Programming Skills a Little Dull? Why Don’t You C-Sharpen Up with Philly .NET on 6-Oct-2012?

In case you missed my link to Steve Michelotti’s post about C-Sharpen Up in this morning’s Dew Drop, you can read that here. Here’s a blurb:

On October 6th, I’ll be presenting at C-Sharpen Up at Philly.NET at the Microsoft Malvern, PA location. I’ll be presenting along with Stephen Bohlen, Andy Schwam, and Danilo Diaz.

This is an encore presentation of the popular C-Sharpen Up event held by the Philly .NET User Group this past spring. Don’t be fooled, this is not an Intro to C#. This event is aimed at developers who are experienced in C# and want to take their skills to the next level. Learn some LINQ, Lambdas, SOLID principles and unit testing practices from some of the best in the region.

The event is on 10/6 from 8:00am – 4:30pm, and it will very likely sell out. Go! Register now! Tell ‘em I sent you. You won’t get a prize for that, but you might get a dirty look or two.  Winking smile

 

– Alvin

Visual Studio Achievements – The Beta Goes Live!

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The gang over at Channel 9 have just released the first beta of their Visual Studio Achievements project. I tried it out last night and it’s very cool. Here’s what it’s all about:

Bring Some Game To Your Code!

A software engineer’s glory so often goes unnoticed. Attention seems to come either when there are bugs or when the final project ships. But rarely is a developer appreciated for all the nuances and subtleties of a piece of code–and all the heroics it took to write it. With Visual Studio Achievements Beta, your talents are recognized as you perform various coding feats, unlock achievements and earn badges.

You can read the full announcement here and grab the beta from the Visual Studio Gallery here.

 

Video: A Very Special ‘This Week on Channel 9’ – Revolution 9

It’s must-see web TV this week when Arnold and Dudley have to fend off Gordon Jump’s advances… wait… that was a diff’rent show

Watch Dan Fernandez & company talk about Revolution 9, and the future of Channel 9 (as well as Channel 8, Channel 10, Coding4Fun and MIXOnline).


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Good luck guys!

Alvin