Contents tagged with Code Camp
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Code Camps this weekend!
There are two code camps this weekend: -
Don't miss the Nova Code Camp South this weekend!
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NoVa CodeCamp South v1 speaking schedule has been announced!
The NoVa CodeCamp South v1 will be held on March 29th 2008 in Woodbridge VA. The speaker schedule has been posted here. -
RockNUG tonight - Geoff Snowman showed off BizTalk Server
![RockNUG [Rockville .NET User Group]](http://www.rocknug.org/Portals/3/RockNUG-logo-fnl.gif)
I attended my first event at the new Rockville .NET User Group (RockNUG) in Maryland tonight. Geoff Snowman, our local Microsoft integration specialist showed off the latest BizTalk Server (BTS) technology and talked about the future of BTS and its related products. As Geoff pointed out, BTS is a niche product that works well for large customers that have unique or complex integration requirements. The power of BTS was clearly in its mapping/transformation abilities, flexibility in talking to various endpoints (on various platforms) and the scalability of dynamically handling large amounts of orchestrations. My take was that it was especially well suited to integrate different applications especially when they are on different platforms and speak different languages (text vs XML vs EDI etc.). If you are interested in BTS and more on integration, don't miss Geoff's MICSUG group which has upcoming presentations on WWF and ESB. -
Agile Estimating and Planning with TargetProcess - RCC4
On Saturday, the Thycotic crew (well, only three of us this time) went down to Richmond to the forth Richmond Code Camp. It is a 2 hour drive but my new handy TomTom GPS did well - asides from one occasion where it decided to re-route us back through Washington DC when we were only 30 minutes from the event!
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Richmond Code Camp 3 reviewed
This last Saturday morning, the Thycotic team headed to Richmond at a bright and early 6am. This alone wouldn't have been too bad but some on the team had been busy until 2am on a client project! For the first Richmond Code Camp ever, it actually didn't rain (it rained all day for the last two). -
CMAP Code Camp Sessions are posted
The CMAP Code Camp is being held on Saturday 4/21/2007 from 9AM to 7PM - you can register here. -
Pair Programming improves your communication skills
Many developers in our industry prefer a dark corner to the presentation podium. This is often explained away with references to introverted personalities and geekish tendencies. While this may be true for certain individuals, there are definitely many benefits to breaking away from this stereotype. One of the best ways to progress in the business world is to develop strong communication skills - customers want to be understood and the combination with technical ability provides a powerful skillset when understanding problems and providing solutions. As with so many things in life, excellence in communication can be achieved through lots of practice.
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Code Camps, Code Camps, Code Camps.
I presented on Pair Programming at the Maryland ColdFusion User's Group on Tuesday and was very pleased to tell everyone about all the upcoming Code Camps in our area. I also promised to post the links to the group, so here they are:
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Yet Another Mid-Atlantic Code Camp - but AGILE!!! (April 14, 2007 8am-6pm)
Do you breathe agile? Do your progress bars always turn green? Do you refactor in your sleep? Then I need you for the agile track … We are looking for attendees, speakers and volunteers! This is the first Mid-Atlantic Code Camp to have an official Agile track (and I am the track chair – woohoo!)
