Sponsor: The InSource Group

Speaker: Ken Byrd

Topic: JavaScript and jQuery

Ken Byrd is an awesome speaker and is the "Champion of Hawaiian Shirt Fridays". In this presentation he will cover both JavaScript and jQuery.

Please wear your favorite Hawaiian shirt to make Ken feel welcome!

 Bio

Ken Byrd is a Microsoft .NET developer with more than 20 years of experience designing and building client/server and web-based distributed database applications. He has experience in C, C++, Delphi, C# and VB.NET and has worked extensively with Microsoft .NET since the initial Beta releases.
 
Ken has worked as a developer, manager, mentor, trainer, and independent consultant in a wide variety of client industries. He is a member of the INETA Regional Speaker’s Bureau and is an occasional speaker at various user groups and community events throughout the Dallas/Fort Worth area.
 
Ken is a leader who strives to bring out the best in others and is constantly seeking engaging and interesting projects which are challenging and offer opportunities for learning and improvement.

Happy Birthday INETA

This month is INETA's, www.ineta.org, 10th Anniversary. INETA provides structured, peer-based organizational, educational, and promotional support to the growing worldwide community of Microsoft® .NET user groups. To help celebrate, INETA has provided us with some additional door prizes worth over $5000.

• Infragistics NetAdvantage Ultimate (value $1,800)
• Infragistics NetAdvantage ICONS Bundle (value $1,500)
• ComponentOne Ultimate (value $1,999)
• O'Reilly eBooks

Meeting Details

The Dallas ASP.NET User Group meets from 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of every month at Microsoft SouthCentral Offices.

1st Floor Conference Room
Microsoft
7000 State Highway 161
Irving, TX 75039 

6:00 pm - 6:30 pm: Networking and Light Dinner

6:30 pm - 6:45 pm: Announcements

6:45 pm - 8:45 pm: Main Presentation

8:45 pm - 9:00 pm: Door Prizes

Register for Dallas ASP.NET User Group email updates.

Door Prizes - February 2012

* Nevron Chart for .NET Lite Edition - Nevron Software is the leading data visualization provider for the .NET platform. 

*CodeSmith Generator - a template driven source code generator that automates the creation of common application source code for any language (C#, Java, VB, PHP, ASP.NET, SQL, etc.).

* Telerik Ultimate Collection for .NET - RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX, RadControls for WinForms, RadControls for WPF, RadControls for Silverlight, Telerik Reporting and more. Telerik is a market-leading provider of end-to-end solutions for application development, automated testing, agile project management, reporting, and content management across all major Microsoft development platforms. Telerik’s award-winning software development products enable enterprises and organizations of every size to generate tangible productivity gains, reduce time-to-market, and stay on time and under budget. With tens of thousands of users in more than 90 countries around the world, Telerik’s customers include numerous Fortune 2000 companies, academic institutions, governments, and non-profit organizations. (Value: $1,999)

* GrapeCity - Complete Spreadsheet, Reporting, Analysis and Business Intelligence Tools for .NET. Founded in 1980, GrapeCity is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, a Premier Visual Studio Industry Partner, an international award-winning software firm, and the world’s largest provider of developer components and tools that includes the DataDynamics ActiveReports and FarPoint Spread product lines. Our products are deep in functionality, unleash real business value, and are driven by an unwavering commitment to the highest quality standards. The winner can choose one of the following products: Spread for Windows, ActiveReports, DataDynamics, ActiveAnalysis and Spread for ASP.NET. (Value: $699 - $999)

* Pluralsight .NET Training - Pluralsight is a premier Microsoft .NET training provider. Pluralsight delivers classroom and On-Demand! training around the world. The reputation of the Pluralsight technical team, the in-depth course content, along with the variety of training delivery methods, guarantees you access to the highest quality learning experience that makes the most sense for you and your business. (One Month Free)

After The Meeting
Please join us after the meeting for casual conversation at a local restaurant. We will announce the restaurant at the meeting. You will be responsible for your own bill.