Announcements

CMAP Code Camp 2007 Fall Edition is in the Books

Sunday, October 14, 2007

Well, the CMAP Code Camp 2007 Fall Edition is in the books. We would like to thank the many people that made this code camp a great success. A big thank you to all of the attendees, speakers, and voluteers. A another big thank you to all of our contributors for dontating a large number of product licenses, books, and SWAG. And a big thank you to our Gold and Room sponsors for making the code camp possible.

CMAP Code Camp 2007 Fall Edition Location Update

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

The location for the CMAP Code Camp 2007 Fall Edition has been formalized. We will be holding the code camp at the Loyola College Graduate Center Columbia Campus.

Loyola College Graduate Center
Columbia Campus
8890 McGaw Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045

Call for Speakers is Now Closed

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Thank you to all of our speakers for offering to speak at our code camp. Please check out the Sessions page for a list of sessions being presented at the Code Camp 2007 Fall Edition. Also visit the Speakers page to see the list of speakers. The session schedule will be updated in a few days.

CMAP Code Camp 2007 Fall Edition

Monday, September 10, 2007

Central Maryland Association of .NET Professionals (CMAP) will holding the Fall Edition Code Camp on October 13, 2007. The Code Camp will be held from 9am - 5pm in Columbia, MD.

Code Camp Call for Speakers

Monday, September 10, 2007

CMAP is looking for speakers for its Fall Edition Code Camp. If you are interested in speaking, please contact the Code Camp Programming Director for more information. As a community based event this is a general call for speakers to help make this event a success. The Code Camp will contain two types of sessions.

Requested Session Types:

• Code focused presentation - These are presentations that include both power points and code demos. Given the audience that is attending it is important that a large amount of the presentation is focused on code and coding related techniques.
• Chalk Talks - These sessions are designed as a facilitated discussion around a developer topic. They are presented as a free form facilitated discussion that leverages the expertise of the presenter and the combined knowledge of the group to explore a specific topic.

Additionally, based on feedback we are sponsoring the following tracks. If your desired topic does not fit cleanly into one of these tracks, please propose it anyway! We will be scheduling an additional track for miscellaneous topics based on speaker demand.

Track Category	Description
.NET 101	This track emphasizes the basic fundamentals of .NET and all of its technologies. It covers what .NET technologies are, how they work, and how you can put them to use in your Windows or Web application. This track is an ideal place for new comers to the world of .NET or those who wanted a quick refresher on the principles behind the design of .NET technologies.
NET Futures	.NET is an ever developing and changing technology. The sessions in this track will help you keep up with the recent and upcoming changes in .NET. Examples of future .NET technologies include LINQ, SQL Server 2008, .NET 3.5, and C# 3.0, among others.
Best Practices	It is not enough to know the ins and outs of all .NET technologies. What is more important is to know how to apply them to solve your business problems in an effective and efficient manner. This track focuses on best practices, guidelines, application architecture templates, and tried and proven ways to make your .NET application maintainable, extensible, scalable, and reliable.
Data Access and SQL Server 2005	Data is king and knowing to handle it is one of the most important aspects of .NET. Come to the sessions in this track to learn more about how .NET access its application data and how SQL Server helps you better manage your data and its access
Miscellaneous	This track includes session in other topics not covered in the above tracks.

The Code Camp Manifesto

Originated by Thom Robbins, NED Community Developer Evangelist

The original code camp was a conglomeration of ideas by many different people across the development community. The idea was simple-provide an off-hours forum for the development community to speak and share ideas for them to come and enjoy. The results continue to astound.

What is a Code Camp?

The answer is actually simple. In order to qualify as an official Code Camp, follow these simple protocols:

1. By and For the Developer Community
   Code Camps are about the local developer community. They are meant to be a place for developers to come and learn from their peers. Topics are always based on community interest and never determined by anyone other than the community.
2. Always Free
   Code Camps are always free for attendees.
3. Community Developed Material
   The success of the Code Camps is that they are based on community content. All content that is delivered is original. All presentation content must be provided completely (including code) without any restriction.
4. No Fluff – only Code
   Code Camps are about showing the code. Refer to rule #1 if you have any questions on this.
5. Community Ownership
   The most important element of the Code Camp is always the developer community. All are welcome to attend and speak and do so without expectation of payment or any other compensation other than their participation in the community.
6. Never occur during work hours
   Code camp recognizes that many times people can’t leave work for a day or two to attend training or even seminars. The beauty of the Code Camp is that they always occur on weekends.