May 2012
What's New in DotNetNuke v6.2, and Integration of the Active Social Module - by Shaun Walker MVP
The meeting date is Fri, May 4, 2012 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm. Location: Sarasota Community Foundation, at 2635 Fruitville Rd., Sarasota, FL 34237 (just west of Tuttle on the north side of Fruitville).
This month, we have a special series of events featuring Shaun Walker, founder of DotNetNuke (DNN is an open source web portal project), and CTO of DotNetNuke Corporation!
At the SarasotaDev.net group on Friday, May 4 from 2:00-4:00pm, Shaun will be giving technical talks on DotNetNuke v6.2. Shaun will present and demo the highly anticipated DotNetNuke 6.2 release which fully integrates the ActiveSocial functionality and transforms the application into a powerful Social CMS. The second topic is an exploration of technology trends as they relate to Microsoft developers and how DotNetNuke intends to adapt to these trends to ensure it remains a highly relevant web platform for the future.
For a great party with awesome pizza, appetizers and drink tickets join us at the Broadway Bar following the SarasotaDev meeting, where we will kick off the BarCamp Sarasota weekend starting at 5:30pm.
During the May 5th & 6th BarCamp weekend, Shaun is planning to present two very interesting topics: C.M.S. Redefined: Cloud. Mobile Social, which highlights the three most disruptive technology trends in recent years and how they will influence the future of Content Management; and The Business of Open, a journey through the history of the DotNetNuke project as it evolved from an organic open source project to a venture-backed commercial enterprise. See Shaun's blog post for his spin on the weekend.
Shaun Walker (MVP, ASPInsider) is Co-Founder and CTO of DotNetNuke Corporation. Shaun has 18 years professional experience in architecting and implementing large scale software solutions for private and public organizations. Shaun is the original creator of DotNetNuke, a Web Content Management System for ASP.NET which has spawned the largest and most successful Open Source community project native to the Microsoft platform. Based on his significant community contributions he has been recognized as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) since 2004 and an ASPInsider since 2005. He is a frequent speaker at User Groups and Conferences and is a contributing author to a number of books, including the Professional DotNetNuke 5 title from WROX Press. He also served as a founding Director for the Codeplex Foundation, a non-profit open source foundation created by Microsoft in 2009.
Block out the weekend - BarCamp Sarasota is two days of an incredible conference, free if you pre-register. We have lunch both days, a kick-butt Friday and Saturday party at the Broadway Bar, and our always popular, Addy-award winning logo'd t-shirts!! If you missed our first call for speakers and sponsors, we might be able to squeeze you in :).
Upcoming SarasotaDev Events:
June 2012 - in the pipeline!
Please reply to this email if you have feedback, speaker suggestions, or would like to sponsor the group.
Nearby Developer/User Group Events:
- BarCamp Sarasota After-hours - Thu, May 3 from 5:30-until at Shakespeare's Pub in Sarasota. This is the kickoff for BarCamap Sarasota spring conference weekend! After-hours is a casual event and there's no telling where the conversation will go. Join us! More info here.
- BarCamp Sarasota - Spring Conference - Sat/Sun, May 5/6 starting 9am each day! At G.WIZ Science Museum in Sarasota. There is a business expo on Friday, 5/4 and BarCamp parties both Friday and Saturday night. Don't miss this incredible community event! More info here.
- Suncoast Technology Forum TechBytes Luncheon - Tue, May 15 at 11:30-1:00pm. "Life's a Pitch" - the Business of Business Plans by Brent Britton. More info here.
- Sarasota SQL Server - Tue, May 8 at 6:00pm. More info here.
- Internet Media User Group - Thu, May 17 at 6:30pm in Clearwater. More info here.
- SWFL .NET - Thu, May 17 at 6:30pm in Naples. More info here.
- BarCamp Sarasota Lunch & Learn - Fri, May 18 from 11:30am - 1:30 pm at the Broadway Bar. Learn about Strategic Marketing Tools. More Info here.
- Tampa WinDev - More info here.
More Florida events can be found on Joe (devFish) Healy's events page.
Florida CodeCamps (CC), SQL Saturdays (SS) ITProCamps (IT), and BarCamps in 2012:
The 2010 Florida CodeCamp season is about to start! If you haven't attended in the past, a CodeCamp is a free, all-day Saturday developer event put on by regional developers, for developers. If you've been to CodeCamp in the past, then you know you don't want to miss the 2012 season.
- Sarasota IT - Sat, Feb 18.
- South FL CC - Sat, Feb 18.
- BarCamp Palm Beach - Sat, Feb 25.
- Tampa SS - Sat, Mar 10.
- Orlando CC - Sat, Mar 31.
- JAX SS - Sat, Apr 28.
- STF Business Expo - Fri, May 4
- BarCamp Sarasota - Sat/Sun, May 5-6.
- Pensacola SS - Sat, June 9.
- SFL SS - Sat, Jun 16.
- Jacksonville IT - Sat, June 16
- SFL IT Camp - Jul 2012.
- Jacksonville CC - Sat, Aug 25.
- SWFL (Naples) CC - Sat, Sep 8
- BarCamp Tampa - Sat, Sep 22.
- Tampa IT - Sep 2012.
- Orlando SS - Sep 2012.
- Tallahassee CC - Oct 2012.
- BarCamp Sarasota - Sat/Sun, Oct 20-21.
- Tampa SS - Sat, Nov 17.
- BarCamp SWFL - fall 2012?
- South FL CC - Feb 2013.
Other Developer Events of Interest:
- DevConnections - this event happened March 26-29, 2012 in Las Vegas.
- VSLive LV 2012 - this event happened March 26-30, 2012 in Las Vegas.
- VSLive NY 2012 - this event is scheduled May 14-17, 2012 in New York.
- Microsoft TechEd 2012 - this event is scheduled Jun 11-14, 2012 in Orlando.
- VSLive Redmond 2012 - this event is scheduled August 6-10, 2012 in Redmond, WA
- VSLive ORL 2012 - this event is scheduled December 10-14, 2012 in Orlando