Dutch ALT.NET group?

8 commentsWritten on June 12th, 2008 by
Categories: ALT.NET

As you probably know, i'm somewhat fond of the ALT.NET movement. It seems like there are various local ALT.NET groups popping up in the US and in other countries as well. But we don't have any in Belgium or the Netherlands, at least not any that i'm aware of.

Why don't we just create a Dutch ALT.NET group? I'm willing to spend time, effort and money on this. Basically, what i want is sessions or even small conferences in Belgium or the Netherlands with typical ALT.NET content. That doesn't mean it will be restricted to be about Nhibernate, or Castle, or any specific project or company. It has to be about concepts, techniques and approaches that will enable us to improve as software developers/designers/architects/... Of course, talking about specific products or projects can't be avoided, but the concepts behind it should be the most important.

I know there are at least a half dozen people (and it's really gotta be more than that) in Belgium that would be interested in something like this, so we really should try to get something going. Even if it just starts as discussing good software development in a bar over some beers, or organizing sessions, it doesn't really mattter... as long as we're learning and improving. And who knows where it can go from there.

Anyways... if anyone is interested in this, please get in touch with me (ralinx at davybrion.com) or comment on this post.

Update: apparently, there is some interest in this so i've set up the following google group: http://groups.google.com/group/dutchaltdotnet

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  • pho

    it’s a given, but being an alt.net lurker… i’m definitely up for it

  • http://davybrion.com Davy Brion

    well yeah, you gave me the idea so i’d be pissed if you weren’t up for it :)

  • http://frederikm.blogspot.com frederikm

    count me in :)

  • Peter Cosemans

    Hi, as I work with NHibernate, Spring.NET, Castle, Rhino Mock, NUnit/MBUnit, you can count me in on the ALT.NET group.

  • Michel Grootjans

    Hello,

    You can definately count me in. And the beer doesn’t even have to be free ;-)

    I’m currently working in an agile team using scrum/XP. We have a philosophy to use the tools most suited for the task, not the default coming from Microsoft. We’re always looking out for ways to improve our processes. I believe this brands us as AlT.NET

  • http://davybrion.com Davy Brion

    i created a Google Group we can use to discuss how we’re going to go ahead with this:
    http://groups.google.com/group/dutchaltdotnet

  • http://elegantcode.com Jan Van Ryswyck

    Excellent idea! You can count me in. If there is anything I can contribute, just let me know.

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