Published: Tue 01 January 2013
By George Reilly
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The Northwest C++ Users’ Group (NWCPP ) is a group of professional developers and hobbyists
living and working in the Pacific Northwest
who meet monthly to discuss trends, techniques, and technology
regarding the C++ language and industry.
The group meetings and resources are free, and anyone and everyone is welcome to attend.
We are interested in C++, C, the D language, concurrency, scalability,
performance, Boost, software engineering, design patterns, debugging,
compilers, tools, functional programming, software architecture,
machine architecture, DSLs, embedded software, test-driven development,
cross-platform development, distributed programming, and more.
Meetings
Our meetings are held at the
main Microsoft campus ,
One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052,
in the Steptoe Room, Cafeteria 40 ,
at the corner of NE 31st and 156th Ave NE .
Usually, we meet at 7pm on the third Wednesday of the month.
You may need to knock on the window so that we can let you into the building.
Disclaimer: NWCPP is not associated with Microsoft—although we take advantage of their generosity
in providing the venue (since 2006) and occasional speakers.
Past speakers at our meetings include
Andrei Alexandrescu ,
Walter Bright ,
Bruce Eckel ,
Stan Lippman ,
Steve McConnell ,
Scott Meyers ,
Bartosz Milewski ,
Eric Niebler ,
Jeffrey Richter ,
Bobby Schmidt ,
Alan Shalloway ,
Herb Sutter ,
and
Steve Yegge .
