Great Lakes Software Symposium - Nov. 16 - 18, 2007

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:00:00 CDT

No Fluff Just Stuff is pleased to announce the Great Lakes Software Symposium, Nov. 16 - 18, 2007.

Catch these Featured Sessions

Executable Documentation
by David Hussman

Why is so much documentation worthless? Wouldn't is be nice if your documentation actually reflected what your system does? One way to do this is to create what is being called executable documentation or executable specifications. If you are struggling with ambiguous requirements, lack of contact with the business, or a chasm between development and testing, this session is for you.

10 Ways to Improve Your Code
by Neal Ford

No one writes perfect code, and every developer eventually falls into a slump where they just crank out the same code day after day. This session illustrates 10 different ways to improve your code, covering sacred cows, good citizens, smells, and more.

Making The Right Persistence Framework Choice
by Mark Richards

Java Persistence has come a long way in the past 4 years. We have many viable options available now, including JPA, Hibernate, iBATIS, Toplink, and OpenJPA. With so many options available now it is difficult to know when to use which framework. In this session we will focus on native Hibernate, JPA, and the iBATIS framework, and discuss the main strengths and weaknesses of each approach and what the decision criteria is for using each of these frameworks. Knowing that it is not a one-size-fits-all situation when it comes to Java Persistence, through interactive coding we will take a look at how to use iBATIS together with native Hibernate or JPA and when this makes sense. By attending this session you will gain the knowledge necessary to make informed decisions about which Java Persistence Framework to choose for your current or next Java-based application.

Great Lakes Software Symposium - Nov. 16 - 18, 2007

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 09:00:00 CDT

No Fluff Just Stuff is pleased to announce the Great Lakes Software Symposium, Nov. 16 - 18, 2007.

Catch these Featured Sessions

Making The Right Persistence Framework Choice
by Mark Richards

Java 6 Features, what's in it for you?
by Venkat Subramaniam

What benefit do new Java 6 features offer you. Are there issues with using these features. The objective of this presentation is not simply to introduce you to the features, but to the effective use of these as well.

JavaScript for Ajax Programmers
by Stuart Halloway

This presentation covers JavaScript from the perspective of an Ajax programmer. We assume that you may be using an Ajax toolkit, but still need to be able to read, modify, and test the JavaScript code in your application. You will learn the common idioms of JavaScript by looking at working code from the Ajax toolkits themselves.