[Speakers] free seminars on design patterns and refactoring

[Steve Traugott]

Hi Alan,

Our meetings are the first Wednesday night of every month.  They are
fixed to that night due to the size of the group (200 or so typically)
and the room reservations (at Cisco).  I don't have anyone scheduled
for May yet, if you're still interested.

Steve


On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 09:57:49PM -0700, Alan Shalloway wrote:
> Steve:
> 
> My name is Alan Shalloway, the co-author of Design Patterns Explained: A New
> Perspective on Object-Oriented Design.  I will be coming to the Bay area
> twice in the upcoming months and will be putting on a series of free
> seminars.  I think your group would be interested in these talks.  Please
> forward the message after my signature on to them.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Alan Shalloway
> Sr Consultant, 425-313-3065, http://www.netobjectives.com
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> 
> 
> My name is Alan Shalloway, the co-author of Design Patterns Explained: A New
> Perspective on Object-Oriented Design.  I will be coming to the Bay area
> twice in the upcoming months and will be putting on a series of free
> seminars.  This e-mail describes:  1) two of the seminars (one is being
> offered twice)
> 2) describes a course also to be offered in the area
> 3) invites a user group to host me for a fourth talk on April 24.
> 
> Summary of seminars (go to http://www.netobjectives.com/pr_future.htm to get
> links
> to all of these on the web for instructions on how to register).
> March 26: Refactoring, Design Patterns and Extreme Programming, San
> Francisco
> March 27: Pattern Oriented Development: A Practical Approach to Software
> Development, Palo Alto
> April 22: Pattern Oriented Development: A Practical Approach to Software
> Development, Pleasanton (sponsored by East Bay IEEE)
> 
> ***************************
> Refactoring, Design Patterns and Extreme Programming
> 
> The two approaches of creating quality, high-level, up-front designs with
> design patterns or  relying on emergent design using refactoring as espoused
> by XP seem opposed to each other.  This seminar illustrates why design
> patterns and refactoring are actually two sides of the same coin.
> 
> With the recent interest in Extreme Programming, many people are learning
> the importance of refactoring.  According to Martin Fowler:
> "Refactoring is the process of changing a software system in such a way that
> it does not alter the external behavior of the code yet improves its
> internal structure. It is a disciplined way to clean up code that minimizes
> the chances of introducing bugs. In essence when you refactor you are
> improving the design of the code after it has been written."
> 
> Refactoring is very important as a method of improving design to accommodate
> new requirements.  It is often touted as a way to fix code mistakes.
> However, avoiding the code mistakes in the first place is a better way to
> go.  In this case, refactoring is used to accommodate design changes
> required by new requirements.
> 
> Coding mistakes usually arise from improper attention to the basics of
> coding:
>     loose coupling
>     high cohesion
>     no redundancy
>     programming by intention
> 
> Understanding these principles is essential if extreme programming methods
> are to be followed.  This seminar walks through an evolving code example to:
>     illustrate how to follow the above principles
>     illustrate what refactoring is
>     show how refactoring can improve designs to accommodate  change
> 
> The code examples used contain a couple of design patterns.  Thus, the
> seminar also illustrates how good, high-level designs can be accomplished by
> the application of good local coding rules.
> 
> ******************
> Pattern Oriented Development: Using Design Patterns In Analysis Through
> Implementation.
> 
> This seminar discusses how design patterns can be used to improve the entire
> software development process - not just the design aspect of it. Design
> patterns are usually thought of as being limited to solving local
> design/implementation problems.  However, they can be very useful in:
> * shifting from a noun/verb decomposition of your problem domain space to
> one where you look for variations in concepts - this results in more
> maintainable code
> * avoiding "paralysis by analysis"
> * creating a larger perspective on how to do and manage software development
> 
> *******************************************************
> 2 Day Designs Pattern Class (see
> http://www.netobjectives.com/courses/c_pubsched.htm for more information).
> 
> The course goes beyond merely teaching several design patterns.  It also
> teaches the principles and strategies that make design patterns good
> designs.  This enables students to use these advanced design techniques in
> their problems whether design patterns are even present.  After teaching
> several patterns and the principles underneath them, the course goes further
> by showing how patterns can work together to create robust, flexible,
> maintainable designs.  Pricing and up to date location/date info can be seen
> at http://www.netobjectives.com/courses/c_pubsched.htm.
> 
> Biography of Presenter:
> Alan is the founder of and a senior consultant with Net Objectives. Since
> 1981, he has been both an OO consultant and developer of software in several
> industries. His clients includes both Fortune 500  and small companies.  In
> addition to consulting and mentoring, Alan teaches design patterns, Java,
> C++, and agile software development methodologies including XP and a
> light-weight version of RUP. He also gives tutorials at several conferences
> world-wide each year. His and James Trott's book: Design Patterns Explained:
> A New Perspective on Object-Oriented Design, has been very highly rated.
> Alan has a Masters in Computer Science from MIT.
> 
> ***************************************************************
> If you would like me to present a free seminar at your group on April 24th,
> please contact me off-line at alshall at netobjectives.com
> 
> To register for any of these seminars, please go to
> http://www.netobjectives.com/pr_future.htm, click the seminar in question,
> and follow registration information there.
> 
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