{"id":527,"date":"2008-11-14T20:35:58","date_gmt":"2008-11-15T01:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.juixe.com\/techknow\/index.php\/2008\/11\/14\/silicon-valley-codecamp-2008\/"},"modified":"2008-11-14T20:35:58","modified_gmt":"2008-11-15T01:35:58","slug":"silicon-valley-codecamp-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/juixe.com\/techknow\/index.php\/2008\/11\/14\/silicon-valley-codecamp-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"Silicon Valley Codecamp 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There was a large contingent of Microsoft evangelist at this years <a href=\"http:\/\/www.juixe.com\/techknow\/index.php\/2008\/10\/28\/silicon-valley-code-camp-08\/\">Silicon Valley Codecamp 2008<\/a> pushing Microsoft Azure, XNA, and Silverlight technologies.  I was able to see Microsoft Surface in action.  Surface is an interactive table top, it reminds me of a large iPhone made into a coffee table.  Just like the iPhone, you gesture at the Surface screen to manipulate objects.  Java, Groovy, and Flex also had a good showing.  Below are conference notes from each of the sessions I was able to attend.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.juixe.com\/techknow\/index.php\/2008\/11\/09\/java-2d-and-groovy-a-perfect-match\/\">Java 2D and Groovy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.juixe.com\/techknow\/index.php\/2008\/11\/09\/silverlight-20-it-just-keeps-getting-better\/\">Silverlight 2.0: It Just Keeps Getting Better<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.juixe.com\/techknow\/index.php\/2008\/11\/09\/windows-azure\/\">Windows Azure<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.juixe.com\/techknow\/index.php\/2008\/11\/10\/component-based-java-web-development-with-apache-wicket\/\">Component Based Java Web Development with Apache Wicket<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.juixe.com\/techknow\/index.php\/2008\/11\/10\/silverlight-20-made-easy\/\">Silverlight 2.0 Made Easy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.juixe.com\/techknow\/index.php\/2008\/11\/11\/destroying-the-universe-with-xna\/\">Destroying the Universe with XNA<\/a><a><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.juixe.com\/techknow\/index.php\/2008\/11\/11\/flex-and-3d-ui-for-games-and-more\/\">Flex and 3D UI: For Games and More<\/a><a><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><br \/><span class=\"frame-outer  \"><span><span><span><span>\n<img src='http:\/\/www.juixe.com\/techknow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/surface.jpg' alt='Microsoft Surface' \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\nMicrosoft Surface<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"frame-outer  \"><span><span><span><span><img src='http:\/\/www.juixe.com\/techknow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/campus.jpg' alt='Foothill College' \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\nFoothill College<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"frame-outer  \"><span><span><span><span><img src='http:\/\/www.juixe.com\/techknow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/pizza.jpg' alt='Pizza Party' \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\nPizza Party<\/p>\n<p>Technorati Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/sv\" rel=\"tag\">sv<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/codecamp\" rel=\"tag\"> codecamp<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/ms\" rel=\"tag\"> ms<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/azure\" rel=\"tag\"> azure<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/silverlight\" rel=\"tag\"> silverlight<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/xna\" rel=\"tag\"> xna<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/flex\" rel=\"tag\"> flex<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/flash\" rel=\"tag\"> flash<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/groovy\" rel=\"tag\"> groovy<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/java\" rel=\"tag\"> java<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/ria\" rel=\"tag\"> ria<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/javafx\" rel=\"tag\"> javafx<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/ui\" rel=\"tag\"> ui<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/3d\" rel=\"tag\"> 3d<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/iphone\" rel=\"tag\"> iphone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was a large contingent of Microsoft evangelist at this years Silicon Valley Codecamp 2008 pushing Microsoft Azure, XNA, and Silverlight technologies. I was able to see Microsoft Surface in action. Surface is an interactive table top, it reminds me of a large iPhone made into a coffee table. 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