When John Denver spoke about spring time, he spoke about he passing of winter. The green of the new leaves and of life going on. The promise of morning and the long days of summer. I am John Denver fan and obviously not afraid to admit it. What John failed to mention in any of his songs in regards to spring time is Code Camp, but John did not live long enough to experience this.

In recent years, the Code Camp movement is starting to become synonymous with spring time. The Boston .NET User Group has a code camp schedule that shows the various code camp events across the US, with most, if not all of them occurring during late winter and early spring. As I am looking through several camp's sessions, each seems to offer similar presentations on agile, MVC, Web Client Software Factory, and best practices, just to name a few. I think it is exciting to see the community support for these events in every city. I will be checking back with these sites to see how their support faired.

For me, it used to be the anticipation of a new baseball season that marked my spring, now its code camp. In Boise, spring and code camp both tends to come early. Code camp rejuvenates those desires to investigate new technologies that tend to become dormant during the winter.

Would John Denver have mentioned Code Camp in any of his songs? It is highly unlikely. However, he was an activist, caring for the environment and those who care for it. Code Camp involves a similar activism in the community. It is good to see it emerging.