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Be sure to join us on April 13, 2010 for the John and Jeremy show. John Oswalt and Jeremy Sharp will be taking us on a awesome ride through some of the most talked about content that was presented recently at the Microsoft Mix conference in Las Vegas, NV.

Mark your calendars and get ready for the Microsoft Mix Download!

Title: The Microsoft Mix Download

Come hear a download of the latest Microsoft technology news that was announced at the Microsoft Mix 2010 Conference. Topics will include the latest updates on ASP.NET MVC 2, Open Data Protocol (OData), Visual Studio 2010, ASP.NET 4, Silverlight 4, and the new Windows Phone 7 Development.

Presenters:

John Oswalt is a Lead Developer/Analyst for Tyson Foods, Inc. based in Springdale, AR and a Microsoft Certified Professional in ASP.NET. He is currently the President of the Northwest Arkansas .NET User Group (@nwadnug). He has over 10 years experience in developing websites and applications. His passions for programming languages include ASP.NET, C#, HTML, CSS, VB.NET, SQL, JavaScript, and many others. He is the owner of a few different types of blogs on the internet (Technology – letsblogabout.net) and (Sports – www.callthehogs.com). You can also follow him on Twitter (@joswalt).

Jeremy Sharp is a graduate of the University of Arkansas in computer science, Jeremy has devoted his entire career to the development of Intranet, Internet and Extranet enterprise business applications for both large and small corporations. Over the last ten years he has worked in a variety of industries, including consumer products, health care, education and transportation. Jeremy's client list comprises many well-known local and national names, including Tyson Foods, Arkansas Occupational Health Care, North West Technical Institute and J.B. Hunt.

When:

5:30 PM - 6:00 PM - Welcome and News, Sign-in and Food
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM – Main Presentation
7:30 PM – 8:00 PM – Closing and Prize give-a-ways

Where:
The Jones Center
922 East Emma Avenue
Springdale, AR 72764

Room: Kansas Room (226)

Check out the new ASP.NET MVC Training Kit being provided by Microsoft. The ASP.NET MVC Training Kit includes presentations, hands-on labs, demos, and event materials. This content is designed to help you learn how to utilize ASP.NET MVC.

You can download and find more information about the kit by clicking here. 

Microsoft came through with its promise to put the Release Candidate of MVC out by the end of January. They barely made their promise, but the new version is out and ready to go. You can check out Scott Guthrie's great overview of the ASP.NET MVC Release Candidate 1. Phil Haack has posted his review of the release as well.

There was a bug that Phil discusses that was found after the release with the head section of a web page. This issue should be corrected soon.

There are some great videos and tutorial on the ASP.NET MVC website that will help you get started using the MVC project type in Visual Studio.

Here are some of the great tutorials from the MVC website:

• ASP.NET MVC Overview
• Creating a Movie Database Application
• Understanding Models, Views, and Controllers
• Understanding Controllers, Controller Actions, and Action Results
• Understanding Views, View Data, and HTML Helpers
• ASP.NET MVC Routing Overview
• Preventing JavaScript Injection Attacks
• Creating Unit Tests for ASP.NET MVC Applications
• Using ASP.NET MVC with Different Versions of IIS
• Creating Custom HTML Helpers
• Creating Model Classes with LINQ to SQL
• Displaying a Table of Database Data
• Creating Page Layouts with View Master Pages
• Passing Data to View Master Pages
• Understanding Action Filters
• Improving Performance with Output Caching
• Creating Model Classes with the Entity Framework
• Authenticating Users with Forms Authentication
• Authenticating Users with Windows Authentication
• Adding Dynamic Content to a Cached Page
• Providing Website Navigation with SiteMaps
• Understanding the ASP.NET MVC Execution Process