Meeting Nov 20th - New Language Features in C# 3.0
Meeting Postponed
Update: Nov 18th, 2008
This meeting has been postponed and will be rescheduled. Stay tune for an updated time.
The next meeting for Hub City NUG will be held on November 20th at 7:00 PM at the University of Southern Mississippi.
Location: College Hall, Room 100
Date: 11/20/2008
Time: 6:30 – 9:00PM (refreshments served at 6:30, presentation 7:00, giveaways after presentation)
Presentation Topic: New Language Features in C# 3.0
Presenter: Keith Elder
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Presentation Abstract
Are you tired of writing foreach loops or loops in general? Did you know with the launch of Visual Studio 2008 and the .Net 3.5 framework new language features exist in C# 3.0 to help you write your code differently? One of the many enhancements in this release were new language features to one of the core .Net languages, C#. In this session we’ll take an in depth look at the various features of C# 3.0. We will explore the old way developers wrote code (using foreach loops for example) in C# and then transpose the code to take advantage of new language features like Lambda Expressions, Extension Methods, Anonymous Types, LINQ and more.
About the presenter 
Keith Elder is a Team Leader / Sr. Software Engineer for Quicken Loans, the nation's largest online mortgage lender based in Livonia, MI and is a host of the popular online technology podcast Deep Fried Bytes. Keith is an experienced technologist, systems administrator, software engineer, and all around geek. As a Microsoft MVP he speaks throughout the South and Midwestern parts of the United States at various Code Camps, .Net User Groups, technical conferences and schools. You can read more about Keith's interests, hobbies, rants and raves on his blog at http://keithelder.net/blog/.
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Comments
Anson Smith on on 10.27.2008 at 1:13 PM
Looking forward to it.
Dan Wygant on on 11.18.2008 at 9:10 AM
As the PF said "Wish I were there".
I hope that everyone will help this UG and bring at least one person with them. Also I wish each person from a company, with more than just themselves working dotNet, would please send an email notice to the rest of the dotNet crew to let them know of this valuable resource. I sometimes drive 100 miles from Huntsville, Al to Nashville, Tn for similar meetings.
As K. Dollard spoke last night @ HUNTUG.org we developers can't keep up (easily) on our own. We must depend on and use the free resources of the dot-Net community (Users Groups like this one) to stay current with what's new and why it's cost effective.
I add to that saying learning simple tricks, control \ D (Ctrl+\+D) being my favorite to note, also increases productivity as well. Learning - for instance - how to use LINQ... this is truly phenomenal. K.D. told how-to write extension methods last night in both VB.NET:
<System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Extension> tag b4 a Shared module function
and C#:
use "this" keyword (this string firstArg, ..) preceding first argument in a static method in a static class
This sort of stuff eludes normal humans! But, as the Beatles said, "...with a little help from (my) friends" you can elevate yourself to entirely new levels so simply it must "be".
Invite someone. Send email to other local Devs. Post a flyer on your cube. Twitter or Blog about the new UG! Ask your company president to help sponsor the UG (pizza/drinks or swag, like books or software or even branded-Tee's)
Whatever it takes to help this great state of Mississippi rise out of the mire of no UG's.