Pittsburgh Code Camp

The Scoop on Pittsburgh Code Camp

Code Camp is a free, 1-day event put on by the local Pittsburgh community to help promote software development in the community.

Code Camps have been taking place all over the country. This is Pittsburgh's version of this excellent event. The continuing goal of the Code Camps is to provide an intensive developer to developer learning experience that is fun and technically stimulating.

All training, slides, manuals and demo code are provided free!

Our Code Camp will be hosted at the University of Pittsburgh Computer Science Department. We have local speakers from the community who will share their technical expertise and experiences.

The Code Camp Manifesto (What is Code Camp?)

Originated by Thom Robbins, NED Community Developer Evangelist

The original code camp was a conglomeration of ideas by many different people across the development community. The idea was simple-provide an off-hours forum for the development community to speak and share ideas for them to come and enjoy. The results continue to astound.

What is Code Camp?

The answer is actually simple. In order to qualify as an official Code Camp, follow these simple protocols:

1. By and For the Developer Community
   Code Camps are about the local developer community. They are meant to be a place for developers to come and learn from their peers. Topics are always based on community interest and never determined by anyone other than the community.
2. Always Free
   Code Camps are always free for attendees.
3. Community Developed Material
   The success of the Code Camps is that they are based on community content. All content that is delivered is original. All presentation content must be provided completely (including code) without any restriction. If you have content you don’t want to share or provide to attendees then the Code Camp is not the place for you.
4. No Fluff – only Code
   Code Camps are about showing the code. Refer to rule #1 if you have any questions on this.
5. Community Ownership
   The most important element of the Code Camp is always the developer community. All are welcome to attend and speak and do so without expectation of payment or any other compensation other than their participation in the community.
6. Never occur during work hours
   Code camp recognizes that many times people can’t leave work for a day or two to attend training or even seminars. The beauty of the Code Camp is that they always occur on weekends.

Where can I find a Code Camp near me?

All Official Code Camps dates and locations are available at bostondotnet.org