Portland Code Camp News

Portland Code Camp 2010 Scheduled for May 22, 2010

webmaster@portlandcodecamp.org — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 09:41:00 GMT

Mark your calendar! Portland Code Camp 2010 is scheduled for May 22, 2010, at the University of Portland campus. The UP facility offers a great venue –including larger, fully equipped (and air conditioned) meeting rooms, excellent parking, access to public transportation, and easy bike commuting. We are also working to expand the range of topics and include even more of the local developer community in Portland Code Camp 2010. Additional news on those efforts will be coming soon!

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We would like feedback about your experience with the recent 2009 event at Reed College. Please complete the evaluation here. (You may received a separate invitation for the evaluation.)

If Portland Code Camp 2009 provided you an enjoyable and worthwhile experience, we encourage you to consider making a tax deductible donation to help make the next Code Camp even more successful. Click on the 'Donate' button on this page! All contributions will help Portland Code Camp expand and become more inclusive.

Scott Hanselman' Portland Code Camp 2009 Session previewing .NET v4 is available for online viewing here.

WOW! Portland Code Camp 2009 Draws Over 400 Participants

webmaster@portlandcodecamp.org — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:38:00 GMT

Portland Code Camp 2009 was a most excellent event. If you were there, you know what I mean -if you missed it, then you really missed out on some excellent speakers and presentations. The Reed College Campus was open and inviting, and the schedule provided something for almost every interest. At Portland Code Camp 2009, 412 folks attended the sessions of their choice. Heard during the day where comments such as "awesome", "exciting", "I didn't know Portland had so much talent." Sent in by email, were comments such as "I was very impressed with Portland Code Camp!", or

I just wanted to take a moment to thank the organizers, speakers and other volunteers for making this year's code camp such a success. All of the speakers were not only well versed in their topics but also seemed very excited about sharing their knowledge. Having just moved to Portland 9 months ago, I feel very fortunate that the developer community is so open and knowledgable.

We, the Portland Code Camp Planning committee, wish to thank each Participant, Speaker, and Sponsor for making this year's Portland Code Camp a success!

Adron Hall	Dennis Parks	Larry Guger	Rich Claussen
Arnie Rowland	Jeremy Anderson	Lee Williamson	Rob Boek
Beth Murray	Josh Wisely	Patrick Cauldwell	Shaun McArvey
Dan Behlings	Kelly White	Rhonda Johnson	Stuart Celarier

Congratulations to the Portland Code Camp Prize Winners

Early Bird	Scott Townsend	Software and Training Bundle
Game On	Wes Shults	XBox 360
	Adam Arndt	XBox 360
Summer's Here, Now What	Bob Uva	3 Month Cinetopia Pass
Tired Dog	Chris Schenk	Software and Training Bundle
Silverlight Training Package	Jonathan Hornberger	3 Day Silverlight Training
Visual Studio Team System	Patrick Timlick	Team Suite
Microsoft Zune	Dee Townsend	80 GB Black

AIVEA	Douglas Rauh	Sharepoint Training
EdgeLink	Erik Johnannes	$100 Amazon gift certificate

And for being the person making the 600th registration, Dennis Dietrich, who did not get to go to TechEd this year, was presented a TechEd 2009 computer travel bag.

H1N1 Hexes Hanselman's Holiday - Code Camp Cheers!

webmaster@portlandcodecamp.org — Wed, 27 May 2009 02:17:00 GMT

When the press was making a lot of hullabaloo over the H1N1 virus outbreak, especially in Mexico, a local Portland family had to make a difficult decision -Go or No Go for their vacation plans. Fortunately for us, the Hanselman family decided to cancel their trip and stay in Portland. Scott Hanselman will be presenting at Portland Code Camp again this year. If you have never had an opportunity to hear Scott, you are in for a pleasure.

Scott will be enthralling the audience with his tales of .NET 4 and Windows 7. He promises some very interesting insights and tips. You will not need a second cup of coffee to stay awake during Scott's session!

If you have not noticed, a preliminary schedule has been posted on the website. You can download a copy here. PLEASE NOTE: The Final schedule will be posted by 10:00 PM Thursday evening (May 28th). Sessions may be shifted around to accomodate presenters' travel schedules, as well as better distribute content throughout the day.

We are using the [RSVP] button to determine how much food to order. Please check your status. In this case, RSVP means “Include me for Lunch!”

Want to know about the day at Code Camp?

webmaster@portlandcodecamp.org — Sat, 23 May 2009 19:54:00 GMT

Registration starts at 8:00 AM and the opening session begins at 8:30. At the conclusion of the opening session, there will be a drawing for the Early Bird door prize. We put a lot of eggs in one basket, one GREAT prize, one VERY lucky winner!

Then there will be two sessions in the morning, one at 9:00 AM, followed by a coffee and snack break, and the second session at 10:45 AM.

Throughout the day, in the sessions, attendees may earn books, t-shirts, water bottles, and other interesting swag just for being actively involved. Ask questions, offer experiences and insights, and generally help to expand the discussions. Remember, the real value to be gained from the sessions is a combination of what the presenter brings, mixed up with the audience, and how you put the information to your own use.

Lunch is provided at noon, and during the lunch there will be a presentation from the winning team of the Oregon Game Project Challenge - File Not Found, from Jesuit High School. You MUST see what these high school folks can do -after all, they're the ones that will be eating your lunch sooner than you can imagine. After the presentation, we will also have a drawing for the Game On door prize -an XBox 360, generously provided by the Microsoft TechNet product team.

There will be three afternoon sessions with brief breaks between. Then at 5:45 PM, we will have the closing session, and there will be a drawing for the Tired Dog door prize. Again, similar to the opening session, there will be a lot of eggs in one basket, and one GREAT prize, and one very happy winner!

But wait, wait, there's more! Let me tell you about … Stay tuned

Portland Code Camp Speaks Your Language!

webmaster@portlandcodecamp.org — Fri, 22 May 2009 09:38:00 GMT

Come to the Portland Code Camp 2009 to hear how other folks are exploring, and perhaps extending, your favorite programming language. Or come to learn more about a language you have heard about and want to explore. Or just come to surround yourself an epicurean polyglot of tongue-twisting, mind-minding, paradigm-shaking gobbledygook. It really doesn't matter, for if you come to Portland Code Camp 2009, you will be exposed to many languages -even those natively spoken by other participants.

So if your interest is in Java, or any of its permutations and extensions -there will be javascript, JAWS, ExtJS, J2ME, and of course Java focused sessions. Clojure and Tapestry are interesting derivations of Java worth your time to hear about and explore. If you have interest in the .NET languages, of course C# and VB.NET will be prominently involved, but check out the session on F# -a new Functional .NET language.

Other functional languages spoken at Code Camp include Clojure, R:, and Haskell. R: has been getting a lot of press lately, especially in situations involving complex algorithms and large amounts of data. Haskell is developing a strong following, and Howard Ship's discussion of Clojure is sure to be worthwhile.

If you speak web, then Ruby on Rails, or XAML will be right down your alley. And of course, being an accomplished 'web-speaker', you will most likely be proficient in some of the others as well. It's a virtual buffet for you.

If your language interests revolve around data, you may wish to check out JQuery, xQuery, SQL, LINQ. There are a couple of SQL sessions that will most likely be very interesting. If you like horror movies, you know, Friday the 13th kind of horror, you definitely will want to see the Hacking SQL/SQLInjection session. You just may not be able to sleep that night...

And there is even a session on creating your own language.

Now how did you want to express your solution? (We have you covered!)

Call for Session Topics Ends Saturday, May 23rd.

webmaster@portlandcodecamp.org — Wed, 20 May 2009 01:28:00 GMT

The Portland Code Camp 2009 Call for session topics will close on Saturday, May 23, 2009. Submissions will be accepted up to 11:59:59 PM on that date. If you have been considering submitting a session topic, write it up an submit it soon! We have had an excellent response to the call for topics this year from community experts, and have just a few spaces left. The content team will review and select the most requested and interesting topics.

The final selections and session schedule will be posted on Tuesday, May 26, 2009. Should you have any questions, please use the contact form.

Thank you again for your submissions, and we all look forward to a successful Portland Code Camp 2009!

Presenter Spotlight: Howard Lewis Ship

webmaster@portlandcodecamp.org — Mon, 18 May 2009 00:34:00 GMT

Howard Lewis Ship is the creator and lead developer for the Apache Tapestry and Apache HiveMind projects, author of Tapestry in Action, and Director of Open Source Technology for Formos Software Development. Howard is a frequent speaker at Open Source and Java events. With over a decade of creating open source projects, tools, patterns, unit testing, etc., Howard's sessions on Tapestry and Clojure are certain to excite the java programmer within you.

From the publisher's description of Howard's book on Tapestry:

The creator of Tapestry details how to use this new framework's components to create rich web-based GUIs using links, images, and HTML forms. The challenges of web application development are discussed, such as managing server-side state properly, application localization, and maintaining synchronization between the client web browser and the application server. At the same time, the benefits of a clean separation between presentation logic and business logic and how well Tapestry succeeds in keeping these two concerns apart are identified.

See Howard's blog for more information about Tapestry and Clojure.

If you have any interest in elegant Java programming, Howard's sessions are for you!

Excitment Building for the 2009 Portland Code Camp

webmaster@portlandcodecamp.org — Thu, 07 May 2009 07:00:00 GMT

WOW! As of Thursday morning, over 325 folks have registered for the 2009 Portland Code Camp, and now there are more then 50 sessions submitted -and more to be submitted soon. This year's Portland Code Camp is shaping up to be an event too good to miss. And did we mention that there is no charge to attend Code Camp? In addition to the excellent variety of speakers and sessions, we are planning a few surprises. Stay tuned for more details.

We appreciate your help in spreading the word about Code Camp. Please continue doing more of the same and tell everyone you know that might be interested. Don't let your friends miss out on this developer community event.

We will have door prizes that are guaranteed to knock your socks off. There will be a major door prize for the early birds, as well as an equally valuable prize for those tired dogs that stay throughout the day. And there will be interesting and valuable gifts throughout the day. If you have to leave early, plan to be there early!

Presenter Spotlight: Ward Cunningham

webmaster@portlandcodecamp.org — Wed, 06 May 2009 00:23:00 GMT

Ward Cunningham, has been significantly involved with extreme programming (one of the agile methodologies) since it's beginning, is a long time advocate of test driven development, and will be presenting at the 2009 Portland Code Camp. Ward's presentation will focus on the visual framework he created to merge user-centered design with test driven development and then driven by a compressed testing regimine to deliver significant value to the end product.

Ward created and developed the very first wiki, and then choose to turn it over to 'open source'. Currently, Ward is Chief Technical Officer of AboutUs.org. In this capacity, he is employing a variation of the wiki concept and extending the framework to dynamically gather and manage the internet's metadata. Prior to joining AboutUs.org, Ward spent two years with the Eclipse Foundation, a member supported open source development environment project. Ward was instrumental, along with Ken Beck, in developing software patterns.

Registration Hits 250 Today

webmaster@portlandcodecamp.org — Mon, 04 May 2009 12:24:00 GMT

Interest in the 2009 Portland Code Camp continues to build.

We welcome Software Association of Oregon as a community sponsor. You will also notice several local organizations have joined the growing list of sponsors. Shouldn't your company be included as a sponsor?

Is there a topic you want covered?

Is there a local Developer you want to hear?

Let us know by using the Contact form.