Chicago ALT.NET User Group

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Netduino Development

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When: 2/8/2012 6:00:00 PM

Where: Redpoint Technologies, 233 South Wacker Dr, Suite 750, Chicago (map)

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Service Oriented Architecture

From Wikipedia:

In software engineering, a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) is a set of principles and methodologies for designing and developing software in the form of interoperable services. These services are well-defined business functionalities that are built as software components (discrete pieces of code and/or data structures) that can be reused for different purposes.

Buzz is annoying and confusing, and Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) has gotten it's fair share of buzz.

Ken Ballard, a 14 year Microsoft Stack veteran and Lead Application Developer at Chicago's award winning digital agency Oncall Interactive, will walk past the buzz into a real world case study. We will collaboratively explore topics such as Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), Enterprise Service Buses (ESB's), and Command Query Separation (CQS) to move from abstract understanding of SOA to concrete implementation.

For questions, tweet @windycityken.

Geek and Poke comic by Oliver Widder.

When: 1/11/2012 6:00:00 PM

Where: Redpoint Technologies, 233 South Wacker Dr, Suite 750, Chicago (map)

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December 2011 Meeting

Year-end Meetup

We won't host a regular meeting this month. We will have an informal gathering.

We will meet at Rock Bottom (State and Grand) at 6pm on the 14th. Come join us.

When: 12/14/2011 6:00:00 PM

Where: Rock Bottom, 1 W Grand Ave, Chicago (map)

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November 2011 Meeting

Poor Man's Kanban

An introduction to a lean-styled software development methodology

From Wikipedia:

Kanban, also spelled kamban, and literally meaning "signboard" or "billboard", is a concept related to lean and just-in-time (JIT) production. According to Taiichi Ohno, the man credited with developing Just-in-time, kanban is one means through which JIT is achieved. Kanban is not an inventory control system. Rather, it is a scheduling system that tells you what to produce, when to produce it, and how much to produce.

The need to maintain a high rate of improvements led Toyota to devise the kanban system. Kanban became an effective tool to support the running of the production system as a whole. In addition, it proved to be an excellent way for promoting improvements because reducing the number of kanban in circulation highlighted problem areas.

The presentation will give the basic elements of what kanban is about, and how it contrasts with traditional waterfall and scrum software methodologies.

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Slide deck

John Nuechterlein (a.k.a. Jdn) is an independent software consultant that has been in this industry for many years. He's a long standing member and one of the founders of the Chicago ALT.NET user group.

When: 11/16/2011 6:00:00 PM

Where: Redpoint Technologies, 233 South Wacker Dr, Suite 750, Chicago (map)

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