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Developer Conferences for the Summer?
modi123 asks: "It's getting close to the middle of the year and I am looking for a developer conference or two, so that I can fill my educational quota. TechEd in Orlando is out (I was the last yell 'not it' and I have to remain behind to man the system), my boss won't allow me to travel to TechEd Euro in Barcelona, and I am at a loss on where to go. My areas of expertise are VB.NET, MSSQL, and application development, while I dabble in AI, info sec, and GUI development. Do you have any suggestions where I can go? Side note, I keep hearing about this 'defcon' thing — would that benefit an app developer, or is that mainly an overblown info sec experience?"
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You might check out the Apple World-Wide Developers Conference (WWDC). It's in June this year, IIRC. They're doing some sessions on web content this year, and you might enjoy learning about other plaforms while you're at it..
http://developer.apple.com/wwdc/
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Siggraph is always fun. It's a mix of creative and technical people, with plenty of interactive "art" (nearly games).
Most people I know, even the non-graphics ones, love it.
DEFCON, while fun, is more of a giant party with some technical talks than an actual educational experience. If you're looking for something to further your technical prowess, rather than a fun weekend off in Vegas, I wouldn't recommend DEFCON.
I'd look into all of the USENIX conferences, or maybe CRYPTO if you're so inclined.
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You may want to take a look at local User Groups for .NET Development.
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EuroPython 2007 will take place in Vilnius, Lithuania from Monday 9th July to Wednesday 11th July.
http://www.europython.org/
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on MS platforms sound/seem more boring that I remember some how.
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What about Akademy 2007 in Glasgow?
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You may find OSCON interesting.
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I'm organizing BARcamp for Chicago http://barcampchicago.com/ Check the main BARcamp site to see if there is one in your area or someplace you'd like to travel to. http://barcamp.or/ You might also consider getting involved in Googles summer of code.. not sure what the details are with that though.
August 8th to 12th, there's the Chaos Communication Camp 2007, camping + geeks + lectures + beer. What more could you want?
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A VB/MSSQL developer who knows nothing about security - surely not!
I'd say look into some FOSS conferences like EuroPython or LinuxWorld/Expo.
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I thought about this, but alas we are a windows shop only. Most mac commentary or suggestions are quashed with our 'mac-faq-whack'n-stick'. *shrug*
This conference used to only cover extreme programming, but has since combined with other agile conferences under one umbrella. It is a week long in Washington D.C (Aug 13 - 17), and includes workshops, research in progress, research papers, and demonstrations on the latest research in agile software development. It is IEEE sponsored, and more on the academic side as opposed to a developers trade show type of event.
<shameless plug> I will be presenting a research paper on thursday during the conference on incremental development practices, so if you attend check it out</shameless plug>
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I would highly recommend Black Hat in Las Vegas in late July/early August. Even if you aren't a "black/white/whatever hat" (I certainly am not) it is very interesting to see what that community is doing. I always come away inspired by something.
It's not until Nov 5-8, but it might be a good trip. It's not very in depth, but it does give you a heads up about what's going on in the Microsoft world of development. Some sessions were excellent, some extremely lame.
But if a given session sucks, hey, you're in a hotel/casino in Vegas.
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If your interested in mobile development, you can check out the Mobile Developer Days 2007: http://mobiledevices.kom.aau.dk/team_and_organizat ion/events/mobile_developer_days_2007/
Try PDC which, IMHO, is more useful than TechEd for application developers using MSFT technology. It's going to be held early October this year in LA.
Why is it that most of the conferences listed here are our west in california or vegas? I know those are fun locations, but why can't they hold a few of the bigger conferences and conventions over here in the midwest?
If anyone knows of some, please let me in on it!
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