ALT.NET Atlanta Pragmatic Programmers

Meet Atlantans interested to learn pragmatic ways for developing and delivering .NET based software. See http://ATLALT.NET/screwturn to learn more about this brand new group and our goals.

Based on the ALT.NET approach, we are Passionate, Pragmatic, and Progressive.

From http://altnetpedia.com :

"We are a group of .NET developers who are passionate about improving the way we develop software. We recognize there is no single solution, but instead there are multitudes of alternatives that can be applied to different situations. Our community is a place for sharing these alternatives, so that together we can learn, teach, and encourage new ideas.

  • You're a developer who uses what works while keeping an eye out for a better way.

  • You reach outside the mainstream to adopt the best of any community: Open Source, Agile, Java, Ruby, etc.

  • You're not content with the status quo. Things can always be better expressed, more elegant and simple, more mutable, higher quality, etc.

  • You know tools are great, but they only take you so far. It's the principles and knowledge that really matter. The best tools are those that embed the knowledge and encourage the principles."

Events coming up

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Past events

  • Special guest Greg Young on Tue, Aug 13th

    13-14 Aug 2013 in Atlanta, United States

    Greg Young is visiting Atlanta for a few days, and we're excited that he's agreed to give a talk to our group! It will be Tuesday, August 13th, and will either be at VersionOne's Alpharetta office or the downtown location. Stay tuned for confirmation on the location.About Greg Young:Greg is well-known in the .NET community and beyond for his innovations regarding Command and Query Responsibility Segregation (CQRS), Event Sourcing, and Domain-Driven Design.

  • Single Page Apps Course : Part 4 at VersionOne (Location 2: Alpharetta)

    18-19 Oct 2012 in Atlanta, United States

    NOTE: This is a secondary location at VersionOne's headquarters in Alpharetta. Thanks to V1's Steve Paro for serving as event host for this location!Our sponsor Pluralsight has a very hot course right now:Single Page Apps with HTML5, Web API, Knockout and jQuery, taught by John Papa. Here's an intro video on YouTube:ALSO: Vote for the next Pluralsight topic here!

  • Single Page Apps Course : Part 4 at Lockheed (Location 3: 85 @ North Druid)

    18-19 Oct 2012 in Atlanta, United States

    NOTE: This is a new, third location at Lockheed Martin's Executive Park office at 85 and North Druid Hills Road (Briarcliff intersection). Thanks goes to Clarence Bloomfield for serving as the location sponsor and an event host for this location!Our sponsor Pluralsight has a very hot course right now:Single Page Apps with HTML5, Web API, Knockout and jQuery, taught by John Papa. Here's an intro video on YouTube:ALSO: Vote for the next Pluralsight topic here!

  • Single Page Apps Course : Part 3 at VersionOne (Location 2: Alpharetta)

    11-12 Oct 2012 in Atlanta, United States

    NOTE: This is a secondary location at VersionOne's headquarters in Alpharetta. Thanks to V1's Steve Paro for serving as event host for this location!Our sponsor Pluralsight has a very hot course right now:Single Page Apps with HTML5, Web API, Knockout and jQuery, taught by John Papa. Here's an intro video on YouTube:ALSO: Vote for the next Pluralsight topic here!

  • Single Page Apps Course : Part 3 at Lockheed (Location 3: 85 @ North Druid)

    Thu, 11 Oct 2012, 22:00 - 23:45 in Atlanta, United States

    NOTE: This is a new, third location at Lockheed Martin's Executive Park office at 85 and North Druid Hills Road (Briarcliff intersection). Thanks goes to Clarence Bloomfield for serving as the location sponsor and an event host for this location!Our sponsor Pluralsight has a very hot course right now:Single Page Apps with HTML5, Web API, Knockout and jQuery, taught by John Papa. Here's an intro video on YouTube:ALSO: Vote for the next Pluralsight topic here!

  • Discussion & Virtual Collaboration on Apress Agile & Scrum BDD Book

    25-26 Jan 2012 in Atlanta, United States

    *** NOTE: I've changed all Wednesdays to workshop collaboration instead of Pluralsight viewing this until further notice ***To view the overview presentation I made about the solution and projects, click here.-----------------------------------------------Continue to work the BDD materials together -- the Pro Agile .NET Development with Scrum Apress book.Learn full details here: forget you can buy your copy for only $17 using the "Membership Perk" on the left side of this page!

  • Discussion & Virtual Collaboration on Apress Agile & Scrum BDD Book

    11-12 Jan 2012 in Atlanta, United States

    *** NOTE: I've changed all Wednesdays to workshop collaboration instead of Pluralsight viewing this until further notice ***To view the overview presentation I made about the solution and projects, click here.-----------------------------------------------Continue to work the BDD materials together -- the Pro Agile .NET Development with Scrum Apress book.Learn full details here: forget you can buy your copy for only $17 using the "Membership Perk" on the left side of this page!

  • Discussion & Virtual Collaboration on Apress Agile & Scrum BDD Book

    28-29 Dec 2011 in Atlanta, United States

    *** NOTE: I've changed all Wednesdays to workshop collaboration instead of Pluralsight viewing this until further notice ***To view the overview presentation I made about the solution and projects, click here.-----------------------------------------------Continue to work the BDD materials together -- the Pro Agile .NET Development with Scrum Apress book.Learn full details here: forget you can buy your copy for only $17 using the "Membership Perk" on the left side of this page!

  • Discussion & Virtual Collaboration on Apress Agile & Scrum BDD Book

    14-15 Dec 2011 in Atlanta, United States

    *** NOTE: I've changed all Wednesdays to workshop collaboration instead of Pluralsight viewing this until further notice ***To view the overview presentation I made about the solution and projects, click here.-----------------------------------------------Continue to work the BDD materials together -- the Pro Agile .NET Development with Scrum Apress book.Learn full details here: forget you can buy your copy for only $17 using the "Membership Perk" on the left side of this page!

  • Discussion & Virtual Collaboration on Apress Agile & Scrum BDD Book

    30 Nov-1 Dec 2011 in Atlanta, United States

    *** NOTE: I've changed all Wednesdays to workshop collaboration instead of Pluralsight viewing this until further notice ***To view the overview presentation I made about the solution and projects, click here.-----------------------------------------------Continue to work the BDD materials together -- the Pro Agile .NET Development with Scrum Apress book.Learn full details here: forget you can buy your copy for only $17 using the "Membership Perk" on the left side of this page!

  • Pluralsight Virtual Training Wednesdays

    16-17 Nov 2011 in Atlanta, United States

    Thanks to our Pluralsight sponsorship, our group has access to their full course library! See for details.On Wednesday evenings, I've been showing these videos where I work currently, at the CDC. A handful of us there have selected courses of interest, including Test First Development, Behavior Driven Development, MVC, etc.I'm pleased to announce we now have a standing Live Meeting and a Call-In that I can use to invite external members of our group to join us on!

  • Pluralsight Virtual Training Wednesdays

    Wed, 2 Nov 2011, 21:30 - 23:30 in Atlanta, United States

    Thanks to our Pluralsight sponsorship, our group has access to their full course library! See for details.On Wednesday evenings, I've been showing these videos where I work currently, at the CDC. A handful of us there have selected courses of interest, including Test First Development, Behavior Driven Development, MVC, etc.I'm pleased to announce we now have a standing Live Meeting and a Call-In that I can use to invite external members of our group to join us on!

  • Discussion / Virtual Collaboration on BDD Workshop Materials

    Wed, 19 Oct 2011, 21:30 - 23:30 in Atlanta, United States

    After discussions with people in tonight's Pluralsight viewing, we decided to shift the focus of Wednesdays, at least for a while, and use that time to gather for working on the BDD workshop materials -- the Pro Agile .NET Development with Scrum Apress book.Learn full details here: forget you can buy your copy for only $17 using the "Membership Perk" on the left side of this page!How to View & Call In

  • Pluralsight: Test First Dev II (2 of 2)

    Wed, 12 Oct 2011, 21:30 - 23:30 in Atlanta, United States

    Thanks to our Pluralsight sponsorship, our group has access to their full course library! See for details.On Wednesday evenings, I've been showing these videos where I work currently, at the CDC. A handful of us there have selected courses of interest, including Test First Development, Behavior Driven Development, MVC, etc.I'm pleased to announce we now have a standing Live Meeting and a Call-In that I can use to invite external members of our group to join us on!

  • Pluralsight Virtual Training Wednesdays

    Wed, 12 Oct 2011, 21:30 - 23:30 in Atlanta, United States

    Thanks to our Pluralsight sponsorship, our group has access to their full course library! See for details.On Wednesday evenings, I've been showing these videos where I work currently, at the CDC. A handful of us there have selected courses of interest, including Test First Development, Behavior Driven Development, MVC, etc.I'm pleased to announce we now have a standing Live Meeting and a Call-In that I can use to invite external members of our group to join us on!

  • Pluralsight: Test First Dev II (1 of 2)

    Wed, 5 Oct 2011, 21:30 - 23:30 in Atlanta, United States

    Thanks to our Pluralsight sponsorship, our group has access to their full course library! See for details.On Wednesday evenings, I've been showing these videos where I work currently, at the CDC. A handful of us there have selected courses of interest, including Test First Development, Behavior Driven Development, MVC, etc.I'm pleased to announce we now have a standing Live Meeting and a Call-In that I can use to invite external members of our group to join us on!

  • View & Discuss: CukeUp! 2011

    4-5 Oct 2011 in Atlanta, United States

    Building on the discussion of Acceptance Test-Driven Development / BDD with SpecFlow, let's view the recent CukeUp! 2011 London videos then discuss them as a group to help each other apply these new practices.View the Videos Here Before You Attend:** Important**: Watch these videos before the meeting. We will not be viewing them in the bar.

  • Pluralsight: Test First Dev I (part 3! of 2)

    Wed, 28 Sep 2011, 21:30 - 23:30 in Atlanta, United States

    Thanks to our Pluralsight sponsorship, our group has access to their full course library! See for details.On Wednesday evenings, I've been showing these videos where I work currently, at the CDC. A handful of us there have selected courses of interest, including Test First Development, Behavior Driven Development, MVC, etc.I'm pleased to announce we now have a standing Live Meeting and a Call-In that I can use to invite external members of our group to join us on!

  • Pluralsight: Test First Dev I (part 2 of 2)

    Wed, 21 Sep 2011, 21:30 - 23:30 in Atlanta, United States

    Thanks to our Pluralsight sponsorship, our group has access to their full course library! See for details.On Wednesday evenings, I've been showing these videos where I work currently, at the CDC. A handful of us there have selected courses of interest, including Test First Development, Behavior Driven Development, MVC, etc.I'm pleased to announce we now have a standing Live Meeting and a Call-In that I can use to invite external members of our group to join us on!

  • Live Meeting Presentation: jQuery Templates by Ritesh Kothari

    Thu, 15 Sep 2011, 17:00 - 19:00 in Atlanta, United States

    Thursday, September 15th @ 6 PM: Ritesh Kothari on jQuery Templates.Note: this is a "virtual event" for the members of this group, since it will take place at CDC and it's very difficult to get people physically there due to security. See Live Meeting / Call In info below.jQuery TemplatesHere's a blurb from Scott Guthrie on jQuery Templates:"Client-side templates enable jQuery developers to easily generate and render HTML UI on the client.

  • Pluralsight: Test First Dev I (part 1 of 2)

    Wed, 14 Sep 2011, 21:30 - 23:30 in Atlanta, United States

    Thanks to our Pluralsight sponsorship, our group has access to their full course library! See for details.On Wednesday evenings, I've been showing these videos where I work currently, at the CDC. A handful of us there have selected courses of interest, including Test First Development, Behavior Driven Development, MVC, etc.I'm pleased to announce we now have a standing Live Meeting and a Call-In that I can use to invite external members of our group to join us on!

  • ATL ALT.NET 2010: Beer and Brainstorming

    Fri, 12 Mar 2010, 00:00 - 02:00 in Atlanta, United States

    Hello everyone,I hope 2010 is treating you well so far! I want to get this group moving again for 2010. To start, I just want to get interested people together again after the hiatus of the last half of last year so we can assess where we want to take this group in the future. So, come ready to brain-storm and argue, I mean discuss.I'll start the brainstorm

  • ATL ALT.NET Dunwoody Lunch: Atlanta Bread Thursday 11/19 11:30 AM

    Thu, 19 Nov 2009, 16:30 - 18:30 in Atlanta, United States

    Hello Dunwoody/Sandy Springs DotNetters: Just another lunch event here on Thursday the 19th this time. Hope to see you there at Atlanta Bread Company at 11:30 AM: Perimeter Pointe Shopping Center 1155 Mount Vernon Highway Suite 1200(Next to Regal 10 Cinemas) Dunwoody/Sandy Springs, Georgia Agenda: Just informal chat about .NET, Agile, Software Development, Life See you there, Josh

  • ATL ALT.NET Dunwoody Lunch: Atlanta Bread Friday 11/6 11:30 AM

    Fri, 6 Nov 2009, 16:30 - 18:30 in Atlanta, United States

    Hello Dunwoody/Sandy Springs DotNetters: It's been way too long since we've done anything in this group, so I just want to try to get started again. Let's meet at Atlanta Bread Company at 11:30 AM on Friday, November 6th for lunch: Perimeter Pointe Shopping Center 1155 Mount Vernon Highway Suite 1200(Next to Regal 10 Cinemas) Dunwoody/Sandy Springs, Georgia Agenda: Just informal chat about .NET, Agile, Software Development, Life See you there, Josh

  • ATL ALT.NET: June Meetup, Topic TBD

    30 Jun-1 Jul 2009 in Atlanta, United States

    Hello ATL ALT.NET programmers, Thank you to everyone who has been coming and to all new members. I hope you are all doing well. I've scheduled a block of dates for the meetup at Manuel's Tavern in the private, large North Avenue Room. So, I'm getting them on the calendar now. Look for topic details to appear later. This room is private, seats 40+, and has both a screen and a huge TV that we could hook a laptop into to do demos and presentations.

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