

Effective Solutions for Productive Business

9 Clinton Street

Cambridge, MA 02139

(617) 876-0884

Hi Jim,

Welcome. Just sign in at the lobby and we’re on the first floor. The receptionist will direct you.

Best,

-          Abe

Sometimes there are several signup sheets. Look for the one that says "dot net". Afterwards, take the elevator up one floor to the first floor, go toward the front of the building through double glass doors, and angle to the right to the Abigail Adams room. A receptionist will be on the left, just inside the door in case you have any questions.

You can park in the garage for $10 if you can't find parking somewhere else. If you try to park in front of the building for the whole meeting, you might get a ticket. A subway station (Kendall Square, on the Red Line) isn't too far away.

Here’s a “cheat sheet” reference for jQuery that you might find useful.

http://woorkup.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/jQuery-1.6-Visual-Cheat-Sheet.pdf

We will be meeting in the Attucks room this week because there is a training class in Adams where we’re going to cover chapters 3 and 4 of jQuery in Action (bringing pages to life and events)

See you this afternoon.

-          Abe

Rosner Technologies

Effective Solutions for Productive Business

9 Clinton Street

Cambridge, MA 02139

(617) 876-0884

Hi Chao,

We meet Mondays at the NERD center (One Memorial Drive Cambridge) first floor, the Abigail Adams room from 6:30 to 9:00 pm. It is accessible from the Kendal red line and there’s on street parking in the area after 6:00. http://microsoftcambridge.com/About/Directions/tabid/89/Default.aspx

I look forward to your joining us!

Best,

-          Abe  

Hi All,

We’re going to be covering chapters 5 and 6 of jQuery in Action this coming Monday (6/27) as we return to our room at NERD. We’ll be covering animation and utility functions.

Here’s the schedule for the remainder of the jQuery syllabus:

July 4^th  holiday.

July 11: Finish up jQuery Core, cover chapters 7 & 8; Expand your reach by extending jQuery and Talk to the server with Ajax

July 18: We begin the second part of the book: JQuery UI, introducing UI themes and effects (chapter 9) and UI mouse interactions (chapter 10)

July 25 – jQuery UI widgets: Beyond HTML controls

If all goes well, well begin our focus on MVC in August!

As an aside, those of you interested in ASP.NET 4, Apress has their “deal of the day” today Pro ASP.NET4 in C# 2010 4^th edition for $10. http://www.apress.com/9781430225294  This is an excellent reference for anyone doing serious asp.net development.

Rosner Technologies

Effective Solutions for Productive Business

9 Clinton Street

Cambridge, MA 02139

(617) 876-0884

We’re cancelling tonight. Sorry for the late notice.

Next week we’ll pick up with chapters six and seven.

Have a great week.

Best,

-          Abe

Rosner Technologies

Effective Solutions for Productive Business

9 Clinton Street

Cambridge, MA 02139

(617) 876-0884

Hi Everyone,

We’re just finishing up our cycle on jQuery with coverage of jQuery UI widgets and mouse interaction next week (August 15).

That frees us up to begin the complementary topic of asp.net MVC 3.  We’ll be using Pro APS.NET MVC 3 Framework, by Steven Sanderson and Adam Freeman, from Apress. Amazon has it for $28.27.

Best,

-          Abe

Rosner Technologies

Effective Solutions for Productive Business

9 Clinton Street

Cambridge, MA 02139

(617) 876-0884

There is a deal on the ebook thru the 5^th. Make sure you don’t pay more than 20. Abe – does this mean that 4 is about to come out?

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