David Walker, INETA VP of Speakers and the Speakers Bureau Committee have announced the newest members of the INETA NorAm Speakers Bureau.
I have been a volunteer on the Speakers Bureau Committee since TechEd 2008 and it has been great experience seeing the awesome level of speakers that are available from INETA.
If you are a member of a User Group that is not an INETA User Group I highly recommend that you register you group so that you can begin to enjoy the benefits of enjoying these awesome speakers.
Please join me in welcome the everyone and prepare to get ready to request them for this years meetings.
Congratulations to all the new speakers!
Check out the full post at on David’s blog at http://www.davidlwalker.com/.
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I have just posted the first full episode of User Group Radio where I talk with Michael Paladino about his experience in creating the Ft. Smith .NET User Group.
So head on over to User Group Radio at http://usergroupradio.com and check it out.
Jeremy D. Miller has just announced the availability of StructureMap 2.5.1. This incremental release has a bunch of bug fixes and a few new features.
Here are a few of the updates from the release notes:
* Fixed issue with With<T>(object).GetInstance<U>() functionality. This is now much more robust.
* Bug fix for Hybrid scoping
* TryGetInstance() and TryGetNamedInstance().
* Ignore setter emitting for indexer properties -- fixed a bug reported on the forum
* Multithreading lock problem fixed by Josh
* Patch for session lifetime. There is now an option for "CacheBy(InstanceScope.HttpSession)"
* Fixed Public IDictionary setter injection in xml : http://groups.google.com/group/structuremap-users/browse_thread/thread/21265544d73cd395?hl=en
* Pete Johnson's fix for ObjectFactory.Configure() setting policy. You can now set the scoping/lifecycle of a PluginType from Configure()
* EjectAllInstances<T>() clears out Singleton objects now (and calls Dispose() if appropriate)
* Josh has added an experimental debugger visualizer for StructureMap Container's
* The AutoMocker isn't as whiny about RhinoMocks versions. There is also an AutoMocker strategy for Moq now as well
* A minor performance enhancement that stops StructureMap from doing a scan of all types on the StructureMap assembly itself.
Jeremy also posted a list of items that he plans for the 2.6 release, and also says that this is a good time to ask for things.
If you haven’t signed up for the StructureMap Google list be sure to do so and ask your questions there.
View the full article at: http://codebetter.com/blogs/jeremy.miller/archive/2008/12/22/structuremap-2-5-1-is-released.aspx
Download StructureMap 2.5.1 here
David Walker, the VP of Speakers Bureau, INETA NorAm, announced the following information regarding nominations to the North American INETA Speakers bureau, and INETA’s new Regional Speakers Bureau.
Nominations for the NorAm (North American) Speakers Bureau will be accepted until midnight CST on December 28th, 2008. To nominate someone fill out the document here and email it to noram.speakers@ineta.org.
Since only a select amount of new speakers can be added, don't get discouraged. You will also be considered for the new INETA NORAM Regional Speakers Bureau - see details below.
On December 31st, 2008, the new speakers to join the elite ranks of the INETA NORAM Speakers Bureau will be announced.
Not ready for the big time NORAM INETA Speakers Bureau?
Don’t fret, applications are now being accepted for the new INETA NORAM Regional Speakers Bureau. Simply fill out the form located here: http://www.ineta.org/newsletters/INETA%20Speaker%20Candidate%20Form%202007.doc
Email your application and any questions to: noram.speakers@ineta.org
You will be informed as the selection process progresses.