1. The Developers Group http://www.richplum.net
15th November, 2005 Meeting
POSK, Hammersmith
Group Leader Brian Long

2. Agenda
1:00 - 2:00 – Welcome, News & Problem Clinic
2:00 - 2:30 – Visual Studio Brian Long
2:30 - 2:50 – Tea/coffee & biscuits
2:50 - 3:50 – Introduction to Advantage Database Server Joachim Dürr

3. Agenda
3:50 - 3:55 – Brief fidget break
3:55 - 4:55 – Getting Richer Iain Macmillan
4:55 - 5:00 – Brief Fidget Break
5:00 - 6:00 – Building a simple, real- world data app. with Visual Studio (.NET 2.0) Rob Bracken

4. News 24 Hours of BDS 2006 BDNRadio event held on 24th October
Many Delphi luminaries involved
Official recordings of all sessions available at:
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5. News BDNRadio – various “channels” available around the clock
All interviews from 24 Hours of BDS 2006 broadcast: mms://bdntv.borland.com/dexter24
All interviews from 24 Hours of Delphi broadcast: mms://bdntv.borland.com/delphi24hrs
All Delphi content: mms://bdntv.borland.com/delphi
All Java content: mms://bdntv.borland.com/java

6. News
Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005 (and .NET 2.0) launched on 7th November 2005
.NET Compact Framework 2.0 available for download. See

7. News Express Editions - msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express
Windows Development
Visual C# 2005 Express Edition
Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition
Visual C Express Edition
Visual J# 2005 Express Edition
Web Development
Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition
Database Development
SQL Server 2005 Express Edition
All free downloads (for a year)!

8. News Breaking Changes in .NET Framework 2.0:

9. News
LINQ Information, videos & downloads available from

10. News
QuickReport 4 for VCL.NET
To be launched December 1st 2005

11. News Next meeting on Tuesday, January 17th at POSK, Hammersmith
Topics to include
The tools of the lone developer
Generics and their uses
Data modules
The FastCode project and Delphi 2006
Full agenda available at:

12. News