What is Alt.NET?

Origins Not a new idea David Larabee coined Alt.NET (April 07) –Controversial name First conference October 2007, Austin

Anatomy of an Alt.NET developer Uses what works whilst keeping an eye out for a better way Reaches outside of the mainstream to adopt the best of any community Not content with the status quo Principles and knowledge over tools and APIs

Community Self organising, ad-hoc –Mailing lists –Conferences –Blogs –IRC

Hot topics Inversion of control Test driven development O/R Mapping Agile MVC Domain driven design REST

Want to get involved? altdotnet yahoo group –Lively UK contingent London beer night –14 th October –Free beer! Probable London conference ~Feb 2009 –Free! –Openspaces format