Dear Brad,
This sounds like a great meeting! Thanks everyone for the clarification
about the .net event.
Regards,
Flint
On Thu, 26 Mar 2009, Bradley Holt wrote:
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:55:19 -0400
From: Bradley Holt <[email protected]>
Reply-To: Vermont Area Group of Unix Enthusiasts <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: FW: VTdotNET April Meeting ... and __Code Camp__??
Kevin,
I'm from the PHP Users Group and there was some talk awhile back about
doing a "code review" meeting. I think some sort of
cross-language/cross-platform "code camp" would be interesting as
well. It would be interesting for newbies because they could talk to
people that specialize in various languages/platforms and learn about
what tools may work for what jobs. Plus, us non-newbies can always
learn new stuff from people using technology other than what we use
everyday :-)
Since the PHP Users Group came up, I'll mention that tonight's
(3/26/2009) meeting should be interesting. Paul Reinheimer from
php|architect will be taking an in-depth look at the easy/hard parts
of web applications. We'll be meeting at 6pm at the Vermont Center for
Emerging Technologies (VCET). Details here:
http://groups.google.com/group/Burlington-VT-PHP/web/meeting-2009-03-26
Thanks,
Bradley
On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 2:28 PM, Kevin Thorley <[email protected]> wrote:
On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 1:15 PM, Paul Flint <[email protected]> wrote:
Dear Nick,
So much for equal time...
I consider .net brain damage, based upon recent experience.
I haven't used .net, so I can't comment on it. However, I'll venture
a guess that VTSDA is presenting a topic that they have had requests
for and/or appeals to a larger number of their members.
Personally, I would love to see a similar event for the Java
community. Or, in the spirit of inclusiveness, for any languages that
are heavily used on Linux. Of course, being a Java developer I am
both biased and still well aware that may open source people consider
Java just one short step away from MS.
That being said, if such an event were to be organized I would be
happy to present on any number of Java/General Programming topics.
Intro to Java Programming, Advanced Java Programming, Enterprise Java
Programming, Software Design and Architecture, Design Patterns, Agile
Methods... the list goes on. I am sure there are other members on
this list that would also be interested in such a thing. Personally I
would be happy to commit to a day of learning and sharing about
programming. So, if there is a desire beyond just bashing those poor
microsoft-loving folks over at VTSDA, lets do it. Perhaps the folks
over on the PHP users list would also participate. Maybe we could
even scare up a Ruby/Ruby-on-Rails expert or two?
And on a related topic, if there is any interest in starting a local
Java Users Group, I'm all ears. I'm also willing to take a lead role
in such a thing if there is sufficient interest.
Kevin
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