The Stack is a monthly .NET User Group supported by Mando Group in Liverpool. The user group is totally free and is a place where developers from in and around Liverpool and the North West of the UK can get together, hear some great speakers and chat about the latest developments in the .NET world.

We have another two great speakers for you and of course we will be holding our monthly SWAG raffle for attendees.

One-Pot MVC: Deliciously Extensible - Part 2 with Matt Salmon

Matt Salmon, Mando Group's Head of Programming, returns with the second half of his session on MVC;

Take a rich stock of MVC, and stir in some validation rules. I suggest regular model annotations are substituted with FluentValidation libraries, for added flavour. While your controller is simmering prepare unit tests, but be careful your project manager doesn't boil over! Choose your favourite IoC container (NInject works well) and mix in concrete dependencies as required. Finally, add a pinch of MvcContrib and serve o ntime and in budget.

Making the Most of Your SharePoint Intranet with Adam Burcher, The SharePoint Baker (www.thesharepointbaker.co.uk)

SharePoint is more than just an intranet where you can store all your documents. Even with the out of the box functionality it can be a very powerful tool, throw some developers at it and the possibilities are endless. We’re going to take a look at some ways you can build and extend your SharePoint site to bring your information and systems together.