November Meeting 11/27 6PM: Prepare and Take Microsoft Cert Exam 70-480 ‘Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3′ for Free!

Hello everyone.

Albeit this month’s topic is being posted much later than I planned to announce it, I think it’s worth it. Especially for those of us that are still developing web and mobile device apps either full or part time.

I am so excited to announce our first free Microsoft Certification Exam open discussion and study group!
Jyoti Chawla and I will focus this month’s meeting on

1. Tutorial’s using software you may or may not already be using to develop cross-browser web apps and cross-platform mobile apps.
2. Q and A on topics and questions on the exam, and
3. Getting everyone together and organized to develop a repository of support and resources for this exam and beyond.
4. Online tools you may not be aware of yet.

Still, this is an open discussion, and everyone who has experience developing Web or Mobile Apps with HTML5 and CSS3 is invited to speak!

This meeting begins with a free promotional code ‘HTMLJMP’ to take Microsoft exam 70-480 ‘Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3’ (
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/exam.aspx?id=70-480
) from Prometric for free!

Please prepare for this meeting early by going to Prometric now and sign up for the exam using the promotional code HTMLJMP and pay NOTHING for the exam! (150.00 value) –
Don’t worry if you think you are unprepared for the dates they offer, just sign-up before this code expires, you have the option to return to Prometric’s website and reschedule later in the year as long as it’s more than 2 weeks before your exam date.
Don’t worry if you can’t attend the meeting and still want to use the promotional code and catch up with us later on. Also if there’s someone close to you that you would like to share the code, feel free and help them become more professionally marketable.

Next download this free eBook: Programming Windows 8 Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript(
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2012/10/29/free-ebook-programming-windows-8-apps-with-html-css-and-javascript.aspx
) to prepare for the exam.
The ebook’s companion content is here:
http://go.microsoft.com/FWLink/?Linkid=270057
.

Some tutorials will be from this book. Also, because this is a last minute topic, if you find running an interesting example from the book or your own, it would be awesome if you bring your laptop and show the group! 

Finally, Register for our meeting at Meetup.com and come to our meeting which will of an open discussion regarding the topics of the exam, and an exchange of ideas and resources on each section as well as tutorials showing examples of Exam topics using

• Microsoft’s Visual Studio and Expression Blend,
• Telerik’s Kendo UI and Icenium, and
• JetBrains’ JavaScript IDE – WebStorm!

We would also like to take a little time to develop study groups and mentoring within our group at this meeting, as well as resource and book sharing, and invite our members who have taken them exam to offer their experiences to the rest of the group by attending this or future meetings or posting online.

This exam is the first step to earning the Microsoft Certified Solution Developer MCSD: Web Applications certification. It was created for developers who want the skills to build applications demanded in today’s market using MVC, Azure, HTML5, and CSS3.

Candidates must pass the following three exams to earn the MCSD: Web Applications certification:

• 70-480: Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3
• 70-486: Developing ASP.NET 4.5 MVC Web Applications
• 70-487: Developing Windows Azure and Web Services

The exam as well as our presentation will not be company specific, however because we are an Architects’ User Group, the examples will utilize MVC patterns as they pertain to ASP.NET.

You also might want to register for this Microsoft Learning JumpStart Class to view and prepare after the meeting.

Building Apps for Windows Phone 8 Jump Start (Online)
Date: November 28-29, 2012
Time: 7:00am – 5:00pm PST
Cost: FREE!
Target audience: Application Developers who want a fast-paced, real-world understanding of how to leverage C# and XAML to build apps for Windows Phone 8.

We will also have pizza and drinks provided by TekSystems and more giveaways!

Update – Tuesday October 23rd Meeting – UML Modeling with Enterprise Architect Model Driven Tools

Good Morning JaxArcSig Blog followers, a mistake was made on the Date of our next meeting. It was corrected, however a push publish notification was sent and there might still be confusion with some of our subscribers.
Our next meeting will be on Tuesday October 23rd from 6-8 pm. You can view additional meeting details and register at www.meetup.com/JaxArcSIG/
Best Regards,
Mat Somers

October 23rd Meeting – UML Modeling with Enterprise Architect Model Driven Tools

I would love to invite everyone to join us Tuesday October 23rd from 6-8 pm to welcome José Zouain as he presents an introductory to advanced techniques on UML using Enterprise Architect Model Driven UML Tools from Sparx Systems.

José Zouain is an Information System Professional with more than fifteen years of experience in different phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), managing advance programming, system maintenance and problem determination where he fulfilled a number of roles.

He has been an UML evangelist since 1998, experienced in Use Cases, Activity Diagrams, Class Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams, User Interfaces and Data Modeling.

Among his responsibilities he held different titles such as Senior Business Analysts, Project Manager, User Acceptance Manager, OOP (Object Oriented Programming) Developer, and System Analyst.

Please join us on the 4th Tuesday of this and every month at 6pm on the Bank of America campus on Southside, building 500 on the second floor all the way in the back on the right.

The wonderful crewe at TekSystems will be providing drinks and pizza, and drawings for software licenses from JetBrains, MindScape, and Telerik will be presented at the conclusion of the meeting by random drawing.

Warmest Regards,
Mat Somers

September 25th Presentation – Programming for Windows Phone

It’s wonderful to introduce Mark Radacz fresh off his speaking engagement at JaxMUG. This month’s presentation is a more technical continuation of his previous talk.
I present to all my friends the very aptly named . . .
Programming for Windows Phone

This talk will take you step by step on a journey all the way to the Marketplace. We will cover differences between WP7, WP8, tablets, devices availability, how to consume web-services, mobile ads solutions, when to go with a paid or ads supported app, how to persist data and more. BIO: Mark J Radacz – born and raised in Poland and lived in Germany and Canada before settling in Jacksonville. Works as a developer at SkyBOOKS, 20 years hands-on experience in object oriented software analysis, design, development and web development in MS Windows, UNIX and recently iOS. MCTS in Business Intelligence Solutions.

Everyone that knows me knows I love free stuff, so lets start this journey by . . .

• Registering for this presentation for free by clicking here.
• Get up to speed before the meeting with a free Windows 7 Phone Development Ebook from Microsoft Press by clicking here. (Thank you to my co-workers at LPS for finding me this deal)
• Attend this month’s meeting and stick around for our drawings for a JetBrains license like the IDEA Java IDE for Android Development, a Mindscape product license like ‘Phone Elements’ Windows Mobile controls, or a full Telerik Ultimate license!
• Oh that’s not enough? Well, Infragistics is also sponsoring this event for Mark and will be presenting a with free copy of “NetAdvantage Windows Phone Bundle” for each person each attending that will include some controls valued at $995.00!
• Also a big thanks to Sandi and Lynda from TEK Systems once again for sponsoring pizza at our event.

As always thank you everyone for registering and coming out to all of our local develper user group meetings. Thank you to LPS, my employer for giving me the freedom to leave early on the 4th Tuesday every month to get setup for the meeting, and a really big thank you to everyone of you out there who is a mentor and teacher to the next generation of developer, student, or responsible human being. I don’t think you have ever really mastered something totally until you have tought it to someone else.

I hope to see everyone there,
Mat Somers

Reminder: The meeting begins at 6:00 PM (networking), 6:30 PM (presentation) and we conclude with our prize drawings around 8:00. We meet at the Bank of America Campus at 9000 Southside Blvd. Building 500; this is where the cafeteria is located between the two parking garages and straight back from the front parking area when you first enter the security gate.  The meeting room is on the 2nd floor of Building 500 of the Bank of America complex. Go upstairs, turn right, and follow it all the way to the back. Look for our sign at the end, and smell for pizzas!

Register here! 

NOTICE: JaxMUG meeting next Monday September 24!

JaxMUG – Intro to Unity3D

Monday, September 24, 2012 from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM (EDT)

Southside Public Library
10599 Deerwood Park Blvd
Jacksonville, FL 32256

Intro to Unity3D:

What is Unity3D
What kind of games can be written in Unity3D?
IDE Basics
Creating a Scene
Moving around the Character
Time Permitting……Blowing Stuff up!!!

BIO:

Joel Hegeman is the Vice President of application development for New Age Solution. Joel was born and mostly raised right here in Jacksonville. He has been writing enterprise web and mobile applications for 14 years in various languages and platforms. Joel specializes in .Net, jQuery, Windows Phone, and Android development projects. Joel is the author of several WP7 apps including Simply Solitaire which generates over a million ad impressions a month.

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We hope you can make it!

Cheers,
Jacksonville Mobile User Group

Click here to register for this event!

August 28th Presentation – A Technical Introduction to QlikView

I present to the current and prospective members of the Jacksonville Software Architects Group, notice of our  August 28th meeting by Andrew Pettit; “A Technical Introduction to QlikView”.
Andrew’s presentation will focused on the technologies that separate QlikView as a product, development platform, and BI tool from its competitors.
Andrew has recently started a business utilizing QlikVeiw that will be of real interest to consultants, managers, and analysts, and by all types of software architects, developers, dba’s, and report writers.

Please join us on the 4th Tuesday at 6pm August 28th on the Bank of America campus on Southside, building 500 on the second floor all the way in the back on the right. Get directions and our notices when you join our group at http://www.meetup.com/JaxArcSIG/
The wonderful crewe at TekSystems will be providing drinks and pizza, and drawings for software licenses from JetBrains, MindScape, and Telerik will be presented at the conclusion of the meeting by random drawing.

Warmest Regards,
Mat Somers

July’s Meeting – Windows 8 and PowerShell 3

I’m excited to announce Jyoti Chawla’s presentation on PowerShell 3 and Windows 8. There’s a lot more in version 3 of PowerShell to love! sic. If you haven’t used PowerShell for a while, or like me, have actively trying to avoid using PowerShell since being burned by earlier versions, this presentation might be exactly what you need to get into the newly updated workflows, time and event-triggered job scheduling, new simplified syntax for many commands, and more robust remoting connectivity.
Jyoti is and has been a vary valuable founding member of the Jacksonville Software Architect Group with over 20 years of software engeneering experence, and his hands-on approach to using PowerShell 3 with Windows 8 will provide users of all levels and technical backgrounds to walk away with a new powerful tool in Windows 8′s PowerShell 3.