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Bigger, Better and More Versatile:

Codegarden 2017

For thirteen years now, the Umbraco HQ hosts the world’s biggest Umbraco conference. An event, we at byte5 surely did not want to miss.

More than 600 developers from all over the world attended Codegarden – the world’s biggest conference for Umbraco developers – in Odense, Denmark. This was a record number of visitors which is already impressive, but far from being the only reason why for us the #CG17 was the best one yet. Byte5 employees share what made Codegarden 2017 a special event for them personally.

1. Professionality through close cooperation with partners

The traditional gold partner summit will presumably have to be held someplace other than the Umbraco HQ. That’s how remarkable the growth is that Umbraco experiences when it comes to partner companies. Today, there are around 50 gold partners supporting the Umbraco project. It is a tradition by now that they meet on the day before Codegarden to exchange their experiences and they are the first ones to learn about exciting information given by the headquarter. This year, the gold partner’s representatives were given an overview over developments of the past 12 months as well as an outlook on the upcoming year until it’s time for the next Codegarden. Niels revealed an overview of what was to expect in the keynote, Anders shared the plans in terms of business development. He emphasised the composition of the team, the development of the new Umbraco site as well as the content marketing concept which is already in motion and the help offered for onboarding new potential clients to Umbraco.

Besucher des Codegarden machen Pause

Besucher des Codegarden machen Pause

2. An MVP award for our festival

We could’ve used a public screening! While the colleagues in Odense could save themselves some first-row seats, the rest of the byte5 team which was left behind in Frankfurt was also in excitement for the announcements Umbraco founder Niels Hartvig would make. One of the reasons for this was the fact that over the last years, more and more so, the results of the community’s work had been awarded an Umbraco-MVP. This year, the MVP was granted to all the international Umbraco partners who host Umbraco festivals in their home countries and thereby create community events for the exchange of experience and knowledge outside of Denmark.

Figuren die auf dem Umbraco MVP Preis sitzen und stehen

Figuren die auf dem Umbraco MVP Preis sitzen und stehen

3. A variety of topics

The mix of different topics was specifically outstanding as it had never been as diverse as this year. Several sessions went beyond the simply technical approach and rather took to uncovering the biggest hurdles or showing unused chances when realising web projects. The people at Umbraco have been unsparing in their efforts to invite speakers such as Vitaly Friedman of Smashing Magazine. The first two days of Codegarden offered a variety of sessions dedicated to Umbraco and web development, some of them focusing on case stories on Umbraco Cloud.

Der große Session-Raum beim Codegarden 2016

Der große Session-Raum beim Codegarden 2016

4. An authentic system

Niels Hartvig bei der Keynote auf dem Codegarden 2017

Niels Hartvig bei der Keynote auf dem Codegarden 2017

5. Looking forward to Version 8

6. The world’s best community

DJ der guten Laune

DJ der guten Laune

7. A masterclass worthy of its name

You want to get all Codegarden 2017 news first hand? Visit us in our byte5 offices for a meetup with the Umbraco User Group Rhein-Main next Wednesday, July 12th, at 6.30 pm. Find further information on this meetup and the RSVP button on our Meetup site.


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