SPUG: Seattle Extreme Programming Meeting On Thursday

[Asim Jalis]

The next meeting of the Seattle Area XP Group is on August 10, Thursday.

Lance Young (from Asix) and Bryan Murray (from HP) will talk about using
JUnit, XP's unit-testing framework. While JUnit is the Java version of 
the unit-testing framework, similar versions exist for other languages,
e.g. Test::Unit for Perl (available on CPAN and sourceforge). The 
underlying ideas are the same and the testing strategies apply equally 
well to all languages, including Perl.

We will meet in Lante's offices at 3180 139th SE, near the Eastgate
P&R in Bellevue. There will be some pizza and refreshments from 6.30 to
7pm, provided by Lante. The presentations will start at 7pm.

Please read on for more details. Detailed directions are at the end of
the message.

XP MEETING TOPIC

  "Introduction to Junit and Unit Testing" Presentations by 
  Lance Young (Asix) and Bryan Murray (HP).

DATE

  Thursday, August 10 2000, 6.30 pm to 9.30 pm.

LOCATION

  Suite 100, Lante's Main Conference Room 
  3180 139th Avenue SE
  Bellevue, WA 98005
  425.564.8800 (main desk)
  [See detailed directions below]
    
SPEAKERS AND PRESENTATION OUTLINES

  * Lance Young, Asix.
    
  > An Introduction to JUnit
  > 1) History
  > 2) Class Structure
  > 3) How is it used Code Example
  > 4) Test Class Organization
  > 5) Experiences with JUnit on an XP project

  * Bryan Murray, HP.
   
  > How HP uses JUnit and unit tests.
  > Where should the unit tests live?
  > How do you know when you have enough unit tests?
  > A short demo about how unit tests can drive the production code.

SCHEDULE

  6.30 pm - 7.00 pm : Pizza + Networking.
  7.00 pm - 9.30 pm : Presentations and Q&A.

HOW TO GET THERE

  I have refactored the directions into two parts. First, how to get to 
  139th Ave SE (which depends on which interstate you use) and then how 
  to get to 3180 which should be same for all cases:

  STEP 1: How to get to 139Th Ave SE
 
    On I-405 South (going towards I-90) from Bellevue, Redmond.
      * Take exit 10 for Coal Creek Parkway and turn left at the light
        as you get off the ramp onto Coal Creek Parkway.
      * Turn left at Factoria Blvd (128th Av SE).
      * You will cross I-90 by going under it.
      * Turn right onto Eastgate Way SE, immediately after crossing I-90.
      * Take a left at the light onto 139th Ave SE.

    On I-405 North (going towards I-90) from Renton.
      * Take exit 10 for Coal Creek Parkway and turn right at the light
        as you get off the ramp onto Coal Creek Parkway.
      * Turn left at Factoria Blvd (128th Av SE).
      * You will cross I-90 by going under it.
      * Turn right onto Eastgate Way SE, immediately after crossing I-90.
      * Take a left at the light onto 139th Ave SE.

    On I-90  West (going towards I-405) from Bellevue, Issaquah, Redmond.
      * Take the 156th Street exit (exit 11).
      * Take a left at the light onto Eastgate Way.
      * Keep driving straight on Eastgate Way past the Eastgate P&R.
      * Take a right at light onto 139th Ave SE. 

    On I-90  East (going towards I-405) from Seattle, Mercer Island.
      * Take the Richards Road exit (exit 10).
      * Take a left at the light off the exit ramp onto Richards Rd.
      * You will drive under I-90 crossing it.
      * Take the first right onto SE Eastgate Way.
      * Take a left at the light onto 139th Ave SE

  STEP 2: How to find 3180 on 139th Ave SE

      * 3180 will be the first building on your right immediately after 
        SE 32nd St. The top of the building says "Onyx". There is a sign
        on the side which says Sunset North.
      * Drive into the parking entrance into the building on your right.
      * Drive up the parking garage to the top following the signs for 
        visitor parking.
      * Park anywhere (parking is free).
      * The building entrance should be straight ahead and there will be 
        signs pointing to the XP meeting.

REFERENCES

  For more details on XP and Unit Testing see these books and URLs:
  * Extreme Programming Explained, by Kent Beck.
  * Refactoring, by Martin Fowler.
  * XP list archives - http://www.egroups.com/group/extremeprogramming 
  * Wiki Wiki        - http://c2.com/cgi-bin/wiki
  * A Gentle Intro   - http://www.extremeprogramming.org
  * Another XP site  - http://xprogramming.com

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