When: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Where: HCC Business Training Center, 6751 Columbia Gateway Drive, Columbia, MD 21046

Topic: A Lap Around Silverlight 3

Exactly two years ago, on 7/7/7, Pete and a coworker flipped the switch on the first managed code Silverlight application ever to go into production. Silverlight sure has come a long way since then. Join us for a lap around the new features in Silverlight 3 ranging from business application development to rich media, validation, navigation and out of browser support, plus a little fun stuff thrown in for grins. If you're new to Silverlight 3, or new to Silverlight itself, you'll want to join us for this end-to-end look at Microsoft's RIA platform.

Presenter: Pete Brown

Pete Brown is a Microsoft Silverlight MVP, an INETA speaker, and a RIA Architect for Applied Information Sciences in the Washington, DC area.

From his first sprite graphics and custom character sets on the Commodore 64 to 3d modeling and design through to Silverlight, Surface, Xna, and WPF, Pete has always had a deep interest in programming, design, and user experience. His involvement in Silverlight goes back to the Silverlight 1.1 alpha application that he co-wrote and put into production in July 2007. Pete has been programming for fun since 1984, and professionally since 1992.

In his spare time, Pete enjoys programming, blogging, designing and building his own woodworking projects and raising his two children with his wife in the suburbs of Maryland. Pete's blog is at http://www.irritatedVowel.com/Blog, and you can follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/pete_brown.

For more information about the meeting, please visit the CMAP website.