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Michael Washington

Michael Washington is a website developer and an ASP.NET, C#, and Visual Basic programmer. He is has been named Microsoft MVP for five straight years. Michael is currently a Microsoft Silverlight MVP. Michael is te founder of The LightSwitch Help Website (http://LightSwitchHelpWebsite.com) He is a DotNetNuke Core member and has served for over three years. He is the author of the module development chapter in Building Websites with VB.NET and DotNetNuke 4 (Packt Publishing) and Building Websites with DotNetNuke 5 (Packt Publishing). He has authored over 100 pages of tutorials on his site (www.ADefWebserver.com) covering subjects such as Linq, Silverlight, WCF, Web Services. He is one of the founding members of the Southern California DotNetNuke Users group (www.socaldug.org). Michael has a son, Zachary and resides in Los Angeles with his wife Valerie.
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Creating HTML5 Pages Using Visual Studio LightSwitch



ben monro

a code monkey who likes to make stuff
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Chatty Android Apps



Mathias Brandewinder

I have been writing software in C# for 8+ years, F# for the last 3, and loving every minute of it, except maybe for a few release days. I enjoy arguing about code and how to make it better, and get very excited when discussing TDD or F#. My other professional interests are applied math and probability. If you want to know more about me, you can check out my blog at www.clear-lines.com/blog, or my rants on Twitter as @brandewinder.
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For those about to Mock
F# for the C# developer



Ben Dornis


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ASP.NET MVC - What a View!



LEE SALAZAR, MBA

CEO / President of StandOUT Global, the technology provider for Asian-US Business Summit & Expo. Background: J2EE DEVELOPER SINCE 1996. SELF-EMPLOYED IN 1997. INCORPORATED IN 2001. GOVT SUB-CONTRACTOR SINCE 2003. 2008 began summer internships for unemployed programmers needing to make the shift into innovative technologies.


From CodeMonkey to CEO: Breaking out of the cubicle farm



Chris Lucian

Passionate developer who has plenty of experience with Android App development, Asp.Net MVC and Agile development practices. Twitter: @DeadlyApps Blog: www.DeadlyApps.com


Agile Success Metrics!



Chander Dhall

Chander Dhall is a Microsoft MVP, professional software architect/lead developer, trainer, INETA speaker, open source contributor, community leader and organizer with years of experience in enterprise Software Development. He works in a goal oriented, technologically driven, fast paced AGILE (SCRUM) environment. He is the founder of Dallas day of dot net. He has a Master’s Degree in computer science with specialization in algorithms, principles and patterns and is focused on building high performing modular software. Chander is the chairman at the Los Angeles .net user group and is the organizer of www.jsSaturday.com. Chander has been a featured speaker in numerous conferences and code camps all over the world. He is a principal consultant with Ria Consulting, LLC.
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(NEW)- 10 things Every Developer Must Know






Ike Ellis

Ike Ellis is a three time SQL Server MVP, partner at The Monastery, Chairman of the San Diego Tech Immersion Group, and chapter leader for the SQL Pass Book Readers. He's spoken at TechEd and is a popular lecturer at various code camps and SQL Saturdays around Southern California. Check http://www.the-monastery.com for more information.
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Continuous Integration for the Database
10 Awesome SQL Tips



Hattan Shobokshi

Hattan Shobokshi is a Senior Software Engineer and is responsible for developing applications on a variety of platforms including web and mobile devices. He is a passionate software architect that is focused on delivering scalable applications that adhere to industry best practices. Hattan is experienced in .NET technologies, in particular ASP.NET MVC. He regularly presents at local user groups and code camps on the topic. Hattan is also an avid JavaScript developer and is experienced in building rich client side user interfaces using JavaScript and its supporting technologies.
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Getting started with TypeScript
10 Things I learned from building a Windows 8 App
HTML5 Media APIs : Let’s build a camera web app in ASP.NET MVC!
Angular JS with ASP.NET MVC and WebAPI.
ASP.NET MVC - What a View!



Andrew Champagne

I'm a Program Analyst for Jack Henry Associates - Symitar Division. My day job is writing and supporting ATM software. I live in Chula Vista, CA. Originally from Essex Jct, VT. In 2003 I graduated from Clarkson Unversity in Potsdam, NY with a degree in Electrical Engineering, minor in Math, and a concentration in Computer Science. My interests are .NET Programming, Electronics, and Financial Investing.


Android talks to .Net via ksoap2



John Kuhn

John Kuhn is a Senior Software Engineer and Project Manager at PDSA, Inc., where he works with a diverse portfolio of clients to develop solutions for e-commerce, content management, data migration, business intelligence and business process automation. He has more than nineteen years experience as a developer, working in bio-technology, healthcare and consulting, with experience in project management, software design & architecture, enterprise application integration and business intelligence. John is the author of Developer’s Guide to SQL Reporting Services 2005 (ASIN # 0979374855) and has spoken at several user groups and code camp events in Southern California. He has been developing business and reporting solutions on Microsoft platforms since 1992, and started working with .NET when it was released in 2002. He has a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California, Santa Barbara and a certificate in Information Technology Management from University of California, Irvine Extension, and is a Microsoft Certified Application Developer for .NET.
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Building a Business Application in ASP.NET MVC
Serialization and Formatting in .NET



Jonathan Bachelor

After discovering the strong .NET community in Southern California in 2009, Jon's focus has been on building up his capabilities in .NET, C#, WPF, Entity Framework, SQL Server 2008, aspect-oriented programming with PostSharp, dependency injection, MVVM, and more. An energetic proponent of knowledge sharing and technical communities, Jon enjoys giving something back by educating others about what he has discovered through personal experience and devotion to the field.
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Super-Charged Debugging for the New Developer



Jeremy Clark

Jeremy Clark is an application developer, technical speaker, and Microsoft MVP with over 13 years of experience in all aspects of the development lifecycle. After hours, he puts together demos and technical articles for JeremyBytes.com, a website focusing on .NET technologies. Other times he can be found shredding on a plastic guitar (or playing a real guitar fairly badly). He lives in Anaheim, CA with a seedling redwood tree and his cats, Amanda and Toby.
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Dependency Injection: A Practical Introduction
T, Earl Grey, Hot: Generics in .NET
Clean Code: Homicidal Maniacs Read Code, Too
Learn the Lingo: Design Patterns



Llewellyn Falco

Llewellyn learned to jump horses in the 7th grade while living in France. Back in states, while studying drafting in high school, he started fire eating, sleight of hand magic, and once rode a unicycle 6 miles. After learning to juggle torches, he joined a acrobatics group in college where he specialized on the trampoline and walking a slack rope. He can calculate the cube root of any perfect cube under 1,000,000 in his head, as well as pick a standard lock. He can rollerblade down a flight of stairs, backwards. Later, he has learned to play the doumbek (a type of drum), to accompaniment a belly dancing girlfriend. Llewellyn studied Tai Chi for 2 years, can throw a knife at 20 feet, and a playing card at 50. He has taught swing dancing, and loves to salsa. He is also an accomplished speed chess player. In the last year, he has been scuba diving over 20 times, become a guitar hero, and broke his personal record of paddle balling over 200 times. Llewellyn attributes his success to the large amount of caffeine he has consumed, and enjoys computer programming in his spare time. He is also a Developmentor Instructor, Agile2010 Speaker, and guest on .Net Rocks!
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Agile Success Metrics!



Mario Hernandez

Over 10 years of experience in Web Design and 6 years experience as a Front-end Developer. Currently work as a Web Developer and Lead Designer for the largest Federal Court Court in the nation and and also run my own independent freelance business. Intensive experience in web design, best practices and web standards. Very well versed with today's trends in web design and development and I am committed to create great products that are easy to use and visually compelling. Well-versed in adaptive layouts, media queries, mobile-first and have strong knowledge of SEO best practices. Specialties Web Design, Drupal, CSS, CSS3, XHTML, Wireframing, Prototyping, Web Standards, Responsive Web Design, CSS Frameworks such as Foundation Zurb and 960 Grid System.
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Responsive Web Design, an Introduction Part 2
Responsive Web Design, an Introduction Part 1



Matt Grommes

I'm mostly a Java programmer in San Diego. I also use Python & Javascript at work as well as Groovy/Grails in a personal project.
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Intro To Not Sucking At Presentations



Mike Clement

I'm a husband, father of four and currently a Senior Software Craftsman at Pluralsight. I've worked at Ancestry.com, Microsoft, Caselle and a few other small companies. I am one of the founding organizers of the Utah Software Craftsmanship group (http://utahsc.org).


Transformation Priority Premise: TDD Test Order Matters
Agile Games: Games with Cards and Dice
Power of Patterns: Refactoring to (or away from) Patterns



Michael Krasowski

Michael is Vice President of Development at PDSA, Inc. and brings over 32 years of Information Technology experience to bear at his position. Prior to joining the PDSA team, Michael was the Director of Information Technology at the Long Beach division of Boeing. He was responsible for all aspects of computing – strategic planning, architecture, application lifecycle, asset management, and outsource management – where he managed a budget of over $90 million dollars and 140+ people. Michael’s responsibilities at PDSA are to manage all projects and personnel while ensuring quality services are delivered on time and on budget to our valued clients. He has been instrumental in defining and executing a solid internal business and engineering process to ensure quality services. Michael also has been an instructor at UCLA and University of California, Irvine's extension program since 1985. He instructs or has instructed the following courses: Microsoft.NET, Advanced Visual Basic, and Relational/Distributed Database Management and Design. Michael holds a Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics and a Master's Degree in Computer Science from UCLA, and has published several articles on database management, SQL Server and Visual Basic. He has also spoken at industry conferences, such as Advisor’s DevCon and Informant Conferences on Microsoft Technologies and best practices.
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Project Manager’s Survival Guide
Best Practices for Requirements Gathering
Best Practices for Estimating Projects



Mike Vincent

Mike Vincent is a veteran software entrepreneur and solutions architect based in Orange County, California. He currently provides clients throughout North America with application lifecycle management training, consultation and Scrum coaching, primarily focusing on Microsoft .NET technology. He has been in the software business for over 25 years in addition to marketing management, project management and engineering positions. Actively involved in the user group community since the early 90's, Mike is a past Vice President and Treasurer of INETA Noram. He is a Visual Studio Application Lifecycle Management MVP, Professional Scrum Product Owner, and Professional Scrum Developer Trainer.
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Moving Your Organization into the Fast Lane - Delighting Your Customers
Moving Your Organization into the Fast Lane - Making Scrum Stick
Managing Self-Organizing Teams - An Old School Management Dilemma



Neil Aragon

Neil is a Programmer Analyst in service with the United States District Court. He has developed and updated a number of ASPX/C# and Visual Basic applications critical to the operations of the organization. His contributions include performing as technical lead in the implementation of national applications, acting as departmental liaison for acquiring business requirements, and training/mentoring colleagues in software development practices. He is often called upon to draft documents used to influence technical decisions. He has co-authored a case study manual for an emergency notification system that is in circulation throughout the US Courts. Neil has been developing applications for the past 13 years. His career includes working in software development, health insurance, bankruptcy-insolvency, and research & development. His current fields of study are in Microsoft SharePoint, ASP.NET MVC, Amazon Web Services, and the Agile/Scrum methodology. His hobbies and interests include leadership, public speaking, hiking, camping, teaching Sunday school, and spending time with his family.
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Introduction to Amazon Web Services



Nuri Halperin

Principal for +N Consulting Inc (Santa Monica, CA), Nuri brings over 15 years of development and leadership experience in internet, E-Commerce and corporate space. He currently serves as Solution Architect focusing on .Net technologies and platforms. Nuri has successfully championed initiatives in ASP.NET, database, data mining, E-commerce, integration projects and custom component development for specific business needs. In recent years Nuri has been active in the coding community, providing training, mentoring and contributing to the coding community, focusing on cutting edge technologies, C# and core framework programming. His passion for efficient computing and his SDLC perspective bring a unique and valuable contribution to every project he engages in. http://www.plusnconsulting.com
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Async your IIS app like a champ!
MongoDB first steps - Getting started by example
Computing on Graphs (Network Structures) and Most Efficient Navigation (an Introduction)



Paul Mendoza

Paul Mendoza is a software engineer in North County San Diego at an energy analysis company called Detectent. Paul mainly works on the Microsoft stack and since being at a small company does development at the user interface level down to the database level.
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Writing Maintainable JavaScript



Paul Sheriff

Paul D. Sheriff is the President of PDSA, Inc. (www.pdsa.com), a Microsoft Partner in Southern California. Paul acts as the Microsoft Regional Director for Southern California assisting the local Microsoft offices with several of their events each year and being an evangalist for them. Paul has authored literally hundreds of books, webcasts, videos and articles on .NET, WPF and SQL Server. Paul can be reached via email at PSheriff@pdsa.com.
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Creating Collections of Entity Classes
Architecting for Multiple User Interfaces



Robin Shahan

Robin Shahan has over 20 years of experience developing complex, business-critical applications for Fortune 100 companies such as Chevron and AT&T. She is currently the VP of Technology for GoldMail, where she migrated their entire infrastructure to Microsoft Azure. Robin regularly speaks at various .NET User Group events on Microsoft Azure and her company’s migration experience. Robin has Bachelor’s Degrees in both Chemical Engineering and Computer Science from Texas A&M University. She can be found on twitter as @RobinDotNet and you can read exciting and riveting articles about ClickOnce deployment and Microsoft Azure on her blog at http://robindotnet.wordpress.com
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Windows Azure in real life
Put your website in the cloud



Steve Bearman

Steve Bearman is an independent software developer with his company, Suzy B Studios, where he innovates, designs, and develops web and client software for all sectors from science and engineering through finance--especially the thorny, complex problems where architecture, algorithms, and performance are critical. Always available to help develop software, he often leads development teams. Along the way he taught graduate-level university computer science, successfully managed both marketing and operations as VP of a manufacturing corporation, and published technical papers dealing with data. He has a special fondness for good algorithms and appropriate technology.
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Computing on Graphs (Network Structures) and Most Efficient Navigation (an Introduction)



Don Seidenspinner

Don is President of Spincraft Engineering in San Diego. He has built projects in Automation, Robotics and others things that go bump in the night.
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WordPress Workshop 101



David Sumlin

I have been developing data driven applications and working with SQL Server for the last 15 years. I have implemented small OLTP applications to large DSS data warehouses. I am currently a lead database developer in the Enterprise Data & Analytics group for Wells Fargo.
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Discover SQL# (SQL CLR library)



Theo Jungeblut

I have been designing and implementing .NET based applications, components and frameworks for more than 9 years, and I am currently working as a Senior Software Engineer at AppDynamics, one of the leading application performance management solutions for distributed application for web and cloud. Previously, I worked in health care and factory automation with focus on component based software and framework development for more than 7 years. Besides minor excursions in Java, VFP and embedded C++, I have been working almost exclusively with C# for more than 9 years. My special interests are software architecture, framework and platform design, and writing Clean Code applying craftsmanship principles.
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Clean Code III - Software Craftsmanship
Clean Code II - Cut your Dependencies with Dependency Injection
Debugging, Troubleshooting & Monitoring Distributed Web & Cloud Applications
Clean Code I – Design Patterns and Best Practices



Troy Miles

A designer and developer of software since 1979, Troy began his career writing games in assembly and C. Since then he has written code in C++, C#, Objective-C, Java, JavaScript and even a smidgen of Python. Along the way, some of his titles have won awards, he became a Microsoft Certified Solution Developer, and in 2012, he won a developer challenge at a local Microsoft Windows Phone Unleashed event. His passion since 2007 has been mobile and mobile web development. In 2011, he joined the mobile development team at Kelley Blue Book. His small team is responsible for the KBB.com application for iPhone, Android, and Windows Phone 7 and the mobile versions of KBB.com. Troy also spends time talking to developer groups and maintaining his blog, The Rock n Coder at http://therockncoder.blogspot.com.
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Ten Groovy Little JavaScript Tips



Woody Zuill

Woody Zuill, a recovering professional 5-String banjo picker, got into programming for the same reason he got into music - to meet women. He has been focused on improving his skills and capabilities for the last 27+ years. His turn-ons include Clean Code, Testable Code, and Thrashing (but only in the right context). His turn-offs are the Waterfall Methodolgy, Death Marches, and Thrashing (but only in the wrong context). He has years of experience in providing custom graphics for televised sporting events where deadlines actually have meaning, and spends his spare time writing about himself in the third person.
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Practical Refactoring - Part 1
Practical Refactoring - Part 2
Agile Success, Why Not Me Too? - Part 2 EXPERTS ONLY
No Estimates: Let's explore the possibilities
Agile Success, Why Not Me Too? - Part 1
Mob Programming: Resistance Is Futile
Mob Programming Dojo Part 1
Mob Programming Dojo Part 2



Woody Pewitt

Woody Pewitt the Icenium Evangelist for Telerik.
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Offline Apps with HTML 5



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