Insights and Innovations at The Developers Group Meeting
Join us for an engaging and informative session focusing on the latest trends and techniques in software development. The agenda includes interactive discussions on cross-platform development, unique approaches to C#, practical jQuery tips, and more. Enjoy networking opportunities alongside tea, coffee, and cake! Don’t miss out on expert insights from our presenters, including Sean Farrow and Mark Rendle, as well as exciting news from Embarcadero and Microsoft. Mark your calendars for our next meeting on July 21st!
Insights and Innovations at The Developers Group Meeting
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Presentation Transcript
The Developers Group Today’s Agenda • 12:00 Welcome, News, Interactive Discussion, Problem Clinic Pete Sykes • 1:00 Old School with a Twist Cristian Nicola • 2:15 Preparing for Cross-Platform Development Joanna Carter • 3:30 Tea/coffee and cake • 4:00 Functional Alchemy – 10 Tricks to keep your C# Dry Mark Rendle • 5:15 Get Going with jQueryGeorge Adamson • 6:25 End – we have to be out of the building by 6:30 • voluntary adjournment to the David Lloyd Centre
The Developers Group Next meeting Wednesday July 21st at EMC London Bridge, SE1 • Debugging Delphi Applications (Sean Farrow) • Some technical nuggets (EMC Consultancy) • Using .NET from a Delphi Application (Sean Farrow) • Silverlight Gotchas (Ray Booysen) Bring sandwiches –we’re in a room where we’re allowed to eat
The Developers Group Future meetings • 20th September at Sybase Maidenhead:sessions tba and expected to include • Database access in Delphi and .NET (Sean Farrow) • Localisation (Sean Farrow) • A session from Sybase • Another
The Developers Group Embarcadero® News • Updated Roadmap • http://edn.embarcadero.com/article/39934 • Delphi for PHP aka a PHP IDE that is a bit Delphi like. Heading for a new release and a lot of blogs • http://blogs.embarcadero.com/joseleon/2010/05/18/delphi-for-php-next-release-early-preview-13-code-insight-tests/ • Interesting reading his blogs from the beginning (2007) regarding VCL for PHP. • Currently heavily giving spoilers for the next release. • We could do with a PHP'er to let us know • Stack Overflow - another source of Delphi Q&A • http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/delphi • Embarcadero is Hiring • http://www.embarcadero.com/company/careers-us • New Release of PRISM (2011) released • http://prismwiki.embarcadero.com/en/New_Features
The Developers Group Microsoft News • .Net on Android • via MonoDroid • …and maybe on the iPad / iPhone as well?! • http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/20/android_c_sharp_ipad_mono/ • Expression Studio 4 launches today
The Developers Group Microsoft News • Apparently Steve Ballmer is going to announce today • as part of Steve Jobs’s keynote at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference • that VS2010 will compile native apps for Mac OS/X and iPhone!!!!!!!