Dot Net North

This April at Dot Net North — Lotte Pitcher is asking a question worth thinking about: now that AI can generate code on demand, do you still need that library? A look at what AI means for open source, and how to keep supporting the projects your code depends on.

📅 14th April, Bonded Warehouse, Manchester. Free tickets, 🍕 and drinks included. We'll be heading to the pub after 🍻

This month at Dot Net North — Dave Manton is talking Building Your Own Web Analytics. Ever tried processing user interactions at scale? This one digs into the technical hurdles of high-volume data and what it takes to build analytics in-house 📊

📅 17th March, Betfred (Steam Packet House), Manchester. Tickets are free, 🍕 and drinks included. We'll be heading to the pub after for a chat 🍻

Coming up at Dot Net North, Joshua Crowe on building an extensible CLI toolkit in C#. Small, high-leverage internal tools with workflow logic, a state machine, type-safe command parsing and routing. If you're tired of messy scripts, this one's worth a look. 🛠️

📅 10th February, Peninsula Building, Manchester. Tickets are free, 🍕 and drinks included. We'll be heading to the pub after for a chat 🍻

🎄 Festive Social 2025 This month we're taking a break from talks for a festive social at Society. Chat with fellow .NET and Umbraco developers over food and drinks with multiple vendors to choose from. 📍 Society, Manchester 🕕 Tuesday 2 December 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

🎨 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

🎮 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

📊 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

📱 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

🎮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!

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

The talk is awesome, there's pizza, loads of awesome people to meet, AND YOU CAN WIN SOCKS! What's not to love?

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!

🦀 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!

🚀 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!