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Attendance is free.

Free pizza and soft drinks are available. We also have hundreds of dollars in giveways (software, books, etc.) at each meeting. Check our Events section for upcoming meeting topics.

Date:
2nd Thursday of every month

Time:
6:00 p.m. (Food served)
6:30 p.m. (Presentation begins)

Location:
Pulaski Technical College
300 West Scenic Drive
North Little Rock, AR  72118

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Minimize   Jeremy's Source Code
 
Jeremy Davis did a great job presenting "Silverlight 2.0 Beta And Game Development" at our last meeting.

Click here to download the source code and presentation from our last meeting.
Minimize   2008 Visual Studio Certifications
 

Certifications for .Net Framework 3.5 have been announced. 
Currently only three have been released (70-502, 70-503, 70-504) with the others soon to follow.
Click Here to get full details.
Minimize   TechExpo 2008 - Thank You!!!
 

Little Rock .Net User's Group would like to thank the presenters, volunteers, sponsors and attendees for the 2008 TechExpo.  Thank you so much and we look forward to working with every one again for futures events.

If you have a suggestion on how to improve the event for the future, send an e-mail to officers@lrdnug.org.  The more feedback we get the bigger and better event we can plan on next time.

The presetations (or links to) will be posted as they come in....

SpeakerPresentation
Michael Neelhttp://www.vinull.com/Code
Todd Anglinhttp://telerikwatch.com/2008/04/techexpo-2008-wrap-up.html
Minimize   CLICK HERE FOR A FREE BOOK!
 
This is a sample of a book that Jamie King has been working on with coauthor Bruce Eckel. As of March 2008, the full book is not yet available. However, this sample covers C# 3.0 fundamentals, and provides a full grounding in C# 3.0 Query Expressions.
http://www.mindviewinc.com/Books/CSharp/Index.php
Minimize   Mono Presentation
 
Again we would like to thank Eric Gonia for the excellent presentation on Mono. You can get a copy of the slides here.
Minimize   XNA Game Studio 2.0 Released
 

The release of XNA Game Studio 2.0 is now available for you to download! Simply select whether you’re new to XNA Game Studio or an existing XNA Game Studio Express user, and follow the instructions to download the and get started.


Minimize   VS 2008 Has Been Unleashed!
 



Check out this link to Chris Koenig's blog for all the details. Also, be sure to check out his post on VS08 InstallFest. Everyone installing VS08 at the party will get their own, personal, FREE copy of VS08 Professional once the packages are available.
Minimize   Thanks Tim!
 
We would like to thank Tim Rayburn and his wife for visiting with us and again doing a wonderful job of presenting the topic. Be sure to check out Tim in the Memphis Day of .Net this week end, see the post below this one for more information.

Click here to download Tim's C# code from last night.

Click here to see Tim's blog post about the similar features in VB.Net 9.0
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PackInstaller_thump.jpg  Power Toys for Visual Studio are small tools that provide aid to developer pain-points or assist in diagnosing development-related issues. In addition to providing support, the power toys are released as Microsoft Shared Source to provide sample code to real-world solutions and allow for collaborative-development.
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Minimize   Visual Studio 2008 & SQL 2008!!!
 
Beta and CPT copies are now available for downloading.  Check out these links for more information...