Me, Myself and I on Taking Baby Steps with Node.js on 14 June 2011

For this last session before the start of the holiday season, I decided to step up to the plate and give a talk myself about a topic that is near and dear to my heart, which is Node.js. Those who have been reading my blog lately know that I’ve written a fair amount of blog posts on JavaScript and Node.js during the last couple of months. With this presentation, I’m going to make a humble attempt to recapitulate the things I’ve learned throughout my journey and provide an introduction for those who want to learn what this Node.js stuff is all about. I’ve prepared a couple of slides but expect to see lots of JavaScript code as well.

Here are the details:

Start Time: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 07:00 PM GMT*

End Time: Tuesday, June 14, 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.

We hope to (virtually) see you there.

We also already received some responses on our feedback & suggestions page, but we’re still very interested in hearing your thoughts and opinions. Please let us know what you think or do suggest a topic that you’re interested in. 

Recording of Hadi Hariri on CouchDB for .NET Developers @ E-VAN 03 May 2011

Hadi Hariri did a superb talk last night on CouchDB and how to incorporate this popular document database into .NET applications. Hadi first started out with talking about the concepts behind CouchDB. Then he showed us how the REST API looks like and how it can generally be used. Next he showed us how to use this API from a .NET application, talking about Ottoman and his very own open-source library called EasyCouchDB. Hadi then concluded his talk by mentioning some of the pitfalls that you can run into when building applications on top of CouchDB. As you probably figured out by now, this session is really packed with great content.

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

Hadi Hariri on CouchDB for .NET Developers @ E-VAN 03 May 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.

We would also love to hear your voice about the previous and future E-VAN sessions, so make sure to check out our feedback & suggestions page.

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

Hadi Hariri on CouchDB for .NET Developers on 03 May 2011

We’re very happy to announce that Hadi Hariri agreed to join us for doing a talk on CouchDB, showing us how to incorporate this excellent NoSQL document database into .NET applications. Last year, J. Chris Anderson already did an introductory presentation on CouchDB on the E-VAN. Hadi is going to expand on this, showing what CouchDB is all about and how to get your applications up and running using CouchDB and .NET in no time at all, also explaining how creating and maintaining applications that use this NoSQL thing from a .NET Developers perspective is actually very simple.  

Hadi Hariri is a developer, speaker, podcaster and Technical Evangelist at JetBrains. His passions include software architecture and web development. Book author and frequent contributor to developer publications, Hadi has been speaking at industry events for over a decade. He is based in Spain where he lives with his wife and two sons, and runs the .NET Malaga User Group. He is also a C# MVP and ASPInsider.

Here are the details:

Start Time: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 07:00 PM GMT*

End Time: Tuesday, May 03, 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 timezone converter or every time zone.

This should be very interesting stuff, so we hope to (virtually) see you there. We would also love to hear your voice about future E-VAN sessions, so check out our feedback & suggestions page.

Recording of Robert Greyling on Spark View Engine @ E-VAN 12 April 2011

An inspiring talk last night by Robert Greyling on the Spark View Engine. Rob first talked about JavaScript Spark Views, after which he discussed SparkSense and using the Spark View Engine with ASP.NET MVC, FubuMVC and NancyFx, closing of this session by talking a bit about bindings. Also make sure to check out his blog for some more Spark goodness.

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

Robert Greyling on Spark View Engine @ E-VAN 12-04-2011

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.

Robert Greyling on Spark View Engine on 12 April 2011

We’re very pleased to announce that Robert Greyling agreed to do a talk on the Spark View Engine. Spark is a view engine for the ASP.NET MVC and Castle MonoRail frameworks. The idea behind it is to allow the HTML to dominate the flow and the code to fit seamlessly.

For those of you who don’t know Robert, he literally eats, sleeps and breathes all things tech, and although his expertise lies mainly in the .NET space since the beta in 2000, he loves delving into all sorts of stuff, including functional and dynamic languages. He also has an avid passion for clean and efficient code that adheres to SOLID principles derived through intelligent application of proven patterns.

Here are the details:

Start Time: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 07:00 PM GMT*

End Time: Tuesday, April 12, 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.

This should be very interesting stuff, so we hope to (virtually) see you there. We would also love to hear your voice about future E-VAN sessions, so check out our feedback & suggestions page.

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.