Live in Southern California? Interested in attending a free two-day conference with talks from dozens of great presenters? If so, check out the SoCal CodeCamp, which runs from Saturday, January 21st through Sunday, January 22nd 2006 at Cal State Fullerton (location/lodging information). While the sessions appear to be a bit heavy on the .NET side, there are talks on non-.NET topics, such as Python, J2EE, EJB, and Ruby. Furthermore, there are a slew of “concept talks,” which focus on a software design methodology (agile development, test driven development, etc.), or an overall technology paradigm (an overview of Web Services, for example) without delving into a specific technology. Of course there are also dozens of talks on specific technologies, such as Rick Strahl's A Low Level Look at the ASP.NET Architecture, and Chris Rolon's C# 2.0 Language Changes.
I'll be at the CodeCamp myself, I'm presenting two talks:
- Syndicating and Consuming RSS - RSS is an increasingly popular XML-based syndication format used by websites to keep interested visitors abreast with the site's latest news and information. News sites like CNN, MSNBC, and Yahoo! News provide their latest headlines through RSS; virtually every blog offers an RSS feed. In this talk we'll look at RSS's structure and see how to both syndicate content using RSS and how to consume remote RSS content through a website.
- Working with HTTP Handlers and Modules - HTTP Handlers and Modules provide a low-level way for developers to tap into the ASP.NET HTTP pipeline. When a request arrives for an ASP.NET resource, a number of events can fire during the request's lifecycle. HTTP Modules are managed components that you can create and attach to these request cycle events. To render the request, the ASP.NET engine instantiates an HTTP Handler based on the incoming request. To handle special types of requests, you can create your own HTTP Handler.
Hope to see you there!