April 8, 2008
BDD: Coming to a Theater Near You? (Tonight!)
by Brian Donahue
By a stroke of luck, I’ll be talking about Behavior Driven Development twice in April. The first occasion will be at the Northern New Jersey .NET User GroupBroken Link: http://www.setfocus.com/n3ug/welcome.aspx (aka N3UG). Many thanks to Dave Laribee for the referral. The meeting begins at 6:30pm. Directions and more information are available on the websiteBroken Link: http://www.setfocus.com/n3ug/welcome.aspx.
On Wednesday, April 23rd, I’ll be talking more BDD at an ALT.NETBroken Link: http://altdotnet.org/-themed meeting of the main Philly.NET User GroupBroken Link: http://phillydotnet.org/. The "headliner" for the evening is fellow Philly ALT.NETBroken Link: http://phillyalt.net/ter Jeff Deville, who will be speaking about the new ASP.NET MVC framework. It should be a lot of fun. The meeting begins at 5:30 and is hosted by Microsoft at their Malvern office. If you are planning to attend, please registerBroken Link: http://www.phillydotnet.org/Default.aspx?tabid=676, which helps them ensure there will be enough food, seats, etc!
UPDATE: I'll also be talking BDD at PhillyNJ.NET on April 30: http://phillynj.net
Other Events To Note:
Philly ALT.NETBroken Link: http://phillyalt.net/ Pub Night - April 16th: Pub NightBroken Link: http://phillyalt.net/2008_04_16_meeting.ashx returns to Philly ALT.NET, and we’ll be back at Chaucer’s to eat, drink, and make geeky. The last pub night was a lot of fun, so make sure to check it out. Chaucer’s has great food and drink specials from 5-7pm, too!
ALT.NET SeattleBroken Link: http://altdotnet.org/events/seattle (SOLD OUT) - April 18-20: I had a small part in helping organize the second ALT.NET Open Space coming up in Seattle. Dave Laribee led a group of organizers, and it promises to be a great conference. Unfortunately, the (free) event is full, so we can’t accept any more registrations, but hopefully I’ll have some stuff to blog about upon my return (having the time to actually write the blog posts is another issue).
DevTeach Toronto - May 13th-15th: I’m really excited to check out DevTeach, which has a reputation as one of the best technical conferences around, and happens to be focused on .NET and Agile. Many of the ALT.NET illuminati will be speaking, and I hope to learn a lot and make some new friends. If you are thinking of registering, feel free to use Philly ALT.NET’s $50 discount code: PA0000ALTNET (Note: there are some great pre and post-conference sessions that you may want to check out, but be aware that you can opt to attend only the main conference, and save some money!)
Hope to catch you at one of these places in April or May! Don’t forget to sign up for the Philly ALT.NET mailing list to keep up to date on our future meetings. In May, we are looking forward to having Matt Podwysocki talk to us about F# and Functional Programming!