Sarasota .NET Developers Group

February 2010 Meeting

Windows Azure for Developers - by Joe Healy

The meeting date is Tuesday, Feb 23, 2010 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm. Location: Sarasota Community Foundation, at 2635 Fruitville Rd., Sarasota, FL 34237 (just west of Tuttle on the north side of Fruitville).

Joe will take a dive into cloud computing and the Windows Azure Platform. We’ll start with a developer-focused overview of this new platform and the cloud computing services that can be used either together or independently to build highly scalable applications. We’ll touch on data storage, SQL Azure, and the basics of deployment with Windows Azure. This is a half-size version of Joe's "big" TikiHut tour events, which last a half-day each.

Joe "devfish" Healy is our regional Microsoft Technology evangelist. When he's not talking to developers, he can be found fishing the waters of Tampa Bay.

Upcoming SarasotaDev Events:

Functional Programming with F#, Tue, Mar 9, 2010, by Eugene Chuvyrov. Eugene is a leader of the Jacksonville .NET user group.
Our April meeting will be presented by our own Victor Sumskoy - he's excited to share some technology he's been working on.
Enterprise Library 5.0 - May meeting, by David Hayden.

Nearby Developer/User Group Events:

Sarasota Barcamp - Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 11:30am at Stingray's (near Lakewood Ranch) - lunchtime event with Social Media as the discussion topic. More info here.
SQL Saturday Tampa - Sat, Jan 23, 2010 all day in Tampa. More info here.
NerdDinner - Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 6:30pm. at Buffalo Wild Wings in Sarasota. Apparently tentative, I can't find a link.
SWFL Barcamp - Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 10:00am at in Ft. Myers - this is a full-blown Barcamp event. More info here.
Orlando DNN group - Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 7pm in Orlando. This will be an intro to DNN skinning. More info here.
Tampa Bay Silverlight - Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 7pm at the MS office in Tampa. Jay Kimble will talk about Silverlight basics. More info here.
Sarasota Barcamp - Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 5:30pm at Shakespeare's pub - evening social. More info here.
Sarasota Barcamp - Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 11:30am at Stingray's (near Lakewood Ranch) - lunchtime event with the discussion topic TBD. More info here.
NerdDinner - Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 6:30pm. SWFL group meeting in Cape Coral. More Info here.
Sarasota Web Developers - new group run by David Hayden. First meeting MVC 2 and ASP.NET v4: Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 6pm. More Info here.
Sarasota Barcamp Event - Sat/Sun Apr 17 & 18, 2010 at the new Sarasota Polytechical High School. This is our local full-blow Barcamp event featuring both developer and media topics. More info here.
Day Of DotNetNuke will be back this year, tentatively scheduled for May 2010. More info here.

Florida CodeCamps in 2010:

The 2010 Florida CodeCamp season is about to start! If you haven't attended in the past, a CodeCamp is a free, all-day Saturday developer event put on by regional developers, for developers. If you've been to CodeCamp in the past, then you know you don't want to miss the 2010 season.

South FL - Sat, Feb 27, 2010. This is usually the biggest event in the state. Speaker and attendee registration are open!
Orlando - Sat, March 27, 2010. Speaker registration is open.
Jacksonville - August 2010 (tentative).
Tallahassee - September 2010 (tentative).
SWFL - October 2010 (tentative).
Tampa - November 2010 (tentative).

Other Developer Events of Interest:

Microsoft Mix10 - this event will be March 15-17, 2010 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
DevConnections - this event will be March 22-25, 2010 in Las Vegas.
Microsoft TechEd 2009 - this event will be June 7-10, 2010 in New Orleans.