Since Stas isn't likely to pimp the conferences, here's a late attempt. YAPC::NA June 25th through 27th, Houston, Texas http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2007/ Abstract Submission Deadline - April 9th
OSCON July 23-27, 2007 in Portland, Oregon http://conferences.oreillynet.com/os2007/ Call For Participation Is Now Closed. ApacheCon (??last year it was in Austin in October??) http://www.apachecon.com/main/ What topics would interest you at YAPC::NA? If you're thinking of submitting, consider preemptive feedback by posting a summary of what you'd submit. If you're thinking of making a submission for OSCON, here are some topics that would interest me: * anything with Apache::Test * maintaining web applications in a multi developer environment, including these subtopics ** building a test suite -- find a bug, add a test -- options for limited tests and comprehensive testing (developers often want to run an abbreviated version of the test suite, while a nightly automated smoke test should run all the tests) -- using a test suite to evaluate upgrades. I'm still using postgresql 7 and mod perl 1 and a test suite would help when I upgrade to postgresql 8, mod perl 2, perl 5.10 and maybe even for (gasp) perl 6 (angelic music goes here). ** integrating human QA with a test suite * Mod perl development review * Bleeding edge mod perl * Not strictly perl topics - avoiding the "death march" (kept me out of YAPC 06) - refactoring before adding a feature - subversion and branching (stable head or a production branch, maybe something about svnmerge) A test suite is essential for maintaining complex web applications, which is why I love Apache::Test. I can't understand why others seem under impressed with it. Hmmm, Apache::Test http://perl.apache.org/docs/general/testing/testing.html Warm regards, Jim
