Developers Workshop

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06 April - 07 June 2009       netlabs.org Developers Workshop 2009       Biel, Switzerland
08 April - 09 April 2006       OS/2 and eComStation Developers Workshop 2006       Biel, Switzerland
09 July - 10 July 2005       OS/2 and eComStation Developers Workshop 2005       Dresden, Germany

Using IBM OCL (C++, Visual Age)
Using OpenWatcom
Pascal and all it's compilers and libraries.
ODIN
XworkPlace development
Writing USB drivers and using USBCALLS.DLL
Writing USB driver
Writing simple GUI applications
OS/2 as an OpenSource System (stable core, enhancements at ring 3 possible)
Cross platform development with OpenWatcom (cross compiling from OS/2)
Cross platform technologies on OS/2 (XUL, Java, Perl, TCL/TK, X, GTK...)
See what the new IBM-Lenovo deal can do for OS/2
SOM/WPS/OpenDoc development and object technologies under OS/2
Porting to OS/2
Overview of projects in the works
LibC and GCC setup, features and usage
IFS programming
TCP/IP programming
Device I/O, device driver programming
General contacts to other developers
Setup and Administration of a CVS Server
Porting Device Drivers from Windows/Linux to OS/2 for example with LXAPI32.SYS
OS/2 device drivers, especially 32 bit device drivers programming
NdisWrapper for OS/2
General development roadmap for OS/2 (replacement of what subsystems....) (What is missing, how to fix stuff)
debugging on OS/2 (what debuggers are available; OMF/A.OUT;
overview of usable programming languages for OS/2
development of fully DBCS enabled applications, including IME.

Q5 Comments:

Do online courses.
Online proceedings would be most useful

If you feel like you have some information about the whole idea of a developers workshop to add, please DO NOT EDIT the numbers above, but rather add you comments below. Thanks.

Second Survey

The results from the first survey show an interest in a developer oriented workshop. We deliberately excluded questions about the city and time for such a workshop from the first survey. This may have discouraged people from sending back a reply. Those questions will go into the second survey.

People that indicated that they want to receive further emails, will get the second survey via eMail. We are currently not sure if we should also distribute it in developer oriented mailinglists.

We are currently looking for questions to include in the second survey. So far, we have the following:

When should the workshop be held (day of the week)? (subject to availability of meeting facility!)
- during the week
- on a weekend
- weekdays close to the weekend (Monday and Tuesday or Thursday and Friday)
- Not sure, because this depends on other things and it is too far away to plan now
- I do not care, because I will attend anyway
- I do not care, because I will not attend
When should the workshop be held (month)? (subject to availability of meeting facility!)
- May
- June
- July
- Other: ______________ (month or quarter of the year)
- Not sure, because this depends on other things and it is too far away to plan now
- I do not care, because I will attend anyway
- I do not care, because I will not attend
Where should the workshop be held?
- Dresden, Germany
- I do not care, as long as it is in central europe
- I do not care, as long as it is in ______________ (region)
- I would help to organize the workshop if it is held in ______________ (city)
- I do not care as long as I can get there by car/train in less then 12 hours
  - and I live in: ______________ (city)
- I do not care, because I will attend anyway
- I do not care, because I will not attend
From the following topics, what are the most important for you and should really be presented at the workshop? (mark NO MORE THAN 4)
- Device Drivers for OS/2 (porting from Linux/Windows, device I/O, 32 bit drivers, ...)
- USB development (writing drivers for special devices, Java-USB, USBRESMG...)
- ODIN development (setting up a compile environment, how to fix stuff, general overview...)
- SOM / WPS / XWPS development
- application development with GUI libraries (IBM OCL, DynamicWindows, wxWidgets, you-name-it...)
- detailed information about compilers (InnoTek GCC, IBM VAC, OpenWatcom, WDSibyl,...)
- cross-platform development on OS/2 (cross-compiling, cross-platform libraries, ...)
- IFS development, NetDrive PlugIns
- development tools setup/usage (CVS, make, NLS, debug, ...)
- reports on real word software development projects
- OS/2 "advocacy" (in a positive way!, probably as a discussion session)
- additional topic: ______________ (topic)
The organizers of the workshop should think about financial help for people from eastern Europe (Russia, Ukraine...) to participate in the workshop?
- Yes, even if this means that a little registration fee needs to be charged for participants
- Yes, but this should not add to the cost for regular participants
- Yes, I would be willing to donate some money
- No
- I do not care
If I participate in the workshop, I would like to give a presentation about:
- ______________ (topic)
Comments:
- ______________ (comment)
Optional information:
- You have my contact information from the last survey.
- Name: ______________ (name)
- eMail: ______________ (eMail)
- I would like to receive future mailings regarding an OS/2 and eComStation Developers Workshop.
  - yes
  - no

Dresden is mentioned here, because this is the city where people from the User Group Dresden can organize such a workshop easily. If you want to propose other cities feel free to add them!

Asking for "How long should the workshop be?" does not make much sense before we know how many people will want to give a talk.

How to distribute the second survey

eMail to people who have answered the first survey
distribute in development oriented mailinglists and newsgroups
- comp.os.os2.programmer.misc
- de.comp.os.os2.programmer
- netlabs.org community mailing list
- edm2 mailing list

Results

The survey was distributed on Sunday, January 2nd 2005.
Number of replies: 24 (February 8th 2005)

Q1 - When? (day of the week)
	During the week	3
	On a weekend	11
	Weekdays close to the weekend	5
	Too far away to plan now	4
	I do not care, because I will attend anyway	1
	I do not care, because I will not attend	0
Q2 - When? (month)
	May	2
	June	3
	July	5
	Too far away to plan now	6
	I do not care, because I will attend anyway	6
	I do not care, because I will not attend	0
	Other	2
	July/August	2
Q3 - Where?
	Dresden, Germany	4
	I do not care, as long as it is in central europe	9
	I would help to organize the workshop	0
	Reachable by car/train in less then 12 hours	5
	I do not care, because I will attend anyway	1
	I do not care, because I will not attend	0
	Other regions	4
	Mid/Eastern Germany	1
	Europe	1
	West Europe	1
	Russia	1
	German/Switzerland	1
Q4 - Preferred topics. (4 answers)
	Device Drivers for OS/2	11
	USB development	7
	ODIN development	5
	SOM / WPS / XWPS development	11
	application development with GUI libraries	10
	detailed information about compilers	11
	cross-platform development on OS/2	7
	IFS development, NetDrive PlugIns	5
	development tools setup/usage	6
	reports on software development projects	6
	OS/2 "advocacy"	5
	Other topics	1
	Debuggers and Profilers for GCC	1
Q5 - Financial help for east Europeans?
	Yes, even if this means extra cost	20
	Yes, but no extra cost please	1
	Yes, I am willing to donate some money	1
	No	1
	I do not care	1

Q6 - Topics proposals.

So far, 9 people have indicated that they would give a presentation.

If you feel like you have some information about the whole idea of a developers workshop to add, please DO NOT EDIT the numbers above, but rather add you comments below. Thanks.

Third Survey - Date

The third survey focuses only on the date for the workshop. It is only send to people who send in the first or the second survey.
Q1 - When should the workshop be held?

02/03 July	2
09/10 July	4
16/17 July	2
23/24 July	1
30/31 July	0
any weekend in July is OK	8
sorry, will not attend in July	1

Total: 15

Final Results

Based on the results of the third survey, the OS/2 and eComStation Developers Workshop will be held on the weekend of 9th and 10th July 2005 in Dresden, Germany.

Comments

Not the week after pfingsten, there I have a other metting. Dresden, ok. Days before weekend. I comes from hannover(Niedersachsen/Germany). Dietrich

The second survey should try to find out which topics are the most urgent. Some of the stuff is rather esoteric IMHO. -Cinc
Good idea, I have added a question regarding topics. However, we would need people that present stuff on such topics! -Robert
;-) First things first. We may think about finding the people doing the actual presentations when we know which presentation is really wanted. If there's no presenter it just wont be held. -Cinc

Mails send out:	97
Undeliverable:	14

No reply:	57	68,67%
Reply:	26	31,33%

	Yes	No	total
Q1 Develops for/on OS/2	24	1	25
Q2 Wants to meet other people?	25	0	25
Q3 Would attend OS/2 only Workshop?	22	3	25
Q6 Wants future eMails?	25	1	26

Developers Workshop

Contents

Description

First Survey

Second Survey

How to distribute the second survey

Results

Third Survey - Date

Final Results

Comments

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