[CDNUG] Fwd: Apress May 2010 Newsletter
Ernesto Borrego
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May Newsletter
It’s official—the .NET 4 platform has finally arrived. Apress was in Las Vegas this past month as Microsoft unveiled the new VS and Silverlight 4. We have a solid lineup of books that will guide you through the new features of .NET 4, including the award-winning Pro C# 2010 and the .NET 4 Platform by Andrew Troelsen. If you’re heading to the Microsoft Tech Ed conference in New Orleans at the beginning of June, be sure to stop by the Apress booth to see our latest .NET 4 titles.
However, May is more than Microsoft. Besides making headlines over a run-in between German beer and an absentminded iPhone software engineer, Apple continues to redefine the mobile development arena with the iPad. It’s time that you join in on the fun—iPhone and iPad Apps for Absolute Beginners and Beginning iPhone Games Development will help you do just that. And if you’re a Flash developer who happens to be in New York City next week, we’re offering $25 off the registration price of Flash and the City, the premier Flash conference taking place in Apress’ own backyard. Read below for details!
The award-winning guide to the .NET 4 universe
Pro C# 2010 and the .NET 4 Platform, Fifth Edition
by Andrew Troelsen
eBook Now Available, Print Available 5/7
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The award-winning book that began when the .NET platform was still a beta product, Andrew Troelsen’s Pro C# 2010 and the .NET 4 Platform, Fifth Edition offers a rock-solid foundation in the C# language and core .NET concepts—preparing you to explore the .NET universe on your own terms. Fully revised, this best-selling guide brings you up to speed with the C# 4 language specifications in .NET 4 and will continue to serve as a complete reference throughout your coding career.
Create cool games for the iPhone or BlackBerry
Beginning iPhone Games Development
by Peter Bakhirev, PJ Cabrera, Ian Marsh, Ben Smith, Eric Wing
eBook Now Available, Print Available 5/7
Learn More »Learn BlackBerry Games Development
by Andrew Davison, Carol Hamer
eBook Now Available, Print Now Available
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Conference News and Notes:
360|iDev April 11th -14th
iPhone developers turned out in the highest numbers to date for the third 360|iDev conference at the eBay Town Hall in San Jose, CA this April. Apress was a proud sponsor of 360|iDev, which brought together approximately 300 iPhone and iPad developers from around the world to talk, share, meet, and learn. 360|iDev offered yet another unforgettable line-up of speakers and opportunity to network with the best and the brightest in the iPhone development community. We were excited to see so many Apress authors together leading informative and engaging sessions.
The four day conference included a comprehensive program of panels and 40 different presentations separated into four different tracks (Hands-On; Business of iPhone; Sights, Sounds, and Interactions; Development Tips and Tricks) along with 360|iDev’s exceptional 12 hour, overnight Touch Arcade Game Jam. Significant topics abuzz at 360|iDev included the recent changes in the iPhone OS developer agreement, the forthcoming iPhone OS 4.0, improving user experience, and an impressive mix of both technical and business issues.
We just can’t wait until September 2010 when 360|iDev will be back again!
VS Launch April 12th -14th
Las Vegas was the place to be in April for Microsoft developers. On April 12, Bob Muglia, President of Microsoft's Server and Tools Business, introduced Visual Studio 2010 during his keynote address at the Bellagio Hotel. The announcement was followed by three days of sessions lead by the best speakers in the industry, covering the latest and greatest Microsoft technologies, including Visual Studio 2010, Silverlight, WPF, WF, WCF, .NET 4, ASP.NET 4.0, AJAX, ASP.NET MVC, and much more. On day two of the event, Scott Guthrie, Corporate Vice President of Microsoft's .NET Developer Platform, introduced Silverlight 4. Guthrie demonstrated how Silverlight can help companies design, develop, and deliver engaging, interactive applications for the Web, desktop, and mobile devices. Readers and authors like Rockford Lhotka stopped by the Apress booth to check out the first of our .NET 4 titles, which included Pro WPF in C# 2010: Windows Presentation Foundation in .NET 4 by Matthew Macdonald and Accelerated C# 2010 by Trey Nash. In June Microsoft will move on to New Orleans, LA for its annual Tech Ed North America conference. Visit us at booth 2633 to see the latest Apress titles following the official VS 2010 announcement.
Flash and the City May 13th-16th
Flash and the City will take place in Apress’ backyard in New York City, May 12th-16th. Flash and the City boasts an elite collection of speakers, such as friends of ED author Peter Elst, who literally helped shape the Flash, Flex, ColdFusion, mobile, and UX design industries. The session venues for this premiere Flash conference are one of a kind. The ActionScript/Flex, Mobile, Technology, and Inspiration track sessions will be held at the 3-Legged Dog (3LD) Technology Center and Theatre. Much like the Flash community, this hip location embodies the marriage of artistic creativity and technological ingenuity. Apress will host an author signing, which will include up to 11 authors, on the first evening of the event. Flash and the City is also pleased to offer all Apress and friends of ED readers $25 off the price of registration! Simply use the code “friendsofed” when registering here. See you in The City!
Take robot building to the next level
Intermediate Robot Building, Second Edition
by David Cook.
eBook Now Available, Print Available 5/31
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Apress User Group Spotlight
North Texas SQL Server User Group (NTSSUG)
The North Texas SQL Server User Group (NTSSUG) was founded in 1995 and has been an active member of the Apress User Group Program since 2007. It is a thriving community of SQL Server professionals in and around the Dallas, TX area. The group has an active distribution list of over 1,100 members with an average monthly meeting attendance of 75 people. NTSSUG is very proud to announce they will be hosting their first annual SQL Saturday event on May 22, 2010 in Dallas.
Philly.Net is a User Group serving the .NET Developer’s living in Philadelphia and the surrounding suburbs. Philly .Net has been an active member of the Apress User Group Program for the last three years . They host two meetings per month on a variety of topics: a regular meeting with two guest speakers and a hands-on lab. If that wasn’t enough, they also run two Code Camps per year, which consists of 60 presentations on .NET and .NET related technologies, with an attendance of around 500 professionals.
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For more information about the Apress User Group Program, please visit our User Group pages.
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