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Web 2.0 Rock Star Competition At MySQL Conference
By Chris Keene at April 03, 2008 0 Comments
If you are planning on attending the MySQL conference in Santa Clara next week, you should definitely check out the BoF session Tuesday night 4/15 @ 8:30 Ballroom E, titled “Be a Web 2.0 Rock Star”
Anand Pandey of MySQL will be conducting a hands-on training session on the open source WaveMaker visual
For added excitement, there will also be a speed Web 2.0 code-a-thon with judging by Jay Pipes and cool prizes (not to mention free beer and roving Elvis impersonators)
- For newbies, get an up-close look at the latest Visual Ajax and Web 2.0 technologies.
- For rock stars, prove that you’ve got what it takes to be a Web 2.0 rock star!
This BoF mixes hands on tutorials for Ajax and Web 2.0 newbies with the action and excitement of a white knuckle coding competition.
Rules for the Web 2.0 Rock Star competition:
- Start with a blank screen and your favorite Web 2.0 tools
- Build a cool Web 2.0/MySQL app in 30 minutes or less
- There is no rule 3
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Our panel of distinguished gearheads will award prizes in 5 categories:
- Fastest Web 2.0 in the West - most functionality in the shortest time
- Coolest Web 2.0 app - most likely to appear on TechCrunch
- Funkiest Ajax widget - most strangely fascinating UI
- Gnarliest database call - unleash the beast inside of every MySQL server!
- Geekiest Ajax app - most Knuth-worthy implementation
Labels: ajax, mysql, Visual Ajax, wavemaker
