Open Space
Day 2 will follow an agenda suggested by the community. The most popular ideas and topics will be included in the final program. This is your chance to hack the conference agenda.
Do you want to share something you've learned about umbraco with the other atteendees? It could be anything. Open space is open to everybody.
Or maybe there's a topic you know nothing about, but would really love to hear more about it, share it here too! There are bound to be some-one who would like to share knowledge with you at CG10.
Open space is for those who want to share information, There are no speakers or crowds, we all participate equally.
Share a topic / idea
A few people have mentioned they'd like to discuss workflow in Umbraco. I have an integration of workflow foundation to demo but need input on how to complete the integration and also discuss whether WF foundation is the right fit.
eCommerce is something our clients look for on a regular basis. Which packages are you using? What are their strengths and what are their limits? Are there other eCommerce platforms you have integrated with Umbraco like AspDotNetStoreFront? How did that work out?
We are a lot of people who are using Google Analytics, both on our own sites but also on clients sites. Let us use CG10 to share experiences, ideas and maybe even whishes for easier and better integration of Google Analytics in Umbraco.
I would like to share my thoughts on making it easier for Editors and Developers to add tracking to websites. Maybe we can even get Danish Google Analytics expert Søren Sprogø to join this open space session to share his thoughts and ideas.
If you're a .Net developer and haven't been living in a cave (without wifi), you've no doubt heard about Windows Azure. You may have even wondered if Windows Azure and Umbraco could be combined. The answer is that Windows Azure and Umbraco are a great match. In this session Dirk Primbs will be discussing how Umbraco runs on Windows Azure, why using Windows Azure with Umbraco makes sense, and showing a live demo of Umbraco on Windows Azure.
If you want to know more about Windows Azure with Umbraco straight from the official source, don't miss this session. Feel free to bring your questions, ideas, and mis-conceptions - all are welcome.
This is a discussion for those who want to find out more about Umbraco Certification. Why should you certify? Is it worth taking both Level 1 and 2 certification? Has it helped you win Umbraco work?
How do you structure your repository when developing various umbraco sites? How to you version document types configuration? How to do you version your customization?
Let's share what we found it works, and does not work.
Do you know your Contour? I hope to persuade Tim or Per to join in on a Q&A session on Contour use and development.
Join Douglas Robar, Chriztian Steinmeier and Lee Kelleher for a discussion on XSLT techniques, from basic to advanced.
As Umbraco decisively demonstrates, great CMSs can happen even on Windows!! But... Would it be great, to have this content management system on Linux? A discussion for porting Umbraco to Linux.
Having a look at Umbraco from a developer's as well as system administrator's point of view - with an eye towards the daily workings of the CMS. In daily operations, we often have to deal with bugs, their resolutions, or work-around solutions. I propose a discussion to share the most popular or infamous umbraco issues, and how to deal with them.
We can also discuss the best approaches for dealing with open source usability issues - especially where the product vendor integrates multiple 3rd party components.
Who doesn't want to became a coding ninja? ReSharper is one of my favourite tools when coding, and I think it would be excellent to share tips and tricks for using ReSharper when coding Umbraco solutions and packages.
FlourineFx, XSLT, AltTemplates, Custom API, WCF? How are you integrating Umbraco with Flash, Sliverlight or any other RIA?
There's no point evangelizing if you can't understand the other side. Discuss when Umbraco is the wrong choice.
Web Forms are still going to be around, but it doesn't mean they can't be cool. Learn how to unit test Umbraco with WebForms MVP
How can I add my own functionality to Umbraco, and make it look like a single application? There's plenty of talk about trees, applications, sections, actions, tasks and event handlers, but what are they and how can I use them to benefit my or my client's needs?
Ninjas are awesome, and coding like a ninja is even more awesome. Umbraco is flexible, come and discuss what you can do with it
What would be an instant killer package or what do you think is missing from the current available projects.
With Umbraco 5 likely to come in end of 2010 how can we prepare our skillsets and ways of working to the MVC version. Best strategies for handling internal Umbraco libraries so they're ready for the big jump!