Where: UWE (University of the West of England), Frenchay, Bristol (see FAQ for directions and a map) - Room 2q50 (in Q block)

What: "Styles, Templates and Visual State Manager" and "Skinnable Custom Controls - The Parts and State Model and Inside the VSM"

Who: Jesse Liberty, "Silverlight Geek", Microsoft Senior Program Manager on the Silverlight Development Team, author of loads of books including Programming Silverlight

Why: Honestly, that's not really a question is it ? Will you ever meet someone more qualified to talk about the most significant technology from Microsoft in recent times ? Jesse is in the country for 1 week and before he speaks at the conference he's coming here for he's coming to Bristol to talk to us! Seize this opportunity to meet the man behind the books and learn straight from the horse's mouth (sorry about that bit, Jesse). 

How do I sign up for this meeting: Send an email to meetings at dotnetdevnet.com and quote your user name and the September Extra Meeting With Jesse Liberty

Abstracts:

Styles, Templates and Visual State Manager
1.       Introductions, Make fun of the American
2.       Modifying a toolbox control with in-line attributes
3.       Creating Styles and applying them to controls in Xaml
4.       Creating Styles and applying them to controls in Blend
5.       Reskinning toolbox controls with Templates, by hand
6.       Reskinning toolbox controls with Templates, in Blend

Skinnable Custom Controls- The Parts and State Model and Inside the VSM
1.       An introduction to the Parts and State Manager and VSM in detail
2.       Creating a Custom Control
3.       Visual States and Visual State Groups
4.       Storyboards and Transitions
5.       Inside the VSM
6.       Creating a Custom Control Contract
7.       The Template Part Attribute
8.       The Template Visual State Attribute
9.       Putting it all together.
10.     Good night and where’s the beer?