Bring your laptop and join us this Thursday as we walk through some “Hello World” examples and beyond using RavenDB. Our goal will be a solid foundation for getting started with RavenDB, such as document modeling compared to relational modeling, dynamic and static indexes, taking advantage of full-text indexing with built-in Lucene.NET, and installing bundles (plugins) to add features.

Facilitator: David Neal

David is a father, geek, musician, and software developer living in the Nashville, TN area. David is currently the Director of Development for Cell Journalist, an online social media service provider for TV stations, newspapers, and radio. Prior to joining Cell Journalist, David was a senior software engineer for Telligent, the leading social networking platform for .NET that powers some of the largest online communities, such as Microsoft’s ASP.NET Forums, MSDN Blogs, Dell, and Game Informer. David is passionate about software craftsmanship, user experience, music, and bacon. David currently serves as president for the Nashville .NET User Group.