[CSENews] [Fwd: GLUGNET October 18 Meeting - Functional C# - 1235 Anthony Hall]

[Teresa Isela VanderSloot]

Info on www.GLUGNET.ORG <http://www.glugnet.org/> for this month’s event

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Glugnet Members,

Following is information about this month's meeting:

*Date:* Thursday, October 18

*Place:* 1235 Anthony Hall, MSU. 6-8 PM (Anthony hall is physically 
connected to Engineering Building and to the east of EB)

http://maps.msu.edu/interactive/index.php?location=KN3I

*Topic:* *Functional C#***

In recent years, many features have been added to the C# language that 
make it possible to write programs using techniques from other 
programming paradigms. Chief among these is "functional programming". 
Often only regarded as being academically useful, "functional 
programming" has many practical uses, some of which appear within the 
.NET Framework itself. In this session, we'll examine some ideas taken 
from functional programming and see how they might be implemented using 
language features that already exist within C#. In addition, we'll 
highlight ways in which the .NET Framework APIs borrow from "functional 
programming". Throughout, we will focus on how to use these techniques 
in practical ways.

*Speaker:* *Dustin Campbell* is a lead developer for the IDE tools 
division at Developer Express, Inc. <http://www.devexpress.com/> His 
responsibilities at Developer Express include much of the low-level 
plumbing of the award-winning CodeRush 
<http://www.devexpress.com/Products/NET/IDETools/CodeRush/> and 
Refactor! <http://www.devexpress.com/Products/NET/IDETools/Refactor/> 
products. A regular speaker, Dustin is a noted authority in many 
advanced areas of the .NET Framework and tends to get “under the hood” 
in any area that he is learning. For his contributions to the community, 
Dustin was awarded Most Valuable Professional (MVP) status by Microsoft 
in 2007.

*_Door Prizes:_*

*Courtesy of Telerik*: RadControls for ASP.NET 
<http://www.telerik.com/products/aspnet/overview.aspx> Single Developer 
License without Subscription (Valued at $799), Telerik reporting 
<http://www.telerik.com/products/reporting/overview.aspx> Licence 
(Valued at $599).

*Courtesy of 9Rays:* Spices.Obfuscator 
<http://www.9rays.net/products/Spices.Obfuscator/> (a $692 value), and 
FlyGrid.Net Pro <http://www.9rays.net/products/FlyGrid.Net/> (a $287 value).

Attendance in this month’s meeting will also count towards a *digital 
camera drawing in November*.

*Sponsors:* Our meeting sponsors for this month are:

ASPOSE

DevExpress

Telerik

Novalys

Sourcegear

Redgate

IDVSolutions

As always, please tell friends, co-workers and colleagues about the 
group. Everyone is welcome, they don't have to be geeks. Pizza and 
drinks will be served. Hope to see you there.

Thanks,

Vivek Joshi

Vice President, GLUGnet

www.glugnet.org <http://www.glugnet.org/>


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Teresa Isela VanderSloot
Academic Advisor

Computer Science and Engineering
Michigan State University
3201 Engineering Building
East Lansing, MI 48824

Phone: (517) 353-5455 
Fax:   (517) 432-1061

iselava1 at cse.msu.edu