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Welcome to Philly ALT.NET! (What is ALT.NET?)


Philly ALT.NET is a Philadelphia area user group interested in exploring and promoting the tools, ideas, and practices of the "ALT.NET" community.

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Next Meetings

Next month we also will continue our Foundation Series of workshops on fundamental programming principles and practices. Build a strong foundation for continually improving your programming skills!

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Foundation Series Workshop 4

Pragmatic Architecture
DeVry University
Room 141
(map)
Presenter: Robert Bunson

More details...
Register: http://foundationseries.eventbrite.com/
Foundation Series Resources


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What is ALT.NET?

ALT.NET is about the continuous improvement, quality, and craftsmanship in software development on the .NET framework.

With other development platforms and languages offering so much choice (Java and it's many quality open source offerings) and elegance (Ruby on Rails with its "beautiful" code and "convention over configuration" philosophy), .NET developers longed to craft cleaner, more elegant solutions without having to leave a framework that has so much to offer.

ALT.NET is about following your own beliefs about application design, and using the .NET platform to support your ideas, rather than retro-fitting your ideas to the platform. While none of these things is a requirement to "being ALT.NET," the community openly embraces:

• Agile, Scrum, XP
• Open Source Packages and Frameworks
• Test Driven Development/Design
• Behavior Driven Development/Design
• Domain Driven Development/Design

ALT.NET is not about spurning Microsoft's platform and tools - it is about being able to decide when it makes sense to use them, having control over how they are used, and having the option to go in another direction without having to abandon the framework.

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