2/21/2012 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Regardless of what you believe Silverlight's future may be, it is always wise to extend our skills to multiple platforms. But instead of throwing away all our knowledge built up through Silverlight, what if we could take our existing MVVM and data-binding skills and reuse them on the web? KnockoutJS lets us do exactly that. In this presentation, I'll show you how to use your existing Silverlight skills to build web apps with KnockoutJS.

Judah Gabriel Himango is a nerdly consultant with Avtex. He writes code for 3M. He's good at a few programming things, and good at faking the rest. His interests include Messianic Judaism, blogging, writing about himself in the 3rd person, articulating the elegance of llamas, goofing around with his kids, playing guitar, and thinking about ways to make the internet better.

3601 West 76th Street

Suite 600

Edina, MN 55435

3/20/2012 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

MVVM has become the defacto standard for XAML-based applications. The ability to separate presentation logic from your models provides developers with better testability and designers to create stunning user experiences. In this presentation, you'll see how you can use an open-source framework called Caliburn.Micro to enhance your Silverlight-based applications.

Jason Bock is a Principal Consultant for Magenic and a Microsoft MVP (C#). He has worked on a number of business applications using a diverse set of substrates and languages such as C#, .NET, and Java. He is the author of "Applied .NET Attributes", "CIL Programming: Under the Hood of .NET", and the forthcoming "Metaprogramming in .NET". He has written numerous articles on software development issues and has presented at a number of conferences and user groups. He is a leader of the Twin Cities Code Camp (http://www.twincitiescodecamp.com) and runs the Twin Cities Languages User Group (http://www.twincitieslanguagesusergroup.com). Jason holds a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from Marquette University. Visit his web site at http://www.jasonbock.net.

3601 West 76th Street

Suite 600

Edina, MN 55435

4/17/2012 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

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Jeff Brand is a .NET Developer in Microsoft's Developer and Platform Group. Jeff assists customers in evaluating, developing and deploying applications built on the .NET Framework and the Microsoft platform. He has been with Microsoft for fourteen years and has served in variety of roles including infrastructure consultant, e-commerce technology specialist, and enterprise technology advisor.

3601 West 76th Street

Suite 600

Edina, MN 55435