SnapDragon and Patterns at Neumont
7 06 2009I was in Utah last week visiting Neumont University and had the privilege of talking with the student body about a variety of topics. I introduced the upcoming SnapDragon Framework and launched into a huge discussion regarding career advice and software development patterns. It was pretty unexpected but I honestly really enjoyed our talk. I wanted to spend some time reviewing some of the topics we went over.
Obviously I began with introducing myself and ProAce. Afterwards I went over the same basic presentation that I used for Austin Code Camp. I did elaborate on the examples, however, and gave a demonstration of a prototype of the application blocks that I have been ranting and raving about. I prototyped a Content Management System application block and gave a quick 5 minute example of how you could enable managed content in any MVC application. I will be following up with a post about this in my technical blog within the next few days.
The dialogue I had with the students regarding their careers, ProAce, and patterns was stimulating. We discussed implementation, the importance of patterns, and really just has a great back-and-forth about the reality of the industry. One of the more notable parts about this trip, however, was the wide variety of students that I met after the presentation. There was a large amount of interest in my company and I had the chance to meet a great number of prospective students. Very exciting!
I’m very grateful for my close relationship with the University and appreciate the opportunities they give me to speak and weigh in on important issues. I had a great time and was able to wrap up the final tasks with our enterprise project team (the primary focus of my visit).
For those of you that missed the presentation and would like to know what was covered, I will be doing a followup post very soon. Please check back for updates!
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