Today I did a workshop with the four developers at Milagro not
yet certified. I managed to cover most of what's in the Level 1 and
Level 2 courses, in just about six hours.
First we covered the basics of installation, followed by
Document Types, Master Document Types, and how they connect to
Templates. Just before lunch we added content, and covered the
umbraco:Item WebControl.
After lunch we covered Macros in XSLT and .NET, the Node and
Document API:s, and the major differences between the two. I even
managed to squeeze in XSLT Extensions and EventHandlers.
Luckily, they all had a good grasp on XSLT before we started, as
that's usually a major hurdle for new Umbracians.
This was all done as a warm-up for tomorrow's MeetUp here in
Stockholm, celebrating Umbraco's 5th birthday. I can't say I've
been along for the ride for all that time, but I've seen Umbraco
grow from a young version 2.1 to an almost grown up 4.1, that's
almost 4 out of the 5 years it's been around as Open Source. It's
been fun so far, and I see no reason to quit.
Tomorrow, we celebrate.
Oh, and if you for some reason want me to come and show you the
ropes in Umbraco, get in
touch.