.NET on Linux: Zero to Hero in Minutes with Don Schenck

IMPORTANT: We will be holding elections for next year's user group leadership. The positions are listed below with brief descriptions. If you are interested in getting more involved and have any questions, email mary@kergosien.net or call my cell at 615-543-6299.

-Mary

President - The user group President provides leadership and guidance by setting the meeting agenda and recruiting speakers to present topics relevant to the group's core interests.
Vice President - The vice president is in charge of sponsorship, including collecting financial donations as well as SWAG items to be given away at meetings.
Secretary - The secretary facilitates communication among the leadership and members by maintaining social media and capturing/distributing important notes from the leadership meetings.

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.NET on LInux: Zero to Hero in Minutes

.NET Core 1.0 is the new .NET.
ASPNET Core 1.0 is the new ASP.NET.
.NET on Linux is the new hotness.

In only minutes, you'll learn how to install .NET on Linux and create your first program. You'll learn about: the different parts of .NET Core 1.0; package managers and NuGet; the new command line interface (CoreCLI); and a great editor that is not Visual Studio. By the end of this presentation, you will know how to create a C# program that runs on Linux. No smoke, no mirrors, no tricks; it just works.

We’ll see how to create a basic MVC program, and then we’ll run that program in a Linux container.

We’ll debug the program, running in a Linux container, from within Visual Studio running on Windows.

You'll also learn why this is important to you and your organization.

Finally, you'll leave with all the tools needed to start right away, including a Developer's Copy of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) that you can start using on your PC or Mac today.

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A developer since the beginning of time, Don is currently a Director of Developer Experience at Red Hat, with a focus on Microsoft .NET on Linux. His mission is to bring .NET developers into the Linux and open source communities. He also the author of “Getting Started with .NET on Linux” by O’Reilly Media. Prior to Red Hat, Don was a Developer Advocate at Rackspace. His passion is cooking and he hates the designated hitter rule.

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Agenda

• The meeting space opens shortly after 5pm so feel free to arrive early

5:30pm - Food arrives (first come, first serve)

6:00pm - Accept Nominations

6:30pm - Presentation begins

7:30pm - Presentation ends, share job opportunities and candidates, announce 2017 President, VP, and Secretary!

8:00pm - Drinks and networking at Murff's Craft Brew & Burgers ( 5015 Harpeth Dr, Brentwood, TN 37027 )