First Architecture Chat of the year tomorrow - sorry about the late notice, was just waiting on enough numbers before going ahead with it.

Some possible topics:

• Why does software take so long.
• Overloading dynamic
• Multitouch silverlight.
• .Net serialization comparisons (JNK).
• Castle Windsor 2.1, Dynamic Proxy 2.2 and more released! .
• Unit Testing BizTalk.
• Do you use NUnit's fluent API?
• Bling UI Toolkit (anyone using this?)
• Ambiguous controller/area names in MVC 2
• More EF 4.0 discussion.
• Continuing to an outer loop.
• 16 ways to create IObservable's without implementing the interface.
• System.Interacvtive - functional fun and taming side effects

We'll be meeting at the usual time of 11:30am @ Garrisons, Sylvia Park, Thursday 14th January 2010.

The above topics are just a fall back in case we run out of anything else to discuss.  Note we've also taken to devising the list of topics collaboratively on Google wave - The wave can be found here.

Note: If you are a attendee (or plan to be in the future) and don't have a wave account yet drop me an email and we'll send you an invite.

For more details on the location and write-ups of previous sessions you can consult the associated wiki.

Architecture chat tomorrow, probably the last one for the year.

Here are some potential topics:

• SPDY, Alternative to HTTP?
• NetKernel Grammars
• Entity Framework Profiler now in public beta.
• NHProf - Programmatic Integration
• Time transitions should be explicit...
• My experiences using Rhino ESB on a recent project...
• Google Fusion Tables & API.
• FsUnit keeps coming along nicely - I'm liking the syntax.
• Fun abuse of query comprehension syntax.
• Why object-oriented languages need tail calls.
• Lightspeed 3.0 released + Official Post from Ivan.
• Pair programming - the ups and down's - interesting thoughts from Nic Wise.
• Mono 2.6 / Mono Develop 2.2 both out now.
• API Design Matters.
• The IBM "Black Team".
• Smart people should do stupid stuff...

We'll be meeting at the usual time of 11:30am @ Garrisons, Sylvia Park, Thursday 17th December.

The above topics are just a fall back in case we run out of anything else to discuss.? Note we've also taken to devising the list of topics collaboratively on Google wave - This weeks
wave can be found here.

Note: If you are a attendee (or plan to be in the future) and don't have a wave account yet drop me an email and we'll send you an invite.

For more details on the location and write-ups of previous sessions you can consult the associated wiki.

Here are some topic suggestions:

• Getting started with AppFabric
• Silverlight 4
• • MEF In Silverlight 4
  • Sliverlight 4 - Printing support...
  • Silverlight 4 - Review of new features etc.
  
  
  
  

• Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) support coming for Win2k3 in December.
• What's the difference between Covariance and assignment compatibility?
• Been reading "Coders at Work" - interesting view of "elite" developers.
• BizTalk v.next prototype BizTalk v.next prototype.
• What NZ searched for in 2009 What NZ searched for in 2009.
• Come and learn about VS2010 - with JD.
• Rx Released Interesting - logo looks like the old Volta one... guess because it's the same team?
• Refactor or Rewrite?
• Recycling excess heat from data centres.
• Software Kata Videos ... http://katas.softwarecraftsmanship.org/
• Google Chrome OS Details
• Version 2.0.8.1007 NHibernate Visualizer beta released.

We'll be meeting at the usual time of 11:30am @ Garrisons, Sylvia Park, Thursday 3rd November.

The above topics are just a fall back in case we run out of anything else to discuss.  Note we've also taken to devising the list of topics collaboratively on Google wave - This weeks
wave can be found here.

Note: If you are a regular attendee and don't have a wave account yet drop me an email and we'll see if we can get you an invite.

For more details on the location and write-ups of previous sessions you can consult the associated wiki.

Here are some topic suggestions:

• The SOA Manifesto - Pointlessness manifested.
• Pimp My Architecture.
• Willed vs. Forced Development.
• Go or Unladen Swallow?
• InternetNZ announces formation of New Zealand IPv6 Task Force.
• Linq to Sql Profiler Now in public beta.
• Voyage of the Buccaneer Scholar.
• Concurrent programming presentation.
• WPF Memory Leaks.
• ASP.Net MVC 2 Beta 2 Release.
• PDC Stuff, like the Ray Ozzie keynote etc.
• Microsoft open sources the .Net Micro framework.
• It's time for ActiveRecordEngine.Net for ASP.Net MVC.
• Fusion ioExtreme Review.
• Dynamic method bag.

We'll be meeting at the usual time of 11:30am @ Garrisons, Sylvia Park, Thursday 19th November.

The above topics are just a fall back in case we run out of anything else to discuss.? Note we've also taken to devising the list of topics collaboratively on Google wave - This weeks wave can be found here.

Note: If you are a regular attendee and don't have a wave account yet drop me an email and we'll see if we can get you an invite.

For more details on the location and write-ups of previous sessions you can consult the associated wiki.

Architecture chat tomorrow, apologies for the late post.

Here's some possible topics:

• Scala - I've been learning Scala in my spare time... especially as I'm doing the odd bit of Java/JVM work, and well.. Java sucks... Seems like a great grab bag of features that I'd like to see introduced into C# like Traits... Thoughts? Opinions? - and of course there's Scala.Net to consider too
• Visualising Windsor Components
• Ninject2 (from Peter) faster, smaller, uses CSL, "just works", auto module scanning "just binds", removed bad features such as private and field injections. Still not finished but very useable. Proper support for MVC
• Javascript MVC
• .Net Needs Spring??
• MEF + IoC - Is anyone using both MEF and IoC container, can they shed any wisdom. I know Glenn is hopefully going to enlighten us soon (see his first part in a series on this) -this is becoming important to me as I'm starting to suffer lots of headaches from choosing to use an IoC container as my plug-in/extensibility framework where 3rd parties can write plug ins (i.e. installing stuff into the container is ok, uninstalling it at run time, and educating other developers... not so much) - also what patterns (like generic decorators etc.) aren't suitable when considering modular applications.
• • Mauricio Scheffer also mentioned that Krzysztof is working to bridge Windsor and MEF, and that the initial patch looks promising (for lazy component loading).
  
  
  
  
• Literate Programming... Thoughts?
• Horn Get Live - The next step in Horn's "Evolution" is here - check out the http://www.hornget.net/packages/ website ... I think this is really starting to show promise
• Spec Explorer - Model Base Testing Tool
• Watir/watin and Continuous integration - running tests when your not logged into machines etc.
• WPF 4 Changes...
• Roll Top Concept PC
• Units of Measure in F#
• NHibernate & Execution Plans and Andrei Volkov's in depth post covering the history of this issue

We'll be meeting at the usual time of 11:30am @ Garrisons, Sylvia Park, Thursday 5th November.

The above topics are just a fall back in case we run out of anything else to discuss.  Note we've also taken to devising the list of topics collaboratively on Google wave - This weeks wave can be found here.

For more details on the location and write-ups of previous sessions you can consult the associated wiki.