With over 6500 attendees benefiting over two game changing editions, GIDS is the gold standard for India's software developer ecosystem for gaining exposure to and evaluating new projects, tools, services, platforms,languages, software and standards. Packed with premium knowledge, action plans and advise from been-there-done-it veterans, creators, and visionaries, the 2010 edition of Great Indian Developer Summit features focused sessions, case studies, workshops and power panels that will transform you into a force to reckon with. Featuring 3 co-located conferences:GIDS.NET, GIDS.Web, GIDS.Java and an exclusive day of in-depth tutorials - GIDS.Workshops.
AWARDS
With hundreds of thousands of unique votes casted across two stages in ten weeks, India's premier product awards for software developer productivity and excellence in 2010 - Great Indian Developer Awards Season III - will culminate on 21st April 2010 at the J N Tata Auditorium, IISc Campus, in a ceremony co-located with the GIDS.WEB conference and hosted by celebrated motivational speaker Priya Kumar). Read Developermarch Exclusives that captured the battleground as it heated up, wish the best for your favorite a products and register to the limited seats available at the GIDS.WEB Conference to grab a seat at the show.
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At GIDS, you'll participate in hundreds of sessions encompassing the full range of Microsoft computing, Java, Agile, RIA, Rich Web, open source/standards, languages, frameworks and platforms, practical tutorials that deep dive into technical skill and best practices, inspirational keynote presentations, an Expo Hall featuring dozens of the latest projects and products activities, engaging networking events, and the interact with the best and brightest of speakers from around the world.
SPONSORS
GIDS is the biggest independent summit for software developers in India - Source: The Hindu - Monday, 26 May 2008 . With outstanding educational sessions, powerhouse speakers, a high-profile award ceremony - Source: The Times of India - Wednesday, 22 April 2009 , sponsorship opportunities at GIDS 2010 offer a great way to maximize your company's visibility and maintain a heightened profile, before during and after the event. If your marketing strategy involves selling value, agility, openness, user empowerment, and a new way of doing business, come to the show where every attendee is in search of just that. The qualified, professional audience you'll find will help you build your business and meet your goals.
Recurring Themes: Cloud Computing, Rich RIA stories, Collaborative Development, The .NET Language treasure chest, Open Source .NET Alternants, Workhorse .NET and Web.NET.
Technologies include: Visual Basic 2010, ASP.NET Futures, ASP.NET MVC 2, SQL Server 2008, PLINQ, C#, WF, WCF, WPF, BizTalk Server 2009, SQL Azure, Silverlight, .NET RIA Services, Visual Studio 2010, MOSS 2010, VSTS, TFS, cool and new technologies from the Microsoft stable.
Date & Venue: Tuesday, April 20 2010 at the Indian Institute of Science Campus. See Venue.
Presentation Methods: Technical Keynotes (90 mins), Sponsored Keynotes (30 mins), Focused Sessions (50 mins, including Q&A), Workshops (180 mins), Power Panels (60 mins), Chalk Talks (30 mins).
Return on Investment: With several hacks, shortcuts, tips and best practices delivered by world-class gurus and evangelists, and fully supported by Microsoft, GIDS.NET will put you several steps ahead of the game in the Microsoft computing technology space.
Investment: Sign up for INR 2999 + 10.3% ST.
Recurring Themes: The Rich Web at Work, Web for Development, Browser as a Platform, RIAvolution, Rich Web Fundamentals, Rich Web stories from the trenches.
Technologies include: Web 2.0 & Social Applications, Enterprise 2.0, Enterprise Mashups, Ajax in Action, jQuery, Flash, Ruby on Rails, Django, .NET, Dojo, HTML 5, Dynamic Scripting, Browsers & Rich UI, RESTful Web, Rich Web Services, cool and new web technologies.
Date & Venue: Wednesday, April 21 2010 at the Indian Institute of Science Campus. See Venue.
Presentation Methods: Technical Keynotes (90 mins), Sponsored Keynotes (30 mins), Focused Sessions (50 mins, including Q&A), Workshops (180 mins), Power Panels (60 mins), Chalk Talks (30 mins).
Return on Investment: The need to embrace and extend the opportunities created by rich web technologies has never been this compelling. Come to GIDS.Web to follow new trends in rich web communication, connect with the big thinkers and innovative technologists who are re-shaping the future of the Web.
Investment: Sign up for INR 2999 + 10.3% ST.
Recurring Themes: Cloud Computing, Frameworks, Architecture, Language, Tools & Techniques, Java & Open Source, Java Fresh - First look, Scaling Agility Barriers, DSLs in Action.
Technologies include: Spring, Struts, Google Web Toolkit, Wicket, SOA, REST, JMS, OSGi, Groovy, Scala, JRuby, JavaFX, EJB 3.1, Maven 2.0, Lucene, Hadoop, iPhone and Obj-C, Open Source Debugging Tools, Java encryption, Agile experiences, cool and new.
Date & Venue: Thursday, April 22 2010 at the Indian Institute of Science Campus. See Venue.
Presentation Methods: Technical Keynotes (90 mins), Sponsored Keynotes (30 mins), Focused Sessions (50 mins, including Q&A), Workshops (180 mins), Power Panels (60 mins), Chalk Talks (30 mins).
Return on Investment: Java turns 15 in 2010 and is quickly maturing into a dignified uniquitous language, far from when it was construed as running around in a miniskirt with a pierced navel. The Java juggernaut in India continues to march ahead. Come to GIDS. Java and join the Java March.
Investment: Sign up for INR 2999 + 10.3% ST.
Recurring Themes: Microsoft Computing technologies, collaboration technologies, Java, open standards, frameworks, Cloud Computing, Rich Internet and Rich Web.
Technologies include: Cloud Computing Boot Camp, Agile Development, Rich Web workshops, Microsoft computing technologies, Core Java workshops.Come to GIDS.Workshops and deep dive with the best of instructors.
Date & Venue: Friday, April 23 2010 at the Indian Institute of Science Campus. See Venue.
Presentation Methods: Technical Keynotes (90 mins), Sponsored Keynotes (30 mins), Focused Sessions (50 mins, including Q&A), Workshops (180 mins), Power Panels (60 mins), Chalk Talks (30 mins).
Return on Investment: Hands-on Workshops are in-depth sessions on a specific issue/ technology/project/innovation that will transport you, the participant, from any given level (beginner -> Intermediate -> advanced -> Rocket Science -> and so on) to the next.
Investment: Sign up for INR 3999 + 10.3% ST.
Summit News
The Future of Distributed Computing Rests with Hadoop
Moore's law has finally hit the wall and CPU speeds have actually decreased in the last few years. The industry is reacting with hardware with more cores and software that can leverage "grids" of distributed computing resources. Hadoop is a suite of Open Source APIs at the forefront of this revolution and is considered the gold standard for the divide-and-conquer model of problem crunching. Learn how to use this well-travelled Apache Hadoop framework, leveraged by prominent names such as Yahoo, Amazon, Adobe, AOL, Facebook, Google and Hulu. » read more
Can Struts, Spring, jQuery or Seams Dislodge 2009 Winner Microsoft .NET?
Software frameworks provide developers with powerful tools to develop more flexible and less error-prone applications in a more effective way. The shortlist for Great Indian Developer Awards III includes Apache Struts, Spring Framework, jQuery, Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 and JBoss Seams. Microsoft .NET was the first product to win in this category in 2008 followed by Adobe Flex Builder in the 2009 chapter of the same awards. » read more
SAP, IBM and Others Face Oracle's Double Barrel for India 2010 Reporting Tools Glory
Constant development of technology has made the storing and processing of ever growing data volumes considerably cheaper. Therefore the idea of economising on data volumes has lost its importance for most companies, as even the storing of the “production” of systems producing thousands of records a day does not bring along considerable costs. On the other hand, growing data volumes call for more efficient reporting and analysis tools. Read on to find out what reporting tools Indian developers prefer. » read more
Kaspersky, Quest, Atlassian, Microsoft Vie for India's Top Security Honors
Enterprise level security breaches occur far more frequently these days than they used to. Botnets and malwares are getting more complex and robust with each passing day. Understanding the economics of information security within and across firms will enable us to understand the process by which these enterprises adopt information security mechanisms. Separately, understanding the risks referred across the extended enterprise is critical to defining a level of information security to minimize those risks, and is a step towards developing a business case for the security needs of the enterprise. » read more
What is the Mobile Platform of Choice for India's Software Developers?
India is currently the fastest growing mobile market in the world with over 500 million users. It stands second in the mobile user base worldwide only next to China. Massive deployments of localised VAS and mobile applications are expected in 2010. What platforms do software developers prefer in times like this? Find out at the Great Indian Developer Awards. » read more
Will ASP.NET Stop ColdFusion In its Hat-trick Pursuit at GIDA 2010?
The World Wide Web has become an important platform for interactive applications. Web-based calendars and forums facilitate collaboration, e-commerce web sites enable the convenient acquisition of goods and services and many other applications address simple day-to-day problems like reserving a room or registering for participation in an event. Here's a look at the tools that Indian developers are most comfortable with. » read more
AJAXify your Applications Using JSF 2.0
JSF 1.x was a pain to use. JSF 2.0, on the other hand, is better in every way -- simpler, more powerful, and with integrated Ajax support. Attend Marty Hall's session at the Great Indian Developer Summit 2010 to explore the features that allow JSF developers to Ajaxify their applications with little or no JavaScript programming. » read more
What is the Mobile Platform of Choice for India's Software Developers?
India is currently the fastest growing mobile market in the world with over 500 million users. India stands second in the mobile user base worldwide only next to China. Massive deployments of localised VAS and mobile applications are expected in 2010. What platforms do software developers prefer in times like this? Find out at the Great Indian Developer Awards. » read more
JBoss Fights to Retain Its Title in the Testing Tools Category
Testing is emerging into a healthy industry and an established discipline. The global software testing market is worth USD $13 billion. The number of tools available in the current market can be rather disillusioning. The Great Indian Developer Awards intends to put things into perspective. Here is a look at the final list of nominees in the Testing Tools category. » read more
Features Coming Up in Visual Studio 2010
Visual Studio 2010, codenamed Hawaii, is now slated to be released on April 12, 2010, postponed from March 22 as previously announced. Release Candidate versions of Visual Studio 2010 Premium, Visual Studio 2010 Professional and Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate have been released to testers. As the world's developer base waits for the official release candidate of Microsoft's Visual Studio 2010 here is a preview of the latest features. » read more
Can HTML 5 and Flash Co-Exist?
Seventy percent of all Internet games and seventy-five percent of all Internet videos are based on Flash, Adobe's multimedia platform. Yet Steve Jobs' Apple decided that the iPad, which aims to provide the best Web browsing experience will not provide any Flash support. He cited HTML 5 as a better option. Flash and HTML have had a symbiotic existence so far where both depended on each other to deliver high-quality Internet experience. Is this going to change now and will HTML 5 conquer Flash? » read more
How India's Java Developers can Code iPhone Applications with Objective-C
iPhone development is all the rage both in the mobile entertainment, social networking and productivity application spaces. For developers looking for a workaround to Apple's restrictions on using Java for iPhone app development, GIDS' Matthew McCullough is coming to India this summer with the perfect answer -- Objective-C, and integration with RESTful Grails and other popular Java Web Service back-ends. » read more
Web 3.0 aka World Wide Database
While the world is still trying to maximise its use of Web 2.0, rumblings of Web 3.0 are already in the air. What is it about? And how is it going to change the Internet experience? Read on to know how the subjects discussed at GIDS 2008 and 2009 are now gaining momentum. » read more
Nosh Petigara on Big Table, SimpleDB, CouchDB, MongoDB and more
Traditional RDBMS are not suited to many of the problems that appear in large scale web applications. Learn why non-relational database systems have become popular recently, and what that means for web developers. Get an overview of systems that have begun to make waves in the web ecosystem, including Big Table, SimpleDB, CouchDB, MongoDB and more. » read more
Java Persistence Experts Teaches JPA 2.0
The introduction of the Java Persistence API signaled the beginning of the end of using proprietary Hibernate or TopLink mapping files and session APIs to persist your business objects to a relational database. While developers have flocked to the new standard and have been happily developing persistence applications on JPA 1.0, the specification has continued to evolve. The JPA 2.0 release adds even more features and provides even more flexibility to app developers than ever. » read more
Venkat Submramaniam Talks on .NET, Java, Agile Programming at India's No.1 Forum for Software Developers
On 20th April, at GIDS .NET Conference, Dr. Venkat Subramaniam will delve into what the functional style of programming offers and how you can utilize that using the F# language on the .NET CLR. At the GIDS .Java Conference on 21st April, Venkat will conduct a Jeopardy style presentation, where attendees will drive the topics to discuss various features of Java that require extra care and caution in everyday programming. On 23rd April, at the full-day GIDS .Workshops, Dr. Subramaniam conducts hands-on training about functional programming -- take some familiar problems, solve it using traditional style and then refactor it to functional style. » read more
Matthew McCullough to Speak on Dividing and Conquering Hadoop
Moore's law has finally hit the wall and CPU speeds have actually decreased in the last few years. The industry is reacting with hardware with more cores and software that can leverage "grids" of distributed computing resources. Hadoop is a suite of Open Source APIs at the forefront of this revolution and is considered the gold standard for the divide-and-conquer model of problem crunching. » read more
Groovy and Grails Rock Star to Speak on Lizard Brain Web Design
The "lizard brain" is the oldest part of the human brain -- the part responsible for autonomic functions like breathing, heart rate, and navigating websites. OK, maybe not that last part, but your website should be easy to use. Stupid easy. Lizard brain easy. Any time your user spends figuring out how to do something -- even for a split second -- is wasted time due to poor design. Learn what make a "good" website "good". Simple changes in the layout or sort order can yield drastic improvements. Learn how to cater to "Browsers" and "Searchers" -- the human kind, not the software kind. » read more
Venkat Subramaniam Teaches How to Handle Pointy Haired Bosses and Be a Pragmatic Programmer
Corporate developers have to constantly contend with fallacies often delivered to them as facts. However, each of us has a professional responsibility to be objective and make decisions that will help us and our teams be productive and deliver results. Dr Venkat Subramainam is coming back this summer to India's biggest summit for the software developer ecosystem - Great Indian Developer Summit - to pick on some fallacies, lay down facts, and discuss how to stay professional and objective in our daily efforts. » read more