As I mentioned from my last blog post, I'm going to blog more
regularly about any news we have about CodeGarden here at the
Umbraco HQ, so here's the next installment!
Before I carry on, if you are reading this and thinking "what is
CodeGarden?" Well, it's Umbraco's annual conference. Check out this
post announcing CodeGarden tickets are for sale and how
to convince your boss you should come for more information.
This year we are proud to announce something new and different
which we haven't done before at previous CodeGarden festivals. This
year not only are we going from two days to three full days
dedicated entirely to Umbraco, but we have decided here at the HQ
that we are going to dedicate an entire track to hands on workshop
& learning.
So what can you expect from this new track at
CodeGarden?
We will have a nice relaxed environment for you to code and get
hands-on experience & advice with the Umbraco core team
themselves. Yes you read that right, you will be able to get hands
on knowledge and advice from the brains behind Umbraco at no extra
cost.
The workshop will run all 3 days of CodeGarden which will also
have a focus on getting hands-on experience with Umbraco 5, so this
is a perfect time to take a break from the client projects at home
and get hands-on practical knowledge about the brand new version of
Umbraco, re-written from the ground up and built on Microsoft's
MVC3 stack.
This track is also a great way to meet and discuss with
like-minded attendees to discuss version 5 package ideas and work
together to win that all important package competition!
Package Competition
Each year we give developers a chance to build & showcase an
Umbraco package, that adds some new functionality to Umbraco at the
end of the conference with shiny prizes galore.
With the dedicated hands-on track this will make life easier to
allow developers to work with one another and exchange ideas or
even produce an Umbraco package. But you don't have to be a
developer to join in the fun, you could be someone who is
non-technical but who has a brilliant idea that you would like to
share by teaming up with developers in a fun and open
atmosphere.
So much knowledge!
With the Umbraco Core team, MVPs, package developers and other
Umbraco developers & designers all attending CodeGarden, you
can be assured there will be someone there to help you. I can't
even imagine what the combined Karma point score will be!
This year's schedule is very busy with the focus on Version 5,
so we have not announced anything official in the schedule for Open
Space, however we have the room to do this in some places around
the venue. So lets just wait and see what happens with this.
What sessions are at CodeGarden?
Well we have just released the
schedule for this years CodeGarden on the official website, and
I think this has to be the best schedule so far. For example we
have sessions from Niels Hartvig & Per Ploug on how to move
your data from v4 to v5, Martin Beeby and Morten Christensen on
Azure & Umbraco, Adi Molina from FOX International talking
about how they implement Umbraco websites.
There are so many good sessions that I simply can't list them
all, so I recommend you to go
over to the CodeGarden website and take a look for
yourself.
This all sounds brilliant, but where do I buy my
ticket?
Wondering how to get tickets to this years CodeGarden in
Copenhagen? Look no further as we conveniently have a page all
about CodeGarden, what it is and what you can expect and
of course a way to buy your ticket/s.
Well until next time
Warren & The Umbraco HQ