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*NEW* Featured Event: Enterprise MVC Apps

New training and online sessions! Enterprise MVC Apps Cost: $330 +GST PP Format: 1 day

The Model View Controller design pattern has been an proven and effective way of structuring applications for more than 30 years. In 2007, Microsoft introduced ASP.NET MVC to the world and since then, the framework has evolved into a mature and powerful way of writing dynamic web sites and powerful web applications.

ASP.NET MVC provides a great way of structuring your application, ensuring a clean separation of concerns, easy testability, and ultimate control over markup. It is quickly becoming the go-to framework for writing .Net web applications.

This 2 part course series will be run at 3 capital cities around Australia, with an option to complete the course online where you are unable to attend a location.

Enterprise MVC Apps Part I: Going beyond the demos

This course will introduce you to the latest version of ASP.NET MVC; version 4. Throughout the course, attendees will be guided through building a full ASP.NET MVC application from scratch.

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Brisbane FRI 13 JULY 2012
Melbourne TUE 17 JULY 2012
Sydney WED 18 JULY 2012
Online WED 25 JULY 2012

Enterprise MVC Apps Part II: Making them 500% more Enterprisey

In this course will show you the techniques and tools SSW developers use to make MVC Enterprise ready.

Read more about Enterprise MVC Apps Part II

Brisbane FRI 3 AUGUST 2012
Melbourne TUE 7 AUGUST 2012
Sydney WED 8 AUGUST 2012
Online WED 22 AUGUST 2012

Featured Video:
DDD Brisbane – Damian Brady: ‘Zero to Everywhere with ASP.NET MVC’

Our very own Damian Brady took the stage at the DDD event in Brisbane to talk ASP.NET MVC

Mobile devices like tablets and phones are quickly becoming the primary way people access the web. So why are so many sites still not designed for them?

With ASP.NET MVC, it’s easier than ever to literally put your website in the palm of everyone’s hand. MVC 3 has many features that allow you to target mobile devices with different layout and even content. The recent developer preview of MVC 4 makes things even easier.

In this demo-heavy session, we show how quick and easy it is to create new MVC sites using the great Visual Studio tooling and Entity Framework 4. We’ll look at some different techniques and third-party libraries that make targeting mobile devices easy, and we’ll touch on ASP.NET MVC 4 and what it brings to the table.

Watch the video on SSWTV

ASP.NET MVC Webinar - What’s all the fuss?

Thursday 31st May 2012 11.00am - 12.00pm Cost: No Charge

Presented by Eric Phan, Project Manager and Solution Architect

Microsoft are really pushing ASP.NET MVC as the next big web development platform. The last big change in the web space was the move from classic ASP to ASP.NET Web Forms and this was a big driver in the adoption of the Microsoft web platform.

In this webinar, find out what all the fuss about ASP.NET MVC is; why developers love it; and why businesses should pick ASP.NET MVC over ASP.NET Web Forms.

Join SSW’s Eric Phan as he discusses Microsoft’s next big web platform and his experiences with it on real world projects. There will be lots of time for live questions.

Webinar Objectives

This webinar will provide the attendee with:

• An overview of what MVC is
• The good and the bad of MVC
• Ways of assessing whether ASP.NET Web Forms or MVC is right for your business
• Ample time to ask questions from the presenter

About Eric Eric Phan is the ultimate Solution Architect. His wide range of technical skills, and deep knowledge of certain specialty technologies, mix well with his aimiable manner and excellent communication skills. Eric is keen Solution Architect who doesn't mind a challenge. He has an in-depth knowledge of .NET and the Microsoft Stack. He came from the Java (J2SE & J2ME) world and values running strong teams, .NET architecture, unit testing and maintainable code via coding standards. Eric is always on the cutting edge, using Microsoft's latest technologies before they are widely adopted. He also is a frequent presenter at usergroups and technical breakfasts where he shares his experiences using these technologies.

SharePoint 101 for Business Webinar -
What every business person should know about SharePoint 2010

Tuesday 5th June 2012 11.00am - 12.00pm Cost: No Charge

SharePoint 2010 is a very powerful collaboration tool and one of Microsoft's most popular business products. Many business people have heard about SharePoint but struggle to understand exactly how SharePoint can improve their business processes. Decision makers, who are interested in using SharePoint, can find it hard to find the right information to help them make informed decisions.

A search on Google will provide a lot of technical information on SharePoint 2010, but this information can be difficult for a non IT person to understand. This webinar presents the features and business case to use SharePoint in terms that all business people can understand.

Webinar Objectives

This webinar will provide the attendee with:

• An broad understanding of the SharePoint feature set
• An in depth understanding of how key features of SharePoint can enhance business processes
• An understanding of the costs, timelines, staff involvement and commitment a business will incur when implementing SharePoint
• This webinar is presented in layman terms which staff in all departments can understand

About Marlon Marlon Marescia has hands on experience with Microsoft technologies like ASP.NET, SharePoint, Microsoft CRM and Office add-ins.

SolidQ Training Courses

SSW and SolidQ offer premium public and private SQL Server Training and Business Intelligence Training. These courses are running throughout Australia (Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra, and Perth), New Zealand (Auckland) and world-wide. SolidQ have developed a full spectrum of courses for developers, database administrators and business intelligence professionals working with Microsoft SQL Server and the Microsoft data platform.

Choose one of our great courses and sign up today!

Accelerated SQL Server 2012 Integration Services - 4 Days

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Brisbane 9 JULY 2012
Melbourne 16 JULY 2012
Sydney 6 AUGUST 2012

Microsoft BI Bootcamp: SQL Server 2008 R2 and Office 2010 - 5 Days

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Melbourne 23 JULY 2012
Sydney 30 JULY 2012

Optimization/Performance Tuning and Troubleshooting - 5 Days

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Sydney 20 AUGUST 2012

T-SQL Fundamentals - 4 Days

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Melbourne 30 JULY 2012
Brisbane 6 AUGUST 2012
Sydney 13 AUGUST 2012

3 Day Scrum Training - Intensive Developer Course

New 3 day format! Intensive 3-day Professional Scrum Developer course Cost: $2995 +GST PP Brisbane, Melbourne, San Francisco, Beijing, Sydney, Perth, Adelaide, Canberra, Amsterdam, Cologne, Stuttgart/Munich, Zagreb

Professional Scrum Developer courses teach students how to work in a team, using modern software engineering practices, to develop an increment of potentially releasable functionality using a specific technology platform. Students learn to do so within the Scrum framework doing iterative incremental development.

Classes are exercise-driven, with students working in self-organizing teams to develop “done” increments from Product Backlog items.

Course at a Glance

This 3-day Professional Scrum Developer .NET course is a mix of lecture, demonstration, group discussion, simulation, and hands-on software development. The bulk of the course will be spent working as a team on a case study application delivering increments of new functionality in mini-sprints. Here is the course at a glance:

Note: Scrum fundamentals are not covered in this 3-day course. If you are not experienced with Scrum fundamentals, the 5 day course is still available.

Scrum either through working on a Scrum Team or through taking part in a Professional Scrum Foundations course.

Melbourne 23 MAY 2012		Brisbane 5 JUNE 2012
*NEW* Amsterdam, NL 3 JULY 2012		*NEW* Cologne, DE 10 JULY 2012
*NEW* Stuttgart/Munich, DE 17 JULY 2012		*NEW* Zagreb, HR 24 JULY 2012
Canberra 7 AUG 2012

Sydney .NET User Group -
The best place to learn .NET for free in Sydney

6 Days to go! Sydney .NET User Group Wednesday 16th May 2012 5:45pm - 9:00pm SSW Head Office Gateway Court, Suite 13 81-91 Military Road, Neutral Bay

In depth code reviewing with Visual Studio 11

A walk through of how to conduct a thorough code review using the New Visual Studio 11.

With the release of the Visual Studio 11 Beta, we’ve seen a greatly improved code review experience.

Adam will cover:

• The top things to look out for in VS11
• The new code review tools and functionality
• Reviewing a real world project

ABOUT THE PRESENTER

Adam Cogan is the Chief Architect at SSW, a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner specializing in custom .NET, SharePoint and CRM solutions (with a splash of Business Intelligence).

At SSW, Adam has been developing custom solutions for businesses across a range of industries such as Government, engineering, banking, insurance and manufacturing since 1990 for clients such as Microsoft, Worley Parsons and Aurecon.

He runs the Sydney Dot Net User Group and is one of three Regional Directors for Microsoft.

To see more details and RSVP, please visit our Facebook .NET Group or our LinkedIn .NET Group.

*NEW* Introducing the SSW and Telerik NerdDinner

Pizza time! NerdDinner Wednesday 16th May 2012 8:10pm - 9:30pm The Oaks Hotel 118 Military Road, Neutral Bay

As a change from sushi at the Sydney .NET User Group, SSW and Telerik invite you to join us for pizza at The Oaks. A fantastic opportunity for networking with peers and sharing thoughts after the User Group presentation

Sydney .Net User Group and NerdDinner proudly sponsored by:

Canberra .NET User Group -
The best place to learn .NET for free in Canberra

11 Days to go! Canberra .NET User Group Monday 21st May 2012 6:00pm - 9:00pm Microsoft Canberra Branch Walter Turnbull Building Level 2, 44 Sydney Ave Canberra, Australia

In depth code reviewing with Visual Studio 11

A walk through of how to conduct a thorough code review using the New Visual Studio 11.

With the release of the Visual Studio 11 Beta, we’ve seen a greatly improved code review experience.

Adam will cover:

• The top things to look out for in VS11
• The new code review tools and functionality
• Reviewing a real world project

ABOUT THE PRESENTER

Adam Cogan is the Chief Architect at SSW, a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner specializing in custom .NET, SharePoint and CRM solutions (with a splash of Business Intelligence).

At SSW, Adam has been developing custom solutions for businesses across a range of industries such as Government, engineering, banking, insurance and manufacturing since 1990 for clients such as Microsoft, Worley Parsons and Aurecon.

He runs the Sydney Dot Net User Group and is one of three Regional Directors for Microsoft.

To see more details and RSVP, please visit our Facebook .NET Group or our LinkedIn .NET Group.

Canberra .Net User Group proudly sponsored by:

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You will be working with both creative designers and the development team in various challenging projects. This role requires someone who is able to communicate effectively with both disciplines together with creating aesthetically pleasing design prototypes, including graphic design, site navigation, and layout of content.

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