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Dot Net North has been connecting #dotnet developers in Manchester since 2011! Join our monthly in-person meetups for insightful talks, networking, community events, and more!

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💻 Take a Note of UI in .NET 10

This month a whistle-stop tour through Microsoft's UI tech in .NET 10: ASP NET Web API, Blazor, MAUI, WinForms, WPF, WinUI + see Visual Studio 2026 & GitHub CoPilot in action!

🗣️ Peter Bull
📍 Spektrix, Manchester
🕕 Tue 11th Nov 18:00
💻 Take a Note of UI in .NET 10

This month a whistle-stop tour through Microsoft's UI tech in .NET 10: ASP NET Web API, Blazor, MAUI, WinForms, WPF, WinUI + see Visual Studio 2026 & GitHub CoPilot in action!

🗣️ Peter Bull
📍 Spektrix, Manchester
🕕 Tue 11th Nov 18:00
November 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Cute speaker souvenir from @dotnetnorth.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 11:38 PM
🎨 Meditations on Code As Art

This month, explore the artistic side of programming! Discover how developers imprint themselves on their work through history, from elegant patterns to deliberate artistic expression.

🗣️ @davidwhitney.co.uk
📍 Betfred, Manchester
🕕 Tue 14th Oct 18:00
October 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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For anyone interested in some functional code & retro computing, I'll be speaking at @dotnetnorth.bsky.social in Manchester tomorrow
September 15, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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So I'm gonna be doing a new and ultra weird talk next year - and I'm doing a bit of a test run at DotNetNorth next month.

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It's gonna be weird, come out.
Meditations on Code As Art, Tue, Oct 14, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup
Code can be beautiful, elegant and performant, but can it deliberately be artistic? Despite how important and prolific software and programming have become over the last 5
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September 17, 2025 at 10:04 PM
🎮 Down The Oregon Trail with Functional C#

@simonpainter.bsky.social dives into functional programming techniques as we rebuild the classic Oregon Trail game using C# with immutable state, higher-order functions, monads, and near 100% test coverage!

📍 BrightHR, Manchester
🕕 Tue 16th Sept 18:00
September 3, 2025 at 2:20 PM
📊 Predicting Risk on the UK Strategic Road Network

This month Gary Short tackles data science's dirty secret - never enough training data! Learn his methodology combining estimation, forecasting & rigour.

🗣️ Gary Short
📍 Bonded Warehouse, Manchester
🕕 Tuesday 29th July, 6:00 PM
July 19, 2025 at 11:22 AM
📱 Xamarin's evolution and what comes next! This month Mike Irving takes us through Native Apps, Xamarin.Forms, tooling migration, plus exploring .NET MAUI, Uno Platform, Avalonia UI & more.

🗣️ @mikeirvingweb.bsky.social
📍 Peninsula Building, 2 Cheetham Hill Road
🕕 Tuesday 24th June, 6:00 PM
June 24, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Looks like we might have a change of speaker for Tuesday - bear with us, updates will be posted here as soon as we know more.
June 22, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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If you're in Manchester, you should come along to eat some pizza and throw things at me.
🎮Midi Birds: Playing games with .NET MAUI with @tonyedwardspz.bsky.social!

Can MIDI controllers, birdsong & a clown wig make the perfect game show? Find out!

📅 Tue May 20th, 18:00-21:00
📍 Betfred, 72-76 Cross St, Manchester
🔊 No prior knowledge needed!
April 25, 2025 at 12:33 PM
🎮Midi Birds: Playing games with .NET MAUI with @tonyedwardspz.bsky.social!

Can MIDI controllers, birdsong & a clown wig make the perfect game show? Find out!

📅 Tue May 20th, 18:00-21:00
📍 Betfred, 72-76 Cross St, Manchester
🔊 No prior knowledge needed!
April 25, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Double header at Dot Net North this month! @lucecarter.bsky.social on Semantic Kernel + MongoDB AI integration, and @stevefutcher.bsky.social making software installs smoother with Chocolatey. Tickets are free, and there's pizza + drinks!

📅 Tue 15th April, 18:00
📌 Spektrix, 196 Deansgate
April 7, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The talk is awesome, there's pizza, loads of awesome people to meet, AND YOU CAN WIN SOCKS! What's not to love?
Spoiler Alert: Tonight's @dotnetnorth.bsky.social Raffle Prizes include Socks! 🧦

Raffle Prizes: @jetbrains.com licences, Microsoft Azure socks, @platform.uno t-shirts

+ free for all: stickers from GitHub and Microsoft, Dot Net North beer mats
March 18, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Our next event is "A Victorian take on Rich Domain Plumbing" - Victorian Plumbing's approach to DDD in code: fewer bugs, simpler solutions!

🗣️ Dave Manton, Head of Architecture at Victorian Plumbing
📍 Peninsula Building, Manchester
🕕 Tue 18th March, 18:00
🍕 Free + pizza included!
March 6, 2025 at 12:28 PM
🦀 Rust meets .NET! Join us for an exciting evening exploring Rust from a .NET developer's perspective!

🗣️ @jameseastham.co.uk , Microsoft MVP & Datadog Developer Advocate
📍 Bonded Warehouse, 18 Lower Byrom Street, Manchester
🕕 Tues 25th Feb, 18:00-21:00
🍕 Free + pizza included!
February 12, 2025 at 11:23 AM
DDD North returns to Hull University on Feb 22nd!

Join the developer community for a day of knowledge sharing, networking and top-notch tech talks. Free tickets available now 👉 dddnorth.co.uk/registration

Don't forget to give them a follow too @dddnorth.bsky.social
Registration - Developer! Developer! Developer! North
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February 2, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Thank you @dotnetnorth.bsky.social for hosting me and letting me geek out on how copilots and other LLM based apps work, and show off my Star Wars copilot powered by @getpieces.bsky.social.
January 28, 2025 at 9:39 PM
🚀 Join us as @jimbobbennett.dev shows how to build your own Jedi-powered dev co-pilot! We'll use PiecesOS to create a context-aware AI assistant (Death Star plans optional) #dotnet #manchester

📍 Betfred, 72-76 Cross St, M2 4JG
🕕 Tue 28th Jan, 18:00-21:00
🍕 Free + pizza included!
January 21, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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Here’s the repo that compliments tonight’s @dotnetnorth.bsky.social talk on ”What’s new in Aspire” github.com/adenearnshaw...
GitHub - adenearnshaw/dnn-aspire: Distributed application to highlight the use of .NET Aspire
Distributed application to highlight the use of .NET Aspire - adenearnshaw/dnn-aspire
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January 14, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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UK folks - I'll be at @dotnetnorth.bsky.social in Manchester on the 28th January talking about building a Star Wars copilot with C# and @getpieces.bsky.social! Come join me.

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The force is strong in LLMs – building a Star Wars inspired copilot using Pieces, Tue, Jan 28, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup
In the Star Wars universe, many pilots have an astromech copilot. Luke had R2-D2 in the back of his X-Wing for example. As developers, we too have copilots. Although these
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January 6, 2025 at 5:50 PM
🎯 Deep dive into .NET Conf with talks on Aspire, .NET 9 changes, GitHub Co-pilot & Uno Platform and more from our amazing speakers! #dotnet #manchester

📍 Manchester Tech Centre (on Oxford Road by Hatch)
🕕 Tue 14th Jan, 18:00-21:00
🎟️ Free!
🍕 Food included
Register: www.meetup.com/dotnetnorth/...
.NET Conf 2024 Local, Tue, Jan 14, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup
We will be recapping and reviewing some of the interesting announcements from .NET Conf. Aden Earnshaw: \- \.NET Aspire Mike Irving: \- \.NET 9 Breaking Changes Rachel B
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January 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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We're having a little pre-Christmas get together collab with Umbraco Manchester on 3rd December. No speaker this time, just your lovely faces!

RSVP & deets 👉 www.meetup.com/dotnetnorth/...
Festive Meal 2024, with Umbraco Manchester, Tue, Dec 3, 2024, 6:00 PM | Meetup
Main Event (Meal) at 7pm. 6:00 pm: Pre-meal drinks (optional, at Society) 7:00 pm: Meal at **Society** 9:00 pm: Post-meal drinks (optional) Society: Basement, 100 Barbiro
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November 17, 2024 at 8:58 PM
Time really does move faster this time of year; our Christmas do is next week!

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November 25, 2024 at 6:34 PM
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Manchester tech folks, raise your hand!

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(Sorry if I know you and not already added you)

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November 18, 2024 at 9:12 AM