The iDempiere developer workshop 2015 takes place in the week after the iDempiere World Conference 2015 at September 7-11. It is organized by Carlos Ruiz and Thomas Bayen (BX Service GmbH) and takes place at the Bischofstein Castle near Hatzenport, Germany (about 170 km from the conference location). The workshop follows the successful IDempiere_Workshop_2014.

Venue

The workshop is 170 kilometers away from Krefeld near Hatzenport (a small village near Koblenz) in the theBischofstein Castle. That is in the Moselle Valley which is one of the most lovely landscapes in germany (and not far away from the Deutsches Eck and the Middle Rhine Valley). This location allows at the same time to relax and to focus on our software.

Developer Workshop Plan

We haven't agreed a specific agenda for this - is more like to make a plan together with the participants. We have planned to do three days of technical/development workshop and two days of advanced functional.

The goal of the developer workshop is not just to "create a plugin", is not like a training, is more about to show harder, seldom used things and use new features. Some possible ideas are:

using and writing webservices
extending the mobile UI
working with workflows
best practices for community plugins
how to setup and keep updated your installation
security - steps to secure an installation

some more ideas from Chuck Boecking and themes we had not time to do in the conference may also fit into the workshop:

Manufacturing 101
Testing Multi-Phase Business Processes
Implementing graceful business logic
Reading vodes
Production iDempiere Installation 101
Product Attributes
Projects
Info Window in Actions
Quick Info
Customization 101
Kanban board - a friendlier way to interact with iDempiere
Accounting

But these are just ideas - the goal is that we define what we want to work on with the participants.

In 2014 we made a similar workshop, you can see a summary of what we talked and did (in only two days) here: IDempiere_Workshop_2014

Attendants

Carlos Ruiz, Colombia
Thomas Bayen, BX Service GmbH & Jakob Bayen KG, Germany
Diego Ruiz, Bx Service GmbH, Germany, Colombia
Mirko Trinajstic, BX Service GmbH, Germany
Anthony Xolali Sossah, ECG, Ghana
Chuck Boecking, Austin, TX, United States
Hideaki Hagiwara, Japan
Sergey Polyarus, Blue Water Parts, France
Dirk Niemeyer, Germany
Anton Fildan, Austria
Deepak Pansheriya, India
Evan G. Sutherland, Scotland
Norbert Bede, MULTIMAGE, Slovakia
Tomáš Švikruha, MULTIMAGE, Slovakia

Costs

The user workshop and the developer workshop with Carlos Ruiz costs 1.000,- € per five days per person. Shorter bookings may be possible - depending on your interest. Please ask Carlos Ruiz or Thomas Bayen. Accommodation/Hotel is extra but there is an favorable arrangement at the castle.

Trainer for the Workshop

Developer Workshop

User/Functional Workshop (this workshop will probably not occur)

Coordination Team

Hotel/Accommodation

The workshop/software training is not in Krefeld but about 170 km away at the Bischofstein Castle. Please contact Thomas Bayen for accommodation there. Most of us will sleep at the castle and be together for the evening to become acquainted with each other and share more knowledge and stories. The castle is normally used as a youth hostel. You can see some of the rooms here. As an alternative we can help you book a bed in a nearby hotel (for example Winzerhof Gietzen).

Weekend events

For the people that want to attend the workshop I organized a small sightseeing and entertainment programme. The weekend events are private organized. You can join us for free. It might be there is some entrance fee or beer to pay. ;-) You are free to join that or not. Please tell me early enough if you want to attend to make planning easier.

First weekend, 4th-6th

You have to book and pay your hotel by yourself. It is convenient to book your conference hotel until sunday.

Friday, September the 4th

Going out in Düsseldorf, visiting the famous party-quarter Altstadt, drink the local dark beer (Altbier) and the riverside.

Taking part here may cost 15-50 Euro, depending on your hunger and thirst.

Saturday, September the 5th

Local sightseeing in Krefeld (dependend on weather and participants wishes) Possible things to do are:

Krefeld Zoo: http://www.zookrefeld.de/
Glider Airport: http://www.edlk.de/
Shopping in one of the biggest Malls in Germany in Oberhausen: http://www.centro.de/
Architecture Museum of Mies van der Rohe: http://www.kunstmuseenkrefeld.de/d/kunstmuseen/hauslangehausesters/index.html

Taking part may cost 10-40 Euro including a visit in a restaurant (excluding shopping - Haha!)

In the evening we can go out in Krefeld, go to an italian restaurant and visit especially the Jazzkeller http://jazzkeller.info/ (that is where red1 created the unofficial Anthem of iDempiere in Karaoke)

Taking part may cost 15-50 Euro depending on your thirst.

Sunday, September the 6th

morning: After the Jazzkeller some of us will like to sleep a bit longer.
noon: If the weather permits we can be for lunch in a typical german beergarden.

Taking part may cost 5-20 Euro

16:00 After that we have to leave towards the castle (at about 16:00).

The way to the castle is 170km by car (2 hours). But it can also be reached by train. Please tell me if you have your own car or need our help to go there. The last part of the driving will be at the lovely moselle river.

18:00 For the evening we are in an italian Pizzeria in Hatzenport (they have indian cooks and have also an indian menu) at about 18:00. This meal is included if you book the accommodation in the castle (40,- €/night).

21:00 We will be at the castle at about 21:00 and take our rooms.

Monday, September the 7th

07:30 Wake up Bell.
09:00 We have breakfast at 9:00 in a Hotel Hatzenport (not in the castle). (Costs are included in the castle accommodation) That means we have to be at the cars at 8:40.
10:00 Workshop starts at the castle.

second weekend (September, 11-13)

The second weekend will only be organized if enough participants want to join us. Please tell me fast if you want to attend because I have to book that.

I planned a stay in Koblenz. That is in the center of the Unesco World Heritage Site Rhine Valley.

The hotel in Koblenz costs about 120 € for two nights in a double room (tell me if you want to pay more for a single room). Additional costs for restaurants, entrance fees, etc. will be about 100-150 €. Everyone pays his own things so you are not forced to take part in everything.

Friday, September the 11th

16:00 The workshop ends
17:30 We leave the castle
18:30 We will drive about half an hour through the moselle valley to the Hotel Haus Bastian in Koblenz.
19:30 Start at the hotel lobby, drive to the Rhine edge.
20:00 Dinner in the Pegelhaus direct at the Rhine Shore with view to the Fortress. (about 20-50 €)

Saturday, September the 12th

Possibly short shopping in Koblenz City
Boat trip throught the World Heritage Valley of the Rhine (about 15 €)
Stop in Braubach, Visit of the [1] (the oldest not destroyed castle in germany) (about 10 €)
Dinner at the Rhine edge (possible in the Weindorf). (about 20-50€)

Sunday, September the 13th

Use the funicular to cross the rhine (about 15 €)
Visit of the Fortress Ehrenbreitstein (about 10 €)
end of the organized part at afternoon, (possibly drive back to Krefeld or Düsseldorf/Airport)

IDempiere workshop 2015

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