The Strange Loop
Alex Miller just announced most of the sessions for The Strange Loop developer conference to be held in St. Louis, MO on October 23, 2009.I will be attending as well as a number of people I work with. I’m expecting a big turnout, as there is a lot of buzz in St. Louis right now about the conference. And there should be. The list of sessions and speakers is quite impressive.
Groovy and Grails Buzz
If there is one feeling that I left the recent No Fluff, Just Stuff conference in St. Louis this past weekend, it was that there a lot of people very interested in Groovy and Grails. I’ll have to admit that I am one of those people. For the last few years there have been a lot of web frameworks vying to be next Struts. I think Grails is in the best position to grab that market share. Market share isn’t the only important thing here. I think Ruby on Rails is a very well thought out web framework and rails is very similar and has many of the same qualities.
Matt Raible has a couple of excellent posts on his experiences with Rails and Grail on his blog. These posts are very timely, considering that the Grails gurus just made their way through St. Louis. Its really cool when someone opens up about the inner workings of their job. Thanks Matt.
http://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/grails_vs_rails_my_thought
http://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/the_linkedin_journey_continues
No Fluff, Just Stuff
I’ll be at the No Fluff, Just Stuff conference this weekend in St. Louis. Its been a couple of years since I attended one of these for the first time, so I’m really looking forward to seeing some of the new presentations. Let me know if you are going to be there.
St. Louis Code Camp
This is where I’ll be on Saturday. I didn’t make it to the inaugural code camp last year, so this is my first one. There is an exciting list of presentations on slate for this year’s camp. The web site is still accepting registrations, so sign up while you can.