We have already worked with BSU to confirm the date of March 28th, 2009. Things will look a little different next year as we try to broaden both our focus of subject matter and our impact on the community.

Next year’s Code Camp will fully embrace the “Business of Technology” discussions that were so popular in 2008 while still focusing on the hard core coder topics that make Code Camp what it is. Watch for updates as we work out further details, but rest assured that 2009 will be a great camp.

What should you watch for sure? Check out these 1, 2 videos of Mark Miller’s session on The Science of a Great UI.

I am sure everyone will be blogging about all the great sessions they attended at code camp. I enjoyed all of the presentations I attended, and I am excited to explore some new material.

I want to share a few thoughts on my presentation dealing with Model-View-Presenter in ASP.NET after listening to Scott Hanselman’s session on the ASP.NET MVC Project. I may have the percentage incorrect, but Scott mentioned something like it is predicted that only 10% of the ASP.NET community currently using Web Forms will adopt and use the MVC framework. The MVC framework is an addition to ASP.NET, it is not a replacement. What this means is that Model-View-Presenter will still be a viable pattern to implement with your ASP.NET applications, and it is not going away. ASP.NET Web Forms will not be going away either.

Use MVP to get your third party controls under test. Use MVP to provide that separation of concerns in your legacy applications. Use it entirely or in conjunction with the MVC framework. It is all about testability. Glenn Block presented on the Web Client Software Factory, and what pattern does this implement? Model-View-Presenter.

I am providing my presentation and source code (3.67 MB) from my talk on MVP. It will be available via the Boise Code Camp site as well.

Again, thank the many individuals and their families who sacrificed their time to bring to the local community this years code camp.

Around the office’s water cooler on Monday, I will be able to say, "and this one time, at code camp…"

I am honored to have been the camp’s director this year, which means that I have gotten to work with the best group of professionals I know in the valley to build what has become the preeminent technical event in Idaho.

Tonight’s speaker’s dinner is the kickoff event for the weekend and it looks like things are going to go very well. We currently have about 450 registered attendees and this year promises to break all records for attendance. I, for one, an getting really excited!

In a news story about Boise Code Camp, the following paragraphs appeared in this article of the Idaho Statesman.

The camp will include:

Teaching workers how to use, create and deliver applications that allow computers to download programs from the Internet.

Increasing computing power and reducing hardware and operating costs by running multiple computers inside one piece of hardware.

Technical, legal and ethical issues involving the creation of large, complex software systems by repurposing programs already available over networks like the Internet.

What do those things even mean? The first one was about SOA, the second about Virtualization, and the last point is about MashUps.

A smart man once said that any publicity is good publicity, so I am thankful for the representation in the paper. Please don’t take these quotes as an indicator of the quality of the sessions we will have at Code Camp. I look forward to seeing you there!