European Virtual ALT.NET – Feedback & Suggestions

Although we’ve still got plenty of topics that we would like to see discussed in future online E-VAN sessions, we would also like to hear about your interests for future topics and get some overall feedback from the community. That’s why we’ve set up a “forum” where we would like to capture your feedback and ideas so that we might do a future session on a particular topic that we haven’t thought about or make some overall improvements if necessary. So if you would like to suggest a future topic or you have some great ideas on how to keep this community going, then please let us know:

European Virtual ALT.NET – Feedback & Suggestions

We are looking forward to hear from you!

Recording of Mike Hadlow on Monads @ E-VAN 29 March 2011

Mike Hadlow did a superb talk on Monads last night. Not only did he provide a nice introduction on what Monads are, talking about the theory and core concepts behind it; Mike also did an excellent job showing us the code to back up these concepts by means of some hands-on coding, showing us the MayBe Monad and much more. Also make sure to read his excellent blog series on the topic.

For those who missed it, the recording is now available on Vimeo:

Mike Hadlow on Monads @ E-VAN 29 March 2011

The original file that we used for uploading can also be downloaded from Vimeo as well. So you just have to log on (or register if you don’t have an account) and download the original recording in the right down corner. The quality of the original recording is slightly better. It’s also possible to download the original OLM recording here. Keep in mind that this one will only be available for one year.

Details of the next E-VAN presentation will be posted soon.

Mike Hadlow on Monads on 29 March 2011

We’re more than happy to announce that Mike Hadlow agreed to do a talk on Monads. These days, monads are the "celebrities of programming language theory". But they also inspire fear in the hearts of lowly imperative programmers. However they are a very useful and powerful abstraction and they pop up everywhere. C#'s Linq syntax is Monadic, for example. Having an understanding of Monads will give you the conceptual tools to greatly simplify many programming challenges, from dealing with nulls and managing state, to asynchronous programming and parsing. This talk will be mostly C#, but I will also be introducing a little F# and even some Haskell.

Based in Brighton, England, Mike works as a freelance programmer, specializing in enterprise application development with Microsoft tools. He’s very interested in the art of programming and frequently gets excited by new technology.

Here are the details:

Start Time: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 07:00 PM GMT*

End Time: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 08:30 PM GMT

Attendee URL: http://snipr.com/virtualaltnet (Live Meeting)

VAN Calendar: http://www.virtualaltnet.com/Home/Calendar

(*) 08:00 PM UK, 09:00 PM Brussels, 03:00 PM EST, 01:00 PM MST and 12:00 Noon PST. For time zone arithmetic, you can consult the world clock site, use this time zone converter or every time zone.

Don’t miss out on this excellent learning opportunity. We hope to (virtually) see you there.

Recording of Andreas Öhlund on NServiceBus (Part Two) @ E-VAN 08 March 2011

Yet again a great talk from Andreas Öhlund on sagas in NServiceBus. Passionate as ever, Andreas first provided a solid explanation of sagas after which he did some hands-on coding, showing us how easy it is to implement sagas into your applications using NServiceBus. Some of the attendees also asked some great questions at the end, which truly made this a great learning experience. Great stuff!

For those who missed it, the recording is now available on Vimeo:

Andreas Öhlund on NServiceBus (Part Two) @ E-VAN 08 March 2011

The original file that we used for uploading can be downloaded from Vimeo as well. So you just have to log on (or register if you don’t have an account) and download the original recording in the right down corner. The quality of the original recording is slightly better. It’s also possible to download the original OLM recording here. Keep in mind that this one will only be available for one year.

Details of the next E-VAN presentation will be posted soon.