The WNC .NET Developers Guild is an independent, all volunteer organization, dedicated to promoting Microsoft .NET technology and education to the software developer community of Asheville, NC and the surrounding areas. Our monthly meetings will offer refreshments, professional networking and educational programs and we will often have some great items to give away.

Meetings are normally held on the 2nd Tuesday of every month from 6 to 8:30 PM in the training center of our meeting host, ImageSmith Communications, located near Asheville at 19 Walden Drive in Arden near the intersection of Sweeten Creek, Hendersonville, and Airport roads. Click here for a map and directions.

Anyone interested in .NET software development is invited to join our group. We invite you to register so that you will be notified of upcoming meetings and events. Your contact information will not be used for any marketing purposes. You are invited to attend whether you register or not. See the individual meeting announcements to add the event to your calendar and to RSVP so that we can estimate refreshments for our meeting sponsors.

If you have an interest in helping to sponsor or making presentations at meetings please contact us.

Behaviors and Triggers in Silverlight 4 using System.Windows.Interaction.dll from Blend 4

Since Silverlight 3 we have had the opportunity to work with Behaviors and Triggers. Most of our exposure has been limited to Blend since the bits come from the Blend application. In this presentation, we will analyze both Behaviors and Triggers and then look at what it takes to build a behavior and trigger from scratch. We will also discuss how we can use Behaviors and Triggers to support Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) as well. Finally, we will look at where we can use Behaviors and Triggers in our applications in a practical approach. Instead of just showing simple animations, we will look at how we can use these powerful features to get component and logic re-use as much as possible.

Matt Duffield is a .NET architect designing and developing enterprise applications. He specializes in .NET and SQL Server with an emphasis on WPF, Silverlight, and mobile development. He also architects and designs dashboard, business intelligence, data warehouse, and data mining solutions. He has a MSCD.NET certification and also is a Microsoft MVP.

Agenda
* 6:00 PM Networking and Refreshments
* 6:30 PM Announcements and Introductions
* 6:45 PM Presentation - Behaviors and Triggers by Matt Duffield
* 8:15 PM Prize drawings
* 8:30 PM Wrap-up

Some door prizes available this month:
A Few Books
A Telerik Ultimate Collection License

Technical Sponsor - Crimson Leaf, LLC
Crimson Leaf LLC, formerly known as Manufacturing Productions, is located in the heart of Western North Carolina. Our Mission is to provide innovative custom solutions to make our clients business processes as effortless as possible. We have provided a wide range of solutions for a varied set of clients. To start with we take the time to learn all we can about your business and what you need from us. We then thoroughly and carefully plan out the best avenue to solve your issues. We promise the highest quality of work and service you can find. In addition to that promise we have a bug free guarantee for as long as you use the same software version we test against. See David Baity for more information on Crimson Leaf or go to http://www.crimsonleafllc.com.

Our meeting location is hosted by ImageSmith Communication.

Here is a summary of what we already have lined up for future meetings:
To be announced

Other events that may be of interest:
Nashville, TN Sql Saturday August 21, 2010
Silverlight for a weekend in Dallas, TX September 25 and 26, 2010