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Code Retreat Orlando
Event Details
Time: August 14, 2010 from 8:30am to 6pm
Location: Disney
Street: 1375 Buena Vista Drive
City/Town: Orlando, FL 32836
Website or Map: http://coderetreatorlando.eve…
Event Type: code, retreat
Organized By: Corey Haines
Latest Activity: Aug 1, 2010
Event Description
Do you love to code? Do you like practicing the art of coding and honing your craft? If so then you have to check out this event.
Corey Haines (the journeyman programmer, http://twitter.com/coreyhaines ) has been hosting code retreats around the word this year. Now, it's Orlando's turn. We're going to have our own code retreat!
Since this retreat is right on the heels of the Agile 2010 conference there's going to be a few prominent figures from the development community there like Bob Martin (Uncle Bob) and Michael Feathers (author of the book Working Effectively with Legacy Code http://www.amazon.com/Working-Effectively-Legacy-Michael-Feather/dp/0131177052/ref=sr_1_1 )
Date: August 14, 2010 (Saturday)
Time: 8:30 am - 6 pm
Where: 1375 Buena Vista Drive, Orlando, FL 32836 (Disney)
Cost: Free! :)
There are only 25 tickets left, so if you're interested check it out,
here: http://coderetreatorlando.eventbrite.com/
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