Meetings

First Meeting for 2012

(released 30/01/2012)

The Newcastle Coders Group is back for 2012, on Wednesday 1st February. This month we'll be hearing from Alex Retzlaf on the ExtJS web framework, and how implemented it with Websync and RavenDB.

QMASTOR are providing dinner on the night. QMASTOR is a leading technology company providing specialist software and services to the global mining, port, power generation and bulk commodity industries. Be sure to thank them for the free pizza!

Date: 6.00pm Wednesday 1st February 2012
Location: Newcastle University - ICT3-34
Cost: FREE!

ExtJS is an ajax library that provides an extensive library of GUI controls. WebSync provides HTTP push functionality to your web apps. RavenDB is a Document based database. With demonstrations and examples of production code, Alex will walk us through the process of creating web applications using these three great technologies.

Alex Retzlaff is the Technical Director of Synergetic Services Ltd and has been a software development manager and team leader for over 10 years and has used EnterpriseTenFold SOA extensively to develop flexible, agile, SOA-Compliant business applications. More recently he has been utilising the ASP.NET MVC framework to create plugin widgets with rich interfaces that can easily be inserted into clients'
existing websites.

For those of you who haven't been before, the Newcastle Coders Group is a great place to learn about the latest technologies in software development. It's also a great place to meet your peers in the local area. Everyone is welcome, so bring your friends and colleagues.

Please RSVP so that we can plan for numbers.