N3UG 2008 Presentations

September 2008:  Michael Lotter
Topic:  InfoPath 2007 and Visual Studio 2008

Abstract:  The session walks through building a new InfoPath 2007 form, Web Service, .NET Class, Workflow and LDAP query with Visual Studio 2008. The form will call web service on opening and retrieve the current user Active Directory information and State list from SQL 2005 database to populate an InfoPath form drop down list. A simple workflow will be created and deployed with Visual Studio 2008 for sending an email.

Bio:Michael Lotter, MCTS, is a SharePoint Solutions Architect for B&R Business Solutions, and travels throughout the United States implementing SharePoint and InfoPath-based solutions. He is an active speaker at East Coast Code Camps and user group meetings, and is a co-author on O’Reilly’s SharePoint 2007: The Definitive Guide. You can also follow Michael’s work through his blog, located at http://www.sharepointblogs.com/mdlotter.  

 Abstract: DotNetNuke is an open-source Web Application Framework ideal for creating and deploying projects such as commercial websites, corporate intranets and extranets, online publishing portals, and custom vertical applications. With a community of over 500,000 registered users and thousands of DotNetNuke portals world-wide, DotNetNuke is the largest .NET-based Open Source project in the world today.

This session will include a brief history and overview of DotNetNuke, what it is, how to install, configure and use it, and some samples to show what you can achieve using DotNetNuke as your portal solution. DotNetNuke is also a powerful development framework for portal development. Whether you are a VB.NET or C# developer, you can build DotNetNuke modules that range from simply utilities to business solutions leveraging the DotNetNuke framework and maximizing your productivity.

DotNetNuke has a vibrant and very active community that includes forums, blogs and a growing marketplace for 3rd party modules and skin templates. At the conclusion of the presentation, some of the future plans for DotNetNuke will be revealed including the upcoming 5.0 release (code named Cambrian). 

Bio:  Steve Fabian has been developing software for over 25 years in dozens of programming languages. From small utility applications to large scale core enterprise applications used by hundreds of thousands of users, Steve has designed and implemented business solutions and managed development teams to solve real world business problems.

After working at Citicorp Mortgage and designing one of the first online Mortgage Application solutions in the late 80's, Steve moved to ADP in 1990 and while leading a team to produce many mission-critical applications, developed the flagship PC-based Payroll application, ADP PC/Payroll for Windows. Steve is currently designing and implementing an enterprise workflow solution utilizing Microsoft's latest .NET 3.5 technologies such as Windows Workflow Foundation, Communications Foundation, Linq and AJAX/Silverlight.

Steve contributes to the world .NET community as a member of the DotNetNuke Core Development Team and Project Trustee, which is the largest .NET-based Open Source project in the world with over 500,000 registered users and thousands of portal solutions deployed world-wide. As a member of the DotNetNuke project since 2003, and project leader and architect for the core Repository module, Steve has also contributed as the Technical Editor for the 'DotNetNuke for Dummies' book (Wiley), and contributing author for 'Professional DotNetNuke ASP.NET Portals' (Wrox), as well as presenting information about DotNetNuke to local User's Groups.

Steve was named a Microsoft MVP for 2007 in the ASP/ASP.NET category.