The Regina Technology Community welcomes Paul Laberge!

Topic: Local Data in Windows Phone – Coding Your App Just Got a Whole Lot Easier
When Windows Phone 7 launched in November of 2010, one of the common developer complaints revolved around the difficulty they had in creating, accessing and modifying structured data locally on the phone. With Windows Phone 7.5, Microsoft has re-introduced local database access with SQL CE and that means building apps that rely on local data got a whole lot easier. In this session you will learn strategies on how best to use data in your applications, whether through services, locally or both. You will also learn how to create, manage local databases apps in addition how to effectively use LINQ (Language Integrated Query) to access the data in those databases.

Speaker: Paul Laberge
Paul is a Developer Advisor with Microsoft Canada, based in Mississauga, Ontario. Paul brings over 12 years of technical experience working with some of the largest North American Fortune 500 companies to the role and has been with Microsoft for almost 5 years. His experience includes being a lead developer, development manager, lead application architect and IT management for a wide variety of technical solutions.

Currently, Paul leads Microsoft's developer engagement around Windows Phone 7 and in that role, he can be found working with mobile developers of all walks of life, speaking at events, providing information on various social networks and, of course, driving the great Canadian developer ecosystem to building amazing Windows Phone apps. Paul is also passionate about Microsoft's cloud computing strategy and HTML5 as a way to drive great cross-platform experiences. In other words, if you have a question about Microsoft's leading edge platforms, Paul is someone you can talk to.

Follow him @plaberge or check out his blog.

Location:
Royal Saskatchewan Museum
2445 Albert Street, Regina
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Date: Tuesday evening, December 6th, 2011

Cost: Free

Schedule: (Tentative schedule, we’ll confirm it soon!)
5:30 pm Food and social - please register if you are joining us for dinner
6:00 pm Welcome
6:05 pm Part I
7:05 pm Break
7:20 pm Part II
8:20 pm Closing

Registration:
We need to know how much food to order! :)

If you're joining us for dinner, please register through the Regina Technology Community website.

If you've registered and are unable to attend, please let us know.

We order food at 12:00 pm on the day of the event, so please register (or unregister) before then!

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