Bigcommerce to Sponsor BarCamp Harrisburg

March 1, 2013 - PRLog -- Bigcommerce, the leading e-commerce platform serving more than 30,000 stores in over 65 countries, has joined the list of sponsors for BarCamp Harrisburg set for April 6, 2013.
The free event will focus on cyber security, coding, learning technologies, and mobile application development. It is known as an "unconference" because it is filled with open, participatory events, discussions, and workshops where presentation content is provided by the participants rather than chosen speakers. The annual event draws more than 200 web developers, cloud computing experts, educators, e-learning experts, application developers and software engineers.

Other sponsors of the 2013 BarCamp Harrisburg include: Drexel University Online, Hark™, and Fresh Roasted Hosting. BarCamp Harrisburg is organized and co-sponsored by Hauck Interactive and Harrisburg University of Science and Technology.

Make plans to arrive around 8:30 have breakfast, network, and post topics you would like to discuss on a schedule board (we’ll have markers and a whiteboard available to post topics). Following a brief kick-off meeting with the entire group, the day will consist of sessions broken down into 45-minute blocks. Sessions can be discussions, workshops, or presentation--it’s up to you! There will be a break for lunch, followed by afternoon sessions that will run until around 5 pm.

RSVP for the free event online at www.BarCampHbg.org

Past sessions at BarCamp Harrisburg have included building a site using the Gaia Flash Framework; Flash vs. HTML5; Social Media; Open source content management systems; Developing Desktop Applications using AIR; Developing Android Applications; Yahoo! Query Language; How to use SVN with Web projects; Top Photoshop Tricks; Top WordPress and Drupal plugins; Application Performance & Scaling; Best Security Practices; Unix Command Line Productivity Tips; and Applying User Interface Design to Source Code.

The first BarCamp took place in 2005, and since that time BarCamps have been held in over 350 cities all over the world. BarCamp originated as a response to Foo Camp, which was an invitation-only conference. Both conferences are a play on the terms foo, bar, and foobar, which are common placeholder/variable names used by hackers and computer programmers.

The University is located at 326 Market Street in Harrisburg. Free parking is available on the street. Paid Parking is available in the Harrisburg Parking Authority operated garage accessible via Fourth Street. Cost for parking in the garage is $5.00 for 0-2 hours. Kiosk for parking accepts cash only. More information on parking rates and directions to the University are found online at http://www.harrisburgu.net/campuslife/directions.php#parking

You can literally take planes, trains and automobiles to the event. The University's location at 326 Market Street in downtown Harrisburg is near Interstates 83 and 81 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike, making it an easy drive to the University from any of Pennsylvania’s major cities. And it's only a two-hour drive from the University to Baltimore, Washington, DC or Philadelphia. The Amtrak Passenger Train Station and Greyhound Bus Station are one block from our location. And the Harrisburg International Airport is only nine miles from the University. http://www.harrisburgu.edu/campuslife/directions.php

Accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, Harrisburg University is a private university offering 6 bachelor-of-science degrees and 4 graduate degree programs in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields. For more information on the University's affordable demand-driven undergraduate and graduate programs in applied science and technology fields, call 717.901.5146 or email, Connect@HarrisburgU.edu