GUADEC 2010 GNOME developer training: July 26 – 27, 2010, The Hague, TheNetherlands
With all the recent holidays in The Netherlands I almost overlooked this one. So here it is, verbatim, the announcement of the GNOME developer training colocated with GUADEC:
Get Linux wings! The GNOME Developer Training sessions at GUADEC are designed to give experienced software developers the tools that they need to get the most out of developing free software in an open community. This two-day course includes a hands-on practical session and a detailed social overview of community development. You'll learn how to get your work upstream and how to influence the direction of upstream projects. Covering common Linux development tools, the GNOME and FreeDesktop.org development platform and the social dynamics of contributing to community projects, this course will put extra tools into your developer's toolbox. Attendance packages for the developer training sessions also include a full €250 professional-level pass to GUADEC. The flagship annual GNOME-project conference, GUADEC is three days of presentations, BOFs and tutorials. To ensure the highest quality of participant experience, space is strictly limited. The GUADEC coordination team encourages everyone interested to register early to guarantee availability. Pricing: Includes delivery of printed training material related to the course, and meals and refreshments during training days. * 2 days training course + professional registration for GUADEC 2010 (a €250 value): €1500 * Early bird price (for registrations before June 1st 2010): €1200 You can register for the course at www.guadec.org. The course is composed of four half-day modules, covering the following syllabus: Developer tools and development environments: * Source control - git, svn, bzr * Using autotools * Standard GNOME build dependencies & their purposes (pkgconfig, intltool, gtk-doc) * Cross-compilation environments (Scratchbox, OpenEmbedded) * Debugger (gdb, Nemiver) * Valgrind (including memcheck, Massif, kcachegrind, Callgrind) * Other developer tools: sar, sysprof, bootchart The GNOME platform: * glib and GObject * GTK+ and Clutter * Using Glade and GtkBuilder * DBus, DFeet, registering and calling DBus APIs * GConf * GStreamer * Telepathy * Language bindings - C++, Java, C#, Python, Vala A Hands-on Practical Workshop: * Set up a GNOME development environment * Write a complete GNOME application in Python * Integrate with the GNOME desktop Community development * Community communication forums (mailing lists, forums, IRC, Bugzilla, source control) * Effective community participation, community social norms * Project governance - how things get done * Getting changes upstream * Getting to maintainer - how to make friends and influence people * Building a vibrant community Training will be coordinated by Neary Consulting on behalf of the GNOME Foundation. Register today! www.guadec.org---
