Next European VAN on 06 April 2010

For this session we’re going to facilitate an open discussion on Software Craftsmanship. We’ve asked a couple of well known craftsmen who have either been involved in the software craftsmanship community or contributed to the greater good of the software community itself.

• Robert C. Martin is the founder, CEO, and president of Object Mentor and is a well known software professional.
• David Starr is the principal craftsman with Guild 3 Software, instructor with Pluralsight, founder of ElegantCode.com and one of the initiators of the Software Craftsman Cooperative.
• Mark Nijhof is going to join us for the third time already and so he barely needs an introduction. He recently started his own business called Cre8ive Thought.
• Scott Bellware is one of the founders of the ALT.NET movement and organizer of the Monospace, ALT.NET Open Spaces and Continuous Improvement conferences.
• Corey Haines is a well known as a Software Journeyman and spent almost a year traveling to pair-program in exchange for room and board. Now he’s still travelling around the world for his Code Retreat tour.

Quite the bunch we gathered here for this discussion. Here are the details:

Start Time: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 07:00 PM GMT*

End Time: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 08:30 PM GMT

Attendee URL: http://snipr.com/virtualaltnet (Live Meeting)

VAN Calendar: http://www.virtualaltnet.com/Home/Calendar

(*) 08:00 PM UK, 09:00 PM Brussels, 02:00 PM EST and 12:00 Noon PST. For time zone arithmetic, you can consult the world clock site or use this time zone converter.

Hope to see you there and also feel free to join the discussion. Needless to say that we’re going to have a blast. If you already have some interesting topics that you want to see discussed here, then please add them to this thread on the Software Craftsmanship Google Group.

Recording of Mike Amundsen on HTTP Web Caching Techniques @ E-VAN 01 March 2010

Mike Amundsen did a really nice presentation on HTTP Web caching techniques. The talk both covered the rationale behind these techniques as well as getting down into the code. Highly recommended for all kinds of web developers.

For those who missed it, the recording is now available on Vimeo:

Mike Amundsen on HTTP Web Caching @ E-VAN 01 March 2010

The trick is to download the original file that we used for uploading. So you just have to log on (or register if you don’t have an account) and download the original recording in the right down corner. The quality of the original recording is a bit better. Also you can download the original OLM recording here. Keep in mind that this one will only be available for one year.

Details of the next E-VAN presentation will be posted very soon.

Next European VAN on 01 March 2010

We’re going to have another topic related to REST just because this is so near and dear to our heart :-). Mike Amundsen is going to do a talk on HTTP Web caching techniques. You can read the outline of the talk here.

Here are the details:

Start Time: Monday, March 01, 2010 07:00 PM GMT*

End Time: Monday, March 01, 2010 08:30 PM GMT

Attendee URL: http://snipr.com/virtualaltnet (Live Meeting)

VAN Calendar: http://www.virtualaltnet.com/Home/Calendar

(*) 07:00 PM UK, 08:00 PM Brussels, 02:00 PM EST and 11:00 AM PST. For time zone arithmetic, you can consult the world clock site or use this time zone converter.

If you want to learn more about this particular topic, then make sure to drop by. Hope to see you there.

Recording of James Gregory on Git @ E-VAN 08 February 2010

James Gregory did a rock solid introductory presentation on Git last night. The talk was mostly hands-on with a bit of history at the beginning and going over the most commonly used commands for the rest of the presentation.

For those who missed it, the recording is now available on Vimeo:

James Gregory on Git @ E-VAN 08 February 2010

The trick is to download the original file that we used for uploading. So you just have to log on (or register if you don’t have an account) and download the original recording in the right down corner. The quality of the original recording is a bit better. Also you can download the original OLM recording here. Keep in mind that this one will only be available for one year.

Details of the next E-VAN presentation will be posted very soon.

Next European VAN on 08 February 2010

We all know James Gregory from the Fluent NHibernate fame, but it seems that he also has quite a few things to say about Git. You’ve probably already heard a lot of buzz around Git and most reactions of developers that already used it seem to be very positive. James is going to give a “getting started with Git” kind of presentation which should be a great way to start out. We’re certainly looking forward to this as both Colin and yours truly are both padawans when it comes to Git.

Here are the details:

Start Time: Monday, February 08, 2010 07:00 PM GMT*

End Time: Monday, February 08, 2010 08:30 PM GMT

Attendee URL: http://snipr.com/virtualaltnet (Live Meeting)

VAN Calendar: http://www.virtualaltnet.com/Home/Calendar

(*) 07:00 PM UK, 08:00 PM Brussels, 02:00 PM EST and 11:00 AM PST. For time zone arithmetic, you can consult the world clock site or use this time zone converter.

If you want to learn more about Git, make sure to drop by. Hope to see you there.

Follow-up - Recording of Mark Nijhof on CQRS @ E-VAN 18 November 2009

We have to admit that the quality of the recording we uploaded last week wasn’t that great. Apparently, Office Live Meeting did trick us in the end with the resolution Mark used during the presentation. Thankfully, Mark Jennes who is a colleague of mine, patiently recorded last week’s session using Camtasia. We had some issues getting it uploaded on Vimeo this time. The quality of the recording you can watch online is better than last week’s but it isn’t that great either. But you can download the original file used for uploading by just logging in.

Mark Nijhof on CQRS Sample @ E-VAN 18 November 2009

The trick is to download the original file that we used for uploading. So you just have to log on (or register if you don’t have an account) and download the original recording in the right down corner. The quality of the original recording is way better.

So, enjoy!

Recording of Mark Nijhof on CQRS @ E-VAN 18 November 2009

Update 26 November 2009: Also check out this follow-up post.

Mark Nijhof talked about the concepts behind the Command Query Responsibility Segregation while walking through the code of his CQRS sample application. It was good to finally see a concrete implementation on the architectural styles that Greg Young and Udi Dahan talked about in the previous sessions. The people who attended were able to ask their questions during the presentation. We hope that this helped them a lot in getting a better understanding of CQRS principles. We believe that Mark did a tremendous job and went into a great deal of effort to make this all more understandable.

For those who missed the presentation, the recording is now available on Vimeo:

Mark Nijhof on CQRS Sample @ E-VAN 18 November 2009

Unfortunately, the quality of the recording is not that good so you can also have a look at the original OLM recordings as well.

Details of the next E-VAN presentation will be posted shortly, so stay tuned.