Presented by: Bruce Eckel Wow. That was a good keynote. The main idea was that the world is changing, paradigms are shifting, and we are finally realizing that software development is not the static, defined process talked about in many books or imagined by many managers. Life is dymanic, the world is dymanic and experimentation [...]
Presented by: Joe O’Brien I love Ruby on Rails! Okay, maybe I’m not a complete convert, yet. I have yet to write my first line of Ruby, but it is at the top of my agenda when I get back from the conference. Ruby is such a beautiful language. And, the aspects of Rails that [...]
Presented by: Keith Elder This presentation was Microsoft-focused, so it wasn’t very applicable outside of a tightly controlled MS environment, but the technology was interesting. A Smart Client, as described in the session, is what I might call a Rich Internet Application. There is client code that runs on your desktop, using WinForms, but the [...]
Presented by: Neal Ford The first keynote of the day was very interesting and as I have mentioned previously, I think it’s subject matter is an important theme of the conference. Domain Specific Languages (DSL) allow developers to use classes and objects as the building blocks of a higher-level abstraction. The point was made that [...]
Bruce Setting Up, originally uploaded by Neo0ptik. Bruce is setting up.
So far, the conference has been very interesting. I’ll write up more substantial posts laster, but the first keynote about Domain Specific Languages really has my mind racing. Since Ruby is a language that is well suited to creating DSLs, I’m even more interested in getting a test development server running when I get back [...]
First Ruby Session, originally uploaded by Neo0ptik. The first Ruby on Rails session. These are what I am most interested in. This is an intro to Ruby.
CodeMash Begins, originally uploaded by Neo0ptik. The First Keynote Begins
Check the Flickr feed for more photos from the Kalahari resort. Chas and I tried to go to the game room tonight, after dinner, but it closes at 10. So, I’ll get some better pictures tomorrow, when we actually play some stuff. My Schedule for tomorrow (as of now): 9:00a – 9:45a: Neal Ford Keynote: [...]
Because the drive was so long and we got here in the evening, Chas and I decided to skip the pre-conference discussion on programming languages. There is an interesting post here about it. Instead, we went to the Kahunaville restaurant and bar at the resort. I still need to finalize my schedule of events tomorrow, [...]