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What is Alt.NET?. Origins. Not a new idea David Larabee coined “Alt.NET” (April ‘07) Controversial name First conference October 2007, Austin. Anatomy of an Alt.NET developer. Uses what works whilst keeping an eye out for a better way
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Origins • Not a new idea • David Larabee coined “Alt.NET” (April ‘07) • Controversial name • First conference October 2007, Austin
Anatomy of an Alt.NET developer • Uses what works whilst keeping an eye out for a better way • Reaches outside of the mainstream to adopt the best of any community • Not content with the status quo • Principles and knowledge over tools and APIs
Community • Self organising, ad-hoc • Mailing lists • Conferences • Blogs • IRC
Hot topics • Inversion of control • Test driven development • O/R Mapping • Agile • MVC • Domain driven design • REST
Want to get involved? • altdotnet yahoo group • Lively UK contingent • London beer night • 14th October • Free beer! • Probable London conference ~Feb 2009 • Free! • Openspaces format