For each event, we will pick one application theme (wiki, blog, twitter client, etc) to be announced at the event and one framework (rails, cakephp, asp.net, django, etc) to be announced ahead of time for the 2 hour coding session. After lunch, each team will present their applicaiton and for review.

Seating is somewhat limited. Make sure to register early in case we need to make alternate plans.

Application: TBA

Framework: Ruby On Rails

Requirements: Bring your favorite computer, working Rails install and Subverison client.

Schedule (All within short walking distance):

8:00am – 9:00am:     Meet and greet at Muggswigs

9:00am – 11:00am:   CodeCrush Session

11:00am – Noon:       Lunch at Napoli Italian Eatery

Noon – 1:00pm:         Code Review/Sharing

Registration: EventBrite

Follow the Laptop Mafia on Twitter! Hope to see you there.

Many thanks to our host Jay Oldaker from Shout It Louder for providing us a place to hold our first meeting!

Rather than focus on talks and presentations or turn this into a code competition, CodeCrush is going to be about sharing code, techniques and tool tips through flash coding sessions and peer review.  Every session we’ll pick a framework (Rails, CakePHP, Django, etc), pick a theme (blog, wiki, etc) and code furiously in groups until the time limit is met. Once completed, each group would present their code on the overhead explaining the techniques/methods they used and why they chose them.

I’m hoping that this will lead to a somewhat quicker dissemination of knowledge compared to people just sitting through speakers or having code judged by some far of group much later.

I’m also hoping that by using different frameworks, maybe even to build the same app in a different session, we can begin to practice our trade (like a musician would…thanks Corey Haines!) rather than just writing something once and never honing that particular skill again over time.
What do you think?