Ok! Here it is, the final instalment of our 'Up close and personal' questions and answers
write up. Not long to go now, the hype is getting huge, and with this line
up, it's pretty obvious why! I don't want to say we saved the best
till last, but, well.... i'm last, so. Enjoy!"
Jason Prothero
Q: So this year you are doing a session at CodeGarden
titled "The E-Commerce Showdown". Can you tell us what the session
will be about?
A: I'm on the e-Commerce package showdown panel talking about
Commerce 4 Umbraco. I'll generally be talking about its current
state, pluses/minuses of the package, and how others can get
involved since it is an open source project. Before Codegarden I
plan to have a down-loadable demo store and hopefully an install
that actually works well! Basically, I'd like to make C4U a viable
option in the Umbraco e-commerce world and make it easy for
developers to get involved in the future.
Q: What are you most looking forward to at this years
CodeGarden?
A: I'm really excited about meeting all the people I know
through Twitter and Our.Umbraco in person! I'm also really excited
to learn about Umbraco 5 and Courier 2. CodeGarden looks like a
blast from what I've seen in the past. I'm just really excited to
be able to go this year!
Q: What is the most exciting thing for you about the
upcoming V5 release?
A: Well, I'm excited to have a fully MVC experience and it
appears that the extensibility has been taken to a new level. But
really, I love Umbraco as it is, so v5 just means more good stuff,
right?!
Paul Sterling
Q: So this year yourself and Peter Gregory are
presenting a session at CodeGarden, titled "Introduction to Deli".
Can you tell us a little about Deli and what we can learn at your
session?
A: Peter and I (and a bunch of other folks from the Umbraco HQ
and the community) have been hard at work making the Deli something
that will add more value to the Umbraco Community and will broaden
the opportunities in the Umbraco commercial ecosystem. The Deli is
the evolution of the Projects section from our.umbraco.org
and retains all the goodness Projects have now, but adds a
marketplace for commercially licensed packages. The Introduction to
Deli session is aimed at package creators who are interested in
offering commercial packages to the Umbraco community. We'll talk
about the ins and outs of entering the commercial package space and
how the Deli helps ease some of the difficult parts of getting
started. We'll also give a thorough introduction to the tools for
vendors in the Deli; from the built-in license creator to the
vendor dashboards - and a few more things we'll keep as a surprise.
If you have a commercial Umbraco package now, or think you might
create one in the future, this session will be an hour of your time
very well spent.
Q: What are you most looking forward to at this years
CodeGarden?
A: Aside from high-fiving as many of the amazing Umbraco
community folks as I can, I'm excited to talk with old friends
about what they've been up to with Umbraco in the last year and to
hear about how new friends are using Umbraco now. I'm also
interested to see how the CodeGarden morning runs feel after some
of the legendary CodeGarden parties.
Q: What is the most exciting thing for you about the
upcoming V5 release?
A: I am very excited about the Hive we've heard so much about,
and the potential for running Umbraco in widely dispersed and
loosely coupled cloud environments this brings to V5.
Casey Neehouse
Q: What are you most looking forward to at this years
CodeGarden?
A: It has been a long time since I have seen several of my
Umbraco friends, and I really look forward to connecting with them,
catching up, and experiencing the world of Umbraco. The level of
creativity present at the CodeGarden festival is nothing short of
amazing, with some of the most useful packages and tools being
delivered at the event.
Q: What is the most exciting thing for you about the
upcoming V5 release?
A: Umbraco V5 (Jupiter) most intrigues me by the fact that it is
a ground-up rebuild of Umbraco into the latest and greatest
technology from Microsoft. I feel that this release will entice new
users to consider Umbraco, and the testing enhancements that are
present in the codebase will make Umbraco more stable than ever
before. The team behind Jupiter is some of the worlds most
technical and creative minds. With them, what can't I look forward
to?
Warren Buckley
Q: What are you most looking forward to at this years
CodeGarden?
A: I will have to say the same as most people and say it's great
to catch up with old friends and make new ones and to hear how
everyone uses Umbraco differently. For me it is hard to pin it to
one particular thing as I have been organising CodeGarden with the
rest of the Umbraco HQ. With the amazing schedule we have this
year, the hands on track, along with the infamous Umbraco bingo and
other great surprises & treats all I can say is that this years
CodeGarden will be the best one yet!
Q: What is the most exciting thing for you about the
upcoming V5 release?
A: I must admit I haven't had much time to look into V5, but
with those clever whizz kids from the core team hard at work with
an entire rewrite, its bound to be amazing! With that said I think
the most exciting thing that I know about V5 is that for a
developer like me, the ideologies and methods behind Umbraco are
staying the same.
So, that's us. Most of the team who will have the pleasure
and privledge of teaching, discussing and hopefully inspiring you
with all things Umbraco this CodeGarden. If we havn't said it
enough yet, this year will be THE YEAR to get yourselves down
here. A lot of the conference is dedicated to making the move
over to V5 easy for you, and your team. There will also be
introductions made to some fantastic new products such as Courier 2
and The Deli. Throw in there the legendary Umbraco bingo,
meeting up with old friends and making new ones... why would you
even consider sitting at home and reading the hype on
twitter? Buy your ticket
NOW! Once you've secured one, come back here and leave a
comment telling us what YOU are looking forward to
most at CG11.