Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 10:22:59 EDT From: Arnoldbilansky@cs.com Subject: [Vblearn] Late breaking meeting announcement Please share this information with your colleagues. *** Contents *** *** 1) Late breaking #NET Group Meeting invitation 8/13/2003 - Don Box *** 2) VB Learn 8/18/2003 Meeting Announcement - Box Tattersol on OOP ****************************************************************************** *********** *** 1) Late breaking #NET Group Meeting invitation 8/13/2003 - Don Box ****************************************************************************** *********** VB Learn members. Here is an invitation to attend a presentation from noted speaker and author Don Box -Arnold ----- The Boston .NET User Group will be hosting a presentation by Don Box on Wednesday 8/13/2003 and we would like to coordially invite members of your group to attend. It should be a great evening with a good presentation and discussion. Pre-registration is required as we expect a large turnout and need to have an accurate head count. Please let your membership know about this exciting event and post it on your web site. Regards, Chris ----- Chris Pels, President Boston .NET User Group www.bostondotnet.org ****************************************************************************** *********** *** 2) VB Learn 8/18/2003 Meeting Announcement - Box Tattersol on OOP ****************************************************************************** *********** Introduction to Object Oriented Development in VB.NET with Bob Tattersall The .NET version of Visual Basic is a fully capable Object Oriented Language. Visual Basic programmers moving to .NET need to undestand Object Oriented development techniques before being able to fully take advantage of these OO features. The presentation will define basic OO terms, for example: what are a class, object, constructor, overloaded method, and overriden method; what are polymorphism, inheritance, and encapsulation. It will then look at basic design considerations, for example: how to recognize ojects, methods, and properties in a problem statement; "is-a" relationships; and scoping. A non-trivial VB.NET coding example will put all these definitions and design considerations to work. Our Speaker: Mr. Tattersall has more than 20 years of development experience using a variety of languages, including VB and C++. He attended Northeastern University and completed a BSCS at Daniel Webster College in Nashua NH. Before entering consulting he most recently held positions as Sr. Software Engineer at BrassRing and Compaq, and Technical Project Leader at Compaq. Since working with C++ he has had a keen interest in Object Oriented development and has been putting it to use with VB.NET for about a year. Mr. Tattersall can be reached at rtatt@comca Date: Monday, August 18 Meeting Time: 6:45pm Location: Microsoft, 6th floor, 201 Jones Rd., Waltham MA Bonuses doorprises too! ************************************************************ The Boston Area Visual Basic Learning Group Web page is at You can manage your subscription to this list (including subscribing or unsubscribing) by visiting Vblearn mailing list Vblearn@blu.org http://www.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/vblearn