[LRUG] BCS talk, Thursday, London, 6.30pm

[Richard Tandoh]

Thanks LRUGers your help re. this Thursday's talk at
the BCS.  Final details are below.  The event is free
to attend, but registration is required - see below. 
Hope to see some of you there.

rt.

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Thursday 13th September 2007
6.30 - 8.30pm
BCS, First Floor, The Davidson Building, 5 Southampton
Street, London WC2E 7HA.

*** CODE IT: .NET, Java, Flex, Ruby (on Rails) and
Smalltalk ***

Talk organised by the North London Branch (NLB,
http://www.nlondon.bcs.org/) of the British Computer
Society (BCS).

What are the choices when it comes to modern
programming languages?  When is Java a better option
than one of the .NET languages and vice versa?  What
advantages do more modern languages such as Flex and
Ruby on Rails offer?  What frameworks and Open Source
projects are driving the adoption of these languages? 
Why are Microsoft, Sun and Adobe all creating variants
of their core languages for creating Rich Internet
Applications (RIAs)?

Come and get an update on the .NET programming
languages, Java, Flex and Ruby (on Rails) that will
address the above and more, from those that are really
in the know.  No, not the vendors, but the members of
User Groups. 

Our expert presenters are:
* IAN COOPER
Founder, .NET User Group (DNUG)

* PETER PILGRIM
Founder, Java Web User Group (JAVAWUG)

* CHESTER CHIPPERFIELD 
Organiser, London Flex User Group

* CHRIS PARSONS 
Member, London Ruby User Group (LRUG)

* BRUCE BADGER
Founder, OpenSkills

The event is FREE to attend, but registration is
required.  To register, please send an email to
bcsnlb at yahoo.co.uk with the following information:
- Full Name
- Job Title
- Organisation
- BCS Member (Y/N)

--- James Adam <james.adam at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Richard has emailed me to ask if anyone is
> interested in speaking at
> their evening (see below). As yet, nobody has
> expressed any interest
> in speaking to the BCS, but here are the updated
> details that he's
> passed along to me:
> 
> "I dropped you a line at the beginning of the month
> regarding an event
> I am organising for the BCS on Thursday the 13th of
> September - a sort
> of 'state of the nation' talk on modern programming
> and scripting
> languages.
> 
> "I feel that Ruby is an interesting language and I
> would very much
> like the members of my branch of the BCS to be made
> (more) aware of.
> 
> "FYI Ian Cooper, Founder of the London .NET User
> Group (DNUG), Peter
> Pilgrim, Founder of the Java Web User Group
> (JAVAWUG) and Chester
> Chipperfield, Organiser of the London Flex User
> Group, have agreed to
> take part."
> 
> As I mentioned before, you'd be expected to spend a
> few minutes (10
> max I think) talking about Ruby (why you like it,
> probably some time
> talking about the appeal of Rails, and so on), and
> then I'm guessing
> it will develop from there. And, as I said at the
> end of the last LRUG
> meeting, this is a golden networking opportunity for
> anyone who wants
> to be approached for Ruby/Rails work.
> 
> I'd love to be able to go back to Richard with a few
> contact emails
> for people who might be interested, so please do
> send me an email
> (james.adam at gmail.com) if you can help out.
> 
> Thanks again,
> 
> James