Macon .NET User Group is having a beer night this coming Thursday, 15 March 2018. Kyle and Zack will be there around 6:30 PM and stay for an hour or two depending on who shows up. This is a chance to relax, network, and find out what other people are working on.
Meet downstairs at Just Tap'd, 488 1st, Macon, GA
Just wanted to let the developer community know that SparkMacon is sponsoring a Health-Care Hack-a-thon this weekend: Fri, Mar 16, 2018, 5:00 PM – Sun, Mar 18, 2018, 4:00 PM
Partnering with Navicent Health, GA DHS, and Middle Georgia Regional Commision.
Registration is free. See the EventBrite page for more information.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/southeast-startup-challenge-tickets-43836282501?aff=es2
Tonight, Thursday, 16 Nov 2017
Instead of a presentation this month, join me for a beer at Just Tap'd in Downtown Macon, GA
I'll be there starting around 6:30 PM until at least 7:30 PM depending...
If you don't see me, be sure to look for me upstairs and downstairs.
-Zack https://twitter.com/ormico
Just Tap'd
justtapd.com
488 1st St, Macon, GA 31201
Thursday, 21 September 2017 @ 7PM
Fresh from this years Atlanta Code Camp, Kyle Kelly will be giving is a presentation on Asynchronous methods in .NET. Kyle will discuss the async/await pattern in C# and tell us how best to take advantage.
Pizza and drinks provided.
Meeting @ SparkMacon
557 Cherry St, Ste B, Macon, Georgia 31201
Thursday, 20 July 2017 @ 7PM
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Update 20 Sep 2017:
I updated this presentation and gave it at this years's Atlanta Code Camp. You can download the slides and examples here https://github.com/ormico/AtlCodeCampDocker
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Zack Moore will show off Docker on Windows and what its good for.
You've probably heard of Docker by now (but don't worry if you haven't), but what is it good for and how can you get started?
Trying to get started with Docker can be daunting but my goal with this presentation is to skip a bunch of the theory and give concrete examples and recipes.
You may think that Docker is only for Linux, or only for Servers. Neither of these is true. In this presentation we will focus on Windows containers, but I'll show a few examples with Linux containers as well, all running on Windows.
Docker is the leading Container platform for Windows and Linux. What is a container? Containers let you package your software up in a self contained unit like a Virtual machine, except not a Virtual Machine. Come to the meeting if you want to know more.
Snacks and drinks provided.
Meeting @ SparkMacon
557 Cherry St, Ste B, Macon, Georgia 31201
Thursday, 18 May 2017 @ 7 PM
Introduction to RabbitMQ
Speaker: Kyle Kelly
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Examples and slides:
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RabbitMQ is the most widely deployed open source message broker. Kyle will show us what that can do for our applications and how to use it.
There will be Pizza and drinks.
Meeting at
Spark Macon.
557 Cherry St, Suite B, Macon, GA 31201
Come out for drinks, snacks, and a few giveaways.
Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, or our email list. Links on the menu to the left.
Update: 9 Mar 2017
There is a conflict for our meeting on the 16th at Spark Macon so we are meeting at Barnes and Noble instead. There will be a few small give-aways and snacks can be purchased at the cafe. Sorry for the confusion.
Next Meeting: Thursday, 16 March 2017
Zack Moore will be doing a review and demonstration on Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment using Team City.

I've given a similar talk before but I've learned a few new tricks since last time.
As usual we will be meeting at Spark Macon.
557 Cherry St, Suite B, Macon, GA 31201
map: http://goo.gl/iLyH1Q
Come out for drinks, snacks, and a few giveaways.
Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, or our email list. Links on the menu to the left.
Michael Rosario is presenting on JavaScript in Desktop applications.
Spark Macon
Thu, 16 FEB 2017 7PM
map: http://goo.gl/iLyH1Q
address: 557 Cherry St, Suite B, Macon, GA 31201
Drinks and snacks will be provided. We might have a few giveaways as well.
Next Meeting is Thu, 17 Nov 2016 @ 7PM
Hololens & Mixed Reality Apps!
Speaker is: Michael Rosario
Building Mixed Reality applications. Imagine being able to build apps to place art, 3D stuff, games and data on your physical reality. What would happen if your game world can be connected to the real world?
http://www.sparkmacon.com/net-users-group-hololens-and-building-mixed-reality-apps/
Spark Macon Thu, 17 NOV 2016 7PM
map: http://goo.gl/iLyH1Q
address: 557 Cherry St, Suite B, Macon, GA 31201
Drinks and snacks will be provided. We might have a few giveaways as well.
Oct. 22, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., in the Science and Engineering Building on Mercer's Macon campus, the Google Developers Group will host DevFest, Oct. 22, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., in the Science and Engineering Building on the Macon campus.
http://news.mercer.edu/articles/2016/google-developers-group-to-host-middle-georgias-first-ever-devfest.cfm#.WAp0wYWcGUk
Also want to let everyone know that the next .NET Users Group Meeting will be Thu, 17 November 2016 as we switch back to Meeting every other Month. I'll announce the topic and speaker soon.