[ajug-announce] DDD in Atlanta - May 20th

[Burr Sutter]

Hello AJUG,

It is May 2008 and we another great event scheduled for our normal 3rd
Tueday - May 20.

We have another Atlanta-based expert, Barry Hawkins, prepared to present on
Domain Driven Design!

When: Tuesday, May 20th at 7:00 PM
Who: Barry Hawkins
Where: Holiday Inn Select - Chamblee-Dunwoody
http://www.ajug.org/meetings.html#directions
Pre-Game Party: Garcia's Mexican Restaurant. Garcia's is located in the
Georgetown Shopping Center on the other side of I-285 from the AJUG meeting
location.  Look for the note on ajug-members list.

Note: On my return flight from JavaOne, I was able to strike up a
conversation with a JavaOne attendee who lives in Atlanta but wasn't aware
of AJUG!  We are obviously not performing our civic duty by making sure all
of our peers are aware our gathering.  Please consider reaching out to your
colleagues and encouraging them to at least join the list - send mail to:
ajug-announce-request at ajug.org and ajug-members-request at ajug.org with
subject="subscribe"

Meeting Description:
The first book on Domain-Driven Design was published in 2003, authored by
Eric Evans, who first coined the term and distilled the time-tested
principles and patterns that make up the practice of DDD. In recent years,
simplification and increased testability through frameworks like Spring,
Hibernate, and others has substantially reduced the complexity of
application infrastructure, allowing teams to turn their focus to honing
their approach to software design. Domain-Driven Design meets practitioners
in that quest with principles, practices, and process to recapture the
spirit of software excellence that has been lost in so many of today's
technology practices.

This talk will introduce the foundations of Domain-Driven Design, and
present several facets of DDD in action:

* How models are chosen and evaluated
* How multiple models coexist
* How patterns help to avoid common pitfalls, such as overly-interconnected
models
* How developers and domain experts together in a DDD team engage in deeper
exploration of their problem domain and make that understanding tangible as
a practical software design.

Our Speaker:

Barry Hawkins is a native Atlantan who specializes in coaching and mentoring
for Agile software development and Domain-Driven Design. Over the past 13
years, he has developed on several platforms, including Microsoft and Java
as well as several other less-annoying technologies. Barry has also
participated as a package maintainer for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution,
serving for some time as the primary maintainer of java-package, Lucene, and
several other core Java libraries. When not working or doing things with his
family, he can usually be found playing World of Warcraft or Lord of The
Rings Online. He also sporadically blogs.

Check out our Jun & July schedule at http://www.ajug.org/.  We are presently
talking with the NFJS team, SpringSource and our local heros at Google (yes,
there is an Atlanta-based Google team) to visit the Atlanta JUG.

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AJUG Sponsors (provide the facilities, web hosting, speakers and equipment):
* 4t Networks, AJUG's hosting provider (www.4tvirtual.com)
* Anteo Group: Your Java Staffing & Placement Specialist (
http://www.anteogroup.com/)
* Intercontinental Exchange (ICE): Looking for Atlanta's best IT talent (
http://www.theice.com/jobs.jhtml)
* JBoss: The world's most popular enterprise-class Java middleware (
http://www.jboss.com/)

Sincerely,
Burr
770-714-3292
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