John Morales discusses Ajax and jQuery.

CodeCamp South, held at Strayer University facilities in Woodbridge, successfully concluded on Saturday, March 29th. The event featured both well-known and a few first-time speakers from the Mid-Atlantic region.

Attendees listen intently to Jeff Schoolcraft's discussion of the new ASP.NET MVC framework.

Register Now! NovaCodeCamp SOUTH will take place on March 29th at Strayer University in Woodbridge, Virginia.

We have an exciting group of speakers talking about the latest in Microsoft Technologies. Top Microsoft MVPs and Developers like Brian Noyes, Sahil Malik, Jonathan Cogley, Antonio Chagoury, Frank LaVigne, and others!

Come hear sessions on:

• Silverlight
• VS2008 WCF, WPF
• SQL Server 2008
• SharePoint 2007
• DotNetNuke Development
• Office 2007 with OpenXML
• TDD, SOA, SSIS, and much more!

This event is FREE! Registration is limited to the first 100 persons to sign up, so don't miss your chance to attend this event.

We're working on slotting what responses we've had to speak into sessions, a task that will hopefully be completed by this weekend.  It looks like we're going to have some openings, so if you're interested, send me an email (jeff at thequeue dot net) with your name and the session title and abstract.

We'd prefer coding sessions but guided discussions are also a welcome addition.  Some ideas for discussions might be "How is MVC going to affect me", "Coolest things you do in your build process" or "Choosing your AJAX framework".

It looks like we're going to have 4 tracks and about 4-5 sessions each (we're still working on session length).  One track is going to be a dedicated lobby track, or at least that is the plan right now.  A lobby track is a place to geek out with fellow attendees during a timeslot that might not have something to offer you.  CodeCamp is about learning, but it's also about connecting with your fellow developers.

The details:
When: March 29, 2008 from 9a - 5p (we'll provide pizza for lunch, other options nearby)
Where: Strayer University Woodbridge Campus (directions)
Registration: http://tinyurl.com/39yhtw (limited to 100 and it's filling up fast!)

My name is Leah, and I'll be helping out Jeff with this web site and nagging speakers for session materials. Feel free to nag back if you have any suggestions. Be sure to put code camp in your subject.

The download page is now up for the last Code Camp. It's also accessible via the Home drop down menu in the top left corner. It's not much, but it will be growing.

We need to wrap up the evaluations so we can select a few winners and let the speakers see their feedback.

Evaluations are being done through CodeCampEvals.com.  I'd like to thank David Silverlight for the resource and dealing with me (it can be a chore). 

David runs Community Credit, they give stupid prizes to smart people.  Basically you register at the site and log activities you've done throughout the month (went to a UG meeting, went to code camp, spoke at something, blogged about something, etc).  Every activity has a point value (attending a CodeCamp is worth 5,000 points).  At the end of the month they tally up the top point earners and give away prizes, like this Projector Keyboard.

Back to the topic at hand, NoVa CodeCamp 2007.02 evaluations.  Header over to CodeCampEvals.com and select NoVa CodeCamp 2007.02.  You have a list of questions that we'd like feedback on for CodeCamp in general and for each of the sessions you attended.  Your feedback is very important to the speakers, it helps them adjust for their next presentation.

So why would you want to do this?  Beyond your altruistic nature, you mean?  Because we're giving away prizes to two randomly selected fee read more ...