[Chicago-talk] Patterns, Principles and Practices

[Ed Summers]

Apologies if you already saw this announcement [1] elsewhere. At the next
UniForum Robert Martin of Object Mentor and author [2] will be talking
about Patterns, Principles and Practices in software development. I got
to see Martin talk last year at a different venue, about testing and
agile methods. He was a really good speaker, and had lots of interesting
ideas and observations about software development. This talk looks like
it's going to be good as well..

//Ed

[1] http://www.uniforum.chi.il.us/meetings/pppswdev.html
[2] http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0135974445

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Principles, Patterns, & Practices --
A decade of progress

Robert Martin
Object Mentor
Tuesday, November 25th 2003, 7:00-9:00pm
Building SRC, Room 1450a

Abstract
Principles, Patterns, and Practices -- A decade of progress.

Based upon the Jolt Award Winning book. The last ten years have seen remarkable
progress in software development technology. This progress includes design
principles, design patterns, and agile practices. This keynote summarizes and
integrates these areas of progress, describes some of the accomplishments and
failures, and then looks to what might be next.

Speaker Bio
Robert C. Martin (Uncle Bob) has been a software professional since 1970 and an
international software consultant since 1990. He is founder and president of
Object Mentor Inc., a team of experienced consultants who mentor their clients
worldwide in the fields of C++, Java, OO, Patterns, UML, Agile Methodologies,
and Extreme Programming. In 1995 Robert authored the best-selling book:
Designing Object Oriented C++ Applications using the Booch Method, published by
Prentice Hall. From 1996 to 1999 he was the editor-in-chief of the C++ Report.
In 1997 he was chief editor of the book: Pattern Languages of Program Design 3,
published by Addison Wesley. In 1999 he was the editor of "More C++ Gems"
published by Cambridge Press. He is co-author, with James Newkirk, of "XP in
Practice", Addision Wesley, 2001. In 2002 he wrote the long awaited "Agile
Software Development: Principles, Patterns, and Practices", Prentice Hall, 2002.
He has published many dozens of articles in various trade journals, and is a
regular speaker at international conferences and trade shows.

Getting to the meeting
The next general meeting of UniForum Chicago will be from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm on
Tuesday, November 25th, 2003, at the College of DuPage, building SRC - room
1450a.

College of DuPage Building SRC, Rm 1450a Fawell Boulevard and
Lambert Rd. Glen Ellyn, IL 60137-6599

Take 355 to Butterfield Rd (Rt 56).
Take Butterfield West to Lambert Rd,
then Lambert Rd North to Circle Drive.
Turn right and look for Lot P (fka Lot
8) or the Faculty/Staff parking lot
(just north of Lot P). Walk to the SRC
building, and enter through the south
entryway. Room 1450 is on the first
floor, accessable through the
cafeteria by walking through it to the
far north e nd.

All UniForum Chicago general meetings
are open to the public free of charge.

Contact David Young at (630) 357-5963 or
president at uniforum.chi.il.us for
additional information.