Mar 07
Wow, I haven’t actually posted anything this year so I feel it is time to fix that with an update from Scottish Developers. Oh and this is also the first post using a new theme (well, new for my blog anyway). I am starting to tire of WordPress so am seriously considering writing my own site in ASP.NET 4.0 / MVC 2 just to play with things. Anyway, here are the upcoming events on the Scottish Developer’s calendar.
March
- Wednesday 16th, Dundee – Web Application Testing With Selenium
I will be doing a final run of my introductory talk on testing web applications using Selenium at the University of Dundee. There are still places available for this talk so please see the registration page for more details.
- Thursday 25th, Glasgow – Guathon!
Geek celebrity Scott Guthrie (Scott Gu), vice president of the Developer Division at Microsoft, will be spending an entire day in Glasgow talking on Visual Studio 2010, .NET 4.0 and Silverlight 3.0. Places are limited for this event so head over to the Guathon page and get registered asap!
- Friday 26th, Edinburgh – Geek Dinner
We will be taking an evening off from the code and presentations at the end of the month while reflecting on the teaching of The Gu from the previous day. At present we don’t have a restaurant in mind for this yet but we are open to suggestions. Since we need to get an idea of numbers for the dinner, if you are interested in joining us please make sure you register first.
April
- Wednesday 14th, Edinburgh – Introduction to SOLID
Chris Canal will be providing an introduction to SOLID and how it can be used to build more maintainable software which reacts better to change. There are still places available for this talk so please see the registration page for more details.
- Monday 19th, Edinburgh & Tuesday 20th, Glasgow – Jesse Liberty
Silverlight guru Jesse Liberty will be speaking for us in Edinburgh and Glasgow. Details for this should be available soon, keep an eye out on the Scottish Developers blog for updates.
- Wednesday 28th, Dundee - SSL/TLS – Just when you thought it was safe to return
If you are interested in internet security this is a talk you wont want to miss. Arron Finnon will be explaining why SSL/TLS is not as secure as we believe and will be pointing out the vulnerabilities with this very commonly used security technology. There are still places available for this talk so please see the registration page for more details.
May
- Saturday 8th May, Glasgow – Developer Day Scotland 2010
This is a day not to be missed and the highlight of the Scottish Developer’s calendar. Join us for a day of presentations, grok talks and geekery at Glasgow Caledonian University. 20 speakers, 4 rooms and various topics including jQuery, Defensive Programming, HTML 5, Code Contracts and Silverlight. We are getting close to full for registrations so make sure you don’t miss out and get signed up ASAP. More information can be found on the conference home page.
- Saturday 8th May, Glasgow – DDD Scotland Geek Dinner
Come chill out after DDD Scotland and catch up with developers, speakers and the organisers to share stories and experiences over a good meal in the heart of Glasgow (exact venue yet to be decided although we expect to be in the Merchant City area). Afterwards you can retire to a bar or pub to continue conversation or head out to a club to party.
All of this information can be found in a handy iCal format from our Google Calendar.
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Sep 06
This should have been posted and promoted earlier but things have been pretty hectic lately.
I am organising a wee get-together in Dundee this week for any developers who wish to attend, the details are as follows:
Where/When
Dundee: Wednesday, 9th September @ 19:30
The Event
The nights are drawing in, the days are getting colder so what better time to announce a gathering of like-minded souls in a warm friendly pub for a few drinks and some conversation. If you are in or around the Tayside area come along to Laings Bar in Dundee next week and join us for a something we hope to make a monthly event (in Dundee). No agenda, no speaker, no registration, just some drinks and chinwag.
This should have been advertised sooner but September sprung out of nowhere but we do look forward to seeing you there.
The Venue
Laings Bar, 8 Roseangle, Dundee, DD1 4LR
From: http://scottishdevelopers.com/2009/09/06/tayside-devdrinks/
So if you are interested, just come along to Laings Bar this coming Wednesday and have fun. If you get lost send me a message on Twitter 
Aug 17
Couple of quick updates for you on the events front.
epicenter 2009: 26th – 28th August, Dublin
Just over a week to go until this Irish development conference. Already on the speakers list are those such as Craig Murphy, Alex Mackey, Barry Carr and Barry Dorrans and in addition I will be speaking on Selenium for the first time.
From the website (http://epicenter.ie):
“epicenter is three days of software excellence – it’s a conference, it’s an expo, it’s a place to hang out! It’s for software architects, CTO’s and developers of all knowledge and experience levels.
epicenter is organised by IrishDev.com – News, Events and Jobs for Irish Software Developers.
website development, design, effects, scripting and backend software is provided by Agile Technologies – expert in innovative Web Interfaces and bespoke SaaS development.”
Scottish Developers
Planning is already well under way for the next season of events and already we have some exciting talks coming up.
September
If you are in the Tayside area you may be interested in coming along for a couple of drinks on Wednesday 9th September. We will be meeting in Laings Bar at 7.30pm and all are welcome.
October
November
If you would like to do a talk for us, even if you have never spoken before, please feel free to drop us a line, we would love to hear from you.
Jun 21
I have been quite busy over the last little while between moving flat, finishing university, looking for a job and other things and as such I have not had the time I would have liked (as well as the energy) to write a couple of the posts I have in mind although there are some drafts now kicking around I am working on.
In the mean time I have been invited to join the Scottish Developers committee and as of yesterday I have taken over the role of convener for the Dundee (well, soon to be Tayside) branch of the user group. I am very happy to be asked to fill this position and I look forward to getting started.
Thanks again to Colin and the rest of the committee for the opportunity.
Tagged with: Events • Groups • Scottish Developers
Jan 18
Ok, so I am a little late to the party for announcing it but just in case you don’t already know, DeveloperDeveloperDeveloper! (DDD) Day Belfast is now accepting session submissions.
The event will be held on Saturday, 4th April 2009 however a venue is yet to be announced.
If Northern Ireland is a bit too far afield for you, DDD Scotland will be held in Glasgow at Glasgow Caledonian University on Saturday, 2nd May 2009. Call for speakers is still open until the end of January.
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