FlaCodeBrew and Florida .NET Developer Events
by David Hayden, Microsoft MVP C#
I had this idea awhile ago that I wanted to start a Florida Code Brew Group, which had the following characteristics ( from bill evjen ) -
- A Code Brew consists of a small group of peers (4-10 to be effective)
- Meet with laptops ready, software ready and an understanding that each person is going to want to take a 10-30 minute lead with the group
- Each lead (in turn) works through either a work-through demo (which everyone will work through as well), a problem they are having (which others will try to help solve through either advice or samples), a product demo (either something someone built or something cool that was found which you feel others would benefit from)
Essentially a laid back group of individuals who love to get together and talk development in a more interactive fashion. In addition to being local, I envisioned getting together with all sorts of developers across Florida around the time of various events, functions, and other developer happenings. Recently I purchased the FlaCodeBrew Domain to provide a place to announce upcoming events, etc.
As it so happens, I needed a list of .NET Developer Events happening around Florida to coordinate the state-wide effort and realized there really wasn't a great place to find out about Florida .NET Developer Events without visiting site to site. The MSDN Flash is cool but static in nature. I needed a place that was updated regularly and somewhat searchable.
Given I had started PnPGuidance not too long ago and made the engine multi-site capable, I decided to initially make FlaCodeBrew a central place to find out about all Florida .NET Developer Events as well as a resting place to announce FlaCodeBrew Events.
So, if you would like to find out about .NET developer events around Florida, I have already listed those events that I am aware of in December and January. You can subscribe to the FlaCodeBrew RSS Feed to stay-up-to-date on everything. I can't guarantee I mention everything, but I plan to post anything I see mentioned and I can find. If you see something missing, let me know.
I have broken up the events by .Net Developer Group and SQL Server Group so far. You can also find events by particular speakers, cities, and subjects via the tags. If you go to the site, there are specific areas for:
as well as a News page which has events that are a bit more special in nature: Day of Silverlight, Day of Patterns & Practices, SQLSaturday in Tampa, MSDN Events in Tampa and Ft. Lauderdale.
I will add more features over time, but I think this is at least a start.
Enjoy.