Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Developer Conferences for 2015

Here is the list of developer conferences for the Midwest and the major U.S. national conferences.  If you would like your conference listed.  Please contact me and I will add it.

CodeMash V2.0.1.5

Jaunary 6-9, Sandusky, Ohio
Conference Only – Thursday and Friday: $300
Conference + Single Precompiler – Wednesday through Friday: $450
Conference + Double Precompiler – Tuesday through Friday: $600
http://codemash.org/


KalamazooX

March 14, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Price $50
http://kalamazoox.org/

 

CocoaConf

March 27-28, Chicago, IL
Conference Only:  $550
Conference + Workshop:  $700
http://cocoaconf.com

Code PaLOUsa

Pricing:  $50
April 27-30, Louisville, KY, USA
http://www.codepalousa.com/


Visual Studio Live

March 16-20, 2015, Las Vegas, Nevada
June 1-4, 2015, Austin, TX
June 15-18, 2015, San Fransisco, CA
August 10-14, Redmond, WA
September 28-Oct 1, Brooklyn, NY
November 16-20, Orlando, FL
http://vslive.com

Build 2015

April 29-May 1, 2015, San Francisco, CA
Previous Pricing for 2014:  $2095
http://www.buildwindows.com/

StirTrek

Price $75
May 1, 2015, Columbus, Ohio
http://www.stirtrek.com/

Microsoft Ignite

May 4-8, Chicago, IL
Expo Only Pass:  $300
Day Pass:  $500
Full Conference Pass $2,220
http://ignite.microsoft.com

GoTo Conference

Pricing $950 to $2700 depending upon when you register and how many workshop days
May 11-12, Chicago IL
http://gotocon.com/chicago-2015/

 

Dev Intersection

Pricing $1595 to $2942 depending upon when you register and how many pre-conference days
May 18-24, Scottsdale, AZ
http://devintersection.com

 

QCon

June 8-12 New York, NY
Price $1500 to $2300 depending upon how early you register
https://qconnewyork.com/

 

PyOhio

Free
http://www.pyohio.org/

Codestock 2015

Sometime in July, Knoxville, Tennessee
No Pricing Announced Yet:  ~$100
http://www.codestock.org/

Agile 2015

August 3-7, Washington DC
Price $1999
http://agile2015.agilealliance.org/

That Conference

August 10-12, 2015, Wisconsin Dells, WI
No price announced this year.  Last years price was: $349
Tickets go on sale starting May 13, 2015 at 8:10am!
http://www.thatconference.com/

devLink

Sometime in August, Chattanooga, Tennessee
No price announced this year.  Last years price was: $~100 to ~200
http://www.devlink.net/

Midwest Tech Fest (formerly Central Ohio Day of .NET)

Early Fall, Columbus, Ohio
No price announced this year.  Last years price was: $0 to $10
http://mwtechfest.com/
https://www.facebook.com/MidWestTechFest
https://twitter.com/MidwestTechFest

Dev Connections

September 14-17, Las Vegas, NV
Essentials:  $1299
All Access :  $2099
http://www.devconnections.com/

 

CloudDevelop

Sometime in October, Columbus, Ohio
No price announced this year.  Last years price was: $20
http://clouddevelop.org/

Columbus Code Camp

Sometime in October, Columbus, Ohio
Free
http://columbuscodecamp.com/

 

M3 Mobile Conference

Sometime in November, Columbus, Ohio
No price announced this year.  Last years price was: $125 -$250
http://www.m3conf.com

 

St Louis Day of .NET

Sometime in November, Columbus, Ohio
No price announced this year.  Last years price was: $300
http://stldodn.com


Dog Food Conference

Sometime in November, Columbus, OH
No price announced yet.  Last year was $50
http://www.dogfoodcon.com

Free PluralSite Subscription with MSDN

Microsoft has announced a free subscription to PluralSite with MSDN.  It includes 30 courses.  After signing up, you can upgrade for a full subscription for 15% off.

Use this link:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/subscriptions/pluralsight30

Here are the courses included:

Applied Windows Azure
Architecting Applications for the Real World in .NET
ASP.NET MVC 5 Fundamentals
Asynchronous C# 5.0
Building a Site with Bootstrap, AngularJS, ASP.NET, EF and Azure
Building an Intelligent System: From Embedded to Cloud
Building Web Apps & Services with Entity Framework and Web API
C# Generics
Defensive Coding in C#
Enterprise WPF with XAML and C# from Scratch
Getting Started With Release Management for Visual Studio 2013
Hack-proofing Your ASP.NET Web Applications
IntelliTrace
Introduction to Visual Studio 2013 - Part 1
Introduction to Visual Studio 2013 - Part 2
Lessons from Real World .NET Code Reviews
Mastering Visual Studio 2013
Microsoft Fakes Fundamentals
Microsoft Test Manager 2013
Migrating Internet Applications to Azure
Mobilize Your ASP.NET Web Forms
Plan, Create, and Deploy to Azure With Visual Studio Online
Real World Scrum With Team Foundation Server 2013
Security and Encryption in SQL Server 2012 and 2014
SharePoint 2013 Fundamentals
Team Foundation Server 2013 New Features
VB.NET Fundamentals
Visual Studio Data Tools for Developers
Visual Studio LightSwitch 2012 and 2013
Windows Azure Infrastructure as a Service Essentials