Come join the NWA .NET User Group on June 9th at 5:30 PM and learn how to architect your programs to use Event Driven Architecture!

Lighting Presentation

Title: Fluent NHibernate - "Get Your Fluent On"
Description: Fluent NHibernate allows you to create "fluent, XML-less, compile safe, automated, testable mappings for NHibernate".  Tim will demonstrate how to wire up a simple domain model to utilize NHibernate and also generate a database schema.  He will also demonstrate the Auto Mapping functionality which allows for use of NHibernate without needing to manually create any mappings.
Presenter: Tim Tyrrell is a Chicago native relocated to Bentonville, AR, to build websites for Wal-Mart’s recycling and waste reduction initiatives.  He is a co-founder of the Wal-Mart .NET User Group and an officer for the NW Arkansas .NET User Group.

Main Presentation

Title: Enterprise Driven Architecture
Description: Business applications no longer exist as isolated systems. In order to provide integrated solutions that add business value, applications must be connected. Modern approaches for enterprise application integration (EAI) such as Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) separate applications into services that can be accessed via a standard interface such as a web service. This collection of services provides a platform on which new applications can be created that leverage the existing functionality.

However, as application complexity increases, the coupling of services becomes an impediment in adapting applications to meet the ever-changing goals of the business. Event Driven Architecture (EDA) is a method of designing and implementing systems where events are exchanged between highly decoupled components and services. EDA does not replace SOA, instead it compliments the request/response nature of SOA with a highly scalable event model for building and coordinating asynchronous transactions.

In this presentation, I will explain event driven architecture, describe the different types of events, demonstrate how events can be related and orchestrated, and provide a basic understanding of how this method can drive the architecture of enterprise systems. In addition to understanding the concepts of event driven architecture, we will explore a working sample built using an open-source .NET messaging framework called MassTransit.

Presenter: Chris Patterson is a Senior Architect at RelayHealth. For the past twenty years, Chris has been building applications using the Microsoft platform in various industries, including healthcare, airline services, and television. Chris is currently focused on designing and building enterprise integration platforms using messaging and web services. While preferring C#, Chris is also fluent in C/C++ and JavaScript and has worked with classic ASP, ASP.NET, and windows services. With over twelve years of experience in healthcare, Chris has an in-depth understanding of transactional systems, data security, and enterprise application integration.  Chris lives in Broken Arrow, OK with his wife and two daughters.

Swag:
Resharper 4.5
Infragistics Resource DVD
Visual Basic 2008 (Book)
Writing Secure Code (Book)
Microsoft SharePoint 2007 Development (Book)
Microsoft Office Business Application for Office Sharepoint Server 2007 (Book)

When:
5:30 PM - 5:45 PM - Welcome and News, Sign-in and Food
5:45 PM - 6:00 PM - Lighting Presentation
6:00 PM - 6:10 PM - Intermission – Presenter switch over
6:10 PM – 7:30 PM – Main Presentation
7:30 PM – 8:00 PM – Closing and Prize give-a-ways

Where:
The Jones Center
922 East Emma Avenue
Springdale, AR 72764
Room 228 (Memphis Room)

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