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January Houston Dynamic Languages User Group

panesofglass — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:11:15 +0000

Join us for the first HDLUG, a group for discussing the dynamic languages available for the .NET platform. Ben Scheirman will be presenting Ruby on Rails for .NET developers, and pizza will be provided courtesy of Catapult Systems. The meeting will be held at the Microsoft office in Houston, TX: 2000 W Sam Houston Pkwy S Ste 350, Houston, TX 77042.

Abstract: This session will cover an intro to the Ruby language, and an introduction to the popular web framework, Ruby on Rails. We’ll talk about how concepts relate to folks who understand .NET as well as dip into how to bridge that gap with IronRuby. This presentation will be heavily code-focused.

About Ben Scheirman: Ben Scheirman is a software developer specializing in .NET. He has worked extensively on the web on various platforms and languages. At home, he enjoys a fair amount of iPhone programming, as well as Ruby on Rails. Ben is a Microsoft MVP, Microsoft ASP Insider, and Certified ScrumMaster. When not programming, Ben enjoys speaking, blogging, spending time with his wife and five wonderful children or voiding warranties on his latest gadgets. Ben is a Principal Consultant with Sogeti in Houston, TX. Read his blog online at http://flux88.com. Be sure to check out Ben’s iPhone app, Pocket Tabs, at http://pockettabs.com.

ANN: Houston Dynamic Languages User Group

panesofglass — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:00:27 +0000

.NET 4.0 is almost here, and with it, the DLR. What does that mean for you? If you are a .NET developer, you now have several new languages at your disposal in IronPython and IronRuby that will allow you to either write code much faster or embed scripting support into your projects. If you aren’t a .NET developer, you can now leverage the Silverlight full .NET framework using a language familiar to you. We’ll also be looking at other dynamic languages–such as Boo, JavaScript/JScript, and PHP–and their interoperability with various parts of the Microsoft ecosystem.

We’ll be starting up January 5th, 2010 and meeting the first Tuesday of every month. Please join us as we explore the possibilities with .NET and dynamic languages. More info to come!

Anders Hejlsberg on the Future of C# (PDC 2008)

panesofglass — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:20:44 +0000

In case you are missing PDC like me, you can find some great videos of the sessions on Channel 9. I found Anders’ comments on the future of C# to be incredibly exciting. You can watch it here. I’d love to hear feedback on whether you to are excited about the new features he points out for C# 4.0:

Dynamically Typed Objects
Optional and Named Parameters
Improved COM Interoperability
Co- and Contra-variance

Update: You can now download and try out the CTP for Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4.0 from Microsoft Connect!