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Community Event: Toronto Code Camp

03 Apr

code_camp_logo The Fifth Annual Toronto Code Camp, a free .NET community sponsored event, will be held on May 1st, 2010! Last years event was a huge success with over 350 attendees, 25 sessions, 24 speakers, 20+ volunteers and contributors including Microsoft, Manulife Financial, ObjectSharp Consulting, Infragistics, GFI, FarPoint and DevTeach. This year we have moved to a new venue at Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology. This has allowed us to offer more content to the attendees of the Code Camp. We will be offering 40 sessions (that’s 60% more) this year.

Quick Links

  • Toronto Code Camp Website
  • Speaker List
  • Sessions
  • Call for Contributors form
  • Call for Speakers form
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    Contributors

    Contributors are a vital part of the Toronto Code Camp, and provide the funds and infrastructure for executing a successful event! If you are interested in participating, download the Call for Contributors form, and contact them. They definitely want to hear from you!

    Speakers

    The Toronto Code Camp is now accepting submissions for speakers! Download, fill out and submit the Call for Speakers form. Keep in mind that the spots are limited therefore sign up as soon as possible.

    What is a Code Camp all about?

    The answer is actually very simple. A Code Camp must follow these rules:

    1. By and For the Developer Community
      Code Camps are about the developer community at large. They are meant to be a place for developers to come and learn from their peers. Topics are always based on community interest and never determined by anyone other than the community.

    2. Always Free
      Code Camps are always free for attendees.

    3. Community Developed Material
      The success of the Code Camps is that they are based on community content. All content that is delivered is original. All presentation content must be provided completely (including code) without any restriction. If you have content you don’t want to share or provide to attendees then the Code Camp is not the place for you.

    4. No Fluff – only Code
      Code Camps are about showing the code. Refer to rule #1 if you have any questions on this.

    5. Community Ownership
      The most important element of the Code Camp is always the developer community. All are welcome to attend and speak and do so without expectation of payment or any other compensation other than their participation in the community.

    6. Never occur during work hours
      We understand that many times people can’t leave work for a day or two to attend training or even seminars. The beauty of the Code Camp is that they always occur on weekends.

     
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    CTTDNUG Event: Visual Studio 2010 Extensibility

    25 Mar

    The Canadian Technology Triangle .NET User Group (CTTDNUG) is based in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.  This group founded by David Totzke, has been providing educational lectures to Microsoft Developers for over 7 years. After nearly a year of inactivity Cory Fowler came on the scene and offered to help revitalize the group. This group runs with a team of 8 volunteers which all lend a hand in their own way, and is held at their generous Location Sponsor Manulife Financial [25 Water St. Kitchener, Ontario].  CTTDNUG meets on the last Wednesday of every month.

    This month’s speaker is Marcel Bradea from Infusion Development. Here’s a little bit about Marcel and his presentation.

    Bio

    Marcel Bradea is an eccentric, young, energetic software consultant who is passionate about technology and its impact on the world. With a UX-driven philosophy to developing technologies, this approach to software is all about sophisticated simplicity. A proponent of TDD/BDD, collaboration, creative atmospheres, grassroots innovation; Marcel enjoys influencing the social factors that produce phenomenon’s within organizations. A former Google employee and aspiring serial entrepreneur, Marcel sees the world of software as ripe with opportunity. His past work includes multi-touch technologies (Microsoft Surface), social networks and distribution systems, and his outlook towards the future promotes the evolution of computer interaction, of software development, and the inter-weaving of software outside the traditional uses of desktop computing.

    Abstract

    What is new in the world of Visual Studio extensibility? With a completely rebuilt editor at its core, a brand new Extensions Manager to deliver extensions straight through the IDE and the recently released MEF add-in framework to support it all, Visual Studio 2010 unlocks a new direction for the development experience on the .NET platform. We will be exploring the extensibility options available and taking a first-hand dive into building a Visual Studio 2010 editor add-in. Bring your curiosity. Bring your long-awaited wishes and ideas!

    Registration

    Event Date: Wednesday March 31, 2010.
    Event Time: 6pm – 8:30pm
    Additional Information + Registration: http://www.cttdnug.org

     
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