*Our speaker has been gracious enough to add a 2nd topic for tonight! We will also have a short session on Power Programming in VS.* * * *Join us this Tonight, February 7th at 6:00 PM in the USA Library (Room 171). Please note that the meeting room has changed for this happening. Also the meeting is being held earlier in the month to work around the speaker's schedule.* *Registration and Directions:* http://lanug022013.eventbrite.com/ *Event Format:* 6-6:25pm: Networking and announcements 6:25-6:30pm: Sponsor introduction and appreciation * 6:30-7pm: **Power Programming in VS with Dan Wygant* 7-8:15pm: Through the years with Visual Studio and Silverlight with Dan Wygant 8:15-8:30pm: Giveaways/Closing *Main Speaker:* Dan Wygant 28 yrs as a professional bleeding edge developer, currently working on C#, Silverlight 4/5 XAML, WCF POCO/RIA/Entity Framework, Sql Server. Founded HUNTUG.org & VSdotNETUG.org back over a decade ago. Helped found Culminis.com (IT Pro User Group 'o Groups) Helped get INETA.org off the ground (grassroots volunteer .NET User Group umbrella org sponsored by Microsoft and others) as a mentor for Users Groups from its start in 2002 Manager for LIDNUG which allows me to help one of the largest (+50k members) virtual .NET Users Groups on Earth.. *Main Topic:* Through the years with Visual Studio and Silverlight Upgrading from VS2010 to VS2012 and Silverlight 4 to 5 is wonderfully easy. *Giveaways from:* O'Reilly, Pluralsight, Telerik *About Our Sponsor* *TEKsystems *is continuing to build our business in the Panhandle area of Florida and southern Alabama. We are currently servicing clients in Panama City, Pensacola, Destin, Mobile, Fort Walton Beach, Dothan and continue to expand. We are looking for clients in the area who are hiring as well as Technical Professionals in the area looking for opportunities or looking to relocate to this area. Many thanks to TEKSystems for sponsoring our meetings. Thank you, Ryan Duclos <http://about.me/rduclos> Lower AL .NET User Group <http://lanug.azurewebsites.net/> - President on behalf of the Lower AL .NET User Group <http://lanug.azurewebsites.net/>