[LA.pm] Tech. Meeting Jan 29th @ Oversee.net

[Pablo Velasquez]

What: Christopher Paulika will present "The Road to Test Driven Development"
When: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 
Where: Oversee.net 
515 S. Flower Street, Suite 4400 
Los Angeles, CA 90071 
213-408-0080 
* There is high security for this building, please bring a picture id in order 
to access the building. 
 

The Road to Test Driven Development 
Test-driven development is about finally finishing a project, and preventing 
the endless wanderings in various cul-de-sacs and dead ends as you drive 
yourself towards happy and successful completion. 
 
Types of testing?  QA vs Dev vs Deploy vs Systems. Who owns testing? 
Testing frameworks 
1. Test to Verify: Write  code, deploy, find bug, write test to verify, fix 
bug, test  dissolves    
2. Test for Regression:  Same as above keep tests in a suite for reuse    
3. Test for Design: Design  API, write code, write tests for edge cases, keep 
(possibly for  regression)    
4. Test Driven: Write  test, design API, run tests, write code  




Bio On Speaker Christopher Paulika 
Christopher Paulicka is the Technical Lead for the Oversee Domain Management 
group at Oversee.net. 
 
Christopher has worked on virtual reality systems, video games, data 
visualization, embedded systems, and finally internet technologies as Web 2.0 
takes off.  He has had the privilege of developing software from conception 
to delivery, and after 16 years has created thousands of 
independently interacting software components in dozens of distinctive 
development environments with multiple languages from assembly to Scheme to 
Smalltalk. 

Throughout the years of managing the complexity of various component 
interactions, Christopher continues to focus on optimizing the software 
development process:  increasing the fun while decreasing the frustration. 





Parking 
Attendees please park in the A-Level garage and Oversee.net will provide a 
parking validation for this event. 
 
A-Level Garage 
•       The garage is located at 515 S. Flower Street 
•       There are two entrances to the garage on Flower & 5th Street 
•       Once you get to the entrance of the garage, please take a ticket and 
proceed to the valet service area 
•       The garage is only valet, so you will leave your keys with the 
attendant, who in turn will give you a claim check 
•       You will then proceed to the South Tower or North Tower  and go up the 
elevator and check in with Security 
•       At the time of exit, you will come down to the A-level and present 
your claim check to the valet attendant 
•       You will be asked if you will be paying for your ticket or if you have 
a validation.   
•       The validation or coupon is offered by the tenant you came to 
visit.  If the coupon or validation wasn’t offered by the tenant, you can 
make your payment using your credit card or cash.  We accept all major credit 
cards except for Discover 
•       You will be exiting on Flower.  The valet attendants will help you 
with any directions 
•       If you have any further questions about the garage, please call the 
Parking office at 213-628-0581 
 
Directions 
 
From LAX: Take the I-105 freeway east to the I-110 North. Go past the I-10 
interchange and exit at 3rd Street (Flower Street direction). Stay in the 
right lane. Turn right at Flower Street. Garage entrance will be on your 
right hand side, once you pass 5th street light (first entrance you see will 
be the A-level garage). 
 
From Pasadena: Take the I-110 freeway South to 3rd Street off ramp. Turn left 
on Beaudry. Turn left on 4th Street across freeway, and then make a right 
turn on Flower street.  Garage entrance will be on your right hand side, once 
you pass the 5th street light (first entrance you see will be the A-level 
garage).