Marcellina Adelaide, 273 Hindley St, Adelaide
Register now at http://www.meetup.com/Adelaide-dotNET/events/225527001/
Cost: Free, thanks to DevExpress!
5.30pm – Welcome and What’s New
5.45pm – Azure Explained with Paul Usher
The thing about Azure, as with any cloud service, is understanding what is available. Join Paul Usher as he takes us through the most common uses of Azure, Web, Mobile, Data. In this session Paul will show just how quickly you can get up to speed with Microsoft’s cloud offerings, as well as creating database, blob storage and building a simple yet powerful website in VS and deploying with a few clicks. You can also see some of the other features of Azure at work. Fast paced, lots to see and learn and of course always room for some fun.
About Paul
Paul Usher is a Technical Evangelist at DevExpress. DevExpress technologies help software developers build high-performance business solutions, see complex software with greater clarity, increase productivity, and create stunning applications for Windows® and the Web in the shortest possible time.
Prior to joining DevExpress, Paul ran (and still owns) an independent software development company which specialises in custom solutions for small to medium businesses, with a focus on mobile and paperless solutions. He has developed more than 100 commercial applications on Windows, OS X, iOS, and other platforms that are used worldwide covering a wide range of industries from retail, medical, construction, and various service industries. Paul is a published author, WintellectNOW instructor and speaks at industry events around the world. His blog is available at paulusher.info
6.45pm – Pizzas & Networking
7.30pm – Close
Sponsors and prizes
Come along to the meetings and not only will you learn new things, you might win something too!
Pluralsight 1 month free trial pass*
JetBrains 1 Free Personal License of ReSharper (or another .NET tool – worth up to $US249)
MS Press free eBook voucher
* If you’re currently unemployed we can also arrange for you to get a free one month subscription to Pluralsight. Contact me for more details.
Developers Wanted!
Buddy
Buddy is a cloud platform for IoT devices, based out of Seattle, Washington. I was contacted recently by their VP of Product and Engineering, Habib Heydarian. Habib was previously Group Program Manager for .NET at Microsoft (which included CLR, Framework, C#, F#, VB).
Habib told me that Buddy are setting up an engineering office here in Adelaide. He and Buddy’s CEO are planning to visit in the next couple of months and are keen to work with ADNUG make contact with developers looking for an exciting new opportunity.
As soon as dates for their visit are locked in, we’ll let you know more.
Department of Human Services
The DHS are advertising for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) graduates (including locations in Adelaide). Check out their STEM ICT Recruitment page for more details.
Venues
Most people like meeting at Marcellinas, but as summer approaches and with daylight saving upon us, a practical issue of sunlight in the room (and ability to see the projected screen) comes into play. If you know of an alternative venue available after hours that we could use over the summer months, let me know!
DDD Adelaide?
I had the privilege to attend and present at DDD Melbourne in August. It was exciting to be a part of such a large, well organised day with almost 400 developers gathering together to share learn and connect with each other.
It got me thinking – it’s been about 4 years since we last held a DDD Adelaide event. If you’d like to see Adelaide host an all-day developer event in 2016, please get in touch with me – especially if you’d like to help with planning and organisation, or willing to help out on the day.
Membership
Annual ADNUG membership gives you access to all our monthly meetings. Becoming a member works out at a nice discount compared to paying $5 each month!
$15/year – Student
$30/year – Individual
$300/year – Corporate
All fees go to towards meeting food (pizzas and drinks) and running costs (meetup.comsubscriptions etc).
Sign up or renew your membership online today!
Conferences & Events
Microsoft Ignite Australia – November 17-20th
Looks like this will be the replacement for TechEd (presumably with a more Enterprise/IT focus). Go to https://www.microsoft.com.au/ignite/ to register for updates.
DDD Brisbane – December 5th
Still in planning at the moment, keep an eye out for registration dates. -http://dddbrisbane.com/
NDC Australia – 2016
NDC (Norwegian Developers Conference) has become one of the premier developer events, currently held in annually in Oslo and London. NDC is coming to Sydney in 2016. The “Call for Papers” is now open, as well as early-bird registrations. Check out http://adnug.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4780243fe115e26d6601f4084&id=0c82b3776e&e=10e3a5746c for more details.
Free Office 386 Training
Office 386 Dev Camp
Learn how to build apps using standard web technologies that extend the familiar Office and Office 365 experience and potentially sell them to over 1 billion Office users in 147 international markets. At this DevCamp, you will learn the concepts of the new Office 365 API model and go deep into building out an end-to-end example on the Office 365 environment. Microsoft Office 365 DevCamps are free and fun events for developers, by developers. You do not want to miss this unique event presented by Microsoft technical expert Andrew Coates.
Wednesday, 14th October, 8.30am – 5pm (hint – same day as ADNUG!)
Microsoft Adelaide
Register online
Until next time, happy coding
ADNUG 