NIWeek Community Happenings
Well, NIWeek is just next week. A lot of interesting things will be
going on during that event, to quote NI marketing materials:
“Unlike other conferences, this annual event creates an atmosphere that
is positively buzzing with energy from key decision makers and
developers on trends and advancements in the measurement and automation
world.”
Well, personally, I can’t wait for the chance to meet up with other
LabVIEW developers from around the world. People I’ve only met by
chatting on the LAVA Forums, Info-LV and by co-developing OpenG
projects. I love putting faces to the names I see daily in my email
inbox. Of course, there will also be the chance to (once again) pick the
brains of the NI LabVIEW development team and find out more about the
super secret <<censored>>. Yes, good times. Of course there is always
the food and most important, the BEER! Oh ya, there are also some
session thingies going on, but who goes to those anyway… (Of course
there will be that one person who sends me an email about how important
and useful the sessions are, usually an NI employee!).
I want to draw attention to a few LabVIEW community efforts that will
happen this year. Please note that outside of the following planned
events there are always impromptu meetings and friendly gatherings that
“just happen”. If you want to meet up with others and exchange LabVIEW
experiences make sure to stop by the LabVIEW community booth in the main
exhibition hall. That's where it's at! Also check out
http://niweekblog.com for all the embarrassing photos.
OpenG Evening Session
Time: Wednesday 8/17, 5:00-7:00pm
Place: Meeting Room 10A/B
Food will be provided.
Purpose: OpenG is hosting this evening session in which they will
discuss the goals of OpenG, their successes during the last year, and
what they are planning for the future. Also, there will be live
demonstrations of the latest software development tools such as OpenG
Builder, MSI Installer Builder and Package Builder. You will also get a
sneak preview of the latest unreleased version of Commander. It will
make you say “Wow!” “Cool!” And, “I got to get me some of that!”
LabVIEW Coding Challenge LIVE!
Time: Tuesday 8/16 and Wednesday 8/17 during lunch
Place: LabVIEW Community Booth (Be there!)
There has been some discussion lately as to who is a real LV Champion.
Well the buck stops here. This year, there will be the very first
LabVIEW Coding Challenge at NIWeek. A limited number of people will
compete (through brackets) to win the overall challenge. More
information will be provided on-site and through
http://niweekblog.com
Open-Source LabVIEW Development through the Web
When LabVIEW developers can read, redistribute, and modify source code
for a piece of software, that software evolves. People improve it,
people adapt it, people fix bugs. And this can happen at a speed that
seems astonishing compared to the slow pace of conventional software
development. Learn how LabVIEW users are taking advantage of a variety
of Web tools, such as wikis, discussion forums, and blogs, to build
productive code faster than ever before. Jim Kring, founder of
OpenG.com, an online LabVIEW open-source initiative, introduces you to
the growing world of open-source software development.
Presented by Jim Kring
Tuesday, 19B 11:45 - 12:45
See you there!
Michael Aivaliotis