In Which Kaylee Goes on a Date to Portland
Development progress is reminiscent of last week (as predicted). This is a good thing. The “Oscar approach” to transitioning Kaylee into a beta continues to go smoothly.
For the curious this includes code, docs, UI polish, and everything in-between. Of course, the question everyone is asking is when will the beta arrive.
We learned a hard lesson last year about public dates so we’re not going to do that until we’re 100% sure we can meet whatever we say publicly. But let’s just say we’ve whispered it internally and that is significant. I’m not being coy or a tease, I’m being honest and trying to strike that balance between transparency (which is good) and pre-mature disclosure (which is bad).
However, I do have a date to share with you!
We’re very pleased to announce that Lisa Wess and I will be hosting ExpressionEngine 2.0 101 at Train-ee’s Be True to ExpressionEngine event on July 13th-16th in Portland.
For those who don’t know, Portland is in EllisLab’s backyard and we’re excited about teaming up with Mike and getting to meet more people.
EE2 101 will cover the basics of working with 2.0. In particular we want to show how straightforward the upgrade process is and how the skills you learn in 1.x transfer seamlessly to 2.x. We’ve said it many times already but its worth saying again. EE 2.x does not make what people learn on EE 1.x obsolete by any means. EE 2.x is about making how you work with EE better, but the core engine remains unchanged.
I want to be clear that I’m not saying we’re releasing EE 2.0 beta at the class or anything like that. I’m just saying we’re bringing Kaylee in whatever state she’s in to the event and teaching the basics to attendees.
Rick and I will also be hosting a Question & Answer session about anything EllisLab at the Train-ee event.
Before you ask, yes the information will be released publicly after the Train-ee event is over. If you are attending you’ll get it first hand from us before anyone else but its not meant to be “exclusive” to the event.
We’ll have more details about the Train-ee classes in the coming weeks. If you’re interested in attending, you can find registration info at Train-ee.com.
Next update in two weeks.
