August AJUG

[Burr Sutter]

Topic: Open Source Tools for Agile Development
Date: August 15 2006 (3rd Tuesday of the Month)
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Holiday Inn Select
Directions: www.ajug.org/meetings.html#directions

Description:
As a Java developer, you have taken the time to learn the basics of
the language and relevant parts of its rich API. However, you need
more than that to develop serious industrial strength applications. In
this presentation, the speaker will introduce you to a number of open
source tools which you can use to improve your application quality and
your development process. Instead of simply going through a laundry
list of tools available, the speaker will engage you with motivation
to use these tools, and show examples of their practical use. We will
start by looking at tools for unit testing and creating mock objects.
We will then take a look at tools that will help you to ensure certain
performance of your critical code.

You know writing good code is more than simply using an OO language.
We will look at tools that will help you with code metrics, so you can
analyze, and refactor your code to reduce coupling and undesirable
dependencies. But, what about hidden critical errors in your code,
like synchronization problems that may potentially lead to deadlocks?
We will look at how you can use open source tools to proactively
eliminate these from your code. Finally, we will look at tools
available for automating your project and getting extreme feedback
though out the development cycle.

Speaker: Venkat Subramaniam
Dr. Venkat Subramaniam, founder of Agile Developer, Inc., has trained
and mentored more than 3000 software developers in the US, Canada, and
Europe. Venkat helps his clients effectively apply and succeed with
agile practices on their software projects, and speaks frequently at
conferences. Venkat is also an adjunct professor for the practice of
computer science at University of Houston and teaches at Rice
University School for Continuing Studies. He is author of ".NET
Gotchas" (O'Reilly) and coauthor of "Practices of an Agile Developer"
(Pragmatic Programmers).

AJUG for August 2006 is sponsored by the No Fluff Just Stuff Software
Symposium Tour (www.nofluffjuststuff.com)

The No Fluff Just Stuff Software Symposium Tour
(www.nofluffjuststuff.com) is headed to Atlanta on October 6-8th for the
5th Annual Greater Atlanta Software Symposium.  I hope you can join us
for another great technical conference!
FYI...Make sure and attend the August AJUG meeting featuring one of our
NFJS speakers, Venkat Subramaniam.  He is giving an outstanding talk
entitled "Open Source Tools for Agile Development".  We will also be
raffling off a pass to GAJSS 2006

Define: Great Technical Conference

* Excellent Speakers
* Timely, relevant topics
* Lack of Marketecture - "Fluff"
* Small Size - insure high level of interaction between speakers/attendees

The 2006 Greater Atlanta Software Symposium has all of the above!
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Event: Greater Atlanta Software Symposium 2006
Dates: October 6-8, 2006
Venue: Crowne Plaza Hotel - Marietta
URL: www.nofluffjuststuff.com/sh/2006-10-atlanta
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GAJSS 2006 (www.nofluffjuststuff.com/sh/2006-10-atlanta) will have five
concurrent sessions to choose from featuring coverage on Core Java,
Client-side Java, Server-side Java, Architecture,
Agility and Ruby. Experience a conference where the technical
focus/presentation is the priority. You will not see any fluffy
marketecture at GAJSS 2006. Since the attendance for GAJSS 2006 is
capped at 250 people, you will have the opportunity to interact with
speakers and
fellow attendees in a unique, welcoming environment.

Here's a look at some of GAJSS 2006's presenters:

*Bruce Tate, co-author of "Spring Developer's Notebook"
*Ben Hale, Senior Consultant at Interface 21
*Paul Duvall, CTO of Stelligent
*Rebecca Parsons, Vice President of Global Innovations @ Thoughtworks
*David Hussman, Agility Expert
*Stuart Halloway, co-author of "Component Development for the Java Platform"
*Howard Lewis Ship, Creator of Tapestry & author of "Tapestry in Action"
*Scott Davis, co-author of "JBoss @ Work"
*Scott Delap. author of "Desktop Java Live"
*Venkat Subramaniam, co-author of "Practices of an Agile Developer"
*Neal Ford, author of "Art of Java Web Development"


Early Bird Registration Fee good thru 9/18/06

Individual: $725/person rate
Special $50 discount for all AJUG members. Please use the promo code,
nfjsusergroup50 when registering (applies to 1-4 registrants, groups of
5 or more would use the group discounted rate)

Group Rates: good thru 9/18/06

5-9 Attendees: $650/person
10-14 Attendees: $625/person
15-24 Attendees: $600/person
25-over Attendees: $575/person

The 2006 show will be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel - Marietta. The
current rate is $89/night. You can call for reservations @
770-428-4400.  Please make sure and reference the Greater Atlanta
Software Symposium when booking a room.

I look forward to seeing you at GAJSS 2006. It is going to be a great show!