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Ontario PUG Winter 2010 meeting: ".NET"

Friday, January 22, 2010 from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM (ET)

Toronto, Ontario

Ticket Information

Ticket Type Remaining Sales End Price Fee Quantity
On-Site Admission   more info 26 tickets Ended CA$130.00 CA$4.40
Remote Admission - per person   more info 283 tickets Ended CA$100.00 CA$3.65
Remote Admission - per site   more info 297 tickets Ended CA$400.00 CA$11.15

Event Details

What's going on?

After taking a bit of a break while the worst of the financial crisis worked itself out, the Ontario Progress User's Group is back with it's Winter 2010 meeting, casting a spotlight on developing using .NET technologies and featuring the first-ever appearance in Ontario by Peter van Dam from the Netherlands!
Peter's professional background includes development of the DWP framework which made  deploying clients to low-speed mobile clients feasible, followed later by a close working pre-release relationship with Progress on their then-forthcoming "Advanced UI" product and on follow-on projects since then. If you've got a .NET question, he can address it.

This meeting will be taking place on January 22, 2010 at the The Old Mill Inn and Spa as well as being available across the globe via WebEx.


Who should attend?

If you

  • are currently doing .NET development,
  • want to learn about using OO with .NET
  • are interested in learning what's involved in moving from a legacy application to .NET
  • are looking at using Microsoft's new Windows Presentation Foundation 
  • want to make a application that's compliant with the Office 2007 UI Design guidelines
  • want to meet Peter van Dam in person

then this meeting is where you need be on January 22, 2010!

The Winter 2010 Meeting Topic Lineup:

After scouring the four corners of the globe for speakers with the depth of knowledge and experience that Ontario PUG members demand, the Executive is pleased to announce the following topics and speakers for the Winter 2010 meeting:

 

"Look! Office 2007"
Peter van Dam - Future Proof Software
The Ultra Controls for OpenEdge 10.2 offer the capability to create OpenEdge applications that comply with the Microsoft Office 2007 Fluent User Interface Design Guidelines. What does this mean? How can you benefit from this? Can you map your application functionality to this user interface? What are the challenges if you decide to adopt this standard?

In this session Peter will demonstrate how to create an Office 2007 look-and-feel for your application using the OpenEdge Ultra Controls and Infragistics Application Styling in OpenEdge 10.2B. In addition he will discuss some of the design challenges you will be facing when you decide to adopt this standard in a typical OpenEdge application. This talk will discuss features specific to 10.2B.

As an extra-special treat, the Ontario PUG is flying Peter in from the Netherlands to present in person! So bring all the questions you've always wanted to ask off-line.


"Where OO ABL Meets the GUI for .NET"
Shelly Chase - Progress Software
This session is for ABL developers looking to modernize their user interface by using the new OpenEdge GUI for .NET. Along with defining the new look for the application, developers are faced with learning object-oriented programming in ABL and the .NET constructs necessary to build the new UI. This session will demonstrate the Visual Designer with a focus on the classes that are generated, the integration points between the ABL and .NET, and the OO concepts essential to getting started with the GUI for .NET. Attend and get the GUI for .NET up and running fast.

"Windows Presentation Foundation and OpenEdge AppServer"
John Green - Pro-Sys Consultants
Released as part of .NET Framework 3.0, the Windows Presentation Foundation is Microsoft's latest graphical subsystem for rendering user interfaces in windows-based applications. In this session, John will dive straight into building a simple window with WPF and then bind it to DataSets from an Progress AppServer. John will then discuss some of the benefits and drawbacks he's seen while using WPF in a multi-tier project, with the overall goal of increasing the attendee's knowledge about this up-and-coming technology among OpenEdge developers.

"Progress Legacy ERP Conversion to OpenEdge/.NET"

Dale Marthaller - Oppenheimer Group

Trausti Sigurvinsson - Oppenheimer Group

Brad Robertson - Oppenheimer Group

This presentation covers Oppenheimer's transition from a ChUI based system to a .NET UI platform, and has been updated with two years of experience and "lessons learned". It covers:

Initial project planning
Proof of concept
Infrastructure design / development
Tool development
Template development

  • Reports
  • Search Forms
  • Single Record Forms
  • Parent / Child Forms
  • Complex Forms

Software/ Control data Release system
Staged development / releases

For those who attended the Ontario PUG Winter 2008 .NET meeting, this is an update of Warren Bailey's presentation with the addition of two years of 'lessons learned'.  The Winter 2008 presentation was extremely well received, and the Ontario PUG Executive anticipates this one will be even better.

Speaker Bio:
Peter van Dam has been making Progress since 1985 and runs Future Proof Software, a Dutch Progress shop specializing in modernizing OpenEdge applications.
 
His experience ranges from CHUI to .NET and from SOA to Ajax. Innovation is his middle name.
 
Peter is well known in the Progress community as a publisher  of technical articles and speaker at Progress conferences and user group meetings. He is the author of 'Making Progress With Ajax'.
 
Peter has been working with OpenEdge GUI for .NET for a number of years now and is currently involved in three different OpenEdge GUI for .NET projects.

Shelley Chase is a development architect in Progress Software’s OpenEdge engineering group. She joined Progress in 1995 with experience in enterprise application development and object-oriented programming. Working with OpenEdge products, Shelley has focused on creating an open, extensible environment for development in OpenEdge as well as enhancing the Advanced Business Language (ABL).

Shelley has been part of the development, design, and architecture of many features within OpenEdge including ActiveX, Web Services, Open Clients (COM, Java and .NET), Object-oriented extensions to the ABL and most recently on the OpenEdge GUI for .NET.

John Green has been developing with Progress/OpenEdge since 1989. He has had lead roles in the development of various business applications and also with StarBase Corporation developing Roundtable. John is the developer of Proparse, and the owner of Joanju Software. John is also the owner of OEHive.org and one of that site's three maintainers. John is currently working as a contractor and lead developer with Pro-Sys Consultants, building 3-tier applications with the AppServer and .Net.

 

Dale Marthaller started in the software business in the late 1980’s initially providing support for a dozen different accounting / inventory packages written in BBx (Business Basic).  Dale then cofounded a software company producing and supporting Automotive dealership management packages for clients throughout Western Canada.

Dale has been with the Oppenheimer Group working as a senior Analyst/Developer since 199, and has has played a leading role in the analysis, design and development of the company's accounting systems. The Oppenheimer Group is a large international Produce marketing organization with offices in North and South America. Dale is currently coordinating the transition of the company’s ERP system from a Progress CHUI to a Progress / VB GUI based system.

Trausti Sigurvinsson started writing VB3 software while attending university in Iceland. After completing my degree in 1996, Trausti worked as a programmer gaining hands on experience in various languages and operating systems.

In 1998 Trausti did a 3 year stint in Holland and during this time made the switch to the Progress ABL.  This relationship has continued after a move to Canada, where Trausti joined the Oppenheimer Group in 2004 and became the first employee assigned to the ERP conversion project. Today Trausti is Oppenheimer's chief technical architect on the Progress/.Net conversion project.

When not staring at the blinking cursor, Trausti can be found either flying RC planes or cheering on my favorite soccer team (Come on you Spurs!)

Brad Robertson - is a Programmer/Analyst for The Oppenheimer Group.  In this role, Brad is largely responsible for developing the infrastructure code and developer tools used in Oppenheimer’s software transition project.  Brad has been working with both Progress and .NET since 2001.

Brad often displays a quirky sense of humor, and is known for having a dry, somewhat morbid wit about him.  When asked to describe his perfect day, he responded “Tuesdays”.

Meeting Schedule:
08:00 - 09:00: Doors Open, Continental Breakfast, Networking
 09:00 - 10:30: "Look! Office 2007"
10:30 - 12:00: "Where OO ABL Meets the GUI for .NET"
12:00 - 13:30: Lunch
13:30 - 15:00: "Windows Presentation Foundation and OpenEdge AppServer"
15:00 - 16:30: "Progress Legacy ERP Conversion to OpenEdge/.NET"

All times are Eastern Standard Time. 

 

Location:

A great meeting needs a great location, and to that end the Executive has secured the Balmoral Room of The Old Mill Inn and Spa. This classic facility is a two-minute walk from the Old Mill subway station, a fifteen minute drive from downtown, and has 400 complimentary parking spaces.
 
Old Mill Inn and Spa
21 Old Mill Road
Toronto, Ontario M8X 1G5
Canada

Facility website: http://www.oldmilltoronto.com/index.php
Directions: http://www.oldmilltoronto.com/location.html
PDF Directions: http://www.oldmilltoronto.com/OldMillMap.pdf

TTC Subway Map PDF: http://www.toronto.ca/ttc/pdf/subway_rt.pdf

Cost:
The cost to attend this event:

On-site: $130.00 / person.
Via WebEx: $100 / person, or $400 / site.

The on-site meeting price includes the meeting, continental breakfast, break snacks, and a scrumptious sit-down dinner.

All prices are in Canadian funds.

Registrations:
You can register at http://ontariopugwinter2010.eventbrite.com


Payment by check or invoice is available, but you still must register at http://ontariopugwinter2010.eventbrite.com to reserve your spots.

 
Invoicing is available on NET 14 terms. Please have all members of your company sign under a common company sheet.

Registration for the on-site meeting closes at 12:00 noon EST on Wed, Jan 20, 2010.
Registration for remote attendance closes at 7:00 PM EST on Thu, Jan 21, 2010.

After the close of registration for the on-site meeting, admission to the on-site meeting will be $180 / person, and accommodated on a space-available basis.

Cancellations and Refunds:
Refunds for on-site meeting registrations are available if the Ontario PUG Executive is notified before 12:00 noon Wed, Jan 20, 2010. After this time payment in full is required due to contractual obligations with the venue based on the registration count.

Refunds for off-site meeting registrations are available if the Ontario PUG Executive is notified before the start of the meeting on Friday, Jan 22, 2010.

Communications:
Please send all correspondence to ontariopug@gmail.com

When & Where



Old Mill Inn and Spa
21 Old Mill Road
Toronto, Ontario M8X 1G5
Canada

Friday, January 22, 2010 from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM (ET)


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