The next SDDN meeting has been planned for Thursday March 4th in Melbourne. Head over to http://www.sddn.org.au to check out the details!
Cheers,
Jordan.
Next SDDN Meeting – Thursday March 4th, Melbourne
February 26, 2010
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New SDDN Site Live
November 26, 2009The new Silverlight Designer and Developer Network site is live!
The site has information on upcoming meetings, any follow up code links from the presenters as well as general Silverlight community information.
It will also contain video of the events where possible – once we figure out some hosting (damn you Silverlight Live Streaming biting the bullet!).
The best part about the new site is that it now has RSS!! A long time coming I know – but go add it to your readers 
Check it out at http://www.sddn.org.au.
Cheers,
Jordan.
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Next Melbourne SDDN Meeting – 29th Oct
October 22, 2009Hey all!
After a short hiatus we’re back with more meetings. We’ve had a break due to a mixture of Tech.Ed, holidays and – would you belive – jury duty.
We’ve got two great talks lined up – from Phil Beadle on Unit Testing in Silverlight and from myself on .NET RIA Services validation.
How I unit test a Silverlight application – Phil Beadle
This session will cover how to architect a Silverlight application so that it can be thoroughly tested.
Time: ~1 hour.
Phil will cover:
- The MVVM pattern
- How to unit test the View Model
- Using unity as an IoC
- Using Moq to mock out the Model
- Using the Silverlight Unit test framework to test the UI
- Using a Mock domain client to mock out the calls to the database from a RIA service
Philip has extensive experience using these techniques in production projects, so this will be a talk not to be missed.
Philip is a DotNetNuke Trustee and works for Readily as a Principal Consultant specialising in Silverlight, DotNetNuke and ASP.Net. Philip has a large amount of experience building all sorts of online properties ranging from small personal sites to massive traffic sites such as the AFL website. Philip is also known for his passion for testing and is the lead for the new QA Team on DotNetNuke which will implement unit testing and integration testing in the coming months
.NET RIA Services Validation – Jordan Knight
Time: ~30 minutes.
This session will cover some basic .NET RIA Services concepts before delving in to to world of validations.
See how easy it is to create shared custom validation code in your applications (run on client and server).
Jordan is a Senior Consultant at Readify and is a regular on the Silverlight scene in Australia, having presented at a number of conferences including ReMix and Tech.Ed Australia and New Zealand.
Late Addition!
David Burela asked if he could give a quick 10 minute demo on some Bing Maps stuff he has been working on… why of course David!
The new Bing Maps virtual earth control lacks basic databinding, you have to manualy add pushpins and map shapes. This quick demo will demonstrate how you can import a single library to enable databinding to the bing maps control, and then create the datatemplates you need to databind your shapes directly to the map.
David is a Senior Developer at Readify who last year won the Microsoft imagine cup for his work on SOAK.
When: Thursday October 29, 5:30 for 6:00 start
Where: Microsoft Theatre, Level 5, 4 Freshwater Place, Southbank
Pizza will be provided to keep those tummies from rumbling.
Attendance is FREE but please register using the tool on the SDDN Site so we can figure how much PIZZA to get!
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New SDDN Site Design
July 23, 2009I know we’ve been promising a new SDDN site for like almost a year now – well finally we got our asses in to gear and have something coming!
Alex Knight (my brother from the same motha) of AGKDesign and SilverZine fame (and being my brother fame too 
) sat down 6 months ago and ripped out this design:
It’s gonna rock hey!
Well now @rosscify is going to build it in Graffiti for us!
Can’t bloody wait!
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SDDN Sydney – 4th August 2009
July 23, 2009This month Jose Fajardo from Cynergy Systems will talk on “Don’t lose site of what’s important, Interactivity and Experience” at the Crown Hotel. Here are all the details.
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SDDN with Scott Barnes, Product Manager, Microsoft
July 20, 2009This week there are two SDDN events, one in Perth on Wednesday 22nd July(link) and Melbourne on Thursday 23rd July.
Our special guest Scott Barnes will be running through all the new bits in Silverlight 3 + Expression Blend 3.
Scott Barnes’ Australian Silverlight & Expression 3 Tour
Silverlight & Expression 3 launch is an important moment in Microsoft’s timeline, as this is their V3 moment! In light of this point in time, Scott has vowed to ensure all within his beloved home, Australia, get a deep insight into what just happened in both Silverlight and Expression 3.
Not only will Scott cover off some of the new stuff, but will highlight some of the existing brilliance within these products through examples and commentary of how the old and new features came to be (as well as hints to both product’s future).
In this session you not only will hear all of this, but this is also a perfect opportunity to lobby for what you want to see in Silverlight & Expression 4!
Yes, not only did Microsoft just finish work on 3, but they’re keen to get started on the next version – given Scott is on the planning team, this is a great opportunity for you to influence the future of Microsoft’s UX Platform.
Scott Barnes is a Product Manager for the Rich Client Platform team at Microsoft, with a focus on Silverlight
When and Where?
The date and time: Thursday July 23 at 5:30 PM for a 6:00 PM start.
The venue is Microsoft Theatre, Level 5, 4 Freshwater Place, Southbank.
Attendance is FREE, but please RSVP by entering your details in the registration tool on the site (http://www.sddn.org.au) or send an email to info@sddn.org.au.
Pizza will be provided to keep those tummies from rumbling.
Cheers,
Jordan.
P.S. Don’t miss the Nerd Dinner on Tuesday night (21st July)!
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June 2 SDDN Meeting in Sydney
May 27, 2009Miguel has been very organised and has another SDDN meeting off the ground in Sydney!
From Miguel’s blog:
“Next Tuesday, June 2 at 6:30 at Microsoft in Sydney (1 Epping Road, North Ryde NSW) we will have the SSDN Sydney’s June Meeting. This time Tatham Oddie will be talking about the new Out of Browser features in Silverlight 3 and Sergey Klementiev will presenting “LOB applications in Silverlight Lap around middle tier”. You will also have the opportunity to win a copy full of Expression 2 Suite and the best of all network amongst your Silverlight peers. So don’t miss it.”
Register on the site.
See you there!
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First Virtual Silverlight Designer and Developer Network Meeting
May 14, 2009Miguel has been hard at work organising our first ever virtual SDDN meeting!
It’s on May 18, 2009 at 9:00 pm Sydney Time.
See Miguel’s Blog for more details!
Link to the meeting will be released today hopefully.
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Sydney – SDDN Meeting and Nerd Dinner
April 29, 2009First ever Sydney meeting!
This meeting Chris Anderson (blog), from Peer Placements will be discussing advanced styling in Silverlight for both developers and designers. Topics will cover styling strategies, tools, advanced xaml techniques, fashions, and a discussion on designing user experiences.
Jordan Knight (Blog) from Readify will run through the exciting new features in Silverlight 3, and demonstrate how you might use them in a real working reference application. This in depth session will cover perspective 3D, pixel shaders, navigation features, out of browser and much more. Other concepts like Model-View-ViewModel, dependency injection, unit testing and designing template friendly (read designer friendly) applications will also be touched upon.
Win!!
Attendees will have the opportunity to win a copy of the full Expression 2 suite, worth $1000!
Details
The date and time: Tuesday May 5 at 6:00 PM for a 6:30 PM start.
The venue is the Pyrmont Bridge Hotel, Level 2, Pyrmont, NSW. See mmap for details.
Attendance is FREE, but please RSVP by entering your details in the registration in the registration tool on the site (here) or send an email to info@sddn.org.au.
Nerd Dinner
We are holding a nerd dinner in Sydney on Thursday May 7 – P.J. O’Briens.
Register here.
Hope to see you there!!
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SDDN Meeting, 30th April – Melbourne
April 23, 2009Our next meeting is on Thursday the 30th of April in Melbourne
What’s on?
This meeting we will see Dave Glover (blog), Developer Platform Evangelist from Microsoft give a primer on the new Silverlight 3 RIA Services feature. RIA Services aims to bring the client and server portions of your applications closer together.
Jordan Knight (Blog) from Readify will run through the exciting new features in Silverlight 3, and demonstrate how you might use them in a real working reference application. This in depth session will cover perspective 3D, pixel shaders, navigation features, out of browser and much more. Other concepts like Model-View-ViewModel, dependency injection, unit testing and designing template friendly (read designer friendly) applications will also be touched upon.
WIN!
Attendees will have the opportunity to win a copy of the full Expression 2 suite, worth $1000!
When and Where?
The date and time: Thursday April 30 at 5:30 PM for a 6:00 PM start.
The venue is Microsoft Theatre, Level 5, 4 Freshwater Place, Southbank.
Attendance is FREE, but please RSVP by entering your details in the registration tool at the top of the SDDN site.
Pizza will be provided to keep those tummies from rumbling.
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