Codetown ::: a software developer's community

Time: July 16, 2013 to July 19, 2013
Location: WALT DISNEY WORLD SWAN & DOLPHIN
City/Town: Orlando, FL
Website or Map: http://senchacon.com/
Event Type: conference
Organized By: Blackberry, Windows Azure, Tizen, Modus Create, Rackspace, and more!
Latest Activity: Jun 2, 2013
Held in Orlando, FL from July 16-19, 2013, SenchaCon delivers 3+ days of technical conference for the HTML5 developer community, and includes more than 60 sessions, lots of coding and collaboration time, more than a few kick-ass parties, and a full-day hackathon. You’ll find deep technical content on Sencha Touch, Ext JS, Architect, and all of our other technologies, as well as world-class sessions on browser technology, server-side and cloud integration, and cutting-edge JavaScript and HTML5 topics. (From: http://senchacon.com/about/ )
Codetown is a social network. It's got blogs, forums, groups, personal pages and more! You might think of Codetown as a funky camper van with lots of compartments for your stuff and a great multimedia system, too! Best of all, Codetown has room for all of your friends.
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