MEF and MVVM for Silverlight

Don't miss our August meeting on 8/12/2010. We'll have a great speaker talking about an exciting new feature in .Net 4.0: MEF.

With the release of Silverlight 4, the Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) became a first class citizen of the .NET Framework 4.0. Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) has quickly become the most popular pattern for developing Silverlight applications. Learn the benefits of the MVVM pattern and how to leverage MEF to implement the pattern for your line of business applications. Jeremy Likness will cover how the framework and pattern work together to provide a powerful foundation for enterprise applications and cover many “real world” scenarios ranging from asynchronous service calls and dialog boxes to navigation and dynamic modules in the context of MEF and MVVM.

Jeremy Likness is a Microsoft Silverlight MVP who works as Project Manager and Senior Consultant for Wintellect with 15 years of experience developing enterprise applications. He has worked with software in multiple verticals ranging from insurance, health and wellness, supply chain management, and mobility. His primary focus for the past decade has been building highly scalable web-based solutions using the Microsoft technology stack with a focus on Silverlight since version 2.0. Prior to Wintellect, Jeremy was Director of Information Technology and served as development manager and architect for AirWatch, LLC, where he helped the company grow and solidify its position as one of the leading wireless technology solution providers in the United States by managing the development of their product portfolio that includes public HotSpot solutions and a management console for enterprise grade wireless networks, mobile devices, and their consumers. A fluent Spanish speaker, Jeremy served as Director of Information Technology for Hispanicare, where he architected a multi-lingual content management system for the company's Hispanic-focused online diet program. Jeremy accepted his role there after serving as Development Manager for Manhattan Associates, a software company that provides supply chain management solutions.

All our usual meeting stats apply:

• 6:30 PM
• Gwinnett Technical College
• Building 100
• Room 401

Contest!

Don't forget out Windows Phone 7 programming contest! You can write either a Silverlight or XNA app that runs on the Windows Phone 7 emulator for a chance to win some great prizes.

The rules are simple:

• You must attend the October meeting, plus one prior meeting
• You will demo your app at the October meeting
• Winners will be decided by attendee voting at the October meeting

See You There!

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